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04/02/2013

Amundi aims for USD100bn in assets in Asia

The asset management firm Amundi, who is celebrating 30 years of presence in Hong Kong, is aiming for USD100bn in Asia “in the next fie years,” according to CEO Yves Perrier, Les Echos reports. The asset management firm currently has USD70bn, out of just under USD1trn in assets under management worldwide (EUR711bn as of 30 September). “Among the asset management firms present in Asia, whether they be foreign or local, Amundi has one of he most complete personnel teams, and we have room to grow everywhere to increase our presence,” Perrier says.
04/02/2013

Assets under management at Legg Mason down

The US asset management firm Legg Mason has reported assets under management of USD648.9bn for the third quarter of its 2012-2013 fiscal year, ending on 31 December, compared with USD650.7bn as of the end of September, according to statistics released on 1 February. Outflows in the quarter totalled USD7.5bn, and were only partially offset by a positive market effect of USD5.7bn, while assets under management have nonetheless risen 3% compared with their levels at the end of December 2011. Legg Mason has announced that outflows from equities totalled USD8.3bn, while outflows from bonds totalled USD6.8bn. Money market funds, however, attracted USD7.6bn in fourth quarter. As of 31 December, assets under management consisted 57% of bonds, compared with 22% for equities. 60% of clients are American. Legg Mason finished the quarter to the end of December with a net loss of USD453.9m, or USD3.45 per share, compared with net profits of USD80.8m, or USD0.60 per share in the quarter to the end of September, and USD28.1m, or USD0.20 per share in fourth quarter 2011. Losses in the quarter under review are due to charges for depreciation of intangible assets totalling USD734m.
04/02/2013

Assets and profits up at Franklin Templeton

As of 31 December, Franklin Resources, which is known as Franklin Templeton Investments, had assets under management of USD781.8bn (see Newsmanagers of 14 January), which represented an increase of USD31.9bn, or 4%, in the first three months of fiscal 2013, due to market effectss of USD24.8bn, and USD8.7bn due to the acquisition of K2Advisors (see Newsmanagers of 6 November 2012).Compared with October-December 2011, assets have increased by USD111.5bn, or 17%, largely due to USD94bn in market effects and USD13.6bn in net subscriptions.Net profits for the California-based asset management firm in the first quarter of its fiscal year ending on 30 September 2013 totalled USD516.1m, compared with USD492.1m in July-September, and USD480.8m in the corresponding period of 2011.
04/02/2013

Cécile Imbert leaves Prigest

After eight years at Prigest, Cécile Imbert left the firm ten days ago. The fund manager, who had worked alongside Matthieu Rollin on the Prigest Europe and Prigest US funds for three years, will not be replaced, Christian Cambier, CEO of the asset management firm, has told Newsmanagers. However, the departure of the manager will result in a reorganisation. “Rollin and I will now work as a pair,” the manager explains, while unlike in the case of Imbert, “there will not be a two-headed management structure, but instead management with a head.” In practice, Rollin will have control of Prigest Europe and Prigest USA, while ValFrance and Prigest Pacifique will be led by Cambier. The departure of Imbert comes at a time when Prigest has seen a reduction in assets in its equity funds. Alongside Valfrance, the flagship fund from the asset management firm, which has net assets of only EUR170m, the US fund has only EUR27m, and the Europe fund has only EUR38m in assets under management, while the Pacific fund has EUR52m. As part of the changes, the question of merging the France fund and the European fund has been raised. “That would depend on the major shareholder, SwissLife Banque Privée,” Cambier says, suggesting that the merger between the asset management firm and its shareholder may come more rapidly than expected, justifying the choice not to replace the manager. In June 2011, SLBP announced that it had acquired a 25% stake in the capital of Prigest, stating that its “engagement” would eventually result in a wedding. The big step has been set for “two years from now,” but SLBP could increase its stake to 51% within a shortened time.
04/02/2013

Operating profits at Ameriprise up 11% in fourth quarter

Pre-tax operating profits for the asset management unit of the US group Ameriprise Financial totalled USD141m in fourth quarter, up 11% compared with third quarter 2011, according to statistics released by the group. Assets under management at Columbia Management and Threadneedle as of the end of 2012 totalled USD455bn, up 5% compared with the end of December 2011. Assets under management at Threadneedle have incerased 12% to USD128bn, while Columbia assets have risen by a more limited 1%. The asset management unit finished the year with outflows of USD3.9bn, largely due to net redemptions totalling USD3.6bn to institutional clients.
04/02/2013

Axa IM replaces its head of institutional sales for Germany

Axa Investment Managers on 1 February recruited Jörg Schomburg to replace Frank Richter, who has left the business, as head of institutional sales for Germany. Schomburg had since 1999 been at Allianz Global Investors (AGI), where he had since 2007 directed the institutional sales team.
04/02/2013

Warburg Invest recruits head of portfolios

Matthias Reimer, who was head of portfolio management for guaranteed funds and multi-asset class strategies in the wealth management unit of DWS (Deutsche Bank group), is joining Warburg Invest (EUR14.8bn in assets), Das Investment reports.At his new employer, Reimer will direct the portfolio engineering team, which includes multi-asset class strategies and the development of custom investment strategies for private clients.
04/02/2013

Assets in funds managed by BBVA in Spain contract

Preferring to emphasize sales of savings accounts rather than investment funds, BBVA in 2012 saw a decline of 2.5% in assets in its funds in Spain, to EUR19.116bn as of the end of December, Funds People reports.In the rest of the world, assets under management in investment funds rose 13%, to EUR22.255trn, while assets in pension funds increased by 16.3% to EUR71.743bn, and the volume of portfolio management mandates for clients increased 6.95 to EUR13.652bn.Last year, the BBVA group saw a 45.3% decline in its net profits, to EUR1.676bn.
04/02/2013

Old Mutual AM creates a position for a head of institutional sales for Asia

Old Mutual Asset Management has recruited Miranda Poon for the newly-created position of head of institutional sales for Asia, Asian Investor reports. Poon will be based in Hong Kong, and will report directly to Olivier Lebleu, head of sales outside the United States. Skandia Investment Group has merged with Old Mutual Asset Management to create a new entity, entitled Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI), in a change which will become official at the Chinese New Year. Assets under management by the firm total over USD20bn, of which Asia represents slightly over USD1bn.
04/02/2013

BBVA makes capital gain on sale of AFP Provida

In a stock exchange filing released by the CNMV, BBVA on 1 February announced that it is selling its 64.3% stake in the Chilean pension fund management firm AFP Provida to MetLife for EUR1.521bn, of which about EUR500m represent a net capital gain. The transaction will be completed by the end of second quarter.
04/02/2013

Coutts appoints BNY Mellon for Irish fund administration

BNY Mellon has announced that it has been selected by the British firm Coutts as administrator for its new Irish-registered, UCITS-compliant Coutts multi-asset funds.Services include settlement for derivatives, the production of KIIDs, daily reporting on performance, and hedging of share classes.
04/02/2013

Three partners appointed at Baillie Gifford

The Scottish asset management firm Baillie Gifford has announced the appointment of three new partners as of 1 May: Spencer Adair, investment manager in the Global Alpha team, Kathrin Hamilton, director of the Clients Department in charge of North American clients, and Graham Laybourn, director of Legal and Regulatory Risk.With the retirement of Angus McLeod, director of the Clients Department for Asia and the Middle East, the number of partners as of 1 May will total 39.Baillie Gifford has also announced that its assets as of the end of December totalled GBP85bn, and that the firm has 752 employees.
04/02/2013

BTG Pactual closes its macro hedge fund to new investors

The Global Emerging Markets and Macro (GEMM) hedge fund has announced to investors that it will no longer accept new capital, and that it has already refused about EUR500m in assets since the beginning of the year, the news agency Reuters reports. Since its inception in 2009, assets in the fund have increased strongly, and now total about EUR5bn. The head of asset managemnt at BTG, Steve Jacobs, says that reopening the fund has not been ruled out, but that it will remain closed “indefinitely». Last year, GEMM earned returns of 28% which makes it one of the best-performing funds in the world.
04/02/2013

Barclays: Planned departures of CFO and legal director

Barclays yesterday announced that its chief financial officer, Chris Lucas, and its legal director, Mark Harding, will be resigning voluntarily, Agefi reports. The two men will remain in place until their successors are appointed, the bank added in a statement. It states that a search for these replacements is underway.
04/02/2013

Barclays head foregoes bonus

The CEO of the British bank Barclays, Antony Jenkins, who was appointed last year following the departure of Bob Diamond due to the Libor scandal, on 1 February announced that he would not be claiming a bonus for the year 2012. “Last year was clearly very hard for Barclays and its shareholders,” and “I have concluded that it would be inappropriate on my part to receive a bonus for 2012 under these circumstances,” he explained in a statement. The widely-practised form of remuneration in the City is regularly subject to indignation on the part of the British public, due to the sometimes exceptionally large amounts paid to some financiers. The various scandals which have recently affected British banks have made bonuses even more unpopular in times of austerity.
04/02/2013

Troy limits access to income fund

The asset management firm Troy Asset Management has announced that it will limit access to the Troy Income Fund, due to the continuing rise of its assets under management, Money Marketing reports. The manager of the fund, Francis Brooke, is spending an increasing amount of time in meetings with clients. These meetings are legitimate, but are gradually increasing the time needed to manage the fund. From 1 May, minimal investment in the fund will be increased from GBP1,000 to GBP250,000, while front-end fees will now be set at 5%. This is the second time that Troy has decided to limit access to the fund, whose assets under management total GBP930m.
04/02/2013

Julius Baer annonce une hausse de 11% des actifs sous gestion en 2012

Julius Baer a annoncé une hausse de 11% de ses actifs sous gestion en 2012, à la faveur de la bonne tenue des marchés boursiers. L'établissement suisse spécialisé dans la banque privée a ainsi précisé que le total des actifs gérés pour ses clients s'était établi à 189 milliards de francs (153 milliards d’euros). Le bénéfice net 2012 a été de 298 millions de francs alors que les analystes financiers avaient anticipé 281 millions.
04/02/2013

LCH.Clearnet réduit ses appels de marge sur la France et l'Espagne

La chambre de compensation LCH.Clearnet a annoncé son intention de réduire les appels de marge qu’elle exige pour de nombreuses catégories d’obligations françaises et espagnoles. Elle abaissera la marge initiale exigée pour la dette souveraine française à des échéances situées entre un mois et 15 ans, ainsi qu’aux titres à maturités de 30 à 50 ans, précise Clearnet. Elle va aussi réduire la marge sur la dette espagnole, y compris sur les titres dont les maturités se situent entre un et trois mois, ainsi qu’entre sept et quinze ans.
04/02/2013

Amundi se montre ambitieux en Asie

La société de gestion, qui fête ses 30 ans de présence à Hong Kong, entend porter son montant d’actifs distribués dans la région «d’environ 70 milliards de dollars, dont 30 milliards au Japon, à 100 milliards sous trois à cinq ans», indique son directeur général Yves Perrier.
04/02/2013

L’Inde poussée à réformer son système bancaire

Dans deux entretiens séparés accordés au quotidien, Cai Jinyong membre d’un organe de la Banque Mondiale, et Haruhiko Kuroda de la Banque asiatique de développement, critiquent vivement la régulation financière en Inde qui «crée tant de problèmes pour les PME», selon le premier. Et Haruhiko Kuroda d’inciter le gouvernement à une libéralisation du secteur bancaire.

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