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16/10/2012

M&G Global Real Estate Securities Fund licensed for sale in Germany

M&G has registered the M&G Global Real Estate Securities Fund (GB00B2Q7GD31) for sale in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg.The fund, with 40 to 60 holdings, which is managed by Gillian Tiltman, invests in international equities issued by real estate investment trusts (REIT), while the remainder is invested in other types of realty firms.As of 31 July 2012, the portfolio was 70% composed of REITs, 13% of promoters, and 18% of real estate firms. As a guide, the United States will represent about 40% of overall assets, Hong Kong 10%, and France 2.5%. The fund has assets of about EUR90m.
16/10/2012

Berenberg lowers management fees for a money market fund

From 1 October, Berenberg Bank (EUR26bn in assets) has reduced its management commission for its money market fund Berenberg Euro Money Market (SGB), ISIN codes LU0321158700 (retail shares) and LU0321158882 (institutional shares) from 0.29% to 0.20%. The move comes due to a persistently low interest rate environment in the euro zone. This reduction applies both to retail and institutional share classes. Metzler did similarly one month ago (see Newsmanagers of 13 September). Administration of the fund will be undertaken by Universal-Investment. Total assets are about EUR800m.
16/10/2012

EPFR: Strong inflows to bond funds

Despite risks associated with aggressive quantitative easing on the fixed income classes (inflation, bubbles and thin returns), EPFR global-tracked bond funds have posted their second biggest weekly inflow year-to-date during the week ending October 10, with USD8.22bn, which took year to date inflows up USD348bn mark.However, EPFR Global continues, equity funds saw USD1.23bn flow out. Money market funds took in USD2.6bn, as flows into Europe money market funds offset redemptions from their US counterparts.
16/10/2012

Syz registers Oyster US Selection fund in Spain

Funds People reports that the Swiss firm Syz & Co has received a sales license for Spain from the CNMV for the Luxembourg-registered fund Oyster US Selection, which is managed by the US firm Scout Investment.
16/10/2012

iShares registers four German equity ETFs in Spain

The CNMV has granted sales licenses for four physical replication ETFs from iShares exposed to German equities, including the iShares Dax, the largest ETF on the market, with assets of EUR12.815bn, Funds People reports. The other three are the iShares DivDax, iShares MDax and iShares TecDax.
16/10/2012

Deutsche Bank Spain launches bond retirement savings plan

The Spanish affiliate of Deutsche Bank has announced the launch of the Renta Fija Europea 2018, a bond savings plan which will invest in cédulas hipotecarias (protected mortgage-backed bonds), within OECD countries. The product, which will mature in 2018, invests largely in French (33%) Spanish (18%), Netherlands (16%), and German (12%) securities, Funds People reports. The average rating of securities in the portfolio will be AA but most of the bonds wil be rated AAA.
16/10/2012

Fidelity Germany combines marketing and communications

The German firm Fidelity Worldwide Investment (EUR23.2bn in assets as of the end of June) on 15 October announced that it is combining its client communications for Germany and Austria under the leadership of Marion Dreßler, while internal communications and corporate social responsibility will from 15 October be led by Kathrin Schweykart. Schweykart will also take over the responsibilities assumed since July by Dreßler (see Newsmanagers of 9 July). Schweykart had most recently been head of communications at Standard Life Insurance in Frankfurt. Dreßler is now head of the Corporate & Communications Germany & Austria department, which includes internal communications, press relations, corporate social responsibility, relations with authorities (public policy) and client relations for Fidelity and its affiliate FFB, a fund platform. She is also responsible for managing and developing the brand.
16/10/2012

HSH Nordbank appoints exec

Matthias Wittenburg has been appointed to the managing board at HSH Nordbank, from Commerzbank Hamburg. From 1 January 2013, he will be responsible for products and capital markets at the German bank for three years, Fondsprofessionell reports.
16/10/2012

Aberdeen, Barings: strong inflows for high yield

“Currently, only two assets classes are posting large net subscriptions: emerging markets and high yield,” Ece Ugurtas, director, fixed income & currency at Barings, explained on Friday. As a result, most recent fund launches, be they from BNPP IP in emerging market debt (see Newsmanagers of 12 October), or from Aviva Investors and Threadneedle in high yield (see Newsmangers of 25 September) show strong net inflows for products of this type.Keith Bachmann, head of US & Global High Yield at Aberdeen Asset Management (whose global high yield bond assets total USD1.5bn), adds that the strategy has attracted about USD150m in the past 12 months, and that the Luxembourg-registered fund Aberdeen Global II – US Dollar High Yield Bond Fund has gone from USD60m to USD190m in five months.At Barings, assets in the High Yield Bond Fund, a “global” bond fund which stands out from the competition with a strategy which is both top-down and bottom-up (rather than focusing on stock-picking), has grown from USD562.6m at the end of December 2011 to about USD1.3bn currently. This is due to very strong inflows, as performance has been “only” 14.2% in the first nine months of the year.For both managers, high yield currently “overcompensates” for the risks assumed by investors, due to an effective default rate of less than 3%: the current spread, of about 600 basis points, has considerable room to fall, as it pays a default rate of 5% of slightly more, Ugurtas notes. Bachman adds, for his part, that between coupon and spread, high yield can count on returns of 14% this year.
16/10/2012

Axa Real Estate aims for EUR1.5bn in alternative real estate

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers, with over EUR42 billion of assets under management as at June 2012, announces that it has created a new business unit to manage and grow the EUR750 million of Alternative real estate assets it manages on behalf of clients, while consolidating its expertise in this sector. AXA Real Estate aims to increase its current portfolio of 78 assets under management in seven countries to over EUR1.5 billion over the next three years. AXA Real Estate expects to achieve this through new third party mandates and by launching a second pooled investment vehicle.The new Alternative Real Estate Business Line, which will be headed by Dan Bowden, the fund manager for AXA Real Estate’s first alternative real estate fund ‘APIV’, has been established in response to increasing investor demand for products targeting assets such as healthcare, student accommodation and more diverse assets such as police stations, according to a press release.
16/10/2012

With Insight, BNY Mellon bets on corporate EMD

BNY Mellon is profiting from the expertise of its boutique Insight Investment (USD300bn), which already manages USD727m in corporate emerging market debt, and at the end of January launched an Irish-registered fund in its own name, BNY Mellon Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Fund (see Newsmanagers of 6 March), with about USD60m in assets, including USD40m in strategic seed capital provided by Insight. The product is now available for sale in France.The manager, Colm McDonagh, told Newsmnanagers during a visit to Paris that the fund is long-only, and may invest both in local currencies and in strong currencies. However, currently, positions in local currencies represent only 2% of the total, but rules give the management team (four portfolio managers, fifteen credit analysts) the necessary flexibility to increase this type of exposure where appropriate. At any rate, the portfolio is not invested in issues of less than USD300m. Currently, the product is not invested in countries on the European periphery, but privileges Asia and Latin America.However, McDonagh states that the fund has no exposure to China, and that “managers do not aim to track down every slight opportunity for gain down to the last penny, regardless of risk: the objective is to outperform the benchmark, the JPMorgan Corporate EMBI Broad Diversified index, over the long term.”The Absolute Insight Emerging Market Debt fund (about USD560m), also managed by McDonagh, however, is a UCITS-compliant long/short absolute return fund with 50-70 holdings, which aims to beat the Libid 3-month in pounds sterling. The fund, launched in February 2007, is the flagship product from the emerging markets desk at Insight, with USD2.2bn in assets.
16/10/2012

Man Investments seeds long/short Asia fund

Man Investments is seeding a long/short Asia hedge fund from its affiliate GLG Partners with USD150m, Asian Investor reports. The firm has also announced on its website that it is optimistic about demand from institutional investors for alternative strategies.
16/10/2012

ClearBridge drops reference to Legg Mason from its funds

As part of a campaign to highlight the brands of its various asset management affiliates, Legg Mason has announced that ClearBridge Advisors (USD58m in assets) will be dropping the name of its parent company from all of its US mutual funds. In addition, by January 2013, ClearBridge Advisors will adopt the name ClearBridge Investments.Meanwhile, ClearBridge has announced that Scott Glasser, head of research and a member of the risk management committee, has been appointed as co-CIO alongside Hersh Cohen, with whom he had managed the “Appreciation” strategy from 1995 to 2009.Glasser will remain as co-manager of the Appreciaion strategy portfolio, while Margaret Vitrano will take over as co-manager of the Large Cap Growth strategy, which she currently manages with co-portfolio manager Peter Bourbeau.
16/10/2012

Glickenhaus transfers asset management to Neuberger Berman

Straus Group, a division of Neuberger Berman with USD11bn in assets under management, led by Marvin Schwarz, will be taking over the management of portfolios from Glickenhaus & Co, whose assets from high net worth retail investors and nonprofit institutions total USd900m.Seth Glickenhaus, James Glickenhaus and Al Feinman, managers of the Glickenhaus portfolio, will remain as senior advisers to Straus Group, while direct management of client accounts will be exclusively the responsibility of Neuberger Berman (USD202bn).The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
16/10/2012

Schwab acquires ThomasPartners for 3.7% of assets

For USD85m, Charles Schwab Corporation is acquiring ThomasPartners (USD2.3bn in assets as of the end of September), which represents 3.69% of assets under management. This may be increased depending on potential increases in assets.The management of ThomasPartners focuses on dividend income. It has been agreed that the CEO & Chairman of ThomasPartners, Gregory Thomas, and his management team, led by William McMahon, president, COO and CIO, will remain in place to continue to manage portfolios.
16/10/2012

BlackRock to reduce fees on iShares ETFs

The ETF price war is picking up: BlackRock, the largest manager of this type of product, on Monday announced that it is planning to cut commissions on four equity ETFs and two bond ETFs of the iShares brand, to launch four ETFs with minimal fees (three international equity funds and one bond fund), to reorganize its sales force (tripling its size to 275), and to launch its first television advertising campaign, targeting retail investors, the Wall Street Journal reports.The initiative clearly targets its rival Vanguard, whose ultra-low cost ETFs have gained market share from BlackRock.Mark Wiedman, global head of iShares, has declined to state how much these initiatives will cost BlackRock in total.
16/10/2012

Losses in asset management/brokerage rise for Citi

At Citi Holdings, net losses from the brokerage/asset management unit in third quarter totalled USD3.019bn, compared with USD25m in April-June. In the first nine months of the year, losses total USD3.181bn, compared with USD203m for the corresponding period of last year.For Citigroup overall, net profits in June-September totalled USD468m, compared with USD2.54bn the previous quarter, and the total for the first three quarters total USD6.345bn, compared with USD10.111bn.Results for third quarter include a pre-tax loss of USD4.7bn (USD2.9bn after taxes), on the sale of its stake in the joint venture Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to Morgan Stanley (see Newsmanagers of 12 September).
16/10/2012

Profits at Charles Schwab up 12%

In third quarter, net profits at Charles Schwab Corp rose 12% to USD247m, while revenues from management commissions also increased by 12%, to USD524m, the Wall Street Journal reports.
16/10/2012
Gestion d'actifs

La Carpa de Rouen place les les deux tiers de son encours en OPCVM obligations

Arnaud de la Brunière, batônnier de la Carpa de Rouen à la rédaction de www.institinvest.com : Nous avons diminué notre gestion au jour le jour. Nous avons rallongé la liquidité à 15 jours, ce qui nous permet d’obtenir un rendement supérieur. Ainsi, nous sommes rémunérés à hauteur de 2%-2,5%. A ce titre, sur les 3 millions de court terme, je place maintenant 1 million au jour le jour et le reste à 15 jours. Etonnamment, nos flux ne diminuent pas, ils oscillent toujours entre 15 et 30 millions, avec une moyenne à 23 millions. En ce qui concerne nos placements à terme que nous possédions, ils sont arrivés à échéance. Ils étaient très rémunérateurs, à titre d’exemple début 2012, nous pouvions placer à 36 mois pour taux de 4%. Les deux tiers de l’encours sont placés en OPCVM obligations euro chez Axa à des taux oscillant entre 3,60% et 3,80%. Chaque jour je reçois des sollicitations de banques pour des placements. Les deux tiers des offres ne sont pas envisageables d’un point de vue règlementaire. Pour le dernier tiers, nous en discutions avec notre conseiller Forward Finance. Nous ne souscrivons rien sans leur avis. Par ailleurs, nous possédons en portefeuille des parts de SCPI de bureaux, que nous gérons pour notre compte propre. Le rendement compris entre 6 et 7% est excellent. J’ai un doute sur la liquidité et la valeur vénale, cependant, j’ai hérité de cette poche, qui représente 30% du portefeuille lors de ma prise de fonction. Je recherche à ré-investir sur des produits structurés pour profiter de la hausse des marchés actions, que nous avions abandonnés en 2008. J’attends que les taux garantis qui me sont proposés soient supérieurs à 0 pour refaire ce type de placement.
Gestion d'actifs
16/10/2012
Gestion d'actifs

L'ERAFP annonce le lauréat de l'appel d'offres sur la mise en place d'un nouveau système de limites de risque de crédit

A l’issue d’un appel d’offres lancé mi août, l’Etablissement de Retraite Additionnelle de la Fonction Publique (ERAFP) a retenu Risklab, le laboratoire de recherche allemand appartenant à la société de gestion Allianz Global Investors (AGI) pour l’accompagner dans la sélection et la validation d’une nouvelle méthodologie de son système de limites de crédit. Il s’agit d’un contrat de 8 mois pour une valeur de 117 000 euros (HT). Pour lire l’avis complet : cliquez ici
Gestion d'actifs
15/10/2012

Londres veut modérer le pouvoir de la BCE dans l'union bancaire

La Grande-Bretagne souhaite faire modifier le projet d’union bancaire dans la zone euro, notamment pour modérer l’influence de la Banque centrale européenne (BCE), ont déclaré des responsables de l’Union européenne. Londres envisage de proposer un système qui donnerait la possibilité aux Etats extérieurs à l’union bancaire d’empêcher toute alliance de pays de l’union bancaire pour élaborer une réglementation à l'échelle européenne.
15/10/2012

Les budgets européens au menu du sommet de jeudi

Les chefs d’Etat de l’Union européenne évoqueront jeudi la création d’un budget commun à la zone euro lors du sommet européen, indique un projet de conclusions au sommet dont Reuters a obtenu une copie. «Pour la zone euro, l’objectif est d’avancer vers une structure de budget intégré», précise le texte. «Leur exploration sera séparée des négociations actuelles sur le prochain cadre de financement pluriannuel et sans aucun rapport», souligne toutefois le document.
15/10/2012

Le président panaméen veut adopter l'euro comme devise légale

Le Panama aimerait introduire l’euro comme monnaie ayant cours légal, à l’instar du dollar américain, a déclaré le président Ricardo Martinelli à la chancelière allemande Angela Merkel lors d’une visite en Europe. La monnaie européenne est déjà en circulation dans un certain nombre de pays qui ne font pas partie de l’UE, notamment le Kosovo et le Monténégro, dans les Balkans, les Principautés de Monaco et d’Andorre ainsi que des territoires d’outre-mer.
15/10/2012

Troisième contraction consécutive de l'indice Empire State

L’activité industrielle s’est contractée en octobre pour le troisième mois d’affilée dans la région de New York, même si le rythme de la contraction a diminué, montre l’indice Empire State de la Réserve fédérale de New York. L’indice est ressorti à -6,16 contre -10,41 le mois dernier. Les économistes interrogés par Reuters anticipaient en moyenne -4,55. Le sous-indice des commandes nouvelles s’est inscrit à -8,97 contre -14,03. La composante des salariés a quant à elle reculé à -1,08 contre 4,26.
15/10/2012

Charles Schwab progresse grâce à la gestion d’actifs

Le courtier américain a vu son bénéfice du troisième trimestre grimper de 12% à 247 millions de dollars, grâce à des revenus en hausse dans la gestion d’actifs et l’administration. Ces résultats incluent un gain fiscal non récurrent de 20 millions de dollars. Les revenus ont augmenté de 1% à 1,2 milliard de dollars. Ceux liés à la gestion d’actifs et à l’administration ont bondi de 12% pour atteindre 524 millions de dollars.
15/10/2012

Les ventes au détail américaines portées par l’automobile

Les chiffres publiés par le département du Commerce montrent une hausse de 1,1% des ventes en septembre par rapport à août, alors que les économistes interrogés par Reuters prévoyaient en moyenne une progression de 0,8%. Les ventes de voitures et de pièces détachées ont augmenté de 1,3% le mois dernier, celles des stations d’essence de 2,5%. Les ventes hors automobile, essence et matériaux de construction, ont en outre progressé de 0,9%, soit trois fois plus qu’attendu.
15/10/2012

Le surcoût des énergies vertes affectera les consommateurs allemands

La contribution aux énergies renouvelables passera en 2013 à 0,053 euro par kilowatt/heure contre 0,036 euro en 2012, ont indiqué lundi les quatre principaux exploitants de réseaux très haute tension, confirmant une information publiée la semaine dernière par Reuters. Pris dans son ensemble, le surcoût devrait atteindre 20,36 milliards d’euros l’année prochaine. RWE a assuré que ses tarifs resteraient inchangés au moins jusqu'à début 2013 pour environ 1,5 million de ses clients.
15/10/2012

Le PIB espagnol du troisième trimestre identique au précédent

L’activité économique au troisième trimestre en Espagne a été identique à celle du deuxième trimestre, ce qui distinguerait favorablement le pays du reste de l’Europe a déclaré lundi le ministre espagnol de l’Economie. En septembre, le ministre espagnol de l’Economie avait dit s’attendre à une contraction d’environ 0,4% du PIB au troisième trimestre.
15/10/2012

Calpers plaide pour une scission des fonctions de Rupert Murdoch

Le fonds de pension des fonctionnaires californiens et son homologue Calstrs, dédié aux enseignants du public, souhaitent que Rupert Murdoch abandonne son rôle de président de News Corp pour ne conserver que celui de directeur général. D’après le Sunday Telegraph, les deux fonds ont voté contre la réélection de Rupert Murdoch et de ses fils James et Lachlan au conseil d’administration du groupe.

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