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15/04/2013

Asset management net profits up 26% at JP Morgan in first quarter

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Net profits at the asset management unit of JP Morgan totalled USD487m in first quarter, up by USD101m, or 26%, compared with the corresponding quarter of 2012, according to figures released on 12 April. Assets under management increased by USD101bn, or 7%, to a total of USD1.5trn, due to a net inflow to long-term products and a positive market effect. Other assets, including assets under custody or administration, increased by USD57bn, or 9%, to a total of USD688bn, due to positive market effect and net inflows.
15/04/2013

Volume of transactions at Amundi Immobilier tops EUR1.5bn in 2012

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The volume of trades engaged in by Amundi Immobilier in France and internationally in the year 2012 totalled EUR1.5bn, which brings total assets under management to EUR7bn, up 10%. According to the asset management firm, Opcimmo, its most recent collective real estate investment organism contributed to this result, as the product received investments from the group’s networks (regional savings banks, LCL and CA Assurances), giving it 75% market share in terms of inflows, the firm says. In 2013, Amundi Immobilier will diversify its international investments to offer its clients a wider range of access to the European market.
15/04/2013

Invesco sells Atlantic Trust PWM to CIBC

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Chinese firm CIBC has announced that it has acquired Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management (USD20bn in assets) from Invesco for USD210m in cash, equivalent to 1.05% of assets under management. Atlantic Trust PWM provides integrated wealth management solutions to high net worth retail clients, familiies, and foundations. The firm has 235 employees.
15/04/2013

Santander finalises its private banking line-up

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Alberto Ridaura, who had been head of wealth management activities, has been appointed as deputy director of the Santander private bank, alongside Eduardo Suárez (see Newsmanagers of 9 April), who has been selected as CEO of the unit, which has assets of EUR100bn, of which EUR65bn come from the wealth management division, Funds People reports.Santander has also appointed the 17 territorial heads in its private bank.
15/04/2013

Santander preparing to rationalise its fund range

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } According to a document obtained by Funds People, Santander will be taking the occasion of the absorption of its affiliates Banif and Banesto to rationalise its investment fund ranges, which include a total of 197 products under the Santander, Banif, Banesto, Citibank and Openbank brand names. By June, the group will be merging bond funds so as to eliminate 12 products. The new funds will be divided into several share classes, with varied commission levels. Nine equity funds will also be eliminated through merger-absorption.In September, the wave of rationalisation will be extended to profiled funds, the Santander “Select” range, whose assets will increase from EUR1bn currently to EUR2.4bn. The absolute return range will include only two funds, with assets of EUR800m.
15/04/2013

Allfunds gets head of development

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The Allfunds Bank platform (Santander and Intesa Sanpaolo) has appointed Jaime Pérez-Maura as head of development and planning of sales. He will be responsible for new activities in Europe and Asia. In addition, he will be responsible for overseeing key global accounts, Funds People reports.Pérez-Maura, who will report to Gianluca Renzini, head of sales, will retain responsibility for communications and market intelligence, but he will abandon direction of investment solutions, a position he had held for 13 years.
15/04/2013

Bank of Japan inflects investor demand

Early April saw investors around the world digesting the implications of the Bank of Japan’s decision to double the country’s monetary base in an effort to banish deflation by 2015. The BOJ’s program has raised hopes for Japan’s economic growth, fueled expectations of stronger Japanese investor demand for asset classes ranging from Eurozone debt to US real estate and rekindled fears that European and emerging Asian exporters will see their export competitiveness eroded by a weaker yen.Flows for EPFR global-tracked funds during the week ending April 10 mirrored these expectations and concerns. Europe bond funds posted their biggest weekly inflow since early December, real estate sector funds took in fresh money for the 13th time in the 15 weeks year-to-date and YTD flows into Japan equity funds climbed over the USD11 billion mark while redemptions from Germany equity funds hit a 49 week high and Asia ex-Japan equity funds recorded outflows for the second time in the past three weeks.Overall, a net USD3.13 billion flowed into equity funds – with half of that total going to dividend equity funds – and bond funds took in USD3.52 billion. Alternative Funds absorbed another USD953 million as they extended their current inflow streak to 14 consecutive weeks.It is also notable that balanced funds continued to attract USD1bn so that inflows since the beginning of the year total over USD21bn.
15/04/2013

Aberdeen's DEGI International distributes 10% of its assets

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } On 25 April, Aberdeen Immobilien KAG announced, the open-ended real estate fund DEGI International (ISIN code: DE0008007998) will distribute EUR3.500 per share to its shareholders, which will represent a total of EUR125.9m, or nearly 10% of remaining assets of EUR1.277bn.Aberdeen states that, of this total of EUR3.500 per share, EUR1.7071 corresponds to dividends for 2012, and the remaining EUR1.7929 is a redistribution of assets. The asset management firm on 25 October 2011 decided to liquidate the fund by 15 October 2014. At the time, assets totalled EUR1.56bn.The next distribution will take place in October. Its amount will largely depend on the proceeds from sales of other assets.
15/04/2013

BlackRock prepares two emerging market debt funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } On 17 April, BlackRock will officially announce the launch of the Emerging Market Corporate Bond Fund and Emerging Market Investment-Grade Bond fund sub-funds of its Luxembourg Sicav BlackRock Global Funds (BGF) in France and the rest of Europe, which the asset management firm is not yet able to confirm, but which has been reported by Fondsnieuws.The first of these products will invest at least 70% in emerging market investment grade corporate bonds.The funds are managed in London by a team led by Sergio Trigo Paz, who had been CIO for emerging markets at BNP Paribas Investment Partners.
15/04/2013

Money market funds and funds investing in Europe responsible for outflows in March

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } French-registered funds posted outflows in March of EUR6.27bn. By asset class, according to statistics from Europerformance SIX Telekurs, net redemptions primarily affected treasury funds – with outflows of EUR4.18bn – and bond funds, from which redemptions totalled EUR1.149bn. Equity funds were no exception to the trend, but outflows were considerably lower. All equity categories as a whole lost EUR718.95m. For its part, the category of funds investing in convertible bonds posted net inflows of EUR3.04bn.
15/04/2013

Hedge funds post inflows of USD11.4bn in February

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } According to BarclayHedge and TrimTabs, the 3,434 hedge funds which had reported results up to the end of February had attracted a net USD11.4bn in February, or 0.6% of their assets, after inflows of USD4.3bn in January. However, their returns were only 0.4% in February, while the S&P 500 gained 1.1%. In the twelve months under review, the performance of hedge funds has been only 5.8%, at a time when the S&P 500 has gained 10.9%.On the basis of results for 1,360 funds as of the end of March, BarclayHedge estimates that hedge funds have posted average returns of 1.16% in March, bringing the total since the beginning of the year to 4%.Only three strategies showed losses last year: equity short bias (-3.20%, 5 funds), emerging markets (-0.49%, 219 funds), and tehnologies (-0.39%, 16 funds).The best performance was for the 24 biotechnology and healthcare funds (3.11%), the 21 Pacific Ri funds (2.83%) and the 169 equity long bias funds (2.24%).For first quarter as a whole, the strongest performance has been for Pacific Rim equities (8.81%), while the heaviest loss has been for equity short bias (-9.38%).
15/04/2013

EQT launches a new fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } EQT, the largest private equity group in Sweden, supported by the Wallenberg family, is reorganising its investment teams, to launch a fund targeting small and mid-sized businesses in Northern Europe and Asia, the Financial Times reports. The new team, born of the merger of two teams, will be led by the deputy CEO and co-founder of EQT, Jan Stahlberg. The firm is hoping to raise about EUR1bn.
15/04/2013

OFI AM et La Française rapprochent leurs incubateurs

OFI AM et La Française sont entrés lundi en discussion exclusive pour étudier le rapprochement entre NewAlpha AM et Next AM. Ce mariage créerait le leader européen de l’incubation avec 31 lignes actives et 7,2 milliards d’euros d’actifs gérés par les sociétés incubées. Spécialiste de l’incubation pour compte de tiers, NewAlpha AM opère principalement dans l’univers des fonds alternatifs. De son côté, Next AM détient aujourd’hui un portefeuille d’une vingtaine de participations dans des sociétés de gestion et de conseil.
15/04/2013

Les traders sur matières premières touchent le pactole

Le quotidien se targue d’avoir étudié des milliers de pages de rapports publics ou confidentiels détaillant les comptes des principaux négociants mondiaux en matières premières. L’étude met en lumière un résultat net cumulé de près de 250 milliards de dollars sur la décennie écoulée. De quoi renforcer les appels à davantage de transparence de ce secteur.
15/04/2013

Geodis contraint l’AMF aux prolongations

Le quotidien croit savoir que la Commission des sanctions de l’AMF a, fait rare, demandé un sursis à statuer dans le dossier de manquement d’initiés sur le titre Geodis lors de l’OPA par SNCF Participations en 2008. «S’estimant insuffisamment éclairé», le juge de l’Autorité aurait «demandé à son rapporteur de poursuivre ses diligences». Le quotidien rappelle que le collège de l’AMF a requis il y a deux semaines dans ce dossier contre Joseph Raad, accusé d’utilisation d’information privilégiée, une sanction inédite de 20 millions d’euros. Le rapport complémentaire du rapporteur permettra un nouvel examen des griefs par la Commission des sanctions, «sans doute, d’ici l’automne».
15/04/2013

Hong Kong peine à attirer les fonds de private-equity

Les efforts des autorités hongkongaises ayant baissé les taxes sur les fonds de private-equity et sur les sociétés d’investissement pour les attirer sur l’île, devraient avoir un succès très limité sans un passeport qui permettrait aux fonds d’être vendus localement ou au moins en Chine continentale, selon le journal qui cite des cadres et experts du secteur.
15/04/2013

EQT Partners lorgne les entreprises de taille moyenne

Le numéro un suédois du private equity réorganise ses équipes d’investissement selon le quotidien afin de lancer un fonds visant le mid-market en Europe du Nord et en Asie. La nouvelle équipe responsable du projet, dirigée par le directeur général adjoint et cofondateur Jan Stahlberg, espère une collecte voisine d’un milliard d’euros.

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