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28/02/2014

Fédéris GA and Mirova team up to promote responsible governance

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The asset management firms Fédéris Gestion d’Actifs and Mirova on Thursday, 27 February announced a partnership which will aim to strengthen voting policies and to develop engagement at businesses. In practice, Fédéris will rely on the advising activity of Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Asset Management dedicated to socially responsible investment, and will receive technical support from the Mirova team dedicated to environmental and social analysis, governance, voting and engagement. The partnership comes as part of an engagement platform put in place by Fédéris GA, which aims to unite institutional investors who share a common vision of socially responsible investment. “This will allow it to take collaborative engagement actions to confront ESG challenges in a manner which is flexible, and which respects the identities and values of each member,” a statement says.
28/02/2014

Castle Private Equity installs a two-headed management

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Swiss firm Castle Private Equity on 27 February announced in a very short statement that it is adding to its management with the appointment of Benedikt Meyer as its second CEO by the board of directors, alongside the firm’s current CEO, Hans Markvoort. Meyer had previously been deputy to the CEO.
28/02/2014

Bank J. Safra Sarasin appoints a head of fund research

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Bank J. Safra group on 27 February announced the appointment of Paul Schulz as head of fund research from 1 March 2014. Schulz had previously worked at Notenstein Privatbank AG, where he had served in a similar role since 2008. He previously worked at UBS, after working in equity research at Deka and Dresdner Bank.
28/02/2014

Assets under management at Union Investment top EUR200bn

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Assets under management at Union Investment as of the end of 2013 totalled EUR206.2bn, compared with EUR190.5bn as of the end of 2012, according to a statement released on 27 February. Net inflows totalled EUR10.1bn, compared with EUR9.9bn the previous year. For retail clients, net inflows have totalled EUR3.7bn, compared with EUR1.1bn the previous year. On the institutional side, inflows total EUR6.4bn, compared with EUR8.8bn the previous year. Union Investment in a statement emphasizes the success encountered by multi-asset class funds with retail clients, as these funds have seen net inflows of EUR2.2bn, a level not previously observed. Pre-tax profits for the past fiscal year total EUR399m, compared with EUR307m in the 2012 fiscal year.
28/02/2014

BlackRock et Vanguard augmentent leurs expositions aux banques espagnoles

Selon Cinco Dias, les deux gestionnaires d’actifs américains BlackRock et Vanguard ont fortement augmenté leur exposition respective au secteur bancaire ibérique au cours des derniers mois. A eux deux, leurs expositions s’élèvent ainsi à 6,1 milliards d’euros, selon des données de Bloomberg dévoilées par le site d’information espagnol. BlackRock détient ainsi 3,5 milliards d’euros d’actions de banques espagnoles cotées, contre un peu plus de 2,3 milliards d’euros en septembre 2013. Pour sa part, Vanguard détient 2,6 milliards de titres de banques ibériques.
28/02/2014

BlackRock and Vanguard increase their exposure to Spanish banks

BlackRock and Vanguard have increased thier exposure to Spanish banks in the last few months, according to Cinco Dias. Their exposure total 6,1 billion euros, according to estimates published by Bloomberg. BlackRock’s exposure amounts to 3,5 billion after 2,3 billion in September.
28/02/2014

Boost ETP launches six new ETPs on Italian stock exchange

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Boost ETP on 26 February announced the launch of six new exchange-traded products (ETP) based on US equities, silver and natural gas on Borsa Italiana, the Italian market operator, bringing the number of its products listed in Italy to 20. In total, Boost ETP has 64 ETPs listed in the United Kingdom and Italy. The six new ETPs are as follows: - Boost Nasdaq 100 3x Short Daily ETP (Code ISIN : IE00B8VZH32) - Boost NASDAQ 100 3x Leverage Daily ETP (Code ISIN : IE00B8W5C578) - Boost US Large Cap 3x Short Daily ETP (Code ISIN : IE00B8K7KM88) - Boost US Large Cap 3x Leverage Daily ETP (Code ISIN : IE00B7Y34M31) - Boost Natural Gas 2x Short Daily ETP (Code ISIN : IE00B94QL251)- Boost Silver 2x Short Daily ETP (Code ISIN : IE00B94QL921)The independent ETP issuer emphasizes that demand for products of this type has been consistently increasing, to the extent that global assets under management in short and leverage ETPs has reached a record USD56bn as of the end of January 2014. Boost has fully profited from this trend, as its assets now stand at nearly USD78m, up 200% in the past four months.
28/02/2014

Blackstone enters capital at Versace

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Italian luxury brand Versace, which is 100% controlled by the Versace family, on 27 February announced that the US fund Blackstone is entering its capital, and will buy 20% of shares for EUR210m. The Blackstone fund “will inject EUR150m in capital into the company, and will buy EUR60m in shares in GIVI Holding SPA,” the holding company of the Versace family, a statement from the Italian group states. The operation values the entire luxuries group at about EUR1bn, Versace says, adding that the US fund will have a representative on the board of directors.
28/02/2014

Invesco simplifies fees for its fund range

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Invesco Perpetual has announced a simplification of the fees for its fund range in the United Kingdom, the Financial Times reports. From 1 April, investors will only be charged once, for a fund management fee, rather than annual management commissions plus additional charges. Ian Trevers, head of retail UK at Invesco Perpetual, explains that many investors falsely believe that the annual management commissions represent the total cost of the fund.
28/02/2014

Axa IM opens 54 offshore funds for British retail clients

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Axa Investment Management is redoubling its efforts to increase its client base in the United Kingdom. The asset management firm, an affiliate of the Axa group, has made a range of 54 offshore funds available to British retail investors, FTAdviser reports. Concretely, the Axa World Funds range has been registered for sale on the market, and has received the status of British fund. Among the vehicles concerned are the Axa WF Global Strategic Bonds, managed by Nick Hayes, and the Axa WF Framlington Global Convertibles, managed by Marc Basselier.
28/02/2014

JO Hambro launches a Japan dividend fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) is preparing to launch the Japan Dividend Growth fund, managed jointly by Scott McGlashan and Ruth Nash, who are already responsible for the JOHCM Japan fund (GBP596.7m in assets), which is closed to subscriptions, Citywire reveals. The new vehicle is expected to be officially released on the market from the end of March 2014. The product will be primarily oriented to large cap stocks and will have a capacity of GBP5bn. It will aim both at growth and returns from dividends.
28/02/2014

Fund launches stabilised in 2013

During 2013, 2224 funds were launched in Europe. The quantity of newly launched funds for 2013 is nearly flat compared with the number of launches in 2012, according to Lipper. However, compared with the peak in 2010, the number of newly launched products for 2013 showed a decrease of around 32%.For Q4 2013, 521 funds were created in Europe: 189 equity funds, 135 bond funds, 154 mixed-asset funds, 37 “other” funds, and 6 money market funds. During the same period 585 funds were liquidated: 174 equity funds, 74 bond funds, 136 mixed-asset funds, 183 “other” funds, and 18 money market funds.In Q4 2013, 337 funds were merged: 125 equity funds, 79 bond funds, 77 mixed-asset funds, 13 “other” funds, and 43 money market funds.As of the end of December 2013, there were 31,724 mutual funds registered for sale in Europe. Luxembourg continued to dominate the fund market in Europe, hosting 8,617 funds, followed by France, where 4,797 funds were domiciled.
28/02/2014

DeAWM adds to multi-asset class product range in Spain

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Deutsche Asset & Wealth Mangaement (DeAWM) has registered a new mixed active and flexible management fund, entitled DWS Multi Opportunities, with the Spanish regulator CNMV, Funds People reports. The vehicle will have a diversified and flexible portfolio, basing its investments in European bonds, via national and foreign debt funds and government and corporate bond funds. The fund will be based on a synthetic index composed 25% of the MSCI World, 25% of MSCI Europe, 40% REXP, and 10% Euribor three-months.
28/02/2014

Credit Suisse temporarily closes a fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Credit Suisse on 27 February announced the temporary closure of the Credit Suisse Equity Fund (Lux) Small and Mid Cap Germany fund due to significant inflows. The inflow limit had been set at EUR700m, and will allow the fund to continue to be managed in line with the investment objectives. Assets under management in the fund on 24 February totalled EUR595m, Credit Suisse says in a statement. The firm states that the “sustainable investment capacity in German small cap equities and midcaps is limited.”
28/02/2014

Vontobel AM renames four funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Vontobel Asset Management is putting its product range in order. The Swiss asset management firm has decided to rename four of its Luxemborg-domiciled funds in order to remove an accent deceptively placed on the notion of “value” investment, Citywire Global reports. As part of the changes, the group has removed the term “value” from a number of its “quality growth” equity funds. The European Value Equity fund (EUR336m in assets) becomes the European Equity Fund. The US Value Equity, Global Vlaue Equity and Global Value Equity (ex-US) vehicles have been similarly renamed. However, Vontobel states that no changes are planned for the Emerging Markets Equity and Far East Equity funds. In a note to investors, the Swiss group states that “the term ‘value’ in the official names of funds concerned incorrectly implies and does not precisely reflect the investment style with which the funds are managed.”
28/02/2014

Partisans of SRI welcome proposals from European council

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Partisans of socially responsible investment have favourably received proposals from the European Council to encourage European businesses with more than 500 employees to report on their social and environmental performance, Funds Europe reports. Proposals will now have to go before the European Parliament for a final vote expected in March. The measure will function on a “comply or explain” basis.
28/02/2014

Milan may list open-ended funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Milan stock exchange is reported to have set up a market segment which would allow for trading of open-ended funnds, according to leaks in Bluerating. The ball is in the court of the Bank of Italy, which needs to make a few regulatory changes to allow for this “revolution.”
28/02/2014

London remains the most expensive office property market in the world

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The West End of London remains the most expensive office property market in the world, ahead of the business district of Hong Kong. According to the study Office Space Accross the World 2014, conducted by Cushman & Wakefield, and which compares the costs of occupying office space in 143 cities in 67 countries, London in 2013 profited from sustained demand from users and a scarcity of supply of available quality office properties to consolidate its lead. “Accentuating the competition between businesses to locate in the most prestigious sites in the British capital, this rarity explains 5% of the increase in rent in the West End in 2013,” says Ludovic Delaisse, director of the office department at Cushman & Wakefield France. The increase has allowed it to close the gap with the best offers in the central business district of Hong Kong, which have remained stable. In Paris, the third-largest office market in Europe, after the United Kingdom and Russia, rents are down slightly year on year, primarily reflecting the very limited number of transactions involving top-of-the line assets.
28/02/2014

Centrum Bank recruits a former head from Swiss & Global AM

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Luxembourg bank Centrum Bank has recruited Giovanni Leonardo, who on 1 March becomes the new chief investment officer (CIO) at the firm. Leonardo, who will also have a seat on the board at the bank, was previously Head Multi-Asset Class Solutions at Swiss & Global Asset Management, Finews reports.
28/02/2014

S&P relève sa perspective sur la Belgique

Standard & Poor’s a relevé vendredi la perspective de la note de crédit de la Belgique de négative à stable, invoquant les progrès réalisés dans la réforme de l’Etat et de l'économie. L’agence de notation a également confirmé la note souveraine belge, située à AA.
28/02/2014

La Bourse de bitcoins Mt.Gox dépose le bilan

Mt.Gox, autrefois principale plate-forme d'échange de la monnaie virtuelle bitcoin, s’est placée sous la protection de la loi sur les faillites au Japon. Elle affiche 6,5 milliards de yens (64 millions de dollars) de passif exigible. Fondée par un Français à Tokyo, Mt.Gox a cessé ses activités après avoir perdu 750.000 bitcoins de ses clients et 100.000 qui lui appartenaient en propre. La plate-forme aurait été victime d’une cyberattaque.
28/02/2014

L'inflation en zone euro dépasse les prévisions

L’inflation en zone euro a augmenté un peu plus rapidement que prévu en février et au même rythme qu’en décembre et janvier, à 0,8%, contre un consensus à 0,7%, selon l’estimation flash publiée ce matin par Eurostat. L’inflation sous-jacente, elle, s’affiche à 1,0% sur un an après 0,8% le mois prédédent. La publication de la statistique a fait grimper l’euro au-dessus de 1,38 dollar. Ce chiffre reste cependant bien en-deçà de l’objectif de la Banque centrale européenne (BCE) d’une inflation en-dessous mais proche de 2%. Les investisseurs attendent maintenant la réaction de la BCE lors de sa réunion mensuelle du 6 mars prochain, où seront dévoilées pour la première fois les perspectives économiques et d’inflation de la banque centrale pour 2016.
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28/02/2014

La Fed continuera à réduire progressivement ses rachats d'actifs

La Réserve fédérale continuera à réduire progressivement ses rachats d’actifs, selon sa présidente Janet Yellen lors d’une audition devant le Sénat. La Fed ne voit pas la nécessité de liquider rapidement ce portefeuille, a-t-elle ajouté. L'échéance de l’automne cadre avec les anticipations du marché, qui table sur un tapering de 10 milliards de dollars supplémentaires chaque mois. Janet Yellen a par ailleurs estimé qu’il était difficile, dans les dernières statistiques économiques mitigées aux Etats-Unis, de distinguer ce qui relève des perturbations météorologiques.
28/02/2014

L'AMF perd un membre de sa commission des sanctions

Françoise Bonfante a renoncé à sa fonction de membre de la commission des sanctions de l’Autorité des marchés financiers,selon un communiqué du ministre des Finances Pierre Moscovici. Approuvée par ce dernier, cette nomination avait suscité une polémique en raison des fonctions de l’intéressée au sein d’UBS. Pierre Moscovici «tient à rappeler que Mme Françoise Bonfante avait été nommée en raison de ses compétences professionnelles et de son expérience dans le domaine de la réglementation des marchés financiers». UBS France a jugé «inacceptable» de voir d’anciens salariés «stigmatisés publiquement (…), dans le cadre d’une affaire toujours en cours d’instruction et sur la seule foi d’allégations vivement contestées».
28/02/2014

L'économie du Brésil rebondit au dernier trimestre

L'économie brésilienne a échappé à la récession fin 2013, enregistrant une croissance plus forte qu’attendu du PIB au dernier trimestre, à 0,7% (après -0,5% au trimestre précédent), selon l’agence officielle des statistiques IBGE. L’estimation médiane des économistes interrogés par Reuters donnait une expansion limitée à 0,3%. Sur l’ensemble de l’année 2013, l'économie du pays le plus peuplé d’Amérique du Sud a progressé de 2,3% après une hausse de 1% en 2012 et 2,7% en 2011.
28/02/2014

Le FMI va envoyer une délégation en Ukraine

Le nouveau gouvernement ukrainien a adressé une demande d’aide au FMI. Celui-ci y a répondu en annonçant l’envoi dans les prochains jours d’une délégation dans le pays. «Cela va permettre au FMI (...) d’ouvrir des discussions avec les autorités sur les réformes à entreprendre et qui pourraient servir de base à un programme soutenu par le Fonds», selon sa directrice générale Christine Lagarde. «Il n’y pas d’autre alternative pour nous que de prendre des mesures extrêmement impopulaires», a déclaré le nouveau Premier ministre Arseni Iatséniouk.
28/02/2014

Angela Merkel laisse peu d'espoir à la Grande-Bretagne

«Certains attendaient que mon discours ouvre la voie à une réforme fondamentale de l’architecture européenne de nature à satisfaire tous les souhaits britanniques supposés ou réels, a indiqué Angela Merkel hier à Londres devant les parlementaires. J’ai peur qu’il y ait une déception». «D’autres attendaient l’exact contraire et espéraient que j’allais délivrer, ici à Londres, le message clair et simple que le reste de l’Europe était prêt à payer n’importe quel prix pour conserver la Grande-Bretagne dans l’Union européenne. Je crains que ces espoirs soient déçus», a-t-elle ajouté.
28/02/2014

Les problèmes de Pimco affectent Allianz

L’assureur anticipe pour 2014 un bénéfice d’exploitation voisin de 10 milliards d’euros, comme en 2013. La contribution de la division gestion d’actifs, dont Pimco est le principal représentant, est susceptible de diminuer. Le gestionnaire américain a pâti d’une décollecte de 41 milliards de dollars sur son fonds phare Pimco Total Return l’an dernier. Pimco a enregistré début 2014 le départ de Mohamed El-Erian, co-responsable des investissements avec Bill Gross. Mais la gouvernance de Pimco n’est pas un «one-man show», a précisé le directeur général d’Allianz Michael Diekmann, alors que le FT a rapporté le souhait de certains actionnaires d’Allianz de voir la compagnie exercer une surveillance plus rapprochée sur sa filiale américaine.
28/02/2014

La croissance espagnole est révisée en baisse

La croissance du PIB en Espagne a été révisée de 0,3% à 0,2% au quatrième trimestre, selon les données officielles publiées jeudi. Sur un an, le recul du PIB a également été révisé à -0,2% contre -0,1% en première estimation.

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