P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Anima Holding in March posted net subscriptions of EUR1.3bn, which brings net inflows in first quarter to about EUR2.4bn. The announcement was made the day after the initial public offering of the Italian asset management firm.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Citywire reports that BlackRock has closed the BlackRock Mining Opportunities fund. The fund, launched two years ago and managed by Evy Hambro, had been invested in small and midcaps specialised in the mining sector. Assets in the fund, which had fallen victim to significant redemptions, had fallen below GBP1m (EUR1.22m), Citywire states.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The financial ratings agency Fitch Ratings has confirmed the ratings of AAAmmf for 39 European money market funds. Assets in the fund represent a cumulative total of EUR271bn as of the end of March 2014. They are managed by Aberdeen AM, Amundi, BNP Paribas AM, CCLA IM, Federated Investors, Goldman Sachs AM, Ignis AM, Insight AM, JPMorgan AM, L&G IM, Lombard Odier IM, Morgan Stanley IM, Natixis AM, Invesco, SSgA and SWIP.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } All Funds Bank, the Spanish funds distribution platform, has recruited Chris Edge from JP Morgan to take over its Luxembourg business, Funds Europe reports. Edge had previously been managing director at JP Morgan, where he spent 20 years in various roles, particularly in the United Kingdom and South Africa. He recently left the US bank, initially, to pursue entrepreneurial activities. The recruitment confirms the international ambition of All Funds Bank, which is now present in Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Chile, Dubai, Switzerland and Luxembourg. According to its website, the platform offers services from 450 fund managers, and distributes over 38,000 funds.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } ING IM is preparing an agreessive version of its multi-asset class absolute return fund, Citywire Global reports. The fund, entitled First Class Multi Asset Premium, will be added to the Luxembourg range from the asset management firm. The management of the fund will be handed to the multi-asset class team at ING IM.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Aberdeen Asset Management Deutschland AG has announced that on 25 April, it will release a new tranche of indemnisation for EUR161.9m, to investors in the open-ended real estate fund Degi International. The funds paid to investors now represent a cumulative total of nearly EUR730m, or EUR20.25 per share, compared with EUR45.36 on 14 October 2010, before the decision to liquidate the fund. The next payment to investors is expected to come on 15 October this year.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Two new countries, the Philippines and Thailand, have joined the four initial signators of the Asian passport project (AFRP), with Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea, Asian Investor reports. The regional passport project, whose launch is scheduled for 2016, may include up to eight members, it is said. On the model of the European passport, the Asian passport may allow funds domiciled in a participating country to be distributed directly in other participating jurisdictions.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As of the end of March 2014, Austrian funds had EUR146.8bn in assets under management, up 1% since the beginning of the year, the Austrian VÖIG association of asset management firms stated. The increase was sustained by market effects, while redemption demands in the period totalled EUR300m. Net redemptions totalled EUR255m in the month of March alone. Since the end of 2008, Austrian funds posted growth of 16.5%, VÖIG notes, adding that it is still 10 percentage points short of returning to the level of assets managed in 2007 before the financial crisis.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Karl Dasher, the head of Schroders for North America, is aiming to double revenues for the firm coming from the United States to 20% in the next three to five years, Financial News reports. To do that, the head is aiming to change the way in which US investors view Schroders: not only as an emerging markets, international equities and commodity specialist, but also as a strategic partner for more traditional asset classes.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In wealth management activities, assets under management that generate commissions at Morgan Stanley have risen 17% in first quarter compared with the previous quarter, to a total of USD724bn, Morgan Stanley announced on 17 April in a release of its quarterly results. Quarterly inflows totalled USD19bn. Earnings from wealth management rose 4% in first quarter, to USD3.6bn, while taxable profits were up 16%, to USD691m. In investment management activities, assets under management or under supervision rose from USD341bn a year ago to USD382bn as of the end of March 2014. Net inflows for the quarter totalled USD6bn. Earnings for the division were up 15%, to USD740m, for taxable profits of USD263m (+41%). Net profits for the US group were up 56%, to USD1.5bn.

BlackRock in first quarter 2014 recorded net long term inflows (excluding money market management) of USD26.7bn. That has allowed it to increase its assets to USD4.4trn as of the end of March, an increase of 2% compared with the end of December, and 12% compared with first quarter 2013.The largest asset management firm in the world has posted net inflows of USD14bn from retail investors, including USD9.8bn internationally. In this segment, flows have largely been directed to the fixed income range (USD6.1bn).iShares, the ETF platform of the group, for its part, took in a net USD7.8bn, of which USD3.2bn were in the United States, and USD4.8bn in Europe.For institutional clients, BlackRock has posted net inflows of USD4.9bn, with index-based management compensating for net redemptions from active management (-USD12.6bn).In total, the US asset management firm earned net profits of USD762m in first quarter, up 20% compared with the corresponding period of last year.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Earnings from asset management activities at Goldman Sachs in first quarter totalled USD1.57bn, up 20% compared with first quarter 2013, but down 2% compared with fourth quarter 2013, according to statistics released on 17 April by the US group. Assets under supervision increased by USD41bn, to a total of USD1.08trn. Long-term assets in particular were up by USD54bn, including a net inflow of USD40bn, largely to fixed income.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In 2014, Fidelity in France posted net inflows of USD465m, bringing assets under management to USD9.315trn. The funds with the largest inflows were FF Iberia Fund, FF America Fund, FF Emerging Markets Fund, FF Italy Fund, Inflation Linked Fund, and Fidelity Europe, the firm tells Newsmangers. Due to demand for funds investing in countries of Southern Europe, such as Italy and Spain, these have been temporarily closed to new subscribers since the end of last year. Among institutional investors, the asset management firm has recently been selected by the French Fonds de réserve pour les retraites (FRR) after a restricted request for proposals launched on 17 May 2013, to select an active European small caps equity mandate. The lot for which Fidelity was selected with three other firms is for a total of about EUR500m.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Baring Asset Management has recruited two people for its commercial development in Canada and the United States, Investment Europe reports. Michael Annis joined the firm as head of sales and development for Canada. He will be based in Toronto, and joins from JP Morgan Asset Management.. Kieran Stover has been recruited as vice president in charge of sales and development, based in Portland. He joins from Kleinwort Benson Investors International.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } It has been a tough start to the year for Carmignac Gestion. The French asset management firm has seen a decline in its assets of 6.3% in first quarter 2014. Its assets under management have thus fallen below EUR50bn for the first time since 2011. As of 31 March 2014, its assets totalled EUR49.928bn, compared with EUR53.298bn as of the end of 2013. The level of assets, however, remained above EUR45.863bn as of the end of 2011. This decline is largely due to a significant outflow in the first three months of the year. “We have posted good returns for our bond management, but our global funds were more jostled,” admitted Didier Saint-Georges, a member of the investment board at Carmignac Gestion, at a press conference. There was an underperformance in conviction management.” In first quarter, the asset management firm saw a net outflow of EUR2.8bn, about 4% of assets as of the end of 2013, despite a net inflow of EUR400m to bond management. The Carmignac Investissement fund has suffered from disappointing US growth related to unfavourable market effects, which weighed down the portfolio. “We were positioned for a recovery of the US economy, but the bad weather prevented this recovery and had rather demultiplied effects on our equity funds,” admits Frédéric Leroux, global manager at Carmignac Gestion. Carmignac Patrimoine has also had a “disappointing” first quarter, according to Rose Ouahba, head of the fixed income team, which was characterised by outflows of EUR1.8bn. Lastly, like many asset management firms, Carmignac Gestion was fully affected by a defiance of investors to emerging markets, which are “considered the poor parents of global growth,” says Leroux. As a result, the Carmignac Emergents fund has seen outflows of EUR300m in first quarter.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The slump in the tech sector and the rotation on emerging markets has been driven by hedge funds more than long-term investors, says Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, according to the Financial Times. “ Long-term investors have not been spooked by this volatility, but shown remarkable resilience in attitude,” he says.

Le premier ministre japonais, Shinzo Abe, envisagerait de remodeler la direction du GPIF, le premier fonds de pension du pays. Objectif : inciter le fonds à engager une politique d’investissement plus aggressive, vers des actifs plus risqués. Trois des dix membres du conseil, dont deux sont considérés comme prudents vis-à-vis du volontarisme de Shinzo Abe, pourraient laisser leur place.

Arnaud Montebourg et Michel Sapin risquent de jouer des coudes à Bercy. Le ministre de l’Economie, du Redressement productif et du Numérique partagera notamment avec celui des Finances et des Comptes publics la tutelle de la Direction générale du Trésor, de l’Insee et de l’Agence des participations de l’Etat (APE), selon les décrets d’attribution publiés ce matin. Pour l’APE, qui était déjà sous la tutelle de deux ministres avant le remaniement, un arrêté du Premier ministre doit encore définir comment se répartira le travail.

L’augmentation de la TVA de 5% à 8% en avril 2014 va brider la consommation d’un pays dont la compétitivité est obérée par les coûts de production, explique Franck Nicolas, directeur investissement et solutions clients chez Natixis AM.

Le Haut Conseil des finances publiques a été saisi le 16 avril par le gouvernement afin d’examiner les prévisions macroéconomiques associées au projet de programme de stabilité. Il a procédé à l’audition des responsables des administrations compétentes du ministère de l’Economie et des Finances et de plusieurs personnalités qualifiées extérieures à l’administration. Des demandes d’information complémentaires ont été formulées. Il doit encore se réunir à deux reprises pour délibérer et adopter son avis.

A fin mars 2014, les encours de Carmignac sont tombés à 49,928 milliards d’euros, contre 53,298 milliards à fin 2013, la décollecte nette sur le trimestre s'élevant à 2,8 milliards d’euros. «La collecte nette sur la gestion obligataire s'élève à 400 millions d’euros et en revanche il y a eu de la décollecte sur les fonds globaux», a expliqué Didier Saint-Georges, membre du comité d’investissement.

Le parlement italien a approuvé hier une réduction plus lente de la dette publique et du déficit budgétaire dans le cadre de prévisions économiques pluriannuelles du gouvernement. Le Document économique et de prévision relève l’objectif du ratio de dette publique/PIB à 134,9% pour 2014, contre 132,8% précédemment, et 133,3% pour 2015, contre 129,4% auparavant. L’objectif du déficit public pour cette année est relevé de 2,5% à 2,6% du PIB et celui de l’an prochain de 1,6% à 1,8%.

Lisbonne placera mercredi prochain 750 millions d'euros d'obligations à 10 ans dans le cadre d'un retour à des adjudications régulières

Dans un entretien, le gouverneur de la Banque centrale de Suède, Stefan Ingves, estime que les anticipations d’inflation sont bien ancrées autour de 2% et qu’il n’y a pas de risque de déflation. «Pour que les anticipations d’inflation restent stables, l’inflation devra monter à un certain moment. Pour cela, la politique monétaire devra être très expansionniste pendant un certain temps», explique-t-il.

Les Trésors français et italien ont adjugé hier 1,5 et 20,6 milliards d'euros d'obligations indexées sur l'inflation dans un contexte désinflationniste

L'application du règlement Emir sur les dérivés diffère selon les Etats membres car ils n'ont pas tous la même définition du change au comptant

Les Trésors français et italien ont adjugé hier 1,5 et 20,6 milliards d’euros d’obligations indexées sur l’inflation. L’impact de la chute de l’inflation, confirmée à 0,5% en mars, reste pour l’heure concentré sur les maturités les plus courtes des points morts.

Selon lui, Vivendi a respecté le code Afep-Medef. Le président de l’AMF invite à une réflexion de Place sur les cessions d’actifs importants non cotés

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Jean-Tristan Parodi, responsable de la gestion déléguée des fonds propres de la CDC à la rédaction de www.institinvest.com : Cette année, deux nouvelles poches d’investissement ont été créées : une sur les petites capitalisations européennes et une d’allocation tactique, investie là encore par le biais d’un modèle propriétaire développé par l'équipe de gestion. La première poche est gérée, en ce qui concerne les valeurs françaises, par CDC Entreprises Valeurs Moyennes, l'équipe de Jean-Tristan Parodi assurant le suivi de cette gestion. Deux fonds ont par ailleurs été retenus pour les petites capitalisations européennes hors France, un géré par Sycomore et un autre par Henderson. La seconde poche s'élève, à ce jour, à environ 100 millions d’euros, mais elle a vocation à grossir.