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15/11/2010

Julius Baer posts 14% increase in assets in ten months

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In the first ten months of the year, Julius Baer has posted an increase of 14% to its assets under management since the end of 2009, at CHF175bn. Client assets increased 12% to CHF271bn.Net subscriptions ranged from 4% to 6% in the period, in line with the mid-term objective established by the bank.Julius Baer says that the largest growth in its activities was for emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Russia and Eastern Europe, as well as Germany.
15/11/2010

Russell and Axioma launch a new series of indices

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The index provider Russell Investments and the specialist in portfolio optimisation tools Axioma are offering a new series of indices which measure the relative sensitivity of a portfolio to individual factors. The new indices, based in the Russell 1000, Russell 2000, and Russell 3000 investment universes, are Russell-Axioma Momentum Index, Russell-Axioma Leverage Index, Russell-Axioma Lquidity Index, Russell-Axioma Beta (Market Sensibility)Index, and Russell-Axioma Volatility Index.
15/11/2010

Man Group head critical of dissolution of FSA

Speaking to the Financial Times, Peter Clarke, chief executive of Man Group, said that the UK’s bargaining position in Europe has been “impaired” by the decision to abolish the Financial Services Authority. “The FSA has demonstrated over many years successful oversight of the hedge fund industry (… ) ,” he adds.
15/11/2010

Sam Morse takes over as manager of European Values fund

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Sam Morse of Fidelity will take over management of the European Values trust (GBP530m) on 1 January, replacing Sudipto Banerji, Investment Week reports. The manager has already been in charge of the Fidelity European fund (GBP3bn) since the beginning of this year.
15/11/2010

Record inflows to funds of funds in UK

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to the British Investment Management Association (IMA), net inflows to funds of funds totalled an unprecedented GBP1.5bn for the month, putting them at a record GBP5.1bn for the first nine months of the year. In parallel with this evolution, the proportion of funds of funds as a part of total assets under management now comes to 9.6%, the largest level ever observed. Since third quarter 2009, assets in funds of funds have increased 31% to GBP52bn. Meanwhile, tracker funds posted their strongest inflows since 2002 in third quarter, at GBP599m. Assets under management are up 15% year on year to GBP30.4bn. For ethical funds, net inflows totalled GBP74m in third quarter, bringing total assets under management to GBP6.1bn (+12% year on year).
15/11/2010

JO Hambro temporarily closes a fund to new subscriptions

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The British management firm JO Hambro Capital Management on 11 November announced its decision to provisionally close its British equities fund, the JOHCM UK Equity Income Fund, to new subscriptions, due to strong net inflows in the past few weeks. Assets in the fund totalled GBP616m as of 9 November, and due to strong daily inflows, the GBP750m limit set at the launch of the fund in late 2004 may be reached soon, JP Hambro explains in a statement. As of 31 October 2010, the fund shows returns of 9.97% over three years, 45.55% over five years, and 66.55% since its launch on 30 November 2004. As of 30 September, assets under management at JO Hambro totalled GBP5.4bn.
15/11/2010

Axa and AMP give details of offer to Axa APH

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On Monday, 15 November, AXA announced that with AMP it has made a joint offer to AXA APH, by which AXA would sell its 54% stake in AXA APH to AMP, and would acquire the Asian activities of AXA APH. The independent directors of AXA APH are studying the offer, the statement notes, adding that the proposal will be subject to finalisation of due diligence by AMP and an agreement between AMP, AXA APH and AXA abou thte final legal documentation, “which the parties will work to finalise as soon as possible.” If a final agreement and a deal are announced, a “scheme of arrangement” would be set up, which would require the approval of minority shareholders in AXA APH1, and which would be subject to the usual conditions, including a requirement that the approval of the relevant Australian and Asian regulators be obtained. Under the offer, shareholders in AXA APH would receive the equivalent of AUD6.43 per share, in cash and AMP shares, as well as the final 2010 dividend from AXA APH of 9.25 Australian cents per share (pending the announcement of such a dividend by AXA APH). Minority shareholders in AXA APH would receive complete protection in case of a fall in the volume-weighted average price (VWAP) after the scheme as far as AUD4.50, with additional cash to maintain an offer equivalent to AUD6.43. Minority shareholders in AXA APH would also earn 50% of any post-scheme VWAP above AUD5.60.
15/11/2010

Asset managers recruiting in Italy

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Kairos, Fidelity, Invesco, and Amundi are some of the asset management firms preparing to hire people in Italy, Bluerating reports, citing an article in the Corriere Della Sera. In all, 250 jobs may be created in the Italian asset management industry.
15/11/2010

High net worth investors highly attached to hedge funds

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Hedgeweek reports that a study by the consulting firm Spectrem, entitled “The Usd25m Plus Investor,” finds that half of all US households with over USD25m invested in hedge funds in 2010. This represents an increase of 43% compared with the levels observed in 2007. The average portfolio for this category of the population totals USD4.6m. In other words, the financial crisis and the difficulties encountered by alternative management firms in the period do not seem to have dissuaded high net worth Americans from investing in hedge funds. These investors also increased their exposure to private equity and venture capital.
15/11/2010

Morgan Stanley plans to spin off quant unit

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The New York Times reports that Morgan Stanley and Peter Muller, the head of its Process Driven Trading unit, specialised in quantitative management, are in advanced talks over plans to spin off the unit. The newspaper reports that Morgan Stanley may separate from the entity, and retain a minority stake, while Muller would retain access to Morgan Stanley’s infrastructure. The Process Driven Trading unit has earned about USD4bn in profits in the ten years to 2006, but since the financial crisis and the passage of the Dodd-Franck law, which limits proprietary trading activities by Wall Street firms, Morgan Stanley, like other Wall Street firms, has decided to adapt to the new environment.
15/11/2010

Goldman director of quant management retires

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Robert C. Jones, director of quantitative investment at Goldman Sachs Group, is retiring at the end of this year, according to a memo sent to directors of the asset management unit at the bank, cited by Financial News.
15/11/2010

CalPERS deploys a new green strategy

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Californian pension fund CalPERS has announced an investment of USD500m in an internally-managed strategy which will bet on companies which are actively working to improve the environment and combat climate change. CalPERS had previously limited its investments to external managers, but “this more robust quantitative strategy will allow us to act on a larger scale and to engage ourselves more directly” with the best-performing firms in environmental terms, the chairman of the board of trustees at CalPERS, Rob Feckner, says in a statement. The team in charge of the new strategy will rely on the HSBC CCI (Global Climate Change Benchmark Index), which at the end of 2009, included 380 firms from 36 countries, with capitalisation of at least USD400m. The portfolio will include only companies which earn a large part of their revenues from the production of alternative energies.
15/11/2010

Bond funds continue to attract investors

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Investors remained highly cautious in September. Long-term UCITS-compliant funds posted net inflows of EUR10bn, compared with EUR38bn in August, according to the most recent statistics from the European fund and asset management association (EFAMA). Most inflows went to bond funds, totalling a net EUR6bn, compared with EUR23bn the previous month, while diversified funds took in EUR2.3bn compared with EUR7.3bn, and equities funds saw inflows of EUR100m, compared with EUR600m in August. Net inflows to bond funds totalled EUR89.3bn in the first nine months of the year, while diversified funds took in EUR58.3bn. UCITS-compliant funds as a whole posted net outflows of EUR11bn in September, following inflows of EUR54bn in August. This evolution is largely due to net outflows of EUR21.1bn from money market funds, which attracted nearly EUR16bn the previous month. Over nine months, money market funds saw outflows of nearly EUR107bn. Non-UCITS-compliant funds, for their part, posted net inflows of EUR10.5bn, compared with EUR11.1bn in August, largely due to the stability of inflows to dedicated funds (EUR9.7bn, compared with EUR10.8bn). In the first nine months of the year, net inflows to funds as a whole (UCITS and non-UCITS) totalled EUR163.6bn, compared with EUR149bn in the corresponding period of 2009.
15/11/2010

Abu Dhabi sovereign fund looking to invest in Europe

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15/11/2010

Gartmore studying layoffs

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Citywire reports that all managers and other employees at Gartmore have been officially informed by management that they will be consulted concerning layoffs. At the beginning of the week, the management firm announced a GBP10m cost reduction program.
15/11/2010

Warner Music convoite EMI

La major réfléchit, selon le quotidien britannique, à une offre de rachat de quelque 750 millions de dollars, l’équivalent de 548 millions d’euros, sur le pôle musique d’EMI et pourrait faire une proposition à la société de capital-investissement Terra Firma d’ici quelques semaines.
15/11/2010

Apollo reprend Citi Property Investors

La société de private equity a racheté la branche d’investissement immobilier de Citigroup afin de la combiner avec sa propre division immobilière. Aucun détail financier n’a été fourni concernant cette transaction. Citi Property Investor disposait de plus de 3 milliards de dollars d’actifs sous gestion au 30 juin.

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