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19/12/2012
Fonds

Union Investment ferme six fonds anémiques

Le 18 décembre, le gestionnaire central des banques populaires allemandes, Union Investment, a annoncé que, dans le cadre de l’entretien régulier de sa gamme, il fermera au 28 juin 2013 six fonds dont les encours sont insuffisants ou qui doublonnent avec d’autres produits.Dans le détail, il s’agit du UniBalancePlus (19 millions d’euros d’encours fin novembre), du UniEuroBond (70 millions), du UniEuroRenta Absolute Return (68 millions), du UniReits (7 millions), du UniTrend: Global (6 millions) et du UniTrend: Global -net- (7 millions).
Fonds
19/12/2012
Fonds

Sal. Oppenheim élargit sa gamme de fonds SOP

L’offre de Sal. Oppenheim en matière de fonds alternatifs coordonnés vient d'être renforcée par le lancement d’un troisième produit dans la gamme SOP, le SOP AktienLongShort I. Ce fonds d’actions reprend le processus du SOP AktienMarktNeutral I en y ajoutant des considérations tactiques et liées au beta pour les positions longues et courtes.CaractéristiquesDénomination : SOP AktienLongShort ICode Isin : DE000A1JB0B0Commission de gestion : 0,6 %Commission de performance : 20 % sur la surperformance par rapport au taux butoir Euribor 3 mois + 300 pb, avec high watermark
Fonds
19/12/2012

Le directeur général d’Odey AM quitte la société

Le directeur général d’Odey Asset Management, David Stewart, quitte la société pour créer une société qui aidera les entreprises britanniques à s’implanter sur les marchés émergents, rapporte Financial News. L’intéressé avait rejoint Odey, représentant 7 milliards de dollars, en septembre 2005.
19/12/2012
Fonds

Standard Life Investments lance un fonds dividendes marchés émergents

Standard Life Investments lance le fonds Global Emerging Markets Income, investi dans 60 à 100 entreprises cotées sur des marchés émergents distribuant des dividendes. L’objectif est d’obtenir un rendement d’au moins 115 % de l’indice MSCI Marchés Emergents.Le fonds, géré par Mark Vincent, vise une clientèle institutionnelle et retail.
Fonds
19/12/2012
Fonds

Investec va fusionner son fonds européen dans un fonds mondial

Investec veut fusionner son fonds European de 26 millions de livres, géré par Ken Hsia, dans son offre Global Franchise le 4 janvier, rapporte Investment Week. «La catégorie Europe hors Royaume-Uni a vu son intérêt et sa taille décliner ces dernières années (…), reflétant en partie un contexte économique peu porteur dans la région, les événements dans la zone euro et les options d’investissement plus attrayantes que l’on peut trouver ailleurs», explique la société de gestion.
Fonds
19/12/2012

Old Mutual GI renforce son pôle alternatif

Donald Pepper, investment director de la division hedge funds chez TT International depuis 2010 après avoir été head of hedge funds chez New Star Asset Management (poste qu’il a quitté lors de l’acquisition de New Star par Henderson), vient d'être nommé managing director of alternatives chez Old Mutual Global Investors. Il sera subordonné à Warren Tonkinson, responsable de la distribution. Le nouvel arrivant est donc clairement chargé du versant commercialisation des produits.La partie gestion proprement dite du pôle alternatif demeure sous la responsabilité de Paul Simpson, head of alternatives.
19/12/2012

Popular Gestión devient Allianz Popular Asset Management

Après la création en mars 2011 du holding Allianz Popular, les différentes sociétés concernées changent de nom. Eurovida devient Allianz Popular vida, Europensiones devient Allianz Popular Pensiones et Popular Gestión devient Allianz Popular Asset Management avec un encours de 5,84 milliards d’euros dans des fonds d’investissement, dont ceux d’Allianz Gestión qui ont été absorbés en septembre. Ce nonobstant, Allianz Gestión conserve sa licence de société de gestion, rapporte Funds People. Allianz Popular AM est dirigé par Miguel Colombás.Allianz détient 60 % du holding Allianz Popular et le Banco Popular les 40 % restants.
19/12/2012

Aviva Gestión reconstitue son équipe actions

José María Díaz Vallejo retourne chez Aviva Gestión, où il a été gérant junior en 2008-2009, comme membre de l'équipe de gestion actions, après un passage chez Renta 4 et Horizon Capital, rapporte Funds People.Cette embauche permet à Aviva Gestión (781 millions d’euros d’encours) de compléter son équipe actions après le départ en septembre du chef de cette dernière, Iván Martín, qui a rejoint Santander AM comme directeur de la gestion actions. Iván Martín a lui-même été remplacé par Pablo Cano, qui était responsable des actions européennes.
19/12/2012

Dyal CP buys a stake in Pinnacle AM

The private equity firm Dyal Capital Partners (managed by Neuberger Berman), which has recently closed a private equity fund dedicated to minority stakes in alternative asset management firms, with USD1.28bn (see Newsmanagers of 5 December), has not announced that it has acquired a “passive minority stake” in the New York-based Pinnacle Asset Management L.P. The specialist in commodities investment has USD2.3bn in assets.The total size of the stake and the financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
19/12/2012

Sal. Oppenheim extends its range of SOP funds

The product range from Sal. Oppenheim in the area of UCITS-compliant hedge funds has been strengthened with the launch of a third product in the SOP range, the SOP AktienLongShort I. The equity fund follows the process of the SOP AktienMarktNeutral I, with the addition of tactical and beta-related considerations related for long and short positions.CharacteristicsName: Sop Aktien LongShort IISIN code: DE000A1JB0B0Management commission: 0.6%Performance commission: 20% on performance exceeding the hurdle rate Euribor 3 months + 300 bp, with high watermark
19/12/2012

Union Investment closes six anemic funds

On 18 December, the central asset management firm for the German co-operative banks, Union Investment, announced that as part of regular maintenance of its product ranges, on 28 June 2013 it will be closing six funds, whose assets are insufficient or which are redundant in light of other products.The funds include the UniBalancePlus (EUR19bn in assets as of the end of November), UniEuroBond (EUR70m), UniEuroRenta Absolute Return (EUR68m), UniReits (EUR7m), UniTrend: Global (EUR6m) and UniTrend: Global -net- (EUR7m).
19/12/2012

Old Mutual GI adds to hedge fund unit

Donald Pepper, investment director at the hedge fund division of TT International since 2010, after serving as head of hedge funds at New Star Asset Management (a position which he left when New Star was acquired by Henderson) has been appointed as managing director of alternatives at Old Mutual Global Investors. He will report to Warren Tonkinson, head of distribution. The new arrival is thus clearly in charge of product sales.Fund management in the strict sense for the alternative unit remains under the responsibility of Paul Simpson, head of alternatives.
19/12/2012

Investors bet on sustainable recovery of global economy

Confidence in a recovering global economy is extending into 2013 as investor fears surrounding the fiscal cliff eased, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for December, between 7 and 13 December, of a sample of 255 participants with assets under management totalling USD664bn.A net 40 percent of investors believe the global economy will strengthen in the year ahead, a rise of six percentage points month-on-month and double the reading two months ago. The number of investors viewing the U.S. fiscal cliff as the biggest tail risk has fallen to 47 percent, down from 54 percent in November. Despite this fall, however, the fiscal cliff remains the number one worry.Emerging markets are the preferred region for the panel. Optimism about China’s economy has reached the highest level recorded by this survey. A net 67 percent of the regional survey respondents say China’s economy will strengthen in the coming year, up from a net 51 percent in November. A net 38 percent of asset allocators are overweight emerging market equities, double the level of September’s survey.The number of asset allocators overweight U.S. equities has fallen since November. But allocations to the eurozone are outweighing U.S. allocations for the first time since November 2010. The net percentage of asset allocators overweight eurozone equities has risen to seven, up from a net 1 percent in November.
19/12/2012

Aviva Gestión reconstructs its equity team

José María Díaz Vallejo is returning to Aviva Gestión, where he was a junior manager between 2008 and 2009, as a member of the equity management team, after stints at Renta 4 and Horizon Capital, Funds People reports.The recruitment will allow Aviva Gestión (EUR781m in assets) to add to its equity team, following the departure of its head, Iván Martín, in September, to join Santander AM as CIO for equities. Martín was himself replaced by Pablo Cano, who had been head of European equities.
19/12/2012

Citi wins a custodian mandate from Brummer

Citi has won a mandate from Brummer & Partners to serve as custodian bank and prime broker for the new hedge fund from the Swedish asset management firm Carve. The US firm has recently entered the Swedish market.
19/12/2012

Odey AM CEO leaves the firm

The CEO of Odey Asset Management, David Stewart, is leaving the firm to found a company to assist UK firms get a foothold in emerging markets, Financial News reports. Stewart joined Odey, representing USD7bn, in September 2005.
19/12/2012

Basel Committee launches a consultation on securitisation

The Basel Committee Banking Supervision on December 18 published a consultative paper entitled Revisions to the Basel Securitisation Framework. The performance of securitisations and the central role they played during the financial crisis were a key motivation for the Basel Committee to perform a broader review of its securitisation framework for regulatory capital requirements. The Committee’s objectives are to make capital requirements more prudent and risk-sensitive; to mitigate mechanistic reliance on external credit ratings; and to reduce current cliff effects in capital requirements, explains the regulator in a statement. In the coming months, the Committee will conduct a quantitative impact study (QIS) on the proposals. Responses to the public consultation, together with the QIS results, will be considered as the Committee moves forward to revise the securitisation framework. Comments on the proposals should be submitted by Friday 15 March 2013. .bis.org/publ/bcbs236.htm
19/12/2012

L'IASB décline ses priorités pour les années à venir

Au terme d’un processus de consultation qui aura duré trois ans, le concepteur des normes comptables internationales, l’IASB, a publié le 18 décembre ses priorités pour les années à venir. Des discussions, rencontres, forums sur internet qui se sont déroulées dans plus de 80 pays, cinq grands thèmes se sont imposés. Tout d’abord, -et ce n’est pas la première fois-, les parties prenantes ont appellé de leurs vœux une pause réglementaire après une décennie de changements initerrompus. Ensuite, les participants ont été pratiquement unanimes à demander à l’IASB de donner la priorité à ses travaux sur le cadre conceptuel afin d’asseoir plus durablement les standards comptables. Troisième point, les participants ont demandé des améliorations ciblées afin de répondre aux nouveaux utilisateurs des normes IFRS. Quatrième point, l’IASB devrait davantage s’intéresser à la mise en œuvre et au suivi des normes internationales. Enfin, l’IASB devrait améliorer le processus de développement des nouvelles normes, en mettant en œuvre des analyses coûts/bénéfices plus rigoureuses et en déclinant les problématiques plus en amont.
19/12/2012

Popular Gestión becomes Allianz Popular Asset Management

Following the creation of the holding company Allianz Popular in March 2011, the various firms concerned are changing their names. Eurovida becomes Allianz Popular Vida, Europensiones becomes Allianz Popular Pensiones, and Popular Gestión becomes Allianz Popular Asset Management, with assets of EUR5.84bn in investment funds, of which those from Allianz Gestión, which was absorbed in September. Notwithstanding this point, Allianz Gestión will retain its asset management business license, Funds People reports. Allianz Popular AM is led by Miguel Colombás.Allianz controls 60% of the holding company Allianz Popular, while Banco Popular controls the remaining 40%.
19/12/2012

Former HSBC IT specialist released on bail

Hervé Falciani, the former IT employee of HSBC Geneva accused of stealing bank data which was obtained by the French tax authorities, whose extradition is being sought by Switzerland, has been released on bail, a Spanish judge announced on 18 December. No verdict has been announced so far on his potential extradition.The Spanish national court heard arguments from the defence and the public prosecution, which sought bail due to the fact that examination of the extradition request will not be completed quickly, as other documents are required, according to the verdict of the judge.Switzerland issued an international arrest warrant against Falciani following the theft of confidential bank data from the Geneva affiliate of HSBC bank, which was then used by the French fiscal authorities. Following his arrest in Spain in early July, Switzerland issued an extradition application to the Spanish justice ministry on 5 July.
19/12/2012

Direxion liquidates three ETFs with confidential asset levels

At the recommendation of Rafferty Asset Management, adviser to the trust, the board of trustees at Direxion Shares ETF Trust has decided to liquidate three ETFs which had not succeeded in attracting sufficient subscriptions.Shares in the funds will cease to be traded on the NYSE Arca platform on 18 January 2013, and the liquidation of assets will be completed on 25 January 2013.The following funds will be affected:Direxion Large Cap Insider Sentiment Shares (Nyse ARCA ticker: INSD), USD4.13mDirexion S&P 1500 DRRC Volatility Response Shares (VSPR), USD4.25mDirexion S&P Latin America 40 DRRC Volatility Response Shares (VLAT), USD3.83m
19/12/2012

Greek bonds prove lucrative for hedge fund Third Point

Third Point, a hedge fund led by the US billionaire Dan Loeb, with USD10bn in assets under management, has made a gain of USD500m on bets that Greece would not be forced to leave the euro zone, the Financial Times reports. As part of a debt restructuring agreement signed by the Greek government on Monday, the fund tendered most of its USD1bn position on Greek government bonds, which it had built one month previously, according to sources familiar with the matter.
19/12/2012

Credit Suisse lays off 150 in Germany

Credit Suisse (CS) is laying off 150 employees out of 500 in Germany at its wealth management activities. The German affiliate of Credit Suisse will close three of its 12 offices in the country, the bank announced to its employees in Germany on 18 December.A spokesperson in Zurich confirmed the news to ats. The branches in Düsseldorf and Cologne will be merged, while the Bielefeld, Braunschweig and Hanover offices will be combined in Hanover.The restructuring comes as part of a refocusing at Credit Suisse on Ultra High Net Worth Individuals in Germany.
19/12/2012

Eaton Vance closes smidcaps fund to new subscribers

At the end of the trading day on 15 January 2013, Eaton Vance Atlanta Capital SMID-Cap Fund will be closed to new investors. Shares in the fund will then only be available for purchase by investors who already hold an investment in the product, and retirement savings plans. Assets as of 30 November totalled USD3.3bn, and the asset management firm estimates that the particl closure of subscriptions will protect the interests of existing clients.
19/12/2012

Threadneedle launches a fund in Italy

Threadneedle has launched the Threadneedle (Lux) Multi Asset Target Alpha fund in Italy, a multi-asset class absolute return sub-fund, Bluerating reports. The product is managed by Toby Nangle, head of multi-asset allocation, with Matthew Cobon, head of fixed income and currencies.
19/12/2012

Libor : UBS settles for CHF1.4bn

On December 19th, UBS announced in a price sensitive information that it agrees to pay approximately CHF1.4bn in fines and disgorgement to US, UK and Swiss authorities to resolve LIBOR-related investigations.As part of a proposed agreement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ), UBS Securities Japan Co. Ltd. (UBSSJ) has agreed to enter a plea to one count of wire fraud relating to the manipulation of certain benchmark interest rates, including Yen LIBOR.UBS believes its fourth quarter net profit attributable to shareholders will show a loss of between CHF2bn and CHF2.5bn, primarily as a result of provisions for litigation and regulatory matters. UBS AG announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized settlements with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in connection with their investigations of benchmark interest rates. The proposed settlement with the CFTC is subject to the Commission’s approval. UBS has reached a settlement with the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) concerning its investigation. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) will also issue an order concluding its formal proceedings with respect to UBS. UBS agrees to pay a total of approximately CHF1.4bn in fines and disgorgement. UBS will pay GBP160m in fines to the FSA and CHF59m as disgorgement of estimated profits to FINMA. The Board has authorized a payment of fines totaling USD1.2bn to the DoJ and CFTC.
19/12/2012

Standard Life launches an emerging market dividend fund

Standard Life Investments has announced the launch of a Global Emerging Markets Income Fund aimed at both retail and institutional investors. Manager of the fund Dr Mark Vincent will invest in a diversified portfolio of 60–100 emerging markets stocks with the objective of delivering a premium and sustainable level of income, targeting a yield of at least 115% of the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
19/12/2012

Investec to merge a European fund into its global fund

Investec will be merging its GBP26m European fund, managed by Ken Hsia, into its Global Franchise range on 4 January, Investment Week reports. The Europe ex United Kingdom category has seen a decline in interest and size in recent years, partly reflecting an unpromising economic context in the region, events in the euro zone and more attractive investment options than can be found elsewhere, the asset management firm says.
19/12/2012

Record corporate bond issues in 2012

Corporate bond issues worldwide in 2012 totalled a record USD3.9trn, in an environment in which borrowing rates have fallen to their lowest of all time, according to statistics from the news agency Bloomberg. These issues totalled USD3.29trn in 2011, and USD3.23trn in 2010.Corporate issues brought in returns of 11.5% in 2012, following 4.86% in 2011, and profits of 20.5% in 2009, according to statistics from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
19/12/2012

Cerberus sells its stake in a weapons group

The US private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, giving in to pressure from public opinion, will sell Freedom group, the arms group which manufactured the rifle used in a massacre in Connecticut on Friday, the Financial Times reports. The move comes after the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, the second-largest pension fund in the United States and one of the largest investors in Cerberus, announced that it was reviewing its investments in the firm following the shooting.

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