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27/04/2010

Rydex/SGI to liquidate 12 leveraged ETFs

The trustee board of Rydex/SGI (USD7bn in assets under management) on Friday approved the decision to liquidate 12 of the 14 long and short leveraged ETFs of the range on 12 May. These funds represent assets totalling USD129m. The move aims to concentrate the range of 40 ETPs on products most in demand at a time when Guggenheim Parrtners is buying Security Benefit Corp, of which Rydex/SGI is an affiliate (see Newsmanagers of 17 February). Among the funds to be liquidated are the Rydex 2x Russell 2000, the Rydex 2x S&P MidCap 400, the Rydex Inverse 2x Russell 2000 and the Rydex Inverse 2x S&P MidCap 400.
27/04/2010

BlackRock and Vanguard battle for emerging markets ETF assets

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF from BlackRock and the Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF are the fourth- and fifth-largest ETFs in the United States, respectively, with assets of USD36bn and USD24bn, the Wall Street Journal reports. They are based on the same benchmark index, the MSCI Emerging Markets. The Vanguard product is less expensive, with a management commission of 0.27%, compared with 0.72% for the iShares fund. But the latter fund, launched in 2003, has weekly trading volume of 346.9 million shares, compared with 55.5 million for the Vanguard fund, launched in March 2005. Some analysts says that the difference in fees is the reason that the iShares ETF has seen net outflows in January-March of USD4.36bn, while the competing Vanguard fund has seen net subscriptions of USD2.91bn. This is an intriguing situation, since ordinarily, the first mover has the advantage since investors prefer the more liquid fund which has the lowest transaction costs.
27/04/2010

Asset management losses down at Deutsche Bank

On Tuesday, Deutsche Bank declared net profits for first quarter of EUR1.8bn, compared with EUR1.2bn for January-March 2009, with an improvement in the cost-income ratio from 68% to 66%. Pre-tax losses for the asset & wealth management (AWM) division were down to EUR5m, from EUR173m. Invested assets as of the end of March totalled EUR808bn, EUR122bn more than as of 31 December 2009. Positive market effects are to thank for only EUR17bn of this increase. For the asset management branch, assets under management increased by EUR41bn (+8%), of which EUR4bn were due to net subscriptions, and EUR14bn due to the consolidation of some activities of Sal. Oppenheim. In wealth management, invested assets increased by EUR81bn, of which EUR68bn were related to the consolidation of Sal. Oppenheim. Net subscriptions represented EUR5bn.
27/04/2010

JPMAM adds to sales staff

The sales team at JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM) dedicated to independent distributors how has a ninth member in Germany, following the addition of Martina Pröschold, who has been at the firm since 1998, to this team. Pröschold and two colleagues will serve independent financial advisers, while two others will handle wealth managers, and two more will be responsible for independent advisers in the insurance sector. The team also has two assistants. Pröschold previously served in relationship management for banking, fund of fund and asset management clients.
27/04/2010

Legg Mason releases Permal absolute return fund

The CNMV has registered the Legg Mason Permal Global Absolute fund, which aims for returns of 8-10% per year over a 3-5 year cycle (see Newsmanagers of 27 January). The Irish-registered fund, which complies with the UCITS III directive, covers several asset classes. It is denominated in US dollars, and has share classes in Euros, pounds Sterling, Canadian dollars, and Japanese yen.
27/04/2010

Ingrid Szeiler takes over as head of RVV

From 1 May, Ingrid Szeiler will become a member of the board and CEO of Raiffeisen Vermögensverwaltungsbank AG (RVV), an affiliate of Raiffeisen Capital Management (RCM) specialised in high net worth retail investors. Since 1999, Szeiler has been head of asset allocation and multi-asset class strategies at RCM. She replaces Georg-Viktor Dax, who is leaving the Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) group. The other board member at RVV is Mathias Bauer, CEO of RCM.
27/04/2010

Investors prefer passive strategies, according to BlackRock

BlackRock has reported net profits for first quarter of USD423m, of USD2.17 per share, compared with USD84m, or USD0.67 per share one year previously. Operating margins came out to 32.8%, including the impact of the cost of the integration of BGI before taxes (USD52m). Excluding costs related to the acqusition of BGI, net profits totalled USD469m, of USD2.40 per share, compared with USD110m or USD0.18 per share. Assets under management increased by USD17.6bn in first quarter, to USD3.36trn. During the quarter, net outflows (short-term products) totalled USD39.6bn, while net inflows to long-term products (equities, bonds, alternative investments and multi-asset) totalled USD8.9bn. In the equities asset class, assets under management as of the end of the quarter totalled USD1.58trn, an increase of USD46.5bn since the end of the year. Investors placed USD4.6bn in tracker funds and USD900m in active equities strategies. But quantitative funds saw a net outflow of USD8.8bn. In fixed income, assets under management increased by USD3.6bn to USD1.06trn. Net inflows to tracker products and ETFs totalled USD13.6bn, while actively-managed bond funds saw a net outflow of USD14.4bn. Performance commissions totalled USD50m in first quarter, compared with USD125m in fourth quarter 2009.
27/04/2010

Russell Investments builds presence in institutional management

Russell Investments has announced the appointment of Penny Zuckerwise as CEO Americas Institutional. Zuckerwise, previously president and CEO of the management firm Utendahl Capital Management, will join Russell Investments on 3 May. She will report to the president and CEO of Russell, Andrew Doman, and will join the executive board at the firm. The development of institutional activities at Russell will be accompanied by the recruitment of 30 staff in the areas of advising, product development and risk management.
27/04/2010

Ameriprise profit up 65% in Q1

On Monday, Ameriprise Financial declared net profits for first quarter of USD214m, compared with USD138m for January-March 2009, which represents an increase of 65%. Assets as of 31 March were up 31% in one year, to USD332bn, largely due to positive market effects and net subscriptions of USD2.5bn for wrap activities, which have reached record volumes of USD100bn. In the United States, the asset management division saw net redemptions of USD0.9bn in retail, and net subscriptions of USD0.1bn in institutional, despite negative synergies of USD0.6bn related to the acquisition of Columbia Management. Elsewhere in the world, retail asset management saw net inflows of USD1.3bn, offset by outflows of USD1.3bn from the institutional operation.
27/04/2010

Lehman Brothers-Barclays lawsuit hearings to begin this week

A lawsuit pitting the US bank Lehman Brothers against its acquirer, the British banking group Barclays, began yesterday in New York, Les Echos reports. Depositories in the liquidation process and a group of Lehman creditors are hoping to recuperate USD11bn (EUR8.2bn). They are hoping to demonstrate that Barclays got away with a good deal at the time, particularly as they were able to pocket additional capital gains of at least USD5bn, without having to inform the authorities, the newspaper reports.
27/04/2010

Amundi launches 14 ETF funds on Swiss stock market

Amundi ETF on 26 April announced the launch of 14 ETFs on the SIX Swiss Exchange, of which seven are new to Switzerland. The listing of the 14 ETFs on the SIX Swiss Exchange has been divided into two stages. On 13 April 2010, ten ETF funds were listed, including five equities ETFs, four of which are regional and one of them covers emerging markets, and one of which is new to Europe: the Amundi ETF MSCI Europe Ex Switzerland. In addition, two bond ETFs were released, one of which replicates the evolution of an index of Euro zone government bonds with the full range of maturities, while the other provides exposure to about 40 corporate bonds which offer good liquidity and a credit rating higher than or equal to BBB- according to the ratings agency S&P. Two leveraged ETFs have also been released, of which one is new, covering the SIX Swiss Exchange, and 1 is a short ETF. “These ETF funds allow investors to double their positions or to hedge themselves with short positions on specific markets,” the management firm says. The benchmark index is the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50. Finally, the last group of funds to be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange on 27 April will include four new commodities ETFs which allow investors exposure to the major commodities segments (soft commodities, precious and industrial metals, and energy), within a UCITS III regulatory environment. “The selection of available products will be extended in the next few weeks with several more listings on the SIX Swiss Exchange,” Amundi ETF announces in a statement.
27/04/2010

Soros recruits a manager from Cazenove

Citywire reports that Neil Pegrum, manager of the Cazenove UK Dynamic fund, has left Cazenove Capital to join Soros Fund Management. Paul Marriage, who worked with Pegrum for several years, and Julie Dean, will take over the responsibilities formerly assigned to Pegrum.
27/04/2010

Blackstone calls off bid for RBS bank branches

The investment firm Blackstone and the Wellcome Trust foundation have called off their joint bid to acquire the 318 bank branches put up for sale by the Royal Bank of Scotland, Les Echos reports. Four potential buyers are still in the running: Santander, BBVA, National Australia Bank, and Virgin Money.
27/04/2010

Invesco Perpetual recruits a CIO

Invesco Perpetual has recruited Nick Mustoe as CIO. From 7 June, he will work alongside the current CIO, Bob Yerbury, who will be retiring at the end of this year. Mustoe has 25 years of experience in management. He was previously CIO of Pictet Asset Management and Hermes Pensions Management.
27/04/2010

Promotion for Dieter Hein at Bank of Luxembourg

The Banque de Luxembourg has announced that Dieter Hein, its CIO for bonds, has been appointed alongside Guy Wagner as director of the management firm Banque de Luxembourg Fund Research & Asset Management (BL FR&AM). He will be in charge of distribution in Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, and Sweden, as well as risk management and sales support and administrative functions.
27/04/2010

ASB proposes a compromise between declaration and banking secrecy

Les Echos reports, citing a document predicting the evolution of the Swiss financial market from now until 2015, that the Swiss bankers association (ASB) is hoping to set out a procedure for declaration of undeclared foreign assets in order to legalise the money now held in Swiss banks while preserving banking secrecy.
27/04/2010
Fonds

Tiburon Partners lance un fonds OPCVM III

Selon Fund Strategy, Tiburon Partners, la boutique d’investissement spécialisée sur l’Asie, envisage de lancer le mois prochain un fonds d’actions long/short dédié à l’Asie hors Japon.Le fonds Tiburon Taurus sera une version OPCVM III d’un hedge fund asiatique existant, le Tiburon Tiger fund. Le nouveau fonds sera géré par Mark Fleming et Mark Martyrossian, qui gèrent déjà le Tiburon Taurus. Le fonds sera coté sur la bourse irlandaise.
Fonds
27/04/2010

Ingrid Zeiler prend la direction de RVV

A compter du 1er mai, Ingrid Szeiler sera membre du directoire et directeur général de Raiffeisen Vermögensverwaltungsbank AG (RVV), une filiale de Raiffeisen Capital Management (RCM) spécialiste des particuliers haut de gamme. L’intéressée dirige depuis 1999 l’allocation d’actifs et les stratégies multi-classes d’actifs de RCM. Elle remplace Georg-Viktor Dax, qui quitte le groupe Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB).L’autre membre du directoire de RVV est Mathias Bauer, CEO de RCM.
27/04/2010
Fonds

Deka Immobilien investit à Brême

Pour son fonds sectoriel WestInvest TargetSelect Logistics, Deka Immobilien a acheté le Daimler Plant Consolidation Center (PCC, 102.000 mètres carrés) de Brême. L’investissement représente 34 millions d’euros. Le WestInvest TargetSelect Logistics est un fonds immobilier offert au public mais réservé aux investisseurs institutionnels.
Fonds
27/04/2010
Fonds

Frankfurt Trust rebaptise dix fonds

Afin à la fois d’uniformiser les dénominations et de rendre les thématiques plus transparente, Frankfurt Trust a décidé de changer au 1er mai le nom de dix se ses fonds. ISIN Ancien nom Nouveau nom DE000A0D95R8 BHF SustainSelect FT FT Navigator Sustainability DE0009770206 FT Accugeld FT AccuGeld DE0008478082 FT Accuzins FT AccuZins DE0008478041 FT Amerika Dynamik Fonds FT AmerikaDynamik DE0008478181 FT Europa Dynamik Fonds FT EuropaDynamik DE0009772988 FT Global Dynamik Fonds FT GlobalDynamik DE0005317416 FT HighDividend FT Global HighDividend DE0008478009 FT Interspezial FT InterSpezial DE0008478033 FT Nippon Dynamik Fonds FT NipponDynamik DE0009770230 FT US-Dollar Plus FT DollarGeld
Fonds
27/04/2010

La perte de la gestion se réduit chez Deutsche Bank

Pour le premier trimestre, la Deutsche Bank a déclaré mardi un bénéfice net de 1,8 milliard d’euros contre 1,2 milliard pour janvier-mars 2009, avec par ailleurs une amélioration à 66 % contre 68 % du coefficient d’exploitation.La perte avant impôt de la division gestion d’actifs et de fortune (asset & wealth management ou AWM) a diminué à 5 millions d’euros contre 173 millions. Les actifs investis ressortaient fin mars à 808 milliards d’euros soit 122 milliards de plus qu’au 31 décembre 2009. L’effet de marché explique seulement 17 milliards d’euros de cette augmentation.Pour la branche gestion d’actifs, les encours se sont accrus de 41 milliards d’euros (+ 8 %) dont 4 milliards attribuables à des souscriptions nettes et 14 milliards attribuables à la consolidation de certaines des activités de Sal. Oppenheim. Pour la gestion de fortune, les actifs investis ont augmenté de 81 milliards d’euros, dont 68 milliards liés à la consolidation de Sal. Oppenheim. Les souscriptions nettes ont représenté 5 milliards d’euros.
27/04/2010
Fonds

Un gérant de fonds rembourse les souscripteurs sur ses deniers

Olaf-Johannes Eick, gérant de plusieurs fonds lancés par le suisse Multi-Invest avec Sal. Oppenheim, a racheté aux fonds de droit luxembourgeois qu’il gère (Multi-Invest OP et Multi Invest Spezial OP) les actions du britannique Petrocapital resources (PCR) qui sont tombées à 14 cents contre 81 cents lors de l’achat, rapporte Wirtschaftswoche. Il a effectué ces rachats sur sa cassette personnelle, ce qui lui a coûté environ 10 millions d’euros, parce qu’il ne veut pas que les souscripteurs soient pénalisés par son erreur de jugement.
Fonds
27/04/2010

JPMAM muscle sa force de vente

L'équipe commerciale de JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM) dédiée aux distributeurs indépendants compte désormais une neuvième personne en Allemagne avec l’affectation à cette activité de Martina Pröschold, qui fait partie de la société depuis 19978.Elle sera chargée avec deux collègues de la desserte des conseillers en gestion de patrimoine indépendants tandis que deux autres sont chargés des gestionnaires de fortune et deux autres encore des conseillers indépendants du secteur des assurances. L'équipe se complète de deux assistantes.Jusqu'à présent, Martina Pröschold a exercé son activité dans le suivi de la clientèle bancaire, de fonds de fonds et de gestionnaires d’actifs.
26/04/2010

Le managing director de RBC Dexia rejoint JPMorgan

JP Morgan Securities Services a recruté Laurent Vanderweyen chez RBC Dexia pour occuper, à compter du mois de juillet, le poste de general manager de son activité luxembourgeoise, rapporte l’ICFA (International Custody & Fund Administration). Chez RBC Dexia, Laurent Vanderweyen était managing director et président du comité exécutif.
26/04/2010

BBVA Asset Management veut conquérir des marchés en Asie et en Europe

María Luisa Gómez Bravo, présidente de BBVA Asset Management, indique dans un entretien avec Expansión qu’elle compte s’appuyer sur le réseau de la banque en Asie pour attirer des investisseurs locaux, notamment en Chine. Le BBVA dispose de succursales et de bureaux de représentation en Inde, au Japon, en Corée, à Singapour et à Taiwan. De plus, il a conclu une alliance en Chine avec Citic, dont il détient 15 %. En outre, BBVA AM renforce actuellement son équipe commerciale dans la zone.L’autre axe de développement sera l’Europe, grâce à la directive Ucits IV. Dans ce contexte, BBVA AM a recruté récemment Olivier Asselin (Western AM) comme CIO Europe, un directeur des solutions d’investissement, (Aymeric Forest, BNP Paribas Fortis), un responsable pour le crédit (Enriquee García Pazos d’UBS) et un coordinateur pour les ETF (Salavador Gómez, BlackRock).

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