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06/04/2010

Wave of redemptions hits Nevsky Capital

Nevsky Capital, the USD7bn London hedge fund manager, was hit last week by more than USD1bn of redemption requests from investors seeking to leave its flagship hedge fund, Nevsky Fund. The outflows follow the disclosure that Martin Taylor and Nick Barnes, the fund’s two star managers, were planning to step down next spring, says the Financial Times. In a letter to investors, the fund’s directors said the fund was unlikely to continue after the pair left.
06/04/2010

Marcel Herbst joins Weston Capital

Hedge Week reports that Weston Capital Management has appointed Marcel Herbst as a member of the board of directors. Marcel Herbst, who was previously managing director at Harcourt, will be in charge of development for international activities and the creation of strategic partnerhships.
06/04/2010

Guillaume Rambourg violated procedures which had been in place since May 2009

Jeff Meyer, CEO of Gartmore, says the manager Guillaume Rambourg, who controls a 4% stake in the management firm, was dismissed last week for continuing to give instructions to the trading floors about brokers to be used in specific transactions, which has been forbidden since 15 May 2009. To do this, he did not use the Gartmore IT system, but the Bloomberg instant messenger system, the Sunday Times reports. Meyer, however, says he is convinced that Rambourg did not do this for personal profit. All communications external to the manager (email, instant messaging, phone calls and other data) will now be analysed by the law firm Clifford Chance, which will take three weeks.
06/04/2010

Aviva Investors restructures its business development

Following the departures of Adam Lessing, head of business development Europe, and Kirk Skarba, head of business development Central Europe, at the end of December, Aviva Investors appears to be in the process of restructuring its global business development activities, Fondsprofessionell reports. The new scheme is said not to be organized around countries, but instead on three types of clients: financial institutions, institutions, and Aviva. Fondsprofessionell suggests that the reorganization may be a part of a cost reduction effort, as revenues are not developing as positively as expected.
06/04/2010

Carlyle recruits former head of private equity for Dubai sovereign fund

Carlyle, the US-based private equity group, has poached Eric Kump, head of Dubai International Capital’s European private equity team, says the Financial Times. Eric Kump will on Tuesday be unveiled by Carlyle as a new managing director in its European buy-out team, only two years after he was hired by the sovereign wealth fund.
06/04/2010

Nationwide hands a new mandate to JP Morgan

Nationwide Funds Group (NFG), which includes the asset management activities of Nationwide Financial Services, has asked JP Morgan to provide it with more services. In addition to custody and securities lending, JP Morgan will take charge of accounting, administration and settlement. NFG manages about USD32bn in 92 mutual funds.
06/04/2010

Roc Capital Management touts transparency

The hedge fund management firm Roc Capital Management has raised more than USD1bn since the financial crisis, a success which it owes partly to its transparency campaign, the Wall Street Journal reports. The team, led by Arvind Ragunathan, is the former Equitech team from Deutsche Bank. Deutsche Bank invested the first USD500m, and owns 10% of the firm. Unlike other quant funds, Roc Capital provides details of its investments by sector and by geographical region, as well as other data, all of which are certified by an external company. Roc Capital also relies on the resources of a team of more than 50 analysts based in Chennai, which systematically combs through the public data provided by US companies in real time, but without a knowledge of the fund’s positions. Roc Capital limits its use of leverage and specializes in US large caps. It often holds its stakes for several weeks.
06/04/2010

Goldman Sachs fund buys a stake in a hedge fund

Petershill Fund Offshore LP, a fund from Goldman Sachs with USD1bn in assets which invests in minority stakes in hedge funds, has acquired a minority stake in a hedge fund from David Ganek, entitled Level Global Investors LP. Bloomberg reports that Level Global, founded in 2003, has 64 employees, of whom 25 are investment professionals. Petershill also has stakes in three London firms: Capula Investment Management, Winton Capital Management, and Trafalgar Asset Managers, as well as in a firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, entitled Shumway Capital Partners LLC.
06/04/2010

Bono's fund buys 1% stake in Facebook

Elevation Partners, an investment fund in which Bono, the singer for the group U2, is one of the shareholders, at the end of 2009 bought a 1% stake in the social network Facebook for USD90m, Cinco Días reports. Facebook has declined to comment. In early 2010, Elevation Partners went on to invest USD25m in Yelp, a social networking startup; the fund has since confirmed its plans to increase its investment in the firm to USD100m.
06/04/2010

Private equity fund buys a stake in a hedge fund

La Tribune reports that Petershill Fund Offshore LP, a private equity fund from Goldman Sachs, has announced that it has acquired a minority stake in a USD4bn hedge fund by David Ganek, entitled Level Global Investors LP. The business bank says that it will not take part in investment decisions, the newspaper adds.
06/04/2010

Reputation of Berkshire Hathaway up, AIG and Citigroup down

According to a survey by Harris Interactive, the reputation of the business world is “not good” or “catastrophic” in the opinion of 81% of those surveyed. Agefi reports. At the top of the list of businesses with the worst reputations are AIG and Citigroup. At the other end of the spectrum is Berkshire Hathaway, whose head, Warren Buffett, is regarted as a man who effectively leads his business without excessive remuneration.
06/04/2010

Star managers striking out on their own

According to a study by Prince Associates, 48% of private banking clients in the United States withdrew their assets from their bank between September 2008 and January 2010. 40% of them opted for a multi-family office, while 26.4% chose an independent management firm, Expansión reports. This development coincides with an increase in departures of star managers to found their own businesses. For example, Joan David Grimá left Santander to create Tegri Asesoramiento, while Zoe Cruz, former co-president of Morgan Stanley, is launching the hedge fund management firm Voras Capital Management. Eric Brugel and Jeff Erber (formerly of Merrill Lynch) have gone into the wealth management business, with Grey Own Capital Management, while Erich Thurber, Fred Molfino and Mrett Sharkey (formerly of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney) have followed their example, founding Three Bridge Wealth Advisors. The four founders of Old Lane (Citigroup) and their executive director, Guru Ramakrishnan, at the end of 2009 launched the hedge fund Meru Capital Group (EUR200m in assets), while Justin Kennedy (formerly of Deutsche Bank) is preparing to launch a real estate fund. Florian de Sigy, director of structured products for Europe at Deutsche bank, has launched a hedge fund management firm, Gamma Finance, with Javier Rodriguez, a former director of Barclays Global Investors. Lastly, Andrew Bodner has joined his father Martin, also formerly of UBS, to found a firm in New Jersey, while Arié Assayag (formerly of SocGen) has joined 30 senior managers to launch a hedge fund.
06/04/2010

software-systems launches a “3D” fund ratings concept

The Austrian firm software-systems will on 5 May launch its new three-dimensional ratings concept, FER3D, at the Finance & Ethics (FER) conference. The components will include fund risk ratings according to European regulatory standards, performance in comparison with other funds in the same peer group, and ethical/dynamic EDA ratings (see Newsmanagers of 13 July 2009).
02/04/2010

"Il faudrait que l'international représente 50 % de nos encours"

Acropole Asset Management, société de gestion dédiée aux obligations convertibles créée il y a un peu plus de trois ans, cherche à se développer auprès de la clientèle étrangère et auprès des investisseurs institutionnels basés en province, indique son président et fondateur, Jacques Joakimides, dans un entretien à NewsManagers.
02/04/2010

Mercer se renforce en Asie

La firme de conseil Mercer a recruté Stephen Roberts au poste nouvellement créé de responsable de la gestion des investissements dans la zone Asie-Pacifique et annonce son intention de se développer sur le marché de la multigestion dans la région.Stephen Roberts, qui était précédemment chez Russell Investments, managing director des services d’investissement dédiés à la clientèle institutionnelle dans la zone Australasie, prendra ses fonctions le 19 avril prochain à Sydney.
02/04/2010

Whitehall et Cerberus prévoient d'introduire GSW en Bourse

Selon deux proches du dossier cités par Reuters, les fonds Whitehall de Goldman Sachs et le capital-investisseur Carberus devraient décider juste après Pâques quelle proportion du capital de la société allemande d’immobilier résidentiel GSW ils vont faire introduire en Bourse, rapporte la Börsen-Zeitung. Il est question de 500 millions d’euros sur des fonds propres de 950 millions. GSW devrait percevoir à cette occasion 150 millions d’euros pour réduire son endettement et procéder à quelques acquisitions.
02/04/2010

SG Private Banking détecte des anomalies en Asie

L’Agefi rapporte que la Société Générale a découvert des irrégularités dans la gestion d’un compte client par l’un de ses banquiers privés à Singapour en février. Un audit interne a été diligenté, précise le quotidien, et les autorités de Singapour en ont été «immédiatement» informées».
02/04/2010

Treize nouveaux ETF d'Amundi cotés en Italie

Amundi ETF a annoncé, jeudi 1er avril, la cotation de 13 nouveaux ETF sur Borsa Italiana, ce qui porte à 28 le nombre total des produits de la société disponibles sur Borsa Italiana. Les fonds en question, tous inédits précise Amundi ETF, sont sectoriels. Il s’agit de deux ETF Monde investis pour l’un sur des valeurs de l'énergie et pour l’autre, sur des valeurs financières – respectivement Amundi ETF MSCI World Energy et Amundi ETF MSCI World Financials.A ces fonds s’ajoutent dix ETF sectoriels Europe ayant pour undice de référence les principaux secteurs MSCI sur le vieux Continent. Enfin, le dernier ETF est investi sur l’immobilier, via un indice comprenant près de 25 valeurs foncières européennes cotées. Hormis les deux premiers ETF et celui investi sur l’immobilier dont les frais de gestion annuels sont de 0,35 %, ceux des autres produits sont de 0,25 %.
02/04/2010
Fonds

J.P. Morgan lance un fonds convertibles rendement absolu

J.P. Morgan Mansart Investments, filiale française agréée par l’Autorité des marchés financiers de JPMorgan Chase & Co, et CQS, société de gestion d’actifs spécialisée dans les convertibles, les ABS et le crédit, ont annoncé que le J.P. Morgan Mansart Investments CQS Convertible Alpha Fund avait reçu l’agrément du régulateur irlandais, l’IFSRA. Il s’agit d’un fonds coordonné, conforme à la directive Ucits, visant à répondre à la demande des investisseurs institutionnels pour un véhicule régulé capable de fournir une exposition à des stratégies de rendement absolu sur les marchés mondiaux des obligations convertibles. Il offrira un portefeuille d’obligations convertibles gérées activement basé sur une recherche crédit fondamentale et une analyse quantitative, et limitera les risques par l’utilisation de couvertures actions, crédit et taux. La liquidité sera hebdomadaire. J.P. Morgan Mansart Investments délègue la responsabilité de la gestion d’actifs à CQS, tout en conservant le contrôle de la gestion, les processus de gestion du risque et la compliance et les directives d’investissement. Le fonds sera distribué par J.P. Morgan Securities.
Fonds
02/04/2010
Fonds

Jensen lance un mutual fund

Jensen Investment Management a annoncé le 31 mars le lancement de son deuxième mutual fund, le Jensen Value Fund, dix-huit ans après la mise sur le marché de son fonds de référence, le Jensen Portfolio.Le Jensen Value Fund se propose d’investir dans des valeurs de qualité, sélectionnées à partir d’une analyse quantitative trimestrielle sur un univers de sociétés américaines d’une capitalisation de marché minimale de 1 milliard de dollars. A la différence de son premier fonds, qui comporte de 20 à 30 lignes, le nouveau fonds n’est pas limité en termes de lignes.L’investissement est de 2.500 dollars minimum pour les parts retail et de 1 millions pour les parts institutionnelles.Au 31 mars 2010, les actifs sous gestion de Jensen s'élevaient à plus de 3,5 milliards de dollars.
Fonds
02/04/2010

David Tepper (Appaloosa) a gagné 4 milliards de dollars en 2009

Pour l’an dernier, les 25 gérants de hedge funds les mieux payés ont encaisser 25,3 milliards de dollars, soit 13 % de plus que le record de 2007, rapporte la Börsen-Zeitung, citant Absolute Return + Alpha. En 2008, leur rémunération avait chuté de moité. Ces revenus proviennent des commissions de performance ainsi que de la performance des sommes investies dans leurs fonds.David Tepper, qui dirige Appaloosa Management, a touché 4 milliards de dollars en 2009, ce qui constitue un record historique. Il a misé sur les obligations et les titres hybrides de banques américaines après la faillite de Lehman Brothers tout en pariant sur AIG.
02/04/2010
Fonds

Invesco PowerShares lance neuf ETF

La gamme d’ETF d’Invesco PowerShares s’allongera le 7 avril à 127 références avec le lancement de neuf produits chargés à 0,29 % qui répliquent des versions sectorielles de la série des S&P SmallCap 600 Capped Sector Indices. Il s’agit des ETF PowerShares S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary Portfolio, Consumer Staples Portfolio, Energy Portfolio, Financial Portfolio, Health Care Portfolio, Industrials Portfolio, Information Technology Portfolio, Materials Portfolio et Utilities Portfolio.
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