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26/08/2009
Fonds

GSAM introduit des frais d'entrée et de sortie à ses fonds

Selon Financial News Online, Goldman Sachs Asset Management est la dernière société de gestion en date, et la plus grosse à ce jour, à imposer des frais aux investisseurs entrant et sortant de ses fonds institutionnels. Cela permet de couvrir les coûts de transactions liés à la vente d’actifs pour rembourser les sortants et à l’investissement des actifs entrants.
Fonds
26/08/2009
Fonds

Vanguard veut lancer sept nouveaux fonds indiciels et ETF

Vanguard envisage de lancer une nouvelle gamme de sept fonds indiciels obligataires et ETF qui devraient être disponibles à la vente à compter de la fin de l’année. Ces nouveaux produits vont porter à douze le nombre de Vanguard Bond Index Funds. Les fonds devraient proposer des ETF Shares, des Signal® Shares1 avec des frais annuels de 0,15% et des Institutional Shares 1 avec des frais de 0,09 %.Actuellement, le Total Bond Market Index Fund de Vanguard, lancé en 1986, affiche un encours de 59,5 milliards de dollars.
Fonds
26/08/2009

MFS veut doubler ses encours

Dans un entretien au Financial Times Fund Management, Robert Manning, le directeur général de MFS Investment Management, reconnaît que sa société a connu des jours difficiles avec l'éclatement de la bulle Internet et le scandale du market timing. Mais aujourd’hui, l’avenir est ensoleillé. Au deuxième trimestre, les souscriptions nettes se sont élevées à 4,9 milliards de dollars et au 31 juillet les encours étaient de 160,3 milliards, soit une hausse de 36 milliards depuis la fin mars. Robert Manning souhaite que MFS se développe de manière organique et estime que ses encours atteindront 320 milliards de dollars dans cinq ans.
26/08/2009

Citadel change le nom d’une filiale

La société de hedge funds Citadel Investment Group va abandonner le nom de Citadel Solutions pour sa division d’administration de fonds, et le remplacer par Omnium, rapporte le Wall Street Journal. La référence à Citadel dissuadait certains clients.
26/08/2009
Fonds

Les porteurs du Reserve Fund recevraient 99 cents par part

Reserve Primary Fund et ses administrateurs indépendants ont déposé un dossier en justice vendredi, dans lequel ils défendent la distribution des actifs restants du fonds monétaire le plus rapidement possible, rapporte le Wall Street Journal. Le document indique que les souscripteurs pourraient recevoir légèrement plus que prévu : 0,9875 dollar par part et peut-être jusqu’à 99 cents.
Fonds
25/08/2009

Assets in funds of funds plummet

Despite over EUR9bn in subscriptions, assets in funds of funds on sale in Germany fell by 19% in second half 2008 to a total of EUR44.9bn as of the end of December. A study by Fidelity International has found that open architecture is continuing to progress, as funds which invest in products from third-party promoters now represent 62% of total assets, compared with 56% one year previously (see Newsmanagers of 27 August 2008). However, Andreas Schmid, head of distribution for private banks and wealth managers at Fidelity International for Germany, agrees that funds of funds have probably been the winners out of the introduction of withholding flat tax in Germany on 1 January 2009, as the transfers from one product to the other within a fund of funds are now not taxable.The study also finds that diversified funds of funds as of the end of December represented 77% of total assets, compared with 70% twelve months previously. Equities and bond funds of funds represented 14% and 5% of total assets, respectively, compared with 23% and 7%.
25/08/2009

FSA investigates Calyon

The FSA, the British financial market regulator, has launched an investigation into trading operations on credit default swaps (CDS) from Pernod-Ricard undertaken by the investment bank Calyon. The subject of the investigation is several very large transactions undertaken just before the group laucnehd a capital increase in April.
25/08/2009

Two bankers on the run

La Tribune reports that two former bank directors, Erastus Akingbola and Cecilia Bru, who were dismissed on 14 August for poor management, including fraudulent use of credit facilities, insider trading, market manipulation and money-laundering, are being sought in Nigeria by the economic and financial crimes commission.
25/08/2009

Canadian tax authorities eyeing Switzerland

Inspired by the agreement between UBS and the United States, the Canadian government is giving a look to the bank accounts that its taxpayers hold in Switzerland, Le Temps reports.“We would like to obtain information. UBS tried to slow things down, but in early September, we will meet with our lawyers (and UBS) to obtain this information,” the Canadian minister of internal revenue, Jean-Pierre Blackburn, told the Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper.
25/08/2009

Berenberg launches a currency fund

On 20 August, Universal Investment launched the currency fund Berenberg Currency-Alpha-Universal Investment, which is advised by Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG. It is a German-registered product, for which State Street Bank GmbH is the depository bank. The manager may take long and short positions. Though the investment universe is not limited by a specific rule, investments will concentrate on G8 currencies. Characteristics Name Berenberg Currency-Alpha-Universal-Fonds ISIN code DE000A0RGXP9 Front-end fee 5.00% Management commission 1.28% Performance commission 15% of absolute returns with high watermark and a hurdle rate corresponding to the Euribor 3-month
25/08/2009

Commerz Real acquires Espace Dumont d'Urville building

The real estate asset management firm Commerz Real (EUR43bn in assets) has announced the acquisition for about EUR32.7m of the office property Espace Dumont d’Urville, in the 16th district of Paris. The vendor of the 3,100 square-metre property is Klépierre (BNP Paribas group). Espace Dumont d’Urville, which is wholly leased to SEGECE, an affiliate of Klépierre, will be added to the portfolio of the institutional real estate fund Euro Office 1.
25/08/2009

Passive vs. active management: debate continues

According to a study by S&P cited by the WSJ, about 60% of equities fund managers lagged behind their index over five years to June 30. With the exception of emerging market debt funds, at least 75% of bond fund managers trailed behind their index. The news is grist for the mill of supporters of passive, index-based management. But Jane Li of FundQuest (BNP Paribas) says that “the less efficient the market, the more potential there is for a manager to add value.”
25/08/2009

Barclays stops sales of shares in one of its ETF funds

Following a decision by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to toughen regulations, Barclays Global Investors has ceased sales of new shares in its iShares fund based on the S&P GSCI Commodity index, L’Agefi reports.
25/08/2009

ETFs save inflows to German management firms

According to statistics from the BVI association, German asset management firms in first half posted net subscriptions of EUR3.7bn, of which EUR2.2bn were for institutional funds and EUR1.5bn for open-ended funds, while assets increased by about 4%, to a total as of 30 June of EUR1.2627trn, compared with EUR1.2175trn as of the end of December. The Kommalpha agency points out that inflows in January=June were saved by db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank) and ETFlab (Deka), whose ETF funds alone attracted more than EUR4.8bn, while money market funds, for example, saw net redemptions of more than EUR11bn. The financial crisis is working to the advantage of Germany as a site of fund production, as German-registered open-ended funds have attracted about EUR6.5bn in assets, while Luxembourg-registered funds have seen net outflows of nearly EUR7.4bn. Kommalpha says this is due to the fact that Luxembourg funds are often more complex structures oriented to equities.
25/08/2009

Blackstone creates a private equity fund denominated in Chinese yuan

The new regional government of Pudong has signed an agreement in principle (MOU) with the Blackstone Group to create the first private equity fund denominated in Chinese yuan in the region of Shanghai-Pudong. The Blackstone Zhonghua Development Investment Fund will raise about CNY5bn, and will invest as its first priority in the Shanghai region and its surroundings.
25/08/2009

Asset management reorganisation at The Hartford

Keith Sloane, senior vice president of Hartford Mutual Funds, has announced that the affiliate of The Hartford has posted net subscriptions in second quarter and that assets totalled USD40.7bn as of the end of July, compared with USD28.7bn as of the end of first quarter (they were USD50bn as of the end of third quarter 2009), the Wall Street Journal reports. Hartford Mutual Funds underwent net redemptions in fourth quarter 2008 and first quarter 2009, but subscriptions increased by 37% in second quarter 2009 compared with first quarter.The Hartford’s focus on wealth management has led to a centralisation of mutual fund, retirement and variable annuities affiliates into a new investment and retirement division. The goal is to reach USD100bn in assets under management.
25/08/2009

Number of funds contracts

In the first half of 2009, 1,913 funds were merged or closed, more than the 1,206 funds which were launched in the same time period, according to statistics from Lipper FMI, reported by Financial Times Fund Management. For the first time in a long time, the number of funds has declined, to a total of 33,543.
25/08/2009

AGI to launch a UCITS III version of Discovery Europe

Allianz Global Investors (AGI) is planning to release a UCITS III version of its long/short Discovery Europe fund, as a sub-fund of this fund itself, Investment Week reports. The new product, Allianz RCM Discovery Europe Strategy, will be managed by the same manager as the main fund, Harold Sporleder, with Ralf Walter as co-manager. Two thirds of the profile will be invested in “strong conviction equities,” while the remainder will be invested with a more short-term outlook.In the first five months of the year, Allianz RCM Discovery Europe has posted returns of 11.91%, compared with 6.07% for the MSCI Europe index.
25/08/2009

Hedge funds leave UK for Switzerland

Hedge funds managing close to USD15bn in assets quit the United Kingdom and moved to Switzerland in the past year, following plans to increase top personal tax rates to 51%, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing lawyers. Others are expected to follow.
25/08/2009

New York pension fund gets involved in "green" investment

The New York State Common Retirement Fund (USD110bn) has been licensed the FTSE Environmental Technology 50 and HSBC Global Climate Change indices as benchmarks for a new suite of inhouse investments in cleantech and climate change solutions, according to Responsible Investor. This amount is part of a USD500m Green Strategic Investment Program (GSIP) announced in 2008, of which USD200m has been allocated in April to Generation Investment Management.
25/08/2009

Commodities ETFs face regulatory constraints

L’Agefi reports that the CFTC is investigating the influence of speculative investment on price volatility on the US energy market. Following this investigation, the sectoral regulator is planning to set limits on positions permitted on certain assets on futures markets. ETFs, publicly-traded index-based funds which trade in commodities, may be the first victims of these increased regulations, with the objective of protecting the final consumer of energy and ensuring that prices paid by the consumer are fair and not the result of price manipulation.
25/08/2009

Governments' relationships with banks: strictly business?

La Tribune reports that, with the exception of the United States and Switzerland, governments which have provided assistance to banks in the past twelve months by buying a stake in their capital have made potential losses totalling USD10.8bn (EUR7.54bn), according to figures from the Financial Times. Great Britain has come out of it worst, with losses of EUR3.8bn. Due to interest on the loans provided to banks, France has made a profit of EUR1.16bn.
25/08/2009

One third of "critical" large corporations are not doing anything to combat climate change

For a United Nations conference on climate change to be held in December in Copenhagen, the EIRIS agency has analysed the 300 largest publicly-traded companies in the FTSE All World Index to determine what actions they are taking to confront climate change.The study (“Climate Change Compass: The Road to Copenhagen”) is that the activities of 35.6% of these companies highly or very highly influence climate change. But 33% of them are not making any effort to reduce the risks related to climate change which affect them. The survey also finds that 99% of businesses which have a high or very high impact on climate change have published documents explaining how they plan to address this challenge, compared with 84% in 2008. This increase is due to increase awareness both within businesses and at the instigation of investors.Lastly, EIRIS points out that nearly three quarters of the businesses concerned, compared with 61% in 2008, say they wish to respect objectives and international regulations to combat climate change.
25/08/2009

Crisis makes Swiss tax levels more attractive

L’Agefi Switzerland reports that the international rankings of the “Individual Income Tax Rate Survey 2009,” published yesterday by KPMG, reveal that the impact of the financial recession on taxation have made Switzerland more attractive compared to other countries. Compared with 2008, it has gained five places, putting it in 13thplace in the rankings, revealing that tax pressure is mounting in the worst-affected countries, such as Ireland, Iceland, and Great Britain. Since Switzerland has not seen any increase in the maximal income tax rate, “developments in the four corners of the globe may make the country even more attractive in terms of taxation,” KPMG says.
25/08/2009

Consolidation to come in MTF sector

Les Echos reports that shareholders in the two largest alternative stock market operators in Europe, Chi-X and Turquoise, are undergoing changes. Turquoise has retained the Swiss bank UBS to find potential buyers for the business. Shareholders in Chi-X, for their part, are being openly wooed by Chi-X Global, an entity owned by the Japanese bank Nomura, which already controls more than half of capital in the operator via the broker Instinet. Falling volumes and competitition have accelerated the maturity of this young segment.
25/08/2009

Recrutement chez UBPAM

UBP Asset Management (UBPAM), la société de gestion de fonds de fonds de l’Union Bancaire Privée, vient de recruter Matt Auriemma au poste de co-responsable de l’analyse du risque structurel.Matt Auriemma était auparavant responsable de la due diligence opérationnelle au sein de Barclays Wealth.
25/08/2009

EIM a tourné la page Madoff

Selon L’Agefi suisse, le groupe EIM, actif dans la multigestion, les hedge funds et les stratégies «long only», et qui a fait face à une diminution de ses encours sous gestion de 16 milliards de francs à 10 milliards fin juin, dit avoir mis en place les moyens techniques capables de soutenir sa stratégie de croissance sur le long terme. La mise en fonction imminente d’une plate-forme de fonds dédiés («segregated managed account platform»), destinée à renforcer la gestion du risque en particulier opérationnel, va dans ce sens. Dans cette configuration les gérants de hedge funds sont uniquement responsables de la gestion, la sélection des contreparties des fonds – tels l’administrateur ou l’auditeur - leur étant en effet imposée par la plateforme. La société basée à Nyon arrive ainsi au terme de son plan de réorganisation lancé en début d’année et ne prévoit pas de nouvelle restructuration.

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