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16/07/2013
Fonds

Deuxième closing pour le fonds immobilier Internos

La société de gestion allemande Internos a annoncé le deuxième closing de son Hotel Real Estate Fund I. D’un montant de 210 millions d’euros, cette levée de fonds fait suite à une première de 75 millions d’euros. De nouveaux engagements d’une valeur de 135 millions d’euros, issus de trois nouveaux investisseurs de fonds de pension allemands ont été enregistrés ainsi que des engagements supplémentaires des quatre investisseurs dont les capitaux engagés lors du premier closing (75 millions d’euros) a doublé. Depuis son lancement en juillet 2012, le fonds a acquis ou s’est engagéeà acquérir sept hôtels en Allemagne, en Autriche et aux Pays-Bas pour environ 200 millions d’euros. Internos escompte atteindre les 250 millions d’euros dans les 6 prochains mois et 400 millions d’euros d’actifs sous gestion d’ici fin 2014..Dans sa première année d’exploitation, le fonds a versé des dividendes de de 8 %, dépassant ainsi les objectifs du placement.Le fonds hôtel est structuré comme «Spezialfonds».
Fonds
16/07/2013

La VP Bank acquiert les activités de banque privée de HSBC Trinkaus

Le liechtensteinois VP Bank a annoncé l’acquisition par ses filiales VP Bank (Luxembourg) SA et par VPB Finance SA des activités de banque privée de HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt (International) SA ainsi que l’activité de fonds d’investissement liée à la banque privée de HSBC Trinkaus Investment Managers SA. La transaction, dont les modalités financières n’ont pas été dévoilées, doit être bouclée avant la fin de cette année. Les 20 personnes concernées rejoindront VP Bank.L’opération concerne a priori un encours de 2,5 milliards de francs suisses au 30 juin 2013.
16/07/2013

Le président de l'ABBL passera la main en avril 2014

L’Association des Banques et Banquiers, Luxembourg (ABBL) a annoncé hier avoir pris acte de la demande de son président Jean-Jacques Rommes à être déchargé de ses responsabilités à l’association après son assemblée générale en avril 2014. Le cadre entend se consacrer pleinement à la tâche d’administrateur délégué et président du comité exécutif qu’il a accepté d’occuper dans l’Union des Entreprises, Luxembourg (UEL).Dans un premier temps, le Conseil a arrêté de nouvelles nominations au sein du Management Board de l’association, à savoir :• Catherine Bourin• Fernand Grulms• Marc HemmerlingSerge de Cillia est confirmé comme membre du Management Board. Le conseil a également accepté la demande de messieurs Daniel Lehmeier et Rüdiger Jung de se voir confier des missions spéciales dans leurs domaines de compétence. Ils resteront étroitement associés à la direction de l’association avec le titre de «General Counselor», indique un communiqué.
16/07/2013

KAS Bank vendrait son activité allemande de Master KAG

Selon efinancialcareers, qui cite un proche du dossier, le néerlandais KAS Bank serait sur le point de vendre son activité de Master KAG (administration de fonds) en Allemagne, KAS Investment Servicing, lancée en 2008.Apparemment, cette activité n’a pas évolué aussi bien que prévu. KAS Investment Servicing emploie environ 40 personnes à Wiesbaden. Elle administrait fin 2012 un total de 24 fonds pour un encours de 608,5 millions d’euros.
16/07/2013

L'AFME a désigné son nouveau président

L’Association des marchés financiers en Europe (AFME) a nommé Frédéric Janbon à la fonction de président à compter de la fin septembre. Il succèdera au président actuel, Gaël de Boissard, global head of Fixed Income, CEO of the EMEA Region et membre de l’executive board de Credit Suisse.Frédéric Janbon occupe la fonction de global head of Fixed Income, membre de l’executive board, corporate & investment banking et membre du group executive committee chez BNP Paribas.
16/07/2013

VP Bank acquires private banking activities of HSBC Trinkaus

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Liechtenstein-based VP Bank has announced that its affiliates VP Bank (Luxembourg) SA and VPB Finance SA have acquired the private banking activities of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt (International) SA, as well as investment fund activities related to private banking at HSBC Trinkaus Investment Managers SA. The transaction, whose financial details will not be revealed, is expected to be completed by the end of this year. The 20 people affected will join VP Bank.The deal would appear to affect assets of CHF2.5bn as of 30 June 2013.
16/07/2013
Gestion d'actifs

La Caisse de pension de la fonction publique du canton de Neuchâtel a effectué ses premiers investissements dans le private equity

La Caisse de pension de la fonction publique du canton de Neuchâtel (2,8 milliards de francs suisses d’actifs sous gestion) a effectué son premier investissement dans le private equity. Un investissement a aussi été effectué sur l’or alors que les discussions concernant les placements de la poche immobilier international ont été repoussées. La caisse de retraite collabore avec Coninco Advisory pour la stratégie et Synopsis Asset Management pour le conseil en allocation tactique. Suite à un appel d’offres, les premiers investissements en private equity ont été réalisés. Une nouvelle exposition sur l’or a été intégrée aux placements sur les matières premières, a indiqué le dernier rapport annuel du fonds, sans pour autant divulguer qui a été retenu pour gérer les actifs. La Caisse de pension de la fonction publique du canton de Neuchâtel a opéré à 2 changements de gérants : un gestionnaire dédié à l’investissement sur les actions suisses et un gestionnaire en charge des investissements sur les actions internationales, leurs noms n’ont pas été divulgués. Par ailleurs, le rapport indique que le fonds a l’intention de discuter de sa poche immobilier à l’international, jusqu’alors délaissée au profit de la poche immobilier suisse. Le rapport ajoute également que le fonds n’a pas pris de décisions importantes en matière d’immobilier international indirect car cette classe d’actifs n’a pas été entièrement allouée pour l’instant. À la fin de 2012, la poche immobilier international représentait 0.6 % des actifs alors que l’objectif était d’atteindre 3 %.
Gestion d'actifs
16/07/2013
Gestion d'actifs

Allianz France investit 40 millions d'euros dans le fonds Novo

L’assureur Allianz France annonce qu’il investit 40 M€ dans le fonds Novo présenté par le ministre de l’Economie et des Finances, Pierre Moscovici, le 10 juillet 2013. Ce dispositif destiné à encourager le financement des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) et des entreprises de taille intermédiaire (ETI) non cotées, est soutenu par 18 assureurs dont Allianz France, ainsi que par la Caisse des dépôts et le Fonds de réserve des retraites. Dans un premier temps, le fonds structuré en deux compartiments sera doté d’un milliard d’euros, chacun des investisseurs impliqués ne pouvant allouer plus de 100 M€. Ce dispositif, qui a nécessité une réforme du Code des assurances, devrait permettre à 30 ou 40 entreprises de souscrire des prêts obligataires d’un montant de 10 M€ à 50 M€, à taux fixe, sur une durée de 5 à 7 ans.
Gestion d'actifs
16/07/2013

Calpers en bonne forme

Le fonds de pension des salariés du secteur public californien a dévoilé une performance de gestion de 12,5% sur son exercice à fin juin, supérieure de 1,5 point à celle de son indice de référence, sur fond de bonne tenue des actions internationales ou de l’immobilier. Le montant des actifs de Calpers s’élève à quelque 260 milliards de dollars.
16/07/2013

La TTF met à mal les volumes

Carlo Cottarelli, directeur de la division des affaires fiscales du FMI, a souligné que l’instauration d’une taxe sur les transactions financières en France et en Italie avait entraîné un repli des volumes de transaction. Le gouvernement français estime que cette taxe devrait rapporter 800 millions d’euros en 2013.
16/07/2013

Le marché high yield repart de plus belle

Le gel provoqué par les déclarations de la Fed aura été de courte durée. Les émissions sur le marché du haut rendement en Europe se sont multipliées la semaine dernière pour atteindre 3,4 milliards d’euros. Plusieurs signatures, la plupart détenues par des fonds d’investissement, ont profité de l’embellie pour faire leur entrée sur le marché obligataire.
15/07/2013

Dyal buys minority stake in Waterfall

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The private equity fund Dyal Capital Partners, managed by Neuberger Berman, has acquired a passive minotrity stake in the New York-based hedge fund firm Waterfall Asset Management (USD2.3bn) from the private equity incubator fund M.D. Sass-Macquarie Financial Partners, managed by M.D. Sass-Macquarie Financial Strategies.Waterfall will continue to be led by its founders, Jack Ross and Tom Capasse, and will retain full control of its activities and its investment processes. The transaction is structured in such a way as to allow key executives at the asset mangement firm to increase their stake in its capital.
15/07/2013

Asset management profits up at JPMorgan

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In second quarter 2013, the asset management unit at JPMorgan Chase posted net profits of USD500m, compared with USD487m in January-March, and USD391m in April0-June 2012. In first half, profits increased 27%, to USD987m.Between the beginning of April and the end of June this year, JPMorgan poted long-term net subscriptions of USD25bn, for a 17th consecutive quarter of net inflows. Assets under management as of 30 June, at USD1.5trn, were up year on year by USD123bn, or 9%, due both to net subscription to long-term products and to market effects, partially compensated by net outflows from money market products.In the twelve months to the end of June, net subscriptions totalled USD67bn, due to USD84bn in net inflows to long-term products, minus USD17bn in net outflows from money markets. In second quarter, net subscriptions totalled only USD3bn, due to USD25bn for the aforementioned long-term funds, which more than offset net redemptions of USD22bn from money markets.Overall, net profits at JPMorgan Chase in April-June totalled USD6.496bn, compared with USD6.529bn in January-March, and USD4.960bn in the corresponding period of 2012.
15/07/2013

Deka resells property in Miami

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The German firm Deka Immobilien has announced that it has resold the office (17.000 square metres) and commercial (2,000 square metres) property “BAC Collonade” in Miami to TA Realty Associates.The property had since 2008 been in the portfolio of the open-ended real esate fund Deka-Immobilien Global.The transaction will allow Deka Immobilien to unload a property located on the outskirts of Miami, at a time when its strategy is to acquire properties located in the centre of major US cities.
15/07/2013

Very heavy redemptions from mutual funds in June

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to Morningstar, US long-term mutual funds in June saw net outflows of USD47.29bn, compared with net inflows of USD38.6bn in May and USD37.8bn in April. They are the heaviest redemptions since USD105.6bn in October 2008. In first half overall, long-term mutual funds posted net inflows of USD215.2bn.Outflows in June were largely due to taxable-bond funds with USD43.78bn in net outflows, and to municipal bonds, which saw net redemptions of USD16.37bn.The asset management firms most severely affected by net redemptions of open-ended fund shares in June were Pimco (USD14.48bn), Fidelity (USD5.14bn), and Vanguard (USD4.88bn). American Funds, Franklin Templeton and JPMorgan saw respective net outflows of USD3.9bn, USD2.01bn and USD1.01bn.Among the top ten promoters in terms of assets, only two show net subscriptions in June. They are Dimensional Fund Advisors (USD938m) and T. Rowe Price (USD118m).
15/07/2013

Steep fall in assets for 4 asset managers in June

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Overall, assets for the four US asset management firms which release monthly statistics more or less simultaneously (AllianceBernstein, Franklin Templeton, Invesco and Legg Mason) fell by USD82.3bn as of 30 June compared with the end of May, to a total fo USD2.6001trn.The steepest decline, from USD31.5bn to EUR815bn, was at Franklin Templeton, whose assets in equity funds fell by USD13.1bn (to USD313.5bn) while bond funds contracted by USD16.1bn (to EUR365.7bn).At Invesco, the decline totalled EUR24bn, to USD705.6bn, with a decline of USD9.3bn to USD321.4bn for equities, and USD4.9bn for bonds, to USD321.4bn and USD173.1bn, respectively, while money market funds are down to USD77.8bn from USD82.7bn.The decline at AllianceBernstein totalled USD17bn, to USD453bn, of which USD13bn was contraction for bond products, to USD257bn.Legg Mason, for its part, shows a decline of USD9.8bn in June, to USD644.5bn, largely due to a decline of USD11.8bn for bond funds, to USD351gbn, but money market funds, due to an increase in assets of USD3.8bn, were up to USD129.1bn.
15/07/2013

Cerulli reports a steep rise in global assets

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } At the end of this year, total asset management assets worldwide are expected to total USD70.400trn, which is USD20.000trn more than their nadir in 2008, Cerulli Associates estimates. The United States continue to drive this increase, but Euopre is expected to have increased the volume of its assets under mangement to USD5.900trn since 2008.The most recent study by Cerulli finds that as of the end of 2012, France stood in sixth place worldwide for household financial savings, with USD5.000trn, after the United States (USD30.000trn), Japan (USD18.000trn), the United Kingdom (USD7.200trn), China (USD6.8oootrn), and Germany (USD6.4000trn).In terms of assets in investment funds as a percentage of financial savings, France is in sixth place, with 16%, after the United States (38.8%), Canada (26.6%), Sweden (18.1%), Australia (17.7%), and Switzerland (17.5%).Cerulli has also released a projection of net revenue for fund management firms worldwide until 2017. For equities, it is expected to gradually rise to USD101.8bm, from USD66.1bn last year. For bonds, its projection shows USD48.3bn in 2017, compared with USD28bn in 2012.In the area of balanced funds, specialists at Cerulli project USD17.4bn in 2017, compared with USD12.2bn last year, while the “miscellaneous” category is expected to total USD9.2bn, up from USD6.5bn in 2012. For money markets, Cerulli predicts USD7.1bn, compared with USD8.3bn as of the end of last year.
15/07/2013

Russell Emerging Markets index down 7% year on year

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Russell Emerging Markets index lost nearly 1% between 1 July and 8 July, and since the beginning of this year, more than 7%, This development comes amidst increasing regional political instability and declining growth in China, a statement from Russell Investments states. The index has also posted negative growth of 8.4% in second quarter alone.Russell notes, however, that although the Russell BRIC index (Russia, Brazil, India and China) has fallen since the beginning of the year (-11.3%), as of 8 July, some markets also showed net increases, including the United Arab Emirates (+46%), Philippines (+8.1%) and Malaysia (+8.1%), the best-performing countries on the Russell Emerging Markets index from the beginning of the year to 8 July. At the other extreme, Brazil (-21%), Greece (-16.6%) and South Africa (-15.1%) saw the worst performance in this period.
15/07/2013

Hedge funds post very strong subscriptions in May

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to statistics from BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research, on the basis of results provided by 3,368 hedge funds, alternative funds posted their strongest net subscriptions in more than two years in May, with USD18.5bn, compared with only USD430m in April. Hedge funds overall posted inflows in first half of USD35.7bn, compared with barely USD484m in the corresponding period of last year.In June, the 1,498 funds who had released results as of 14 July saw average losses of 1.30%, which reduces the total for first half to 4.31%. Of the 17 sub-indices, only four showed gains in June, while the two strongest performances were for the 17 tech funds (+1.17%), and the 59 equity market neutral funds (+0.68%). The heaviest loses were from the 245 emerging market funds (-3.86%), and the 30 distressed securities funds (-2%).Since the beginning of the year, the heaviest losses have been from the three equity short bias funds (-15.80%), while the other strategy that showed losses was emerging markets (-0.29%). The best two strategies for first half overall were Pacific Rim emerging market equities (+13.08%) for 40 funds, and the healthcare & biotechnology segment, with 10.60% for 27 funds.
15/07/2013

Renta 4 launches balanced fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The CNMV on 5 July lissued a license for the Ohana Europe fund, launched by Renta 4 Gestora, and advised by Saúl Sala Peñalver, via the Eopmanager company. The diversified product uses the Stoxx Europe 600 Price as a benchmark for equities, and Eonia + 200 basis points for the bond portion. The portfolio will be invested in publicly-traded securities issued in the European Union.The manager is permitted to invest a maximum of 10% of assets in other investment funds, either UCITS-compliant or not, while the remainder will be invested in equities and bonds without pre-determined proportions.CharacteristicsName: Ohana Europe, FIISIN code: ES0167198003Management commission: 1.4%Depository banking commission: 0.1%
15/07/2013

German government to seek to sell Commerzbank to UBS

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Focus reports that Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, has made contact with Axel Weber, chairman of UBS and former chairman of the Bundesbank, to study the possibility that the major Swiss bank will buy Commerzbank. The stake held by the bailout fund Soffin in the second-largest German bank stands at 17%, and is currently valued at EUR1.2bn on the stock market.A spokesperson for the German government on Saturday announced that the German government is still planning to limit aid awarded during the financial crisis to the shortest possible duration, Handelsblatt reports.
15/07/2013

ESMA: consultation on centralised clearing of OTC derivatives

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a Discussion Paper to prepare the regulatory technical standards (RTS) which will implement provisions of the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) regarding the obligation to centrally clear OTC derivatives.The consultation is aimed at assisting ESMA in developing its approach to determining which classes of OTC derivatives need to be centrally cleared and the phase-in periods for the counterparties concerned.The Discussion Paper is open for feedback until 12 September 2013.
15/07/2013

Banca March “whistles back” Inversis from BPA deal

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In a notification to the CNMV, Banca March has announced that it has decided to avail itself of its pre-emptive right to buy Banco Inversis for EUR217.4m, at a time when its sale to Banco Privado Andorrano (BPA) for over USD200m was already a virtually done deal. Banca March thus avoids letting Inversis fall into the hands of a direct competitor, as BPA is the parent company of Banco Madrid.Banca March had previously controlled 5% of Inversis, compared with 38.4% for Bankia, 15.1% for Sabadell, 12.98% for Indra, 9.9% for El Corte Inglés, 8.9% for Cajamar, and 5.2% for Telefónica.At the same time, Banca March has announced that it has signed an agreement to resell the retail banking activities of Banco Inversis to Andbank (a rival of BPA) for EUR179.8m.Once the deal is done, Banca March will sell a 50% stake in Banco Inversis to the Portuguese group Orey Antunes.Inversis has assets under management of EUR40.6bn, of which EUR4.5bn are for retail investors.
15/07/2013

Psigma IM acquires private client activities of Axa Framlington

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Psigma Investment Management (PIM) has announced that it has acquired AXA Framlington Portfolio Management, the private client activity of Axa Framlington. The acquisition is subject to the approval of the regulator, who will announce a final verdict in September, according to a press release. PIM, an affiliate of De Punter Southall Group, has GBP1.5bn in assets under management.AXA Framlington Portfolio Management offers portfolio management services to private clients, on assets totalling GBP380m. The three managers, Rupert Hunter, Michael Firth and Jon Gould, with six employees in support positions, will all join PIM.The sale follows a strategic reshuffle decided on by Axa Framlington last year. The firm, which has over EUR50bn in assets, hopes to continue to grow serving retail and institutional clients.
15/07/2013

EPFR: global investors return to equities

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As the unemployment rate in the United States remains 60 basis points above the level perceived as a trigger for a slowdown in bond repurchases by the US Federal Reserve, investors have partly focused on the corporate results season for second quarter, which began in early July, EPFR Global observes. Optimism about the outlooks for US and Japanese firms as well as for some European groups has allowed US and European equity funds to post their strongest net subscriptions since third quarter 2011 and second quarter 2012, respectively, while Japanese equity funds continued the inflows they had begun in mid-January.Overall, equity funds monitored by EPFR Global in the week to 10 July posted net inflows of USD13.6bn, while retail demand remained at its highest level in 21 weeks. Bond funds, for their part, posted net outflows of USD2.69bn. Money market funds, for their part, attracted USD34bn, the highest level in 27 weeks, while US products contributed over two thirds of net inflows.EPFR Global also comments that emerging market equity and bond funds have seen net redemptions of over USD3bn in total for the fifth time in the past six weeks.
15/07/2013

Notenstein recruits from ZKB

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Notenstein private bank has a growing presence on the Swiss structured product market. It has recruited Sinah Wolfers and Claudio Topatigh, both of whom join from the Cantonal Bank of Zurich (ZKB) and are specialists in this area, Finews reports.Topatigh will be head of structured products, while Wolfer will join the sell-side team.

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