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05/04/2013

Bankia combines asset management and private banking

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } As part of a reshuffle to simplify structures and make the decision-making process more flexible, Bankia has decided to unite asset management at Bankia Fondis and Bankia Pensiones, and private banking, with a total of EUR15bn in assets, within its retail banking unit, led by Fernando Sobrini, Funds People reports.Asset management will now be part of the retail bank, whereas it had previously been part of the wholesale bank. The head of management for private banking and asset management will be Jaime González Lasso de la Vega, who had previously been head of private banking, while Rocio Eguiran remains as head of Bankia Fondos and Bankia Pensiones.Funds People also states that Bankia is creating a business banking division, which will include business banking, capital markets and corporate finance activities, which will be merged under the leadership of Gonzalo Alcubilla, previously head only of corporate banking.
05/04/2013

M&G recruits in Benelux

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Luuk Veenstra, who has been a senior investment manager at PGGM Investments, has been recruited by M&G Investments for the newly-created position of director, institutional business development, Benelux. Before PGGM, he worked in New York and London, at RBC Capital Markets and NIBC, Fondsnieuws reports.
05/04/2013

Aquiline and Genstar buy wealth management activities of Genworth

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The private equity firms Aquiline Capital Partners and Genstar Capital have announced their acquisition of Genworth Wealth Management from Genworth Financial for a total of USD412.5m. The acquisition includes Genworth Financial Wealth Management, the management consulting platform, and the alternative investment specialist Altegris.
05/04/2013

Denjoy Capital Partners recruits a COO

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Denjoy Capital Partners, a hedge fund firm founded by a former partner of Brevan Howard Asset Management, has recruited Ian Bickerstaffe as chief operating officer, Financial News reports. The firm, which has slightly under USD200m in assets, is planning to raise several hundreds million dollars.
05/04/2013

LGIM recruits for LDI team

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The British firm Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has announced that it has recently recruited three portfolio construction managers for its liability-driven investment (LDI) team, which as of the end of December managed mandates with total assets of GBP199bn. That brings personnel on the LDI team to 20 fund management professionals.The three new recruits for the unit are Alastair Mills (formerly of Cardano), Anne-Marie Cunnold (formerly of BlackRock), and Florent Herelle, who has been transferred from the tracker fund team at LGIM.The portfolio construction team for LDI funds is led by Eve Finn.
05/04/2013

M&G reduces stake in St James's Place

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } M&G Investments has reduced its stake in the capital of SJP from 5% to 3.37%. According to Investment Week, the decline comes following a reduction of its stake in Lloyds, which on 11 March was lowered from 57% to 37% of capital. M&G holds shares in the Recovery fund from St James’s Place, which has GBP7.6bn in assets.
05/04/2013

iShares plans to push min-vol ETFs in Europe

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Stephen Cohen, head of iShares EMEA investment strategy & insights, announced on a visit to Paris on 4 April that minimum volatility ETFs posted inflows fo EUR4.1bn worldwide in first quarter, equivalent to more than USD1.4bn per month, compared with an average of USD416m in 2012. There are now 34 funds of this type worldwide, with total assets of USD11.2bn.The idea is to offer products with an improved risk/return profile in periods when investors are returning to equities, but remain cautious. The products will receive particular attention from iShares sales teams in Europe in the next few months, alongside bond funds, such as short-duration ETFs and ETFs focused on corporate bonds, with hedging for currency risks. However, needless to say, the firm will continue to highlight its equity products as well.iShares has limited its minimum volatility range to four products (global, United States, Europe and emerging markets), each of which take slightly different forms on each side of the Atlantic. In the United States, where funds of this type were launched in October 2011, assets total USD5.79bn (as of 3 April), with USD2.6bn for the MSCI USA product, and USD1.77bn for the MSCI Emerging Markets fund.In Europe, where these products got a much later start (30 November 2012), assets under management remain low, and clients are still in a discovery phase. The two largest ETF funds in this part of the range are the ones replicating the MSCI Emerging Markets Min. Vol., with USD69m, and the MSCI World Min. Vol., with USD50m. ETFs based on the S&P 500 Min. Vol. and MSCI Europe Min. Vol., for their part, have assets of USD8.4m and USD5.4m.
05/04/2013

Insurers bring dynamism to French SRI market

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Private insurance companies now account for 44% of institutional SRI assets in France, a total of EUR47.2bn, out of EUR107.2bn, compared with 39% in 2011, and only 13% in 2010, the most recent statistics from Novethic for the French SRI market in 2012 reveal. With the addition of mutual insurers, the overall market share for insurance is as much as 51% in 2012, or EUR54.7bn, which represents slightly over one third of he total French SRI market, valued at EUR149bn. This growth in assets from insurers drove the French SRI market in 2012. Overall, the French SRI market, including institutionals and retail clients, grew by 29% in 2012, to EUR149bn. This is a slowdown compared with 2011, when the market grew by 69%. It continues to be dominated by institutionals, with 72% of assets (EUR107.2bn).
05/04/2013

80% of French SRI market controlled by 10 players

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The top 10 asset management firms for socially responsible investment assets accounted for 80% of the French SRI market in 2012, with EUR149bn, according to rankings published for the first time by Novethic.In a further sign of market concentration, the top player, Amundi, with EUR65bn, has captured nearly half of all assets under management for retail and institutional investors. The second-largest, Allianz GI France, is far behind, with about EUR15bn. Third place goes to BNP Paribas IP, with slightly over EUR10bn.All other players trail behind with under EUR10bn. In declining order, they are Mirova, OFI, Generali Investments Europe, Axa IM, Groupama IM, Edmond de Rothschild AM and Neuflize OBC Investissements.In total, Novethic counts 40 asset management firms with French clients. In terms of resources allocated to SRI, the agency finds that about 90 extra-financial analysts (full-time equivalent) are employed in the Paris financial centre.
05/04/2013

ERAFP puts six equity mandates at stake

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As part of its policy to extend its investment universe in line with the five values of its SRI charter, the French pension fund Etablissement de retraite additionnelle de la fonction publique (ERAFP) is launching a restricted request for proposals to award three France small cap equity portfolio management mandates, and three other mandates for United States mid and large caps.By way of information, ERAFP states, the volumes invested over three years may come to about EUR150m for France equities,a nd EUR300m for US equities.In both cases, the initial duration of the tender is five years, with a possible extension of the contract by ERAFP for three successive periods of one year each.
05/04/2013

Coverage rate for pension funds up in March

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The average coverage rage for the liabilities of US corporate pension funds in the month of March rose 1.9 percentage poitns to 82.6%, its highest level since March 2012, according to BNY Mellon Investment Strategy & Solutions Group. In the month under review, assets in pension funds increased by 2.1 percentage points, due to the good performance of the stock markets, which were affected only to a limited extent by the Cypriot crisis. Liabilities fell by 0.3%, while the discount rate increased by 4 basis points to 4.09% for Aa-rated businesses.
05/04/2013

BlackRock registers EM Absolute Return fund in Spain

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Funds People reports that the CNMV has issued a sales license for Spain to the BSF BlackRock Emerging Markets Absolute Return fund, managed by Sam Vecht and Henry Wigan. The benchmark index is the libor USD three month.
05/04/2013

SEB ImmoInvest sells three properties for EUR300m

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Frankfurt-based SEB Asset Management has announced that it has sold the Grand Hyatt and Maritim hotels in Berlin to an affiliate of Al Faisal Holding, and a 10,300 square metre Berlin office building to a real estate fund management firm. The sales, totalling EUR300m, concern assets from the portfolio of the open-ended real estate fund SEB ImmoInvest, whose liquidation by 30 April 2017 was decided eleven months ago (see Newsmanagers of 9 May 2012).Since 8 May 2012, the fund has sold a total of 35 properties. In 2012, SEB ImmoInvest redistributed about EUR1.3bn to its shareholders, or more than 20% of total assets. The next distribution will take place this summer.
05/04/2013

iShares remain top ETP provider

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } In first quarter 2013, ETPs worldwide have posted inflows of USD70.1bn, of which USD7.5bn were in Europe, according to the BlackRock Institute. Of this total, iShares attracted USD24.7bn and USD6.2bn, respectively.Worldwide, Sttae Street Global Advisors (SSgA0 has posted net outflows of USD3.1bn, while Vanguard has posted net inflows of USD10.9bn.In Europe, Deutsche AWM (db x-trackers) has posted inflows of USD0.9bn, while Lyxor has seen net redemptions of USD1bn.UBS and Amundi, for their part, have seen net subscriptions of USD0.7bn and USD0.6bn, respectively.
05/04/2013

Tax authorities target Italian asset management firms

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The Italian tax authorities are asking Mediolanum to pay EUR344m in outstanding taxes and sanctions, Il Sole – 24 Ore reports in its 3 and 4 April editions. It has found that the level of commissions passed back to the firm by the Irish firm Mediolanum International Funds to its two Italian affiliates, Mediolanum Vita and Banca Mediolanum, were too low. The firm is suspected of seeking to keep revenues in Ireland, where profits are subject to much more favourable tax levels than in Italy. Azimut and Banca Fideuram are also reported to be under the eye of the tax authorities, which are focusing on Italian asset management firms with activities in Ireland or Luxembourg. In the past 10 years, the Italian asset management industry has transferred many of its headquarters abroad, largely to Luxembourg and Ireland, to take advantage of more favourable tax regimes.
05/04/2013

Anouk Agnes becomes deputy director general of ALFI

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Luxembourg investment fund association (ALFI) has announced that it has elected Anouk Agnes as its deputy director general, effective immediately. She joined ALFI in April 2012 is director of communications and business development, after serving as adviser to Luxembourg’s ministry of finance.
05/04/2013

Nouveau plus bas du rendement à 10 ans français, sous 1,8%

Les rendements des emprunts d’Etat de plusieurs pays de la zone euro bien notés en dehors de l’Allemagne ont atteint vendredi leur plus bas niveau historique, des intervenants évoquant la possibilité que des investisseurs japonais se détournent de leur marché domestique pour s’intéresser à la zone euro. Le rendement à dix ans français est ainsi passé pour la première fois sous la barre symbolique de 1,8%, pour revenir à 1,799%. Parallèlement, le rendement autrichien a inscrit un plus bas à 1,52% et l'équivalent belge a fait de même à 2,005%. Les obligations espagnoles et italiennes, profitent elles aussi du mouvement favorable à la zone euro : le rendement à dix ans espagnol reculait de 6,3 points de base à 4,89% vendredi matin et l’italien de neuf points à 4,49%. Les titres allemands, eux, variaient peu dans l’attente de la publication des statistiques mensuelles de l’emploi aux Etats-Unis, en début d’après-midi.
05/04/2013

L’IEA se tourne vers les marchés émergents

L’Agence internationale de l’énergie aurait entamé des négociations afin d’établir un partenariat avec sept nations émergentes, dont la Chine, selon le journal qui cite Maria van der Hoeven, la directrice opérationnelle de l’IEA. Il s’agirait d’une première depuis la création de l’Agence il y a près de 40 ans comme un groupement de pays industrialisés.
05/04/2013

Hilco à la rescousse de HMV

Le spécialiste des restructurations pourrait bien permettre le sauvetage du distributeur culturel britannique dans le cadre d’une opération de 50 millions de livres qui correspondrait au maintien de quelque 2.500 emplois. Hilco avait fait un pas décisif en achetant en janvier la dette de HMV et en acceptant d’aider l’administrateur Deloitte pendant la période de sauvegarde.
05/04/2013

Les ETP décollectent en Europe

La décollecte sur les produits indiciels cotés a atteint 300 millions de dollars sur le marché européen au mois de mars, une première depuis avril 2012, en raison des sorties de capitaux sur les produits indexés sur l’or. Le marché mondial des ETP continue cependant à croître.
05/04/2013

Euronext en Bourse début 2014

Les «grandes manœuvres» sont engagées pour l’IPO d’Euronext, selon le quotidien, qui indique qu’«ICE a tranché». Le prédateur de Nyse Euronext aurait confirmé son projet «à tous les régulateurs». Une fois séparé du Nyse, Euronext devrait faire son entrée en Bourse «dans les premiers mois de 2014». Les autorités françaises se mobilisent pour «fédérer un noyau dur d’actionnaires capable de sécuriser le capital du nouvel Euronext». Mais «cela ne se fait pas sans difficulté, les grandes banques françaises rechignant à investir dans l’opérateur». Un banquier confie concernant un éventuel pacte d’actionnaires: «si on arrive à 15-20% (du capital), cela sera déjà bien».
05/04/2013

GFI veut créer son marché des dérivés

Le courtier interbancaire américain a déposé auprès de la CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) une demande d’ouverture d’un marché de produits dérivés, le GFI Futures Exchange. GFI est en quête de relais de croissance et de diversification alors que les régulations envisagées pourraient mettre à mal son activité.
05/04/2013

Pierre Moscovici appelle l’Eurogroupe à se remettre en question

«L’Eurogroupe peut fonctionner mieux. Doit fonctionner mieux», a estimé le ministre de l’Economie et des Finances lors d’un débat organisé à l’ENA. Les ministres des finances de la zone euro qui se sont rencontrés deux fois en neuf jours en mars pour traiter de la crise à Chypre ont, selon lui, donné «l’image de quelques hommes qui, nuitamment, ont semblé régler son compte à un peuple». «Je ne veux plus de ça», a-t-il martelé.
05/04/2013

Remontée des inscriptions au chômage aux Etats-Unis

Les inscriptions au chômage aux Etats-Unis ont augmenté plus que prévu lors de la semaine au 30 mars, à 385.000 après 357.000 la semaine précédente, selon le département du Travail. Il s’agit de la troisième semaine consécutive de hausse et de l’augmentation la plus forte en quatre mois. La moyenne mobile sur quatre semaines s'établit à 354.250 contre 343.000 la semaine précédente.
05/04/2013

Bercy redoute une croissance d'environ 0,1% en 2013

Le ministre des Finances, Pierre Moscovici, a dit craindre que la croissance économique en France cette année soit proche de la prévision de la Commission européenne (+0,1%). Le gouvernement présentera d’ici la mi-avril son programme de stabilité dans lequel figureront notamment ses nouvelles prévisions de déficit public et de croissance.

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