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11/02/2014

Duke Street sells Marlin Financial Group to Cabot Credit Management

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Duke Street, a British private equity firm majority owned by the French asset management boutique Tikehau, has announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its stake in Marlin Financial Group, one of the leaders in debt repurchasing in the United Kingdom, to Cabot Credit Management Limited. The transaction values Marlin at about GBP295m, a statement says.
11/02/2014

Hedge fund Fenician recruits a CEO

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The London-based hedge funds Fenician Capital has recruited Andrew Crane of Investcorp as its CEO, Financial News reports. Crane had previously worked for VHC Partners and Fielity Investments.
11/02/2014

Source recruits a director of intermediaries in the United Kingdom

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The ETP provider Source has recruited Dominic Clabby as director of intermediaries in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Fund Web reports. He will cover platforms, intermediaries and independent financial advisers. Clabby was previously at Axa Elecate.
11/02/2014

Gottex releases a fund in Sweden

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Gottex Fund Management has launched the Swedish multi-asset class UCITS fund Gottex Balanserad Fund, on the Swedish life insurance platform Folksam, Hedge Week reports. The fund is invested in nine asset classes, including global and Swedish equities, emerging markets, real estate, commodities and hedge funds. The Swiss firm has at the same time opened an office in Stockholm (see Newsmanagers of 5 February).
11/02/2014

EFG AM recruits a head of equities

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Swiss equity specialist Urs Beck has joined EFG Asset Management to oversee the launch of a fund dedicated to the Swiss market, Citywire reports. Urs Beck previously worked at the Cantonal Bank of Zurich, where he was responsible for Swiss equities in institutional and retail mandates.
11/02/2014

Ofi AM adds to its convertibles team

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Stanislas Grenet, in charge of the credit arbitrage activity at Ofi Asset Management, is joining the convertible bond team at the asset management firm Ofi AM, led by Nancy Scribot–Blanchet et Olivier Ravey. Grenet will continue his credit arbitrage management activity. He reinforces the new team for the creation and management of synthetic convertibles. Grenet joined ADI Alternative Investments in 2006 as a manager-analyst for convertibles, and was later taken over by the Ofi group.
11/02/2014

Inflows for Barings in France despite emerging markets

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Despite its significant exposure to emerging markets, Barings in France has managed to finish the year 203 with net inflows of EUR80m, Benoît du Mesnil du Buisson, chairman of Baring Asset Management France, tells Newsmanagers. Assets under management as of the end of December 2013 totalled slightly over EUR1bn, compared with EUR900m as of the end of 2012. Groupwide, assets under management remained stable at about EUR44bn.
11/02/2014

Two hedge funds face off over Argentine debt

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As Argentine is facing a seond default in 13 years, two US hedge funds are playing a central role but on opposing sides in effort to help the country through its current crisis, the Wall Street Journal relates. The two firms, Gramercy Funds Management and Elliott Management, have hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. But they have adopted contrary tactics in their attempts to get their money back. Gramercy, which has USD3.9bnin assets, is advising Argentine behind the curtain on how to restore their reputation with the international community and regain access to the markets. Gamercy is facing off against Elliott, which has been fighting Argentina for years.
11/02/2014

Algebris seeking new distribution agreements in Italy

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The asset management firm Algebris Investments wants to continue to grow through new sales agreements, Alessandro Alsagna, COO of the structure, which has EUR1.5bn in assets, explains to Bluerating. “In partnership with a fund with only one strategy, we have in the past few years reached the point of managing various managed accounts and six funds, three of which are in UCITS format,” the director says. To sell this range, “We have in all eight agreements with distribution networks.”
11/02/2014

Pimco teams up with GWM in Italian real estate

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Pimco has signed a joint venture with GWM, a financial company controlled by the Italian Diaz Pallavicini and Rovati families, in order to invest in shopping centres and sales points in Italy and Europe, Plus24, the money supplement of Il Sole – 24 Ore, reports. The partnership will have about EUR1bn, due to a contribution of EUR500m from the two partners (70% Pimco and 30% GWM), while the rest will come from financing. GWM will manage the investments. The first investment has already been made for EUR130m: the Da Vinci shopping centre located in the vicinity of one of the Rome airports. It is the largest shopping cente in Italy, with an area of 56,000 square metres.
11/02/2014

Kairos Partners recruits a veteran of Franklin Templeton

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Italian asset management firm Kairos Partners, in which Julius Baer owns a stake, has recruitd Amir Kuhdari as head of sales. Kuhdari has worked for the past seven years at Franklin Templeton Italia, where he was sales manager and head of retail.
11/02/2014

Italian real estate funds will have more time to sell their portfolios

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In the next few days, the Italian minister of the economy and finance will approve a measure which will allow asset management firms to make one-time extensions to the maturity dates for publicy-traded real estate funds, Plus24 reports. The rule will allow subscribers in the fund to share their opinions. The measure is meant to allow asset management firms to breathe, especialy those whose funds will soon be maturing, and whose portfolios are still full of real estate properties. According to the draft document obtained by Plus24, asset management firms will have to modify the rules for their funds by 30 June 2014, to insert a way to make a one-time extension to the duration of the fund for a maximal period of two years, for the purposes of completing sales of investments.
11/02/2014

Moody's publishes a guide to issuers based in China

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The financial ratings agency Moody’s on 11 February published a guide, the first of its kind, to issuers based in China, including ratings. The document includes the main financial data as well as a summary of the risk profile for each issuer rated by the agency. The first edition includes 139 issuers, 116 Corporate and product & Infrastructure, 22 financial institutions, and China as a sovereign issuer.
11/02/2014

Neil Woodford unveils new firm

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Neil Woodford, the star manager who left Invesco to join an entrepreneurial project at Oakley Capital, will manage assets under his own name, Fundweb reveals. Woodford Investment Management was founded on 15 January. The firm is located in offices in Oakley, which Woodford will join on 1 May.
11/02/2014

Coutts hires a new chief investment officer

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The British private bank Coutts has announced the recruitment of Arne Hassel as its new chief investment officer from April 2014, Money Marketing reports. Hassel, who previously worked ass co-head of multi-asset class allocation for the Universities Superannuation Scheme in London, succeeds Gayle Schumacher, who has been appointed as managing director in charge of development projects, alongside the head of products, services and marketing, Ian Ewart.
11/02/2014

Fidelity launches tracker funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Fidelity Worldwide Investments wants to add to tis range of passively-managed funds aimed at independent financial advisers, with the launch in March this year of strategies based on Europe ex UK, Japan, emerging markets and the Pacific ex Japan region. The Us group already offers passeive strategies for the US, the world and the United States. The funds will be available to independent advisers and a few wealth managers on the Fidelity FundsNetwork platform. The funds charge 0.16% for Europe ex-UK, 0.27% for emerging markets, 0.15% for Japan and 0.2% for the Pacific ex-Japan region. The tracker funds are managed by Geode Capital Management, an institutional asset managemnent firm created by Fidelity Investments.
11/02/2014

Coupon funds boost Italian inflows by 60%

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In 2013, Italian funds posted net inflows of EUR18.7bn, their best year since 1999. This return to grace has been favoured by banks, which thanks to a radical change in sales policy, have started offering funds again, especially coupon funds. According to a study carried out by Plus24, out of EUR48.7bn which were attracted to funds, about EUR30bn went to coupon funds, or 61% of the total. The newspaper stated that this is a low estimate, as asset management firms did not all disclose their data. Among the most active companies in coupon funds are Eurizon (EUR10bn in inflows to coupon funds in 2013), Pioneer Investments (EUR5.5bn), Aletti Gestielle (EUR4.7bn), Anima (EUR4.1bn), and Arca (EUR1.5bn). Plus24 claims that the commercial success of coupon funds is largely due to the attractive returns that sales networks can immediately earn.
11/02/2014

Schroders launches a fund dedicates to emerging market equities

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The British firm Schroders has launched a fund dedicated to emerging market equities and particuarly to small caps, Citywire reports. The Schroder ISF Global Emerging Markets Smaller Companies fund, domiciled in Luxembourg, is currently in incubation and is aimed at institutional investors as a top priority.
11/02/2014

Aviva Investors liquidates a real estate fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Aviva Investors will liquidate its Property Investment fund with GBP78.9m in assets, due to its size, which makes it economically unviable, FT Adviser states. The fund had reached GBP200m in early 2011. Weak performance and redemptions had led to the fall in assets.
11/02/2014

AMP Capital nomme un nouveau responsable obligataire

La société de gestion australienne AMP Capital a nommé Simon Warner en tant que responsable obligataire, à compter du 7 février. Il succède à Mark Beardow, qui a été promu CIO des équipes « specialist investment » en décembre 2013.Simon Warner était jusqu’ici responsable des marchés macro chez AMP Capital au sein de l’équipe obligataire. Il a occupé ce rôle pendant 7 ans. Avant de rejoindre AMP Capital en mars 2007, Simon Warner officiait chez JPMorgan Chase à Londres, Sydney et Singapour.L’équipe obligataire d’AMP Capital comprend 30 professionnels de l’investissement répartis entre l’Australie, la Nouvelle Zélande, Hong Kong et Chicago. AMP Capital gère 135 milliards de dollars.
11/02/2014

KIC crée un centre de recherche

Le fonds souverain de la Corée, Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), va créer un centre de recherche d’une vingtaine de personnes afin d’accompagner son processus d’allocation avec des analyses macro et microéconomiques, rapporte Asian Investor.Le nouveau patron du fonds de pension, Ahn Hank Hong-Chul, indique s'être inspiré de grands fonds souverains comme NBIM en Norvège ou encore GIC à Singapour qui ont mis la recherche au cœur de leur processus d’investissement.Les actifs sous gestion de KIC s’inscrivent à environ 72 milliards de dollars.
11/02/2014
Fonds

Myra lance un fonds de fonds multi-classes d'actifs

La boutique d’investissement Myra Capital se propose de lancer un nouveau fonds de fonds multi-classes d’actifs offrant une approche plus diversifiée du marché, rapporte Citywire.Le Myra Solidus Global fund sera domicilié au Luxembourg et pourrait être lancé début mars après obtention des agréments réglementaires. Cette stratégie de performance absolue investira en priorité dans des fonds gérés activement et des ETF.
Fonds
11/02/2014

Le hedge fund Fenician recrute un directeur général

Le hedge fund londonien Fenician Capital a recruté Andrew Crane, d’Investcorp, en tant que directeur général, rapporte Financial News. L’intéressé a précédemment travaillé pour VHC Partners et Fidelity Investments.
11/02/2014

Neil Woodford dévoile sa nouvelle société

Neil Woodford, le gérant star qui a quitté Invesco pour rejoindre un projet entrepreneurial chez Oakley Capital, va gérer des actifs sous son propre nom, est en mesure de révéler Fundweb. Woodford Investment Management a été créé le 15 janvier. La société est sise dans les locaux d’Oakley, que Neil Woodford rejoindra le 1er mai.
11/02/2014

Coutts recrute un nouveau responsable de l'investissement

Le gestionnaire de fortune britannique Coutts vient d’annoncer le recrutement de Arne Hassel en qualité de nouveau responsable des investissements à compter d’avril 2014.Arne Hassel, qui travaillait dernièrement en tant que co-responsable de l’allocation multi-classes d’actifs pour le Universities Superannuation Scheme à Londres, prend la succession de Gayle Schumacher, qui vient d'être nommée managing director responsable des projets de développement aux côtés du patron des produits, services et marketing, Ian Ewart.
11/02/2014
Fonds

Fidelity lance des fonds indiciels

Fidelity Worldwide Investments veut renforcer son offre de fonds passifs à destinations des conseillers financiers indépendants avec le lancement en mars prochain de stratégies sur l’Europe hors Royaume-Uni, le Japon, les marchés émergents et la région Pacifique hors Japon.Le groupe américain propose déjà des stratégies passives sur le Royaume-Uni, le monde et les Etats-Unis. Les fonds seront accessibles aux conseillers indépendants et à quelques gestionnaires de fortune sur la plateforme Fidelity FundsNetwork.Les fonds sont chargés à 0,16% pour l’Europe hors Royaume-Uni, 0,27% pour les marchés émergents, 0,15% pour le Japon et 0,2% pour la région pacifique hors Japon.Les fonds indiciels seront gérés par Geode Capital Management, un gestionnaire institutionnel créé par Fidelity Investments.
Fonds
11/02/2014
Fonds

DeAWM lance une gamme d’ETF à bas coûts

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) lance les « ETF Core » qui afficheront des frais sur encours (TFE) de 0,09% par an – 9 points de base. Cette gamme « low cost » réunit des ETF figurant déjà dans l’offre de la société de gestion, mais qui voient leurs frais être réduits.Cela concerne ainsi le db X-trackers FTSE 100 UCITS ETF (DR), dont le TFE est abaissé de 0,30% à 0,09% par an, et le db X-trackers DAX® UCITS ETF (DR), dont le TFE diminue de 0,15% à 0,09% par an.La « gamme à 9 bps» sera complétée par le db X-trackers Eurostoxx 50 (DR), qui passera prochainement (au cours du 1er trimestre 2014) en réplication physique et par un nouvel ETF sur l’indice MSCI USA. «Avec cette offre d’ETF à faibles frais, nous cherchons à la fois à améliorer notre gamme pour les investisseurs actuels mais également à élargir notre base d’investisseurs. En conjuguant faible TFE, liquidité, transparence et visibilité, cette nouvelle offre devrait intéresser une large gamme d’investisseurs », commente Reinhard Bellet, responsable de DeAW Passive Asset Management, par voie de communiqué.Avec cette initiative, DeAWM se lance dans la guerre des prix sur le marché des ETF qui voit déjà s’affronter Vanguard, BlackRock et Lyxor.
Fonds
11/02/2014

La Cour des comptes doute de l'objectif de baisse du déficit public

Il pourrait manquer jusqu'à 6 milliards d’euros de recettes fiscales cette année, soit 0,3 point de produit intérieur brut, pour atteindre l’objectif de réduction du déficit public du gouvernement français, a déclaré le premier président de la Cour des comptes, Didier Migaud, lors de la présentation de son rapport annuel. Selon celui-ci, le déficit de 2013 pourrait dépasser le niveau de 4,1% du PIB prévu jusqu'à présent par le gouvernement ce qui fragiliserait encore plus l’objectif de ramener le déficit à 3,6% du PIB fin 2014 et le retour sous la barre des 3% en 2015 promis par la France à ses partenaires européens. Le montant du déficit public 2013, qui agrège les comptes de l’Etat, des administrations de sécurité sociale et des collectivités locales, sera connu fin mars. Pour 2014, «les hypothèses de niveau d’emploi et de progression de la masse salariale du secteur privé apparaissent fragiles, tout comme celles relatives à l'élasticité des recettes», a indiqué Didier Migaud.
11/02/2014

Le Portugal signe son deuxième emprunt de l'année

Le Trésor portugais a fixé mardi matin à 3 milliards d’euros la taille de l'émission obligataire pour laquelle il avait mandaté des banques la veille. Le pays est allé abonder une souche à 10 ans de maturité février 2024. Le spread à l'émission ressort à 320 points de base au-dessus des swaps. Le Portugal s'était financé pour la dernière fois à 10 ans en mai dernier avec une syndication réalisée à une marge de 400 pb. Barclays, Banco Espirito Santo, CA CIB, Citi, RBS et SG CIB ont dirigé ce placement, le deuxième de l’année pour le pays, après la syndication de 3,25 milliards d’euros à 5 ans effectuée début janvier. Le Portugal espère sortir au deuxième semestre du plan d’aide internationale dont il bénéficie.

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