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10/05/2010

New manager at AXA Framlington Global Equities

Axa Investment Managers (AXA IM) announced on Friday, 7 May that it has appointed Bruno Grandsard as a portfolio manager in the equities team at AXA Framlington Global Equities. He will report to Mark Beveridge, Global Head of AXA Framlington, and will be based in London. He will cover the automotive, telecommunications and utilities markets, and will seek investment opportunities. Grandsard previously served at Alliance Bernstein, where he spent five years as an analyst in the global automotive and auto parts industries. He also worked in the private equity business in Japan.
10/05/2010

Une gérante "actions japonaises" quitte Axa

Anja Balfour, qui avait rejoint AXA Framlington en 2004 et était le «lead manager» de la gestion d’un fonds japonais de 70 millions d’euros a quitté ses fonctions le mois dernier. Son départ a été décidé d’un commun accord avec la société de gestion. Gérant du fonds investi sur les petites capitalisations japonaises, Chisako Hardie a repris la gestion du portefeuille en question au terme d’une réorganisation opérée par Axa dans son département «actions japonaises». Dans le détail, Chisako Hardie sera assisté par les équipes de gestion «global sector» qui recrutent actuellement des analystes.Selon Financial News, le départ de la gérante est intervenu alors que son portefeuille enregistrait des performances inférieures à celle de ses principaux concurrents. Et ce constat vaut tant sur un an, trois ans et cinq ans à la fin du mois de mars 2010.
10/05/2010

DEGI Europa sells a property to SWIP

The German asset management firm Aberdeen Immobilien KAG has announced that it has sold a 12,559 square-metre office property located on King William Street in London to SWIP Property Trust for EUR77m. The property had been in the portfolio of the DEGI Europa real estate fund, which is frozen to redemptions. The sale of the property, acquired in 1996, took place at the most recent valuation price.
10/05/2010

Popular Gestión to scale up international presence

Miguel Colombás, CEO, has told Expansión that Popular Gestión (EUR7.6bn, including Popular Gestión Privada) is planning to set up shop in Luxembourg when the UCITS IV directive comes into force (in 2011), and to register its products on the major fund platforms in Spain. The management firm is also hoping to gain institutional investor clients. Rafael Hurtado, CIO, says that Popular Gestión will increase its staff, which currently includes 22 investment professionals out of a total headcount of 53. The drive will focus on diversified and active selection funds, with a special focus on funds of funds.
10/05/2010

Un investisseur américain se met à 100% en cash avant le rally baissier

Un timing de rêve. Selon Citywire, le commentateur et investisseur américain Barry Ritholtz, CEO et responsable de la recherche actions chez Fusion IQ, a mis l’intégralité de son portefeuille actions en cash juste avant les turbulences boursières qui secouent les marchés depuis quelques jours. «Au début de l’année, nous étions autour de 30 à 40 % en cash, et nous sommes passés à 100 % cette semaine (ndlr, la semaine dernière). Nous avions atteint une partie de nos objectifs à la hausse et nous avons pris nos bénéfices, puis, mercredi matin, je suis passé à 100 % en attendant de comprendre ce qui se passait. J’ai eu de la chance», a expliqué Barry Ritholtz à Citywire. L’investisseur américain estime toutefois que le cycle de hausse des marchés observé l’an dernier n’est pas terminé. Il affirme par ailleurs que la crise de l’endettement n’est pas limitée à l’Europe, et que des Etats américains comme la Floride et la Californie pourraient être confrontés aux mêmes problèmes que la Grèce.
10/05/2010

CESR launches consultation on transparency of financial markets other than equities

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) on 7 May launched a consultation open until 4 June on the subject of the transparency of markets for financial instruments other than equities, as part of an ongoing examination of the MiFID directive this year. The working paper describes ways to improve post-market transparency for all of these instruments, including derivatives which had not been analysed in the past, including fixed income, equities derivatives, currency derivatives, and commodities derivatives. At the request of the European Commission, the CESR is also considering the pre-trade transparency of corporate bonds, ABS, CDO, CDS, and the aforementioned derivatives.
10/05/2010

Moody's proposes approach for operational risks of securitiesations

The ratings agency Moody’s on 7 May launched a call for comments, open until 15 June, on its new approach to the evaluation of operational risks involved in structured financial operations. The Moody’s document proposes a global approach to the evaluation of operational risk, but also considers local legal particularities. The agency also remarks that its recommendations may be adapted to the specific characteristics of a transaction. A summary report will be released to the public in July 2010.
10/05/2010

Santander changes nearly all underlying funds for Superselección

With effect from 3 May, Santander has changed the composition of the portfolio of its guaranteed fund Superselección (EUR320m). Management commission has also been raised to 1.66% from 1.61.% previously, Funds People reports. Only the BL Global Bond Cap fund from the Banque de Luxembourg has been retained in the fund selection, with a weighting of 4.42%. The other six managers are new, compared with last year’s list. For bonds, the new picks are BlackRock (BGF Euro Bond Fund, 27.1%) and Parvest (Euro Bond, 18.8%). For equities, Santander AM has chosen the Metzler European Growth (10.7%), the Meridian Funds European Value fund from MFS (14.23%), the Alger American Asset Growth (4.5%) and the Allianz US Equity (20.5%).
10/05/2010

Older and more experienced hedge funds are more resistant to crises

Les Echos reports that a recent study has shown that in times of financial crisis, fund closures and liquidations represent and explain most cases in which hedge funds disappear. The percentage of closures and liquidations increased to 31.4% in 2008, up from an average of 12.2% between 1994 and March 2009. The rate had already begun to increase in 2007, when it rose to 16.4%, a higher level than the previous peak, observed at the time of the Russian crisis in 1998. Managers who withstood the most recent financial tempest better than others were in the older and more experienced class of hedge funds. This comes as an inversion of the historical trend, which shows that until 2007, the younger and smaller hedge funds earned higher returns than older and larger hedge funds.
10/05/2010

CESR intensifies surveillance of markets

In the wake of the exceptional volatility observed recently on securities and derivatives markets, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) on Friday emphasized in a statement that it is planning to intensify surveillance of these markets. The CESR will be particularly attentive to potential violations of regulations and to cases of market manipulation, with the objective of coordinating the actions of national market surveillance authorities. The CESR states that it will work in close collaboration with non-European market authorities, including the US Securities and Excange Commission (SEC), as well as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Potential cross-border investigations will be coordinated by CESR-Pol, the permanent committee of the CESR responsible for the integrity of markets and cooperation and information exchange between CESR members.
10/05/2010

Hedge fund index shows lower gains in April

The global hedge fund index from Hedge Fund Research in April showed average returns of 0.80%, compared with 1.38% in March. Since the beginning of the year, average gains come to 2.45%. Only two strategies were in the red for April: equity market neutral (-0.38%) and the broader macro funds category (-0.70%). However, the distressed equities strategy gained 2.25%. The two categories with the strongest gains in the first four months of the year were event-driven strategies: 7.67% for distressed, and 8.53% for private issue/regulation.
10/05/2010

Pioneer launches a fund with a strong bond bias

Pioneer Investments (UniCredit group) has registered the Pioneer Multi-Asset Real Return Fund, which will invest in inflation-indexed US Treasury bonds (TIPS), high yield and investment grade bonds and bonds as well as equities from emerging countries, with the SEC. Management commission will be 1.30% for A-class shares, 2.20% for C-class shares, and 1% for Y-class shares. The fund is managed by CIO Kenneth Taubes, as well as portfolio managers Michele Garau and Robert Urie.
10/05/2010

BlackRock launches three iShares country ETF funds

On Friday, BlackRock registered three new ETFs bearing the iShares brand, replicating MSCI indices. All three products will be managed by Diane Hsiung and Greg Savane. They include a fund which replicates the MSCI Indonesia Investable Market, with fees of 0.65%, a fund tracking the MSCI Ireland Capped Investable index, with a management commission of 0.55%, and the MSCI USA Index Fund, with fees of 0.15%.
10/05/2010

U.S. One Trust launches an ETF of ETFs

Paul Hrabal, founder and CIO of the U.S. One Trust, has announced to Mutual Fund Wire that on 11 May he launches his first product, the One Fund, which is an ETF of ETF funds, with 70% invested in US equities funds, and 30% in foreign equities ETF funds. The One Fund, which will charge fees of 0.51%, and invest primarily in Vanguard and iShares ETFs, particularly those based on MSCI indices. It will be aimed primarily at retail clients. U.S. One Trust is planning to launch a similar product focused on bonds in the near future.
10/05/2010

Lazard Frères launches a Sicav fund dedicated to IPOs

Agefi reports that Lazard Frères Gestion on Friday unveiled its new Skylar Origin fund, which is dedicated to investments in companies holding initial public offerings (IPO). The international Sicav fund, which is reserved for qualified investors and is not licensed by the AMF, was launched in February of this year by Cédric Chaboud, head of strategy, and Jeremy Boubil, head of trading. The objective of the managers is to increase assets in the fund from EUR15m presently to a target of EUR200m.
10/05/2010

Eurex relaunches ETF derivatives segment

The German-Swiss futures market Eurex (Deutsche Börse and SIX Swiss Exchange) has announced that on 17 May it will admit options on ETF funds from db x-trackers replicating the MSCI Emerging Markets TRN, MSCI World TRN and MSCI Europe TRN indices to trading on its ETF derivatives segment. These European options will have maturities of up to 24 months will be traded in Euros, with Deutsche Bank acting as market maker and assuring the liquidity of the order book. The relaunch will extend to the admission to trading of options on other ETFs by the end of the year, says Peter Reitz, a member of the board at Eurex. The three ETF funds which serve as an underlying for new options will be traded on the XTF segment of Deutsche Börse, which currently lists 651 ETF funds.
10/05/2010

ETF Securities launches four ETF funds on Xetra

On Thursday, four new German-registered ETF funds from the British firm ETF Securities, of which three replicate DAXGlobal indices, were admitted to trading on the XTF segment of the Xetra electronic platform from Deutsche Börse. The three equities products, ETF DAXGlobal Coal Mining Fund (DE000A0Q8NB0), ETFX DAXglobal Shipping Fund (DE000A0Q8M45) et ETFX DAXglobal Steel Fund (DE000A0Q8NF1), carry management commissions of 0.65%. The fourth fund, based on commodities, is the ETFX DJ-UBS All Commodities 3 Month Forward Fund (DE000A1CXBV8), with a management fee of 0.55%. The four additions bring the total number of ETF funds listed in Frankfurt to 655.
10/05/2010

SEB and KanAm freeze real estate funds with assets of over EUR10bn

Citing massive redemptions triggered by media reports of planned legislation affecting real estate funds (see Newsmanagers of 4 May), the German management firms KanAm Grund and SEB Asset Management have announced a freeze of redemptions for the grundinvest (EUR4.05bn in assets) and ImmoInvest (EUR6.3bn) funds. KanAm, which is reported to have faced redemptions totalling in the hundreds of millions of Euros, has also decided to suspend subscriptions to grundinvest, while SEB AM will continue to accept subscribers for the moment. Redemptions from the grundinvest fund have been suspended for a three-month period. Meanwhile, TMW Pramerica states that due to liquidity levels that remain inadequate, a redemption freeze for its open-ended real estate fund Weltfonds (EUR792.3m) has been extended for a period of up to one year. It had been closed to redemptions for three months on 8 February.
10/05/2010

DWS creates an index of investor sentiment on climate change

DWS Investments, the mutual fund arm of Deutsche Asset Management, has launched an index to gauge investor sentiment on climate change investments, says Money Marketing.The first survey of 300 personal investors in April reported a score of 40.2% for their propensity to invest in a specialist climate change investment fund over the next year.
10/05/2010

IKOS AM to lauch a Newcits fund

The Cyprus-based hedge fund IKOS Asset Management is set to launch a UCITS-compliant version of its currency fund in cooperation with Deutsche Bank, Citywire understands.
10/05/2010

Net subscriptions to SEB Wealth Management

The Wealth Management division of the Swedish bank SEB, which includes institutional and private banking clients, has seen a 2% increase in its assets under management in first quarter 2010, to SEK1.3trn (about EUR132bn). This id largely due to net subscriptions of SEK19bn, of which SEK14bn were from institutional clients. Operating profits totalled SEK360m, down 10% compared with SEK402m in fourth quarter 2004, but up 75% compared with first quarter 2009.
10/05/2010

Neptune in bid to oust Pru chief

Neptune is trying to gather support for a vote of no-confidence in Prudential chief executive Tidjane Thiam, furious at his cack-handed attempt to acquire Asian insurer AIA, says the Daily Mail. The fund manager, which owns around GBP50million of Pru shares and has GBP5.6billion of funds under management, is hoping to win backing from shareholders controlling more than 10 per cent of the Pru’s stock. This would enable a vote on Thiam to be put forward as a resolution at the general meeting to approve the purchase. Robin Geffen, managing director of Neptune, believes that Thiam is putting the insurer’s future at risk by embarking on the costly acquisition of AIA (GBP23.7billion ).
10/05/2010
Fonds

Pioneer lance un fonds à forte dominante obligataire

Pioneer Investments (groupe UniCredit) a fait enregistrer par la SEC le Pioneer Multi-Asset Real Return Fund, qui investira en obligations du Trésor américain indexées sur l’inflation (TIPS), en obligations à haut rendement et investment grade ainsi qu’en obligation et en actions de pays émergents. La commission de gestion sera de 1,30 % pour les parts A, de 2,20 % pour celles de classe C et de 1 % pour celles de classe Y. Ce fonds est géré par Kenneth Taubes, le CIO, ainsi que par les gérants de portefeuille Michele Garau et Robert Urie.
Fonds
10/05/2010
Fonds

BlackRock lance trois ETF-pays de iShares

Vendredi, BlackRock a fait enregistrer trois nouveaux ETF de la marque iShares répliquant des indices MSCI, des produits qui sont tous trois gérés par Diane Hsiung et Greg Savane. Il s’agit d’un fonds répliquant l’indice MSCI Indonesia Investable Market, chargé à 0,65 %, tandis que celui suivant le MSCI Ireland Capped Investable est assorti d’une commission de gestion de 0,55 %. Enfin, la gestion du MSCI USA Index Fund est facturée 0,15 %.
Fonds
10/05/2010
Fonds

IKOS AM va lancer un Newcits

Selon les informations de Citywire, IKOS Asset Management, un hedge fund basé à Chypre, va lancer une version coordonnée (Ucits III) de son fonds devises en collaboration avec Deutsche Bank.
Fonds
10/05/2010
Fonds

Les hedge funds perdent la bataille des Ucits

Selon le Financial Times, le cabinet de conseil new-yorkais Strategic Insight estime que le secteur des hedge funds est en train de perdre la bataille sur le terrain en pleine croissance des fonds au format Ucits. Malgré une multiplication de l’offre, les newcits n’ont généralement pas réussi à lever des montants significatifs, la plupart s’inscrivant en dessous de la barre des 100 millions de dollars. En revanche, les fonds Ucits établis depuis un peu plus longtemps, pilotés par des gérants traditionnels long only, sont en train d’asseoir leur suprématie, à l’instar du Julius Baer Absolute Return Bond ou du Amundi Dynarbitrage Volatility.
Fonds
10/05/2010
Fonds

DWS sonde les investisseurs sur le changement climatique

DWS Investments (groupe Deutsche Asset Management) a lancé un indice pour sonder les investisseurs sur les placements liés au changement climatique, rapporte Money Marketing. La première enquête réalisée auprès de 300 particuliers en avril montre que 40,2 % sont disposés à investir dans un fonds spécialisé dans le changement climatique l’année prochaine.
Fonds
10/05/2010
Fonds

Le fonds souverain chinois en appelle aux gouvernements

Lors du dernier sovereign wealth funds meeting à Sydney ce week end, Jin Liqun, directeur du conseil d’administration du fonds souverain China Investment Corporation, a appelé les gouvernements des différents pays à faire preuve d’ouverture. Il regrette que les fonds souverains soient parfois victimes de régimes d’investissement restrictifs et que leurs efforts en matière de transparence et de gouvernance ne soient pas toujours reconnus à leur juste valeur. Jin Liqun a également ajouté que le fonds souverain chinois prenait ses décisions de manière indépendante et que le gouvernement chinois n’intervient pas dans ses choix.
Fonds
10/05/2010
Fonds

Baisse de régime pour les hedge funds en avril

L’indice mondial des hedge funds de Hedge Fund Research reflète pour avril une performance moyenne de 0,80 % contre 1,38 % pour mars. Depuis le début de l’année, le gain moyen s’est situé à 2,45 %.Seules deux stratégies ont été dans le rouge pour avril, l’equity market neutral (- 0,38 %) et les fonds macro dans leur ensemble (- 0,70 %). En revanche, la stratégie equity distressed a gagné 2,25 %.Les deux plus fortes hausses pour les quatre premiers mois de l’année sont observées au sein des stratégies événementielles, avec 7,67 % pour le distressed et 8,53 % pour le private issue/regulation.
Fonds
10/05/2010

Les hedge funds plus âgés et expérimentés résistent mieux aux crises

Selon Les Echos, une étude récente montre que lors des crises financières, ce sont les fermetures et liquidations de fonds qui représentent et expliquent la majorité des disparitions de hedge funds: leur taux a bondi à 31,4 % en 2008, contre une moyenne de 12,2 % entre 1994 et mars 2009. Il avait déjà commencé à grimper en 2007 où il avait atteint 16,4 %, un niveau supérieur au précédent pic enregistré à l’occasion de la crise russe de 1998. Les gérants qui ont survécu davantage que les autres à la dernière tornade financière appartenaient à des «hedge funds» plus âgés et expérimentés. Une inversion de la relation historique qui veut que, jusqu'à 2007, ce sont les fonds jeunes et de petite taille qui ont enregistré des performances supérieures aux «hedge funds» anciens et de grande taille.

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