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07/11/2013

MFS IM cible l’Europe du Nord

MFS Investment Management est actif en Europe du Nord depuis plus de dix ans, rapporte Fondbranschen, qui a interrogé Per Künow, managing director et responsable pour les ventes institutionnelles de la région nordique. Les fonds Meridian Funds sont agréés à la vente dans les pays nordiques.
07/11/2013

Cogefi Gestion recrute un chargé d’affaires distribution externe

Cogefi Gestion vient de recruter Côme Simon de Tinguy au poste de chargé d’affaires distribution externe OPCVM. La nouvelle recrue, qui a pour objectif de renforcer le développement de la clientèle professionnelle, sera plus spécifiquement en charge de la commercialisation de la gamme des fonds auprès des banquiers privés, multigérants, familly offices et courtiers en ligne. Côme Simon de Tinguy était depuis 2008 responsable de la distribution auprès des sociétés de gestion de portefeuille chez Financière de Champlain.
07/11/2013

Avertissement sur résultat pour MLP

Le prestataire allemand de services financiers MLP (22 milliards d’euros d’encours) a annoncé le 6 novembre que, compte tenu du ralentissement de l’activité dans l’assurance retraite et l’assurance maladie, le bénéfice avant impôt et charges financières (EBIT) de 2013 sera inférieur à la prévision de 65 millions d’euros. Il était ressorti pour 2012 à 74,1 millions d’euros contre 17,3 millions en 2011.Le «corridor» de 65-78 millions d’euros pour l’EBIT en 2014 et 2015 n’est pas modifié.Pour janvier-septembre, l’EBIT est tombé à 12,3 millions d’euros contre 26,4 millions durant la période correspondante de 2012.
07/11/2013

Siemens vend sa division "water technologies" à AEA

Le capital-investisseur américain achète pour 640 millions d’euros le pôle «water technologies» de Siemens, qui emploie 4.000 personnes dans le monde et réalise un chiffre d’affaires de 900 millions d’euros, rapporte la Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Cette activité, faiblement bénéficiaire, était sur la liste des actifs à céder depuis un an. La prochaine vente pourrait concerner les appareils auditifs, qui font partie de la division santé.
07/11/2013

DeAWM refond son système informatique

Das Investment rapporte que Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) a commandé l’Aladdin Enterprise Investment System dans le cadre d’un contrat portant sur la modernisation de tout son appareil informatique pour le processus d’investissement, depuis l’analyse des valeurs jusqu'à l’exécution et au dénouement des ordres en passant par la gestion du portefeuile et du risque.
07/11/2013
Fonds

Sparinvest lance un fonds d’obligations nordiques à haut rendement

La société de gestion danoise Sparinvest, basée au Luxembourg, a lancé un compartiment de type SIF de sa Sicav qui sera investi dans des obligations d’Europe du Nord à haut rendement. Cette stratégie a déjà drainé 60 millions d’euros investis dans un mandat de la part d’un important client institutionnel international. Le nouveau SIF, appelé Nordic High Yield Value Bonds, permettra à d’autres investisseurs institutionnels susceptibles d’investir un minimum de 15 millions d’euros de profiter de cette expertise.L’univers d’investissement du fonds est le Danemark, la Finlande, la Norvège, la Suède et leurs territoires associés. Le fonds sera investi dans des instruments de dette et monétaires émis par des entreprises domiciliées en Europe du Nord ou dont le chiffre d’affaires provient principalement de cette région. Le portefeuille initial comprendra une cinquantaine de titres.
Fonds
07/11/2013

Old Mutual GI collecte grâce à Richard Buxton

Old Mutual Global Investors a enregistré des souscriptions nettes de 300 millions de livres au troisième trimestre grâce à la forte collecte dans le fonds Old Mutual UK Alpha, géré par le fonds star Richard Buxton, rapporte Fund Web. La société gère désormais 15,2 milliards de livres, soit une hausse de 10 % par rapport au début de l’année.
07/11/2013

Mark Little quitte Henderson

Mark Little, directeur associé dans l’équipe commerciale discrétionnaire d’Henderson Global Investors, va quitter la société à la fin de l’année, rapporte Investment Week. Ses clients seront pris en charge par Matthew Frost et William Hamilton, avec l’aide de Simon Hillenbrand. Mark Little était précédemment chez New Star, société rachetée par Henderson.
07/11/2013

Départ du commercial international de Cheyne

Max Nardulli, le responsable des ventes internationales et de la distribution de Cheyne Capital, l’un des plus vieux hedge funds de Londres, a quitté la société après quatre ans, a appris Financial News. Il était chargé de commercialiser la gamme de produits de Cheyne à l’étranger.
07/11/2013

Forte progression d'activité chez Royal London

Le groupe britannique Royal London a fait état pour les neuf premiers mois de l’année d’une croissance de 48% par rapport à fin décembre 2012 de ses actifs sous gestion à 73,5 milliards de livres, selon les chiffres communiqués par la société. Cette évolution est notamment liée à l’acquisition en août dernier de The Cooperative Asset Management qui représente un montant d’actifs de 20,4 milliards de livres. La collecte de Royal London Asset Management a de son côté atteint 1,45 milliard de livres sur neuf mois. L’activité retraite a également apporté sa contribution, avec une progression de 28% sur neuf mois à 2,2 milliards de livres.
07/11/2013
Fonds

Miton ferme un fonds de rendement aux nouveaux investisseurs

Miton Asset Management souhaite fermer aux nouveaux investisseurs son fonds Miton UK Multi Cap Income, dont les actifs sous gestion s'élèvent un peu plus de 182 millions de livres, rapporte Fundweb.La stratégie, cogérée par Gervais Williams et Martin Turner, sera notamment retirée de la plateforme Novia à compter du 29 novembre. Cette initiative s’inscrit dans le projet de gérer aux alentours de 550 millions de livres avec un autre fonds, le Miton Diverse Income Trust (245,5 millions de livres), également géré par Gervais Williams.
Fonds
07/11/2013

Permira acquiert la majorité dans Bestinvest

Pour un montant non divulgué le capital-investisseur 3i a cédé sa participation majoritaire dans le «private client investment group» Bestinvest, dont l’encours se situe à 5 milliards de livres à des fonds de Permira. La transaction devrait être bouclée dans le courant du premier trimestre 2014.Peter Hall, CEO de Bestinvest, a souligné que Permira est disposé à soutenir la stratégie de croissance du management et que l’introduction de la réglementation RDR offre à Bestinvest d’excellentes possibilités de croissance organique ainsi que d’acquisitions.
07/11/2013

FSOB analyzes risks at Fidelity and BlackRock

According to sources familiar with the matter cited by the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Stability Oversight Board (FSOB) has undertaken an analysis of the risks run by the asset management selector, and particularly the largest actors in this area, BlackRock and Fidelity Investments. The objective is to determine whether institutions of this type could be considered “systemically important”, but the Board is not close to have reached a verdict on this point.
07/11/2013

UniCredit to launch real estate fund

UniCredit will launch a real estate fund, which will be managed by Torre SGR, a firm which is 62.5% controlled by Fortress and 37.5% by Pioneer Investments, the asset management firm of the banking group, Investment Europe reports. The fund has initial capital of EUR100m, and will invest primarily in private real estate and commercial and luxury properties in Milan and Rome.
07/11/2013

DeAWM and KraneShares launch ETFs of Chinese A-class equities

A few days after the announcement of the launch of the PowerShares China A Share Portfolio (ticker: CHNA, see Newsmanagers of 14 October) by Invesco PowerShres, two other providers, DeAWM and KraneShares, have launched their own ETFs of Chinese A-class shares listed in continental China, in Shanghai and Shenzhen, on the US market.Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) with Harvest Global Investors is offering the db x-trackers Harvets CSI 300 China A Shares Fund (ASHR), listed on NYSE (see Newsmanagers of 5 November), which charges 1.08%, listed on NYSE Arca. The fund replciates the China Securities Index 300.On the same platform, KraneShares, in partnership with the Chinese Bosera Asset Management, has launched the KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (KBA), which replicates the MSCI China A index, and which charges 1.10%.
07/11/2013

UBS and Wealth-X publish their first global survey of billionaires

The high net worth specialist Wealth-X and the Swiss group UBS on 6 November published the first edition of its survey of billionaires worldwide, the “Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2013.” The global population of billoinaires this year (June 2013) reached a record 2,170 people, up by 0.5% compared with 2012 (July). The wealth of Asian billionaires has grown most sharply in 2013, with a leap of nearly 13% for a population which has grown by 3.7% compared with the previous year. At the current growth rates, Asia would overtake the United States in five years, the report finds. Another remarkable development is that since the 2009 financial crisis, there are 810 new billionaires. The wealth of the population of billionaires has more than doubled since the financial crisis, to USD6.5trn, compared with USD3.1trn in 2009. The cumulative wealth of the billionaires has grown 5.3% since 2012.] Europe has the largest number of billionaires (766), but the United States continues to lead in terms of cumulative wealth, with a total of USD2.158trn.
07/11/2013

Double Dividend obtains asset management firm license

The Dutch regulator, the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM), has awarded Double Diviend, an investment consulting firm based in Amsterdam, an extension on its license, which allows it to manage investments, Fonds Nieuws reports.Double Dividend offers a socially responsible investment portfolio in equities, bonds and alternative assets, either directly or via the best funds from external managers, with a maximal commission of 1%, including VAT.In April, the firm also launched a sustainable development equity fund, which has EUR8m in assets, the Double Dividend Equity Fund, managed by Ward Kastrop.
07/11/2013

DeAWM overhauls its IT system

Das Investment reports that Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM), has mandated Aladdin Enterprise Investment System under a contract to update its entire IT system for investment processes, from securities analysis through to execution and settlement, including portfolio and risk management.
07/11/2013

Profit warning at MLP

The German financial services provider MLP (EUR22bn in assets) on 6 November announced that, due to a downturn in activities in retirement insurance and health insurance, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for 2013 will be lower than the projected EUR65m. For 2012, they totalled EUR74.1m, compared with EUR17.3m in 2011.The corridor of EUR65-78m for EBIT in 2014 and 2015 has not been modified.In January-September, EBIT fell to EUR12.3m, from EUR26.4m in the corresponding period of 2012.
07/11/2013

Departure of Asia head from GSAM

Oliver Bolitho, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management in Asia-Pacific, will be retiring at the end of the year, after 15 years at the firm, according to an internal memo seen by Financial News. After his resignation, he will become an advising director.
07/11/2013

Permira acquires majority of Bestinvest

For an undisclosed sum, private equity investor 3i has sold its majority stake in the private client investment group Bestinvest, whose assets total GBP5bn, to funds from Permira. The transaction is expected to be completed in first quarter 2014.Peter Hall, CEO of Bestinvest, says that Permira is willing to support the growth strategy of management, and that the introduction of RDR regulation offers Bestinvest excellent opportunities for both organic and external growth.
07/11/2013

Mark Little leaves Henderson

Mark Little, associate director of the discretionary sales team at Henderson Global Investors, will be leaving the firm at the end of the year, Investment week reports. His clients will be taken over by Matthew Frost and William Hamilton, with the assistance of Simon Hillenbrand. Little had previously been at New Star, a firm which was acquired by Henderson.
07/11/2013

Old Mutual GI posts inflows thanks to Richard Buxton

Old Mutual Global Investors has posted net subscriptions of GBP300m in third quarter, due to strong inflows to Old Mutual UK Alpha funds, managed by the fund star Richard Buxton, Fund Web reports. The firm now has GBP15.2bn in assets under management, an increase of 10% compared with the beginning of the year.
07/11/2013

Departure of international salesperson from Cheyne

Max Nardulli, head of international sales and distribution at Cheyne Capital, one of the oldest hedge funds in London, has left the firm after four years, Financial News has learned. He had been responsible for sales of the Cheyne product range abroad.
07/11/2013

Strong growth in activities at Royal London

The British Royal London group has reported growth in its assets under management of 48% in the first nine months of the year, compared with the end of December 2012, to GBP73.5bn, according to figures released by the firm. This development is related largely to the acquisition in August this year of The Cooperative Asset Management, which represents assets under management of GBP20.4bn. Inflows at Royal London Asset Management, for their part, totalled GBP1.45bn in nine months. Retirement activities also contributed, with growth of 28% in nine months, to GBP2.2bn.
07/11/2013

Cogefi Gestion appoints representative for external sales

Cogefi Gestion has recruited Côme Simon de Tinguy as representative for external distribution. The new recruit, who will aim to strengthen the development of the professional client base, will be more specifically resopnsible for sales of the fund range to private bankers, multi-managers, family offices and online brokers. De Tinguy had since 2008 been head of sales to portfolio management firms at Financière de Champlain.
07/11/2013

New Hampshire RS awards a custody mandate to BNY Mellon

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has announced that it won a global custody mandate for USD6.5bn from the New Hampshire Retirement System (NHRS). The investor services unit at BNY Mellon will provide custody, accounting, currency, cash management and risk services.NHRS has about 85,000 members, and works for 475 employers, the State of New Hampshire, municipal governments, school districts, counties, etc.
07/11/2013

M&G recruits sales manager for Italy

M&G Investments in early October recruited Nicola Mutinelli for its Italian team as sales manager, Milano Finanza reports. He will report to Matteo Astolfi, director. He had previously worked at Anima SGR as relationship manager. At the same time, Lorna Neri has been promoted to business development manager. As of 30 June, M&G had assets in Italy of EUR6.6bn.
07/11/2013

Asset management participates in good results at Natixis

Natixis, which on Wednesday, 6 November unveiled its results for third quarter, has posted strong growth in revenues for core professions, up 10% compared with third quarter last year, to EUR.597bn. In the Spain unit, asset management has posted record net inflows of EUR11.2bn, driven mostly by the United States, and life insurance activities, which were dynamic.

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