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04/04/2011

Korean pension fund NPS appoints transition managers

The South Korean government pension fund National Pension Service (NPS), with USD283bn in assets under management, has appointed BlackRock, Credit Suisse and Nomura as transition managers, Asian Investor reports. The decision of the government fund last month is an instance of a growing trend in Asia to make more regular use of providers of transition services. Transition management for sell-side establishments involves helping buy-side firms to “transition” their portfolios following any of a variety of events (acquisitions, changes to management, or management strategy). NPS will pay relatively high costs for transition management, as a part of its move to outsource its investments. Assets under management at NPS are expected to increase 6% this year, to about USD300bn, of which 30% will be outsourced. Total assets outsourced will include 90% of equities and 60% of bonds. On the domestic market, the percentages are 55% and 8.5%, respectively.
04/04/2011

Eaton Vance acquires Pelican Investment Management

The wealth management advising firm Pelican Investment Management (USD500m in assets advised) has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by Eaton Vance Investment Counsel, or EVIC (USD4bn in assets).The heads of Pelican, Anthony Pell, David Callard (the two founders) and John Paolella, will join EVIC with their team.Pelican, founded in 2001, and EVIC, founded in 1924, are both active in the high net worth private investor niche.
04/04/2011

iShares launches two new ETFs on NYSE Arca

iShares is launching two new ETFs on NYSE Arca: iShares MSCI China and iShares High Dividend Equity. The first of these funds will allow investors 85% exposure to the largest capitalisations on the Chinese equities market. The second will provide investment in high-quality equities from companies that pay high dividends. The ETF is based on the Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index.
04/04/2011

Blackstone to unload its infrastructure fund

In two years, Blackstone has managed to raise about USD350m for its first global infrastructure fund, well below the planned USD2bn, and has further reduced the carried interest fee from 15% to 10%, and cut the management commission, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing Financial News.In these conditions, the private equity investor is going to inject USD50m in seed capital into the fund, and place it in the hands of Blackstone CEOs Michael Dorrell and Trent Vichie, who will relaunch the fund in May. Blackstone will also refer infrastructure deals to the fund, provide back office, and appoint directors for its investment committee.According to sources familiar with the matter, Blackstone was concerned that the fund would be too small to generate adequate revenues for the group.
04/04/2011

Banque Privée 1818 and Rothschild & Cie Banque launch a platform for IFAs

La Banque Privée 1818 and Rothschild & Cie Banque on 1 April announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to create Sélection 1818, a joint platform for independent financial advisers (IFAs), to be created from a merger of Sélection R and 1818 Partenaires. Cyril Chapelle, who was previously CEO of 1818 Partenaires, will become CEO of Sélection 1818 from 31 March 2011. The new group, which will be 66% controlled by Banque Privée 1818 and 34% by Rothschild & Cie Banque, will be known as Sélection 1818, and will be led by Cyril Chapelle, who has been named as CEO effective from 31 March 2011. It will have a hybrid management team, bringing together members of both companies. With combined assets of EUR6bn as of 31 March 2011, Sélection 1818 is a distribution platform offering a large range of investment products (banking, insurance, international, real estate), and a variety of services to assist independent financial advisers with their activities. The range, which uses open architecture, includes a variety of selections from among the best on the market.
04/04/2011

Hong Kong removed from Spanish tax haven blacklist

Hong Kong, which receives large volumes of investment from Spain, on Friday signed a double taxation agreement with Spain, which allows it to be removed from the blacklist of countries which do not cooperate with the Spanish finance ministry, Cinco Días reports.The treaty signed by the Spanish finance minister, Elena Salgado, and obtained by Cinco Días, covers personal income tax, company tax, and taxation of non-residents. It stipulates that corporate profits may be taxed in only one of the two countries. Spanish legislation provides for an exemption for dividends earned abroad, which did not apply to Hong Kong when it was considered an offshore tax haven.
04/04/2011

Luis Pérez Box promoted at Banif

Following the transfer of José María Martínez-Sanjuán to Santander Asset Management (see Newsmanagers of 16 March), Banif has appointed Luis Pérez Box, who had been a member of the third-party fund analysis team since 2007, as head of fund and alternative investment analysis. He had previously spent his entire career at BBVA Gestión.
04/04/2011

“Sin fund” with cloven hooves

The Prosperis Mephisto 1 fund, designed by Conrad Mattern, is aimed at investors who do not necessarily want to save the world, and who prefer to pocket comfortable returns. It thus invests in “sinful” investments, such as weapons, gambling, sex shops and luxury goods. However, Handelsblatt calculates, by 2016, when the fund matures, investors will have paid 43% of their input in commissions and various fees. And returns are not at all a foregone conclusion, as the fund is a blind pool.
04/04/2011

Amundi launches four ETFs in Italy

Amundi ETF has celebrated its first year on the Italian market with the launch of 4 new ETFs on Borsa Italiana, Bluerating reports. They are Amundi ETF MSCI Nordic, Amundi ETF MSCI Emerging Markets, Amundi ETF Global Emerging Bond Markit Iboxx and Amundi ETF AAA Govt Bond EuroMTS.
04/04/2011

Sparkassen Immobilien makes an investment in Bratislava

The real estate fund management firm Sparkassen Immobilien, which is an affiliate of the German savings banks, on 31 March announced that it has made its third investment in the Galvaniho office complex under construction in Bratislava. The property, which will have a total of 23,700 square metres of area (offices, restaurants and shops) will have an overall cost of EUR45m.
04/04/2011

Le FMI active le fonds de crise

Le Fonds monétaire international a activé vendredi comme prévu un fonds de crise de 581 milliards de dollars avec le soutien des Etats membres. Ces nouveaux accords d’emprunt (NAE) avaient été développés en 2009 après un appel du G20. «Les montants disponibles pour le FMI via les mécanismes multilatéraux d’emprunt ont été multipliés au total par dix depuis 2009 (...)», a précisé le ministère français de l’Economie et des Finances.
04/04/2011

L'AMF alerte sur les émissions obligataires destinées au grand public

Le régulateur attire l’attention des investisseurs non professionnels sur les risques liés aux émissions obligataires de PME. L’AMF rappelle que la rémunération «qui peut sembler attractive» doit être rapprochée du risque de crédit, et invite à surveiller le risque de très faible liquidité de l’obligation.
04/04/2011

Le Portugal s'offre une petite bouffée d'air

Lisbonne a placé vendredi 1,645 milliard d’euros d’obligations à court terme mais a dû proposer un taux de 5,79%, soit 2,5 points de plus que lors des adjudications similaires l’an passé. Selon le marché, cette opération ne sera pas suffisante. Fitch a abaissé vendredi la note du Portugal de «A-» à «BBB-». L’agence craint que le pays ne reçoive pas un soutien extérieur en temps et en heure compte tenu des élections législatives fixées au 5 juin.
04/04/2011

L'EFSF «prêt» si le Portugal demande de l'aide

Le Fonds européen de stabilité financière (EFSF) est prêt à venir en aide au Portugal si celui-ci le demande, assure son président, Klaus Regling, dans un entretien accordé à La Tribune. Le Portugal, dont le Premier ministre a démissionné faute de pouvoir faire adopter au parlement un nouveau programme d’austérité, est considéré par les marchés comme le prochain pays susceptible de devoir faire appel à une aide financière extérieure, après la Grèce et l’Irlande.
04/04/2011

Athènes exclut une restructuration de la dette grecque

«Une restructuration de la dette grecque est absolument exclue», a déclaré le ministre grec des Finances, George Papaconstantinou, à Reuters, en réponse à un article de l’hebdomadaire Der Spiegel selon lequel le Fonds monétaire international pousserait pour une restructuration rapide de la dette d’Athènes. «Ceux (qui parlent de restructuration) ne parviennent pas à comprendre que les coûts excéderaient largement les bénéfices», a expliqué George Papaconstantinou.
04/04/2011

Blackstone scinde son fonds mondial d’infrastructures

La société de private equity américaine envisage la scission de son fonds mondial d’infrastructures, selon le quotidien qui cite des sources proches du projet. Blackstone a levé par l’intermédiaire de ce fonds 350 millions de dollars au cours des deux dernières années, contre un objectif initial de 2 milliards de dollars.
01/04/2011

Le gouvernement planche sur les prix de l'énergie

La question des hausses des prix de l'énergie sera au cœur d’une réunion ministérielle ce vendredi à Matignon. Seront examinés cet après-midi, les prix du gaz, de l'électricité et des hydrocarbures, sans confirmer qu’un gel des tarifs du gaz jusqu'à l'élection présidentielle de 2012 est à l'étude, comme l'écrit Les Echos.
01/04/2011

L’AFT annonce une adjudication d’OAT jeudi 7 mars

L’Agence France Trésor annonce l’adjudication, le jeudi 7 mars, d’un montant compris entre 8,0 et 9,5 milliards d’euros d’obligations assimilables du Trésor (OAT). Cette opération portera sur les lignes 2,50% octobre 2020, 4,25% octobre 2023, 3,50% avril 2026 et 4,50% avril 2041. La date de règlement est fixée au 12 avril 2011 pour toutes les lignes.

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