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19/02/2010
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Nouveau fonds ISF chez 123Venture

123Venture, société de gestion de capital-investissement vient d’annoncer le lancement du FCPR 123Capitalisation, un fonds ISF s’engageant à investir 100% des sommes collectées dans des PME éligibles afin d’offrir le taux maximum de réduction d’ISF autorisé par la règlementation. Soit 50% de leurs versements dans la limite de 20.000€ de réduction d’ISF par an. « Les sociétés financées seront, entre autres, actives dans les secteurs de la production d’électricité via des sources d’énergies renouvelables, exploitation de maisons de retraite, laboratoires d’analyses médicales, chaines de commerce de détail… », précise un communiqué de la société de gestion.Les investissements peuvent être cédés à partir de la fin de la 6ème année.Caractéristiques :Commissions de souscription : 5 % maximumFrais de gestion annuels : 3,95 %Montant minimum à la souscription : 1.000 euros
Fonds
19/02/2010

Société Générale et BNP Paribas au coude à coude pour les bonus

Si l’on rapporte les bonus des traders à la Société Générale et BNP Paribas aux revenus qu’ils ont générés dans les activités de marché, les taux de distribution des deux banques sont équivalents, entre 11 % et 12 %, note la Tribune.En revanche, en calculant la productivité par trader (revenus des activités de marché/opérateur), BNP Paribas réalise 2,25 millions d’euros par personne contre 1,85 million à la Société Générale, précise le quotidien.
19/02/2010
Fonds

L'écart de suivi des ETF s'est creusé en 2009

D’après une étude sur la performance des ETF réalisée par Goldman Sachs, les ETF ont accusé en moyenne l’an dernier un écart de 1,25 point de pourcentage par rapport à l’indice qu’ils répliquent, contre 0,52 % en 2008, rapporte The Wall Street Journal. Des écarts de suivi (tracking errors) supérieurs à trois points de pourcentage ont été constatés pour 54 fonds, contre 4 fonds en 2008, une poignée d’entre eux manquant la cible de plus de 10 points.Si le SPDR (SPY), le plus gros ETF sur le marché, n’a terminé qu’avec un retard de 0,19 point sur le S&P 500, le iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), qui pèse 40 milliards de dollars, a affiché une performance de 71,8 % l’an dernier alors que son benchmark gagnait 78,5 %. E SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) a pris un retard de 13 points de pourcentage sur son indice qui a gagné 53,5 %.Mais les écarts ne sont pas toujours négatifs, puisque le Vanguard Telecom Services ETF (VOX, 200 millions de dollars) a réalisé une performance de 29,6 % contre 12,6 % pour le benchmark.
Fonds
19/02/2010

Goldman Sachs attaque sept de ses anciens cadres

La Tribune rapporte que la banque Goldman Sachs poursuit sept anciens responsables de sa banque privée pour avoir quitté brutalement la banque début février et avoir rejoint Credit Suisse.
19/02/2010

Source lance un ETF sur le DAX

Source a annoncé le 18 février le lancement d’un ETF sur l’indice DAX, le DAX Source ETF. Le nouveau fonds, conforme à la directive OPCVM III et domicilié en Allemagne, se propose de répliquer la performance de l’indice DAX total return en investissant directement dans les valeurs composant l’indice, et non en ayant recours à des dérivés.La gestion du fonds a été confiée à BayernInvest KAG et Assenagon Asset Management.Principales caractéristiques du fonds Nom du produit DAX Source ETF Bloomberg Ticker DAX30S GR Devise du fonds EUR Frais de gestion 0.15% par an Cotation Deutsche Börse (XETRA) Nom de l’indice DAX Total Return Index Dividendes Dividendes bruts réinvestis Terme de l’année financière 30 novembre
19/02/2010

Le rachat de Turquoise par le LSE est bouclé

La Bourse de Londres a indiqué le 18 février avoir bouclé le rachat de la plate-forme alternative de négociations Turquoise. Cette opération ouvre la voie à la création d’une nouvelle plate-forme paneuropéenne puisque la technologie de l’opérateur alternatif fusionnera avec celle de Baikal Global Limited, une plate-forme opaque développée par le London Stock Exchange (LSE).
19/02/2010

Stabilisation des activités d’UBS en Suisse

Selon L’Agefi suisse qui cite le magazine «Schweizer Bank» à paraître, UBS a retrouvé la voie du succès en Suisse. La banque est leader dans toutes ses principales activités au niveau suisse. Ces activités sont «très rentables et se sont stabilisés, certains ont même recommencé à croître», a affirmé Franco Morra, directeur d’UBS pour la Suisse, dans une interview accordée au magazine. Malgré une concurrence rude et même au cœur de la crise, la banque a pu gagner des clients, selon le directeur.
19/02/2010
Fonds

Reyl distribue un fonds en obligations émergentes en Suisse

Selon L’Agefi suisse, Reyl Emerging Debt Opportunities a obtenu le feu vert des autorités pour être distribué en Suisse. Le fonds sera géré par Raphael Kassin, spécialiste de la dette émergente et engagé chez Reyl & Cie depuis le 1er janvier. Ancien d’ABN Amro et de Credit Suisse, le gérant estime pouvoir lever jusqu’à 5 milliards au total pour ce produit. Il considère que les emprunts sont un bon moyen d’investir dans les pays émergents, entre autres le Venezuela, parce qu’ils reflètent les fondamentaux intéressants de ces pays et ont des rendements plus attractifs.
Fonds
19/02/2010

Changes at Conseil Plus Gestion

According to Citywire, at Conseil Plus Gestion, Xavier Note, who co-managed the Europe Provence fund with Arnaud Roux, has left the company to join La Compagnie Financiere Edmond de Rothschild’s Marseille office. Note has been replaced by Bruno Marquier. Separately, Florent Bainier left the company Neville Gestion.
19/02/2010

ETF tracking error up sharply in 2009

According to a study of the performance of ETFs undertaken by Goldman Sachs, ETFs had an average tracking error last year of 1.25 percentage points against the indices they replicate, compared with 0.52% in 2008, the Wall Street Journal reports. Tracking errors of more than 3% were observed for 54 funds while only 4 funds had tracking errors at this level in 2008. Some funds missed their indices by more than 10%. Though the SPDR (SPY), the largest ETF on the market, finished the year only 0.19% behind the S&P 500, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), which has USD40bn in assets, earned returns of 71.8% last year, while its benchmark gained 78.5%. The SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield ETF (JNK) was 1,300bps late on its index which gained 53.5%. But tracking errors are not always negative: the Vanguard Telecom Services ETF (VOX, USD200m) earned 29.6% returns, compared with 12.6% for the benchmark.
19/02/2010

Reyl releases an emerging markets bond fund in Switzerland

Agefi Switzerland reports that Reyl Emerging Debt Opportunities has obtained permission from the authorities to be released for sale in Switzerland. The fund will be managed by Raphael Kassin, a specialist in emerging markets and engaged debt at Reyl & Cie, who has been at the firm since 1 January. Kassin, formerly of ABN Amro and Credit Suisse, hopes to be able to raise up to CHF5bn in total for the product. He claims that bonds are a good means to invest in emerging markets such as Venezuela, as they reflect the attractive fundamentals of the countries, and offer more attractive returns.
19/02/2010

SEI aims for USd1bn in Islamic funds

st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } The wealth management firm SEI is hoping that its four Sharia-compliant funds will be able to top USD1bn in assets in the next two to three years, a top head of the firm, Jahangir Aka, said yesterday at the Islamic finance and banking conference held by Reuters in Dubai.
19/02/2010

Source launches an ETF based on DAX index

st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Source announced on 18 February that it has launched an ETF based on the DAX index, entitled DAX Source ETF. The new fund, which complies with the UCITS III directive and is registered in Germany, aims to replicate the DAX total return index through investment directly in the shares that make up the index, without the use of derivatives. Primary characteristics of the fund Name of product DAX Source ETF Bloomberg Ticker DAX30S GR Currency of fund EUR Management fee 0.15% per year Listing Deutsche Börse (XETRA) Name of index DAX Total Return Index Dividends Gross dividends reinvested End of fiscal year 30 November
19/02/2010

MENA manager leaves Investec

st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Citywire reports that Amr Saif, the manager of the Africa and Middle East fund from Investec, has quit the firm. Roelof Horne will replace him.
19/02/2010

Contrasting performance for hedge funds in January

In January, the alternative strategies which earned the highest returns were, according to the Edhec Risk Institute, distressed securities (+1.97%) and short selling (+1.85%). Of 13 strategies, 8 are in positive territory. The heaviest losses were for CTA Global (-2.82%) and long/short equity (-1.02%) strategies.
19/02/2010

Emerging markets hedge funds up strongly in 2009

Hedge funds invested in emerging markets have offset their significant losses in 2008, and made significant progress last year, according to statistics from Hedge Fund Research. The HFRI Emerging Markets Index gained 40.4% for the year as a whole. Assets invested in emerging markets last year rose by USD25bn to over USD93bn, while gains related to positive market effects of USD34.4bn generously compensated for outflows of USD8.5bn. Funds dedicated to emerging markets finished the year with ten consecutive months of gains, though January 2010 brought a dip of -1.24% largely due to concerns over government debt risks.
19/02/2010

Asian capitals catching up with Paris

Les Echos reports that a study by OpinionWay and KPMG for the Paris Ile-de-France Capitale economic association has found that the Paris region still have a very good image among major international businesses, as 35% of these firms consider the city the most attractive, putting it in third place after New York (41%) and London (42%). In fourth place in the rankings, Shanghai receives only 14% of the vote. The association points out, however, that this is the first time that an Asian metropolis has appeared so high in the rankings. When realised investments, excluding mergers and acquisitions, are taken into account, London takes the top place with 270 deals, followed yb Shanghai (242), Hong Kong (231), Paris (191) and Beijing (149).
19/02/2010

BT downgraded due to pension fund deficit

On Thursday, shares in BT lost 1.2%, to 115¾p per share, as the GBP9bn deficit of the firm’s pension fund led Standard & Poor’s to downgrade its rating of the group to one notch above junk. The move was unexpected, the Financial Times reports, as Moody’s and Fitch had decided to maintain their ratings of BT unchanged following the publication of the most recent figures for the pension fund. S&P estimates that BT’s decision to pay in up to GBP533m per year until 2029 will not be enough to reabsorb the deficit, but that it will penalise shareholders and limit the strategic options for the telecoms operator in a highly competitive sector.
19/02/2010

Brevan Howard to rectructure a UCITS III fund

According to Citywire, Brevan Howard is restructuring the Brevan Howard Absolute Return Bond Plus Fund, a UCITS III fund. In the latest newsletter for the fund, the London-based firm says: «Despite positive performance, there has been relatively little investor interest for the product in its current form». It adds: «We are therefore evaluating an investment strategy which is more closely aligned with the core investment exposures of Brevan Howard Master Fund Limited (…)».
19/02/2010

comdirect hopes to increase profits by one third in 2010

Pre-tax profits at comdirect bank (Commerzbank group) last year were down 2.3% compared with 2008, at EUR76m, on the back of a restructuring charge of EUR9m related to the closure of comdirect private finance and the effects of a support plan for ebase. Net profits were down 1.9% at EUR56.6m. Michel Mandel, chairman of the managing board, announced on Thursday that this year he is aiming for pre-tax profits of EUR100m. By 2013, he is aiming for EUR150m-EUR170m in profits, through an increase in the number of clients to 3 million, from 2.1 million presently, and an increase in assets under management or custody to EUR50bn. For B2C (direct banking) activities, assets under management or administration as of the end of December totalled EUR22.2bn, 9% more than one year previously, while B2B activities (ebase) gained 26.6% to EUR13.3bn.
19/02/2010

Lupus alpha scores a big name from AGI

Thomas Dittrich, one of the heads of Allianz Global Investors Advisory, is joining the independent management firm Lupus alpha, as a member of the executive board and senior relationship manager. He will be in charge of a sales team of nine people, who will aim to develop the institutional client base, without neglecting wealth management clients.
19/02/2010

Union Investment projects that a vintage year in 2009 has not offset all losses of 2008

In 2009, “a fiscal year crowned with success,” according to Rüdiger Ginsberg, chairman of the board, Union Investment, the central asset management firm for the German co-operative banks, earned net profits of EUR204m, compared with EUR143m in 2008, and EUR345m in 2007. Assets were up 15% to a total of EUR166bn as of the end of December, compared with EUR144.4bn twelve months previously, when they were down 17.7%. Net subscriptions last year totalled EUR10.7bn, compared with net outflows of EUR6.8bn in 2008, but net inflows in 2007 totalled EUR12.2bn. In detail, Union states that EUR1.9bn of net subscriptions went to open-ended funds (compared with net redemptions of EUR3.3bn in 2008), and a record EUR8.3bn went to institutional management (compared with outflows of EUR3.6bn). The manager also states that net inflows to open-ended real estate funds represented EUR2.6bn, the best results for the entire management sector in Germany. Union also attracted more than 135,000 clients for Riester retirement savings plans, where the UniProfiRente product has about 1.8 million subscribers. Guaranteed funds attracted about EUR2.5bn in net subscriptions, of which EUR1.9bn went to newly-launched products.
19/02/2010

Lombard Odier adds to sales staff

Frank Stefes, who was previously head of fund sales at Henderson Global Investors in Germany, on 1 January joined Lombard Odier, where he takes charge of sales of open-ended funds to wealth management clients, funds of funds, family offices, private banks, insurers, and IFA fund platforms.
19/02/2010

CAAM España chief takes over as head of Amundi

Michel Escalera, who was previously head of CAAM in Spain, will take over as head of Amundi for Spain and Portugal, Expansión reports. The new management firm born of the merger of CAAM and SGAM will be the second-largest foreign asset management firm in Spain, after JPMorgan AM, with EUR3.2bn in assets as of the end of September. Christina Regozzino will be head of sales for Amundi Spain, while Alfonso O’Donell, deputy director of SGAM Spain, will be leaving the firm to join Société Générale.
19/02/2010

New executive team at Allianz GI France

Michel Haski has been appointed chief executive officer at Allianz Global Investors France. In a statement released on 17 February, Allianz GI states that Haski will also retain his responsibilities as chief executive officer of Allianz Global Investors Europe GmbH. At the same time, three deputy CEOs have also been appointed. They are: Franck Dixmier, in charge of investments; Johann Gaulier, in charge of human resources, compliance, internal controls and legal affairs, finance, and risk control; Christophe Mallet, in charge of development for networks. Lastly, Sylvie Bernard and Jean-Marc Voisin have been appointed as deputy CEOs. Bernard will be in charge of operations, reporting and organization, while Voisin will be in charge of IT systems. From May 2006, Haski was in charge of commercial development for Allianz Global Investors Europe GmbH, before becoming chief executive officer of Allianz Global Investors Europe GmbH in July 2008.
19/02/2010

Guggenheim Partners to retain SGI and Rydex brand names

Richard Goldman, CEO of Security Global Advisors (SGI) and Rydex SGI, has told Mutual Fund Wire that Guggenheim Partners, which has recently acquired the two firms for USD400m, is planning to retain the two brands. He is confident that the acquirer will help to finance planned development in 2010, and that recruitments are planned for sales, marketing and management teams. Currently, SGI and Rydex SGI (USD22bn) employ 275 people and offer three product lines: Rydex inverse and leveraged index-linked mutual funds and ETFs; fundamental alpha equities funds, and hedge fund products.
19/02/2010

Profits down at Morningstar

For the year 2009, Morningstar has posted a 4.7% decline in its earnings to USD479m, while operating profits are down 9.8% to USD125.3m. Net profits, meanwhile, contracted by 10.9% to USD82.45m. John Mansueto, chairman and CEO, says that 2009 was a challenging year for the firm. The decline in earnings is due to the loss of two key clients in investment management, the loss of revenues from Global Analyst Research Settlement (GARS), and a fall in earnings from Internet advertising.
19/02/2010

Deutsche Bank plans to promote managed accounts

Deutsche Bank has announced that it has founded a dedicated sales team to develop global distribution of its managed accounts platform, to take advantage of growth in demand for alternative means of accessing hedge funds. The team is led by Daniel Caplan, who remains head of prime finance sales and capital introduction for Europe. The bank has also recruited Guillaume Mathais, who will be dedicated to sales of managed accounts. Mathais was head of distribution of managed accounts at Lyxor Asset management for the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.
19/02/2010

L&G to offer longevity insurance to pension funds

Like Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, Legal & General is beginning to offer pension funds insurance against longevity risks, the Financial Times reports. Prudential is soon expected to follow suit. British pension funds will this year insure themselves against about GBP15bn in liabilities to reduce the cost and volatility of defined-benefit savings plans, and two thirds of this insurance will be in the form of longevity swaps, the consulting agency Hymans Robertson estimates.

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