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11/02/2013

Weinstein and Reservoir support a new hedge fund

Boaz Weinstein, former owners’ equity trader at Deutshe Bank, and Reservoir Capital, the alternative asset management firm led by Dan Stern, are supporting a new hedge fund firm specialised in credit entitled Camares Capital, Financial News reports. The firm was founded by a former protégé of Weinstein.
11/02/2013

M&G, SLI and BNY Mellon lead subscriptions for 2012

According to the most recent Pridham Report from Fundscape, relayed by Investment Week, the top three asset management firms by retail net subscriptions last year on the British market were M&G (GBP2.6376bn), followed by Standard Life Investments (SLI, with GBP2.5351bn) and BNY Mellon, with GBP2.038bn. BlackRock and Threadneedle take fourth and fifth place, respectively, with GBP1.9692bn and GBP1.5694bn. Axa IM is in ninth place, with GBP1.0426bn.
11/02/2013

First State enters EMD local currency niche

Helene Williamson, head of the emerging market bond management team at First State, has been made responsible for managing a local currency emerging market debt fund, which will have share classes in pounds sterling and euros. The portfolio will invest both in corporate and government bonds.
11/02/2013

FTSE offers two new series of indices

The British FTSE Group has announced the launch of two ranges of indices, the FTSE Cyclical and FTSE Defensive, with the objective of offering “contrasting degrees of sensitivity to the economic cycle, in order to improve the transparency of market dynamics.” These indices are available in real time, and may serve as the underlying for new investable products.
11/02/2013

State Street faces two lawsuits over securities lending

State Street is facing two lawsuits in the United States which argue that it claimed an “exorbitant portion” of revenues from securities lending, which resulted in “massive losses” of “hundreds of millions of dollars” for investors, Financial Times Fund Management reports. The plaintiffs are the Retirees of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Health Care Trust and the Glass Dimensions Inc Profit Sharing Plan and Trust. State Street claims that the accusations are baseless, and has declared that it intends to defend itself against them.
11/02/2013

New head for Sarasin Germany

Nils Ossenbrink, COO for asset management and the products & sales division, as well as head of products for development and provision of all products from the Swiss group J. Safra Sarasin, has been appointed by the supervisory board as chairman of the board at the German affiliate Bank Sarasin AG.According to a statement from the business, the appointment is a sign of the importance of the German market to the J. Safra Sarasin group.
11/02/2013

Union Investment bets on US real estate

In an interview with the Börsen-Zeitung, managing board member Jens Wilhelm states that in the face of persistent interest on the part of investors in real estate, Union Investment is increasingly taking an interest in properties located abroad, particularly in the United States.The central asset management firm for the German co-operative banks is planning to launch real estate credit funds aimed at institutional inestors, who are currently hungry for products of this type.
11/02/2013

Changes at the top at Fidelity Germany

Until a permanent managing director for Germany and Austria can be appointed, Jon Skillman, managing director, Continental Europe, will serve as head of Fidelity for the interim, replacing Christian Wrede, who has resigned from his position after five years “to take on other professional challenges,” Fonds Professionell reports. Meanwhile, Claude Hellers becomes head of distribution for Germany. Hellers, who has 15 years of experience at Fidelity, most recently served as head of distribution for Benelux.
11/02/2013

Changes at the top at Fidelity Germany

Until a permanent managing director for Germany and Austria can be appointed, Jon Skillman, managing director, Continental Europe, will serve as head of Fidelity for the interim, replacing Christian Wrede, who has resigned from his position after five years “to take on other professional challenges,” Fonds Professionell reports.Meanwhile, Claude Hellers becomes head of distribution for Germany. Hellers, who has 15 years of experience at Fidelity, most recently served as head of distribution for Benelux.
11/02/2013

Green Light Capital files lawsuits against Apple

The activist hedge fund Green Light Capital has asked the US giant Apple to distribute its enormous liquidity mattress to investors. The firm’s cash reserves have risen from USD98bn as of March last year to USD137bn, Investment Europe reports. The head of the hedge fund, David Einhorn, has told the television network CNMB that the Apple group has a “Great Depression-era mentality” to save.
11/02/2013

Aberdeen puts the brakes on its emerging market funds

The Scottish firm Aberdeen Asset Management will be introducing front-end fees of 2% for the Aberdeen Global Emerging Markets Fund (USD15.5bn in assets) and Aberdeen Global – Emerging Markets Smaller Companies Fund (USD.27bn) from 11 March 2013, “as the next step to reduce inflows to these funds.”In a context of low interest rates, the interest of institutional and private investors in emerging markets remains high, with new inflows expected to this asset class. Despite the efforts of Aberdeen to limit inflows to its global emerging market equity products, the asset management firm has reported a further increase in sales. In order to prevent future increases, the decision has been made to apply a front-end fee.Front-end fees of 2% will be charged for the funds concerned, which will be paid to all shareholders. Annual management fees for the fund will remain unchanged.
11/02/2013

Métropole Gestion registers Sélection fund in Spain

Franch-based Métropole Gestion, whose Luxembourg international Sicav has been registered in Spain since 2007, has received a license from the CNMV for its flagship equity fund, Métropole Sélection, Funds People reports.
11/02/2013

Syz and QIC close funds in Asia

Syz & Co has liquidated an Asian fund of hedge funds (Oyster Multi-Manager Asia) which had high exposure to China, Asian Investor reports. The product, with assets of USD15m, was merged into the Oyster Multi-Strategy fund. Meanwhile, the Australian firm Queensland Investment Corporation has closed its Asian quantitative strategy and the boutique which managed it. The poor performance of the products is the reason for the decisions, the firm’s website says.
11/02/2013

Eurex lance un nouveau contrat sur la dette française

Eurex récidive. La Bourse des dérivés allemande a annoncé lundi le lancement d’un deuxième contrat future sur la dette française, sur le point à 5 ans de la courbe, basé sur les OAT de maturité résiduelle 4,5 à 5,5 ans. Les premiers contrats, d’une valeur notionnelle de 100.000 euros et de coupon 6%, seront traités le 11 mars. Banca IMI, Morgan Stanley et Natixis en seront les principaux teneurs de marché. En avril 2012, le lancement du premier contrat d’Eurex sur l’OAT 10 ans en pleine campagne présidentielle avait suscité une polémique autour d’une supposée «spéculation» sur la dette française. Depuis, 5 millions de futures ont été traités et les positions ouvertes sont de 200.000 contrats.
Première cotation du FOAT en avril 2012. photo: Eric Tschaen/REA
11/02/2013

Plan de sauvetage drastique en vue pour Chypre

Les créanciers privés devraient subir une énorme décote dans le cadre d’un plan de sauvetage envisagé pour le pays, selon le journal qui cite un memorandum rédigé dans le cadre de la réunion de l’Eurogroupe aujourd’hui. Ce plan permettrait de réduire la dette du pays de 140% du PIB actuellement à 77%, et de réduire la taille du sauvetage européen de 16,7 milliards d’euros à 5,5 milliards.
11/02/2013

Le marché des changes investi par les particuliers

L’autorité américaine de régulation des marchés à terme prévoit d’interdire dès mercredi l’utilisation de la carte de crédit des consommateurs américains comme source d’endettement pour investir sur le marché des changes, selon le journal. Les particuliers réalisent des transactions quotidiennes de 380 milliards de dollars sur ce marché, soit 10% des volumes mondiaux, selon le cabinet Aite Group.
11/02/2013

La Suisse blanchirait Jérôme Cahuzac

Les autorités fiscales suisses excluent que le ministre français du Budget ait eu un compte bancaire ouvert à la banque UBS «à son nom ou à celui d’une société» depuis 2006, affirme le Journal du Dimanche, qui cite une source dans l’entourage du ministre de l’Economie Pierre Moscovici. Le journal en ligne Mediapart a toutefois maintenu ses accusations.

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