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22/01/2014

Invesco veteran joins Neil Woodford at Oakley

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Nick Hamilton, head of institutional business at Colonial First State in Sydney, will move to Australia to work at Oakley Capital Management as part of the retail asset management activity of Neil Woodford, former star manager at Invesco, Investment Week reports. Before joining Colonial First State, Hamilton worked for 9 years as head of global equity products at Invesco Perpetual. Craig Newman, head of sales at Invesco, has also joined Oakley as head of retail asset management.
22/01/2014

Assets under management at Cavendish up by more than 40%

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Assets under management at the British boutique Cavendish Asset Management have increased by 42.75% in the year to the end of December, to a total of GBP1.16bn. In the past year, two funds from the firm have topped GBP100m in assets: Opportunities and Asia Pacific. The Worldwide Fund has seen its assets increse by 45%, to GBP98.1m. The directors of Cavendish are confident for 2014, particularly since their funds are now available on two new platforms, Fidelity since August last year, and Co-Funds since December.
22/01/2014

BNY Mellon launches an emerging market debt fund in France

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } BNY Mellon IM on 21 January announced the launch of the BNY Mellon Emerging Markets Debt Fund Opportunistic Fund in France. It is the 4th emerging market debt fund in the range managed by Standish, asset management affiliate of BNY Mellon Investment Management, the specialist in this asset class. The fund, with daily liquidity, is a sub-fund of the SICAV BNY Mellon Global Funds, plc, domiciled in Dublin and UCITS licensed. The fund is managed by Alexander Kozhemiakin, director of bond strategies for emerging markets at Standish, who has solid experience in emerging market bond management and an excellent track record.
22/01/2014

Henderson appoints O'Connor as co-director of multi-asset

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Henderson Global Investors has promomted Paul O’Connor as co-director of its multi-asset class unit, Investment Week reports. He will assist Bill McQuaker to develop the firm’s international presence in institutional and retail markets. O’Connor’s promotion comes one year after he joined Henderson.
22/01/2014

M&G Real Estate recruits a new CIO

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } M&G Real Estate is adding to its management. The affiliate dedicated to real estate at M&G Investments has recruited Tony Brown as chief investment officer and a member of its board of directors. Brown, former managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Lend Lease, joined the company on 12 January, and will report directly to Alex Jeffrey, CEO of M&G Real Estate. At Lend Lease, Brown was responsible for GBP2bn in assets in real estate, and GBP2.5bn in assets under management in infrastructure for 50 institutional investors.
22/01/2014

Philip Rodrigs leaves Investec

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Philip Rodrigs, manager of the UK Smaller Companies fund from Investec, will be leaving the firm, Investment Week reveals. He will join River & Mercantile as a partner in March, and will take over the management of the UK Equity Smaller Companies fund.
22/01/2014

J.P. Morgan AM wins a mandate from BNP Paribas SS for “asset management firm” passport

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } J.P. Morgan Asset Management has announced that it has “successfully” implemented the asset management firm passport in Luxembourg and France, and selected BNP Paribas Securities Services as its depository and valuator for the management of its first French-registered fund with this model. The new contract strengthens the historic partnership between BNP Paribas and J.P. Morgan Asset Management. In order to develop fund distribution in France to French institutionals, the asset management firm already relies on the capacity of BNP Paribas to offer global solutions, providing local expertise and proven experience in the area of risk management, via a dedicated “Fund hosting” product. With the implementation of this passport, the bank offers a new solution to assist asset management firms with their international distribution. “France is the first country where we has put in place this passport created by the UCITS IV directive, in order to offer our clients a range of locally-registered products which benefit from integrated management and a French depository,” explains Jon Griffin, manager at JPMorgan Asset Management (Europe) SARL.
22/01/2014

Standard Life Investments launches a fund dedicated to emerging market corporate bonds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The British firm Standard Life Investments has launched a fund dedicated to emerging market corporate bonds, which will be managed by the team of Richard House, Citywire reports. The fund, which will be managed by House and Samantha Lamb, investment director for credit, will concentrate on bond issues denominated in US dollars, offered by financial establishments or businesses in emerging markets. The fund, domiciled in Luxembourg, will be based on the JP Morgan CEMBI Broad Diversified as a benchmark.
22/01/2014

Neptune closes a long/short fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Neptune has closed the Global Long/Short fund by Robin Geffen, two years after the departure of co-manager Ted Alexander, Investment Week reports. The fund did not succeed in interesting investors, and at its peak had GBP5m in assets.
22/01/2014

Carmignac Gestion adds to its investment unit in London

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Carmignac Gestion has announced the recruitment of Michael Hulme as commodity manager. He is now responsible for the management of the Carmignac Commodities fund, which represents EUR670m in assets. Hulme succeeds David Field, who has decided to take a sabbatical after 10 years as head of the commodity team. The new fund manager will begin in his role on 14 February. The commodity team Hulme leads will be based in London, where, according to a statement, “the manager and Simon Lovat, commodity analyst, will contribute investment ideas in one of the major themes for the firm.” Before joining the group, Hulme managed the Lombard Odier Global Energy Fund, launched in 2010. He previously aorked at MFS International, where he successfully launched the Global Energy Fund in 2009.
22/01/2014

Departure of a fund manager from BlackRock

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The natural resources specialist from BlackRock, Richard Davis, has resigned from his responsibilities in fund management after 19 years, Citywire reports. A spokesperson for the firm tells Citywire Wealth Manager that Davis took the decision “to explore other career opportunities at BlackRock and elsewhere.”
22/01/2014

JP Morgan AM appoints head of intermediaries

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } JP Morgan Asset Management (AM) has announced the appointment of Travis Spence as head of strategic relationships for the group in Asia-Pacific (ex Japan), in order to build its presence serving major intermediary clients, including third-party instituitonals such as banks, insurers and private banks, Asian Investor reports. Spence, based in Hong Kong, will report directly to Jed Laskowitz, CEO for Asia-Pacific at JP Morgan AM. Spence had previously been head of liquidity for Asia-Pacific, in charge of short-term bond activities primarily for institutional clients.
22/01/2014

Franklin Templeton adds to its alternative management team in Asia

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Franklin Templeton Investments has appointed Scott Collison, based in Singapore, as head of sales for alternative management in Asia. He will report to Mark Browning, managing director for the region, and will work to accelerate the growth of the activity and sales of alternative products in the group within Asia, relying on local teams dedicated to institutional clients and retail distribution. Before joining Franklin Templeton, Collison was CEO of Talos Strategies, a financial advising structure for alternative and traditional asset managers.
22/01/2014

Elliott Management increases stake in capital of Celesio

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The activist investor Elliott Management Corp has increased its stake in the German medical retailer Celesio, in which it now holds the equivalent of 24.08% of voting rights, compared with less than 20% previously, according to documents subitted to the Frankfurt stock exchange, the news agency Reuters reports. Elliott has increased its stake in the German business following the failure of a bid by McKesson for Celesio. Elliott also states in its documents submitted to the stock market that it holds convertible bonds representing an additional 7.93% of voting rights. In other words, Elliott has a theoretical total of 32.01% voting rights. As the convertibles have not yet matured, Elliott is not immediately required to submit a buyout offer, which is required under German lay whenever a stake exceeds 30%.
22/01/2014

UBS recruits from Morgan Stanley for its high net worth team

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } UBS is adding to its team dedicaed to high net worth clients and family offices in Germany, according to Finews. The bank has receuited a complete team from Morgan Stanley for its Munich office. Carl von Wrede is joining UBS as head of ultra-high net worth clients. He will lead a team of 9 people. He will be assisted by two of his former colleagues from Morgan Stanley, Wolfgang Reuter and Ingo Stegmaier. A fourth person will join them during the year.
22/01/2014

L'endettement des Etats en zone euro recule pour la première fois depuis 2007

C’est une première depuis le début de la crise financière de 2007. L’endettement des Etats de la zone euro rapporté à la richesse nationale a reculé au troisième trimestre 2013 par rapport au trois mois précédents, selon l’Office européen des statistiques. Le ratio de dette sur PIB atteignait 92,7% fin septembre 2013, contre 93,4% à la fin du premier semestre, indique Eurostat. Les plus fortes baisses ont été enregistrées au Portugal (-2,6 points), en Finlande, en Belgique et en Allemagne. En France, la décrue est de 0,9 point. Sur un an, les ratios de dette sur PIB restent toujours en hausse: celui de la zone euro atteignait 90% fin septembre 2012.
22/01/2014

Euronext étoffe son offre sur le colza

Euronext a annoncé le lancement, courant 2014, d’un complexe colza proposant des contrats à terme et des options sur le tourteau et l’huile de colza en contrats individuel. Ce lancement complètera l’offre de contrats à terme et d’options sur le colza d’Euronext, créée en 1994. La croissance du contrat à terme a atteint 67% sur les cinq dernières années. En 2013, 1,9 million de lots ont été négociés, soit 93 millions de tonnes de colza.
22/01/2014

La justice européenne déboute la Grande-Bretagne sur les ventes à découvert

La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a rejeté le recours du Royaume-Uni contre certaines dispositions du règlement sur les ventes à découvert. La Cour juge que les pouvoirs accordés à l’ESMA pour interdire les ventes à découvert sont suffisamment encadrés et que la base juridique sur laquelle s’appuie le règlement est appropriée.
22/01/2014

Le marché du repo se contracte en Europe

Les volumes de repo et de reverse repo en Europe, qui excluent les transactions nouées avec la BCE, sont en recul de 8% par rapport au semestre précédent, selon l’enquête semi-annuelle de l’ICMA, l’association des professionnels du secteur, menée auprès de 68 institutions financières à la date du 11 décembre. A 5.499 milliards d’euros, les montants sont les plus faibles depuis 4 ans.
22/01/2014

La banque centrale turque reste l'arme au pied

La banque centrale de Turquie a laissé mardi son principal taux directeur inchangé à 4,5%, et n’a pas touché non plus aux taux de prêts et de dépôts au jour le jour. Malgré la chute de 10% de la devise face au dollar depuis le 17 décembre, celle-ci se tient donc pour l’instant à l'écart des mesures conventionnelles.
22/01/2014

L'AMF renouvelle les membres de son conseil scientifique

Dix nouvelles personnalités font leur entrée au sein du conseil scientifique de l’Autorité des marchés financiers. Dans sa nouvelle configuration, le conseil compte 16 membres. Parmi les nouveaux membres figurent Eric Chaney, le chef économiste d’Axa, et Philippe Ithurbide, le directeur de la recherche d’Amundi.
22/01/2014

Le fonds souverain chinois CIC change de patron

Gao Xiqing, vice-président et directeur général du fonds souverain chinois CIC, va prendre sa retraite, a annoncé le site internet du Shanghai Securities News. Li Keping, vice-président exécutif et directeur des investissements, devrait lui succéder.
22/01/2014

Le Livret A et le LDD renouent avec une collecte positive

La Caisse des dépôts a fait part d’une collecte positive de 0,73 milliard d’euros en décembre pour le Livret A et le Livret de développement durable (0,35 milliard pour le premier et 0,38 milliard pour le deuxième). Un chiffre qui fait suite à trois mois de décollecte. Sur l’ensemble de l’année 2013, la collecte s’élève à 19,1 milliards, contre 49,2 milliards en 2012. A fin décembre et en tenant compte d’une capitalisation annuelle des intérêts pour un montant de 5,5 milliards, l’encours total sur les deux produits atteint 367,2 milliards d’euros. Décembre est généralement un mois de collecte positive car les salariés qui touchent des primes ou des treizièmes mois les déposent sur leurs livrets. Bercy a décidé de maintenir le taux du Livret A à 1,25% au 1er février prochain, alors que le ralentissement de l’inflation en France, qui est pris en compte dans son calcul, aurait pu le ramener à 0,75%.
22/01/2014

Pimco perd son directeur général

Mohamed El-Erian, directeur général et co-directeur des investissements, va quitter la société de gestion, propriété de l’assureur Allianz, au milieu du mois de mars. Andrew Balls deviendra directeur délégué des investissements, aux côtés de Daniel Ivascyn. Tous les deux seront placés sous la responsabilité de Bill Gross, fondateur de Pimco et gérant du plus grand fonds obligataire mondial. Mohamed El-Erian continuera de conseiller Allianz sur des questions économiques.
22/01/2014

Les actionnaires de Colonial approuvent l'augmentation de capital

Réunis en assemblée générale, les actionnaires de Colonial ont donné mardi leur feu vert à une augmentation de capital de 1 milliard d’euros au maximum. L’opération doit donner au conglomérat espagnol Villar Mir une participation de 29,9%. Ce dernier, ainsi que deux autres investisseurs, ont exigé que Colonial ne cède pas plus de 20% du capital de SFL, dont il est actionnaire à hauteur de 53% du capital.
22/01/2014

Les hedge funds baissent leurs frais

Les fonds alternatifs font évoluer leur structure de commissions, avec un recul des frais de gestion pour les nouveaux véhicules. La tendance se poursuivra en 2014.

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