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08/11/2013

Julius Baer builds presence in Panama

Julius Baer announced on November 7 that the transfer of Merrill Lynch’s International Wealth Management (IWM) business based in Panama has started yesterday. With this step Julius Baer will enhance its existing presence in this «important market», enabling the Bank to capitalise on the growth momentum in Panama and other Latin American countries.Merrill Lynch has run wealth management activities in Panama for 40 years and has built a solid team of long-serving financial advisors and support staff, catering to a sophisticated local and international client base. The employees and client relationships of the Panama business were transferred on 6 November 2013. The client assets will be transferred in a staggered manner, expected to be completed by mid-2014.Julius Baer’s business in Panama will operate as a broker-dealer and be regulated by the Superintendency of the Securities Markets of the Republic of Panama. The licence was granted to Julius Baer in August 2013 and was activated on 6 November 2013.So far the IWM businesses located in Switzerland, Uruguay, Chile, Luxembourg, Monaco, Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, Spain and Israel have started the transfer process and are moving ahead as planned. The next businesses to transfer, expected to occur before the end of the year, are in Bahrain, Lebanon and the UAE. Preparations for these transfers are well under way.
08/11/2013

SPDR MSCI EM Beyond BRIC ETF now listed in Germany

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) on Thursday, 7 November announced the launch of the UCITS ETF SPDR MSCI EM Beyond BRIC on the Xetra segment of Deutsche Börse. The fund, announced by Newsmanagers at the end of August, replicated the MSCI EM Beyond BRIC index. The index includes all MSCI markets ranked as emerging, except the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), and allows investors to access emerging markets of a more modest size than the BRIC countries. The index is built on the basis of the market capitalisations of these countries, with a limit of 15% per country. Characteristics: Symbol name - Deutsche Börse, Xetra SPDR MSCI EM Beyond BRIC UCITS ETF ZPRB (EUR)
08/11/2013

UBS opens Global Family Office for French-speaking Switzerland

UBS is building its presence in Geneva in the ultra-high net worth and family office segments. To this end, two new heads have been appointed, and an doffice for the Global Family Office (GFO) in French-speaking Switzerland has been created, according to a statement released on 7 November. The GFO structure in Geneva is now led by Alain Krüger, while Marc Mandosse is responsible for Ultra-High Net Worth (UHNW). The two new heads “have considerable experience in banking and solid international references.” The arrival of Krüger allows UBS to create a branch office for the GFO in French-speaking Switzerland, providing its private clients with “direct access to solutions offered by the UBS group.”
08/11/2013

BlackRock director deplores the data burden

Barbara Novick, a member of the global executive board at BlackRock, has declared that international regulators have created so many new rules that multinational companies now have to duplicate data which they publish in several countries in which they are present, Financial News reports. Speaking at the EFAMA Forum, she says: “we are in favour of transparency, but we are not in favour of publishing tons of data. Data is not the same thing as information...”
08/11/2013

Threats to the supremacy of London in asset management

The future of London as a global capital of fund management is assured for the next three years, acording to 96% of asset management firms surveyed by the law firm Nabarro, Investment Europe reports. But its dominance is in danger over the next 10 years. Only 60% of respondents think that London will remain a dominant centre for fund management. Toughening regulations, pressure on costs and competition from emerging markets will penalise the sector and undermine London’s leading role. The environmental tax is also perceived as a handicap.
08/11/2013

Switzerland ranks top for financial opacity

The non-governmental organisation Tax Justice Network (TJN) on 7 November unveiled its new fnancial secrecy index. Switzerland tops the list of shame with an index of 1765.2, putting it ahead of Luxembourg (1454.4) and Hong Kong (1283.3). The United Kingdom, which is 21st, with 361.3 points, would be first counting the Crown territories and dependencies of the United Kingdom overseas (Jersey, Isle of Man, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Anguilla, Turks & Caicos).The United States are in sixth place, with 1212.9 points, while Germany is eighth, with 738.3 points. France is 43rd, with 190.9 points, and Italy is in 54th place, with 118.9.TJN estimates that between USD21trn and USD32trn in private financial savings are stashed away out of the reach of tax authorities or are lightly taxed in “opaque jurisdictions” worldwide. Illicit cross-border flows total between USD1trn and USD1.6trn per year.
08/11/2013

Pictet AM recruits from BNPP IP

Roger Price-Haworth, head of UK institutional business at BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP), has been appointed as head of institutional business development for the United Kingdom and Ireland by Pictet Asset Management. He will be based in London, and will report to Christoph Lanter, head of institutional business development in Geneva.Pictet AM has also announced that from Partners Group it has recruited Anahita Firouzbakht as consulting relations manager in the global consultant relations team. She will also be based in London, and will report to Fawzy Salarbux, head of global consultants.
08/11/2013

Strong growth in AUM at Old Mutual Wealth YTD

Old Mutual Wealth, which includes Skandia and Old Mutual Global Investors, has reported growth of 10%, or GBP6.8bn, to its assets under management in the first nine months of 2013, bringing them to a total as of the end of September of GBP76bn. Assets under management at Old Mutual Global Investors as of the end of September totalled GBP15.2bn, up 10% compared with the beginning of the year. Gross inflows in third quarter totalled GBP2bn, up by nearly 80% compared with third quarter 2012. Net inflows in the quarter totalled GBP300m. Assets under management at Skandia were up 16% since the beginning of the year to GBP26.2bn, due largely to the dynamic created by RDR regulations.
08/11/2013

Schroders boots its profits

Schroders has posted an increase of 31% to its pre-tax profits in the first nine months of the year to GBP349.6m.The British asset management firm has recorded net inflows in the period of GBP5.5bn, nearly the same level as in the first nine months of 2012 (EUR5.3bn). In third quarter alone, the firm had GBP1bn in inflows, of which GBP0.7bn were contributed by Cazenove, a firm recently acquired by Schroders.Assets under mangement at Schroders increased to GBP256.7bn as of the end of September 2013, compared with GBP202.8bn one year earlier, an increase of 27%, to which Cazenove also contributed.
08/11/2013

Ignis AM appoints two non-executive directors

Ignis Asset Management has appointed Eric Stobart and David Watts as non-executive directors. On the board, Eric Stobart will chair the audit and risk committee and David Watts will chair the investment committee.Eric Stobart currently holds non-executive roles in several companies and senior trustee positions on the pension schemes of different groups. He worked for what is now Lloyds Banking Group from 1977 to 2008. David Watts spent most of his professional career at Gartmore. He held various senior management positions including the role of chief investment officer and latterly the role of joint chief executive from 1996 until his retirement in 1999. David Watts is currently a non-executive director at JP Morgan Fleming Income & Growth Investment Trust.
08/11/2013

Investec Wealth reinforces teams in Edinburgh and Glasgow

Investec Wealth & Investment has recruited nine people for its teams based in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Fundweb reports. Seven of the nine recruits previously worked at Barclays, while the other two were at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management. Investec Wealth & Investment had already recruited four investment professionals in August this year from Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management.
08/11/2013

ESMA approves four entities as trade repositories

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) approved on November 7 the registrations of the first four trade repositories (TRs) under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The following entities are registered as TRs for the European Union (EU):DTCC Derivatives Repository Ltd. (DDRL), based in the United Kingdom;Krajowy Depozyt Papierów Wartosciowych S.A. (KDPW), based in Poland;Regis-TR S.A., based in Luxembourg; andUnaVista Ltd, based in the United Kingdom. The registrations will take effect on 14 November 2013, with the reporting obligation beginning on 12 February 2014, i.e. 90 calendar days after the official registration date.
08/11/2013

Carmignac brings fund range to Cofunds

Carmignac Gestion has made its funds available over Cofunds, one of the UK’s largest investment platforms managing over GBP50 billion in assets for more than 800,000 investors.Cofunds clients will now have access to six sterling-denominated Carmignac Gestion funds, including the Carmignac Global Bond, Carmignac Emerging Discovery and Carmignac Emerging Patrimoine funds, according to a press release. There are plans to add further funds from the range later this year.“This is a milestone in our UK distribution drive,” said Eric Helderlé, deputy managing director of Carmignac Gestion.
08/11/2013

Record assets for Italian financial advisor networks

Networks of financial advisers in Italy as of the end of September represented assets under management of EUR270.8bn, according to Assoreti. That represents an increase of 8.7% compared with September 2012. Asset management products attracted the strongest inflows, and represent EUR202bn.
08/11/2013

Increase in third-party assets at Generali

Assets under management for third parties at Generali increased by 3.7% to EUR100bn, the group announced on Thursday. In total, assets under management by the insurer totalled EUR497bn (+2.3%). Operating profits increased by 14.8% to EUR367m.
08/11/2013

Azimut posts inflows of nearly EUR400m in October

The Italian asset management firm Azimut in October 2013 recorded net inflows of EUR384m, of which about EUR160m were to sub-funds of the Luxembourg-based AZ Fund 1 and AZ Fund Multi Asset. This brings inflows since the beginning of the year to EUR2.5bn. In addition to this, assets which entered the perimeter of Azimut following acquisitions in Singapore in Brazil total EUR217m. Total assets under administration at Azimut come to EUR23.3bn, including EUR20.8bn in assets under management, an increase of 18.9% since the beginning of the year.
08/11/2013

L'Insee prévoit une baisse de 2% de l'investissement industriel en 2014

Les entreprises du secteur de l’industrie manufacturière en France ont revu légèrement en baisse leurs prévisions d’investissements pour 2013 et attendent une nouvelle baisse en 2014, selon l’enquête trimestrielle de l’Insee. Elles attendent désormais une baisse de 7% des investissements cette année contre -6% précédemment. Pour 2014, les industriels anticipent une baisse de 2% de leurs dépenses d'équipement par rapport à 2013.
08/11/2013

La dette de la France réagit peu à sa dégradation par S&P

Le rendement de l’OAT 10 ans 2023 se tendait de 3,3 points de base vers midi à 2,18%, une réaction modérée des investisseurs à l’annonce ce matin par Standard & Poor’s de la dégradation d’un cran de la note de la France à AA. La nouvelle OAT de référence à 10 ans, émise hier à échéance 2024 et plus longue de 12 mois que le précédent benchmark, traite à 2,38%, soit un écart de 60 pb (+2pb) par rapport au Bund 2023.
Le ministère des Finances vu depuis la BnF. Photo: PHB
08/11/2013

Deutsche Bank songe à céder de l’immobilier

Un fonds d’investissement géré par une filiale de la première banque allemande et la société immobilière italienne Prelios ont entamé des négociations pour céder 18.000 logements, situés dans le nord de l’Allemagne, à une division de la foncière autrichienne Immofinanz pour un montant qui pourrait atteindre environ 942 millions d’euros. L’issue des discussions est attendue d’ici fin 2013.
08/11/2013

Le LME modifie sa politique de stockage

Le conseil du London Metal Exchange a approuvé hier des modifications de sa politique de stockage afin de diminuer le temps d’attente pour les utilisateurs. Selon ces nouvelles règles, les entrepôts enregistrés auprès du LME qui connaissent des retards de 50 jours ou plus devront livrer davantage de métal qu’ils n’en reçoivent.
08/11/2013

Hausse de 10% de l’ANR d’Eurazeo sur 9 mois

La société d’investissement affiche une quasi-stabilité (+0,2%) de son chiffre d’affaires à données retraitées au troisième trimestre, à 1,22 milliard d’euros. Son actif net réévalué, principal indicateur de son activité, atteint pour sa part 59,4 euros par action à fin septembre, en hausse de 10% par rapport à fin 2012.
08/11/2013

Bruxelles refuse de repousser le reporting obligatoire des dérivés

Selon le journal qui a pu consulter une lettre émanant de la Commission européenne, cette dernière rejette la demande faite par l’Autorité européenne des Marchés (Esma) de repousser à janvier 2015 le reporting obligatoire sur le trading de produits dérivés cotés et non cotés, les sociétés de courtage devant donc s’y préparer pour le mois de février 2014.
08/11/2013

Timothy Massad devrait être nommé à la tête de la CFTC

Selon le quotidien new-yorkais qui se réfère à des sources officielles, Washington s’apprête à nommer à la tête de la CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) Timothy Massad, qui a supervisé le programme de sauvetage des banques américaines (Tarp) au cours des trois dernières années. Il remplacerait à la CFTC Gary Gensler, qui doit quitter ses fonctions d’ici au 3 janvier prochain.
08/11/2013
Gestion d'actifs

L'ANCV vient de choisir ses gérants obligataires

L’Agence Nationale pour les Chèques-Vacances (ANCV) qui avait lancé un appel d’offres sur l’obligataire le 6 novembre 2012, vient de sélectionner quatre asset managers pour gérer 5 FCP dédiés. Axa IM et Natixis AM vont gérer chacun un FCP obligataire ISR zone euro 3 à 5 ans, Allianz Global Investors et Natixis AM vont gérer chacun un FCP obligataire ISR zone euro, avec un horizon de 1 à 3 ans, et enfin OFI se voit confier la gestion d’un FCP monétaire ISR zone euro (6-18 mois). Ces 5 fonds devraient représenter à terme (en 2014) 650 millions d’euros d’encours, soit 50% de l’actif global de l’ANCV. Rappelons que l’ANCV travaillait depuis 4 ans avec 3 sociétés externes pour la gestion de 3 FCP dédiés : BNP Paribas AM (FCP ANCV Performance ISR zone euro 3-5 ans), Natixis AM (FCP Martre Placement zone euro 1-3 ans) et Groupama AM (FCP ANCV Engagement ISR zone euro monétaire).
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