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21/09/2010

Le pôle immobilier de J.P. Morgan se renforce à Francfort

J.P. Morgan Asset Management - Global Real Assets a annoncé le 17 septembre qu’en plus de sa nouvelle équipe à Paris (lire notre article du 17 septembre), une autre équipe de professionnels confirmés viendra renforcer son antenne francfortoise. Elle sera dirigée par Michael Ramm, co-head of acquisitions du groupe immobilier de JPMAM.Ce groupe immobilier est présent en Allemagne depuis 2005 et gère dans ce pays un portefeuille d’environ 300.000 mètres carrés.
21/09/2010
Fonds

DAB lance des plans d'épargne en ETF et ETC Deutsche Bank sans frais

A compter du 20 septembre, la banque directe munichoise DAB bank propose une sélection de plans d'épargne (minimum 50 euros mensuels) en ETF de db x-trackers et en ETC de db ETC sans aucun frais de transaction, ces frais étant pris en charge par la Deutsche Bank, qui les rembourse au titulaire. Cet accord de coopération a une validité initiale de cinq ans renouvelable et elle concerne aussi bien les plans d'épargne déjà signés que ceux qui le seront ultérieurement.Le démarrage de cette collaboration porte à 59 le nombre d’ETF de db x-trackers commercialisés au travers de DAB bank. Le programme de la banque directe inclut aussi pour la première fois sept db ETC.
Fonds
21/09/2010
Fonds

Certains fonds évitent la dette publique des Etats-Unis

The Wall Street Journal rapporte que Bill Gross, qui gère le Pimco Total Return Fund (248 milliards de dollars), a réduit l’exposition du fonds aux titres publics des Etats-Unis à 36 % fin août contre 63 % fin juin. Jeff Gundlach, a ramené de son côté l’allocation aux titres publics du DoubleLine Core Fixed Income Fund à 36 % fin août contre 52 % en juillet. Enfin, Dodge & Cox vend à découvert des futures sur les Treasuries dans certains de ses portefeuilles obligataires. The Wall Street Journal ajoute que des fonds comme le Templeton Global Bond Fund et le Loomis Sayles Bond Fund, qui ont largement évité les Treasuries depuis un certain temps, trouvent de meilleures «opportunités» hors des Etats-Unis.
Fonds
21/09/2010

Jefferies se lance dans les futures

Jefferies a annoncé le 16 septembre la création d’un pôle futures et la nomination dans cette perspective de Patrice Blanc, ancien CEO de Newedge, en qualité de «president» chargé du développement de ce pôle.
21/09/2010

Agnes Mullady est promue à la tête des fonds ouverts de Gabelli Funds

Promue en mai 2009 senior vice president de Gamco Investors, Agnes Mullady a été nommée le 16 septembre 2010 president & COO de la division des fonds ouverts de Gabelli Funds par GAMCO Investors. De plus, elle assume l’entière responsabilité du reporting financier pour les fonds ouverts et fermés de GAMCO Investors. Elle sera enfin CEO de la filiale broker-dealer actuellement en phase de constitution pour la distribution des fonds ouverts de la société.
21/09/2010

Ron Beller (ex Peloton) crée Branch Hill Capital

Le fondateur du gestionnaire de hedge funds Peloton Partners, Ron Beller, a décidé de se relancer avec un ancien collègue de Peloton, Manal Mehta. Ils ont créé à San Francisco la société de gestion Branch Hill Capital et gèrent dans un premier temps 40 millions de dollars qui leur appartiennent, rapporte The Wall Street Journal. Rappelons que Peloton Partners, avec son fonds d’ABS, avait implosé en février 2008 en plein «credit crunch». Depuis le lancement le 1er juin, le fonds Branch Hill affiche une performance de 15 %. Il sera ouvert à des investisseurs externes d’ici à la fin de l’année, selon un proche du dossier.
21/09/2010

Nicky Richards rejoint MLC

Après avoir quitté en mars son poste de group CIO chez Fidelity International à Londres (lire notre dépêche du 12 mars), Nicky Richards retourne à présent en Australie où elle sera officiellement à compter du 1er janvier 2011 le CIO de MLC, la division gestion de fortune de National Australia Bank (NAB). MLC gère environ 65 milliards de dollars australiens avec trente professionnels de l’investissement.Nicky Richards reprendra les fonctions exercées par Susan gosling, qui les assurait en plus de celles de head of capital markets research, précise MLC le 20 septembre.En juillet, MLC avait recruté Michael Karagianis de chez UBS comme investment strategist et Stefano Cavaglia comme alternatives portfolio manager (ex UBS et PanAgora Asset Management).
21/09/2010

Alessandro Profumo sur le point de quitter UniCredit

UniCredit (maison mère de Pioneer ndlr.) a convoqué ce jour une réunion extraordinaire du conseil d’administration au cours duquel le directeur général Alessandro Profumo devrait démissionner, indique le Financial Times. Ses relations avec le conseil d’administration, dirigé par le président Dieter Rampl, se seraient détériorées un peu plus ces derniers jours. Dieter Rampl prendrait la relève jusqu’à ce qu’un remplaçant soit trouvé, probablement avant Noël.
21/09/2010

Brevan Howard ouvre à São Paulo

Le gestionnaire britannique de hedge funds Brevan Howard (32 milliards de dollars d’encours), coté sur le London Stock Exchange (LSE), a annoncé le 20 septembre avoir recruté l’ancien sous-gouverneur de la Banque du Brésil, Mário Mesquita, pour diriger un bureau de recherche à São Paulo.
21/09/2010

La place genevoise résiste à la pression asiatique

Selon L’Agefi suisse, le dernier classement des places financières réalisé par la City of London indique que c’est à Genève que se concluent le plus de nouvelles affaires dans le private banking. Classées 9ème et 8ème, Genève et Zurich reculent d’un rang dans le classement, subissant les conséquences de la nette progression de Shanghai, qui gagne cinq places et se retrouve en cinquième position. Genève est davantage vue comme un spécialiste haut de gamme de la gestion d’actifs (classée deuxième après Londres sur ce point), plutôt qu’une place offrant un service diversifié.
20/09/2010

Net inflows of EUR5bn to UCITS funds in July

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } UCITS format funds have posted overall net inflows of EUR5bn for the month of July, compared with net outflows of EUR31bn in June, according to the most recent statistics from the European asset management association (EFAMA). This development is related to better-than-expected results on stress tests and to a more favourable environment in the Euro zone. Net inflows to long-term UCITS funds, excluding money markets, totalled EUR16bn, while the month of June brought net outflows of EUR100m. Bond funds attracted a net EUR9bn, following outflows of EUR3.1bn in June, and equities funds attracted EUR4.8bn, following outflows of EUR1.7bn in June. However, money markets continued to lose a further net EUR10.8bn, following EUR31.2bn in outflows one month previously. Dedicated funds continued to attract capital, with net inflows of EUR7.3bn, compared with EUR11.6bn in June. The same trend may be observed for real estate funds, which show inflows of EUR1bn in July, following outflows of EUR0.5bn in June.
20/09/2010

Elizabeth Corley (AGI Europe) becomes president of FEAM

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Dominique Carrel-Billiard, CEO of Axa Investment Managers, is handing on the presidency of the Forum of European Asset Managers (FEAM) to Elizabeth Corley, CEO of Allianz Global Investors Europe (AGI). Carrel-Billiard will remain as vice-president of the association, while Robert Higginsbottom, chairman and CEO of the European arm of Fidelity Europe, has also been appointed as a FEAM vice president.
20/09/2010

Fitch confirms ratings of ECM funds

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The ratings agency Fitch Ratings on 17 November confirmed its ratings of funds managed by European Credit Management (ECM). The funds concerned, Corporate Credit Europse, Diversified Financials Europe, Investment Grade Europe and Pan European Credit, include largely assets rated in the “A” and “BBB” categories. The portfolios of these funds have minimal exposure to assets in the “CCC” category or below.
20/09/2010

FoHFs losses slowing up

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to data from Lipper for Funds People, assets in the 22 Spanish-registered funds of hedge funds as of the end of June totalled EUR287m, compared with EUR210 as of the end of 2009. Assets peaked at EUR1bn in July 2008. The best-performing fund was the Foncaixa Privada Estrategia Hedge (InverCaixa), with gains of 11.86% in first half, and volatility of 7.71%, followed by the Renta 4 Minerva (6.99% returns and 5.71% volatility), and the DWS Topiary Select (5.97% returns and 3.29% volatility). Nine of the 22 funds analysed posted gains in January-June; the total comes to 13 for the twelve months to the end of June. Funds People points out that 18 of the 22 funds show losses from their launch to 30 June 2010. 5 funds have lost more than 15%, and two have lost over 20%.
20/09/2010

Pension funds increase exposure to Spanish debt

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In second quarter 2010, at a time when the Spanish government has been obliged to offer higher returns in order to borrow, as the markets had doubts about its solvency, local pension funds increased their exposure to government bonds, Expansión reports. Allocation to Spanish government debt increased from 48% to 53%, for a total of EUR43.66bn as of the end of June, of which EUR19.95bn (or 23%, compared with 20% at the end of March) were for government debt. The pension fund most exposed to Spanish government debt is BBVA 23 (92,343 subscribers and EUR1.54bn in assets), 75% of whose assets, or EUR1.16bn as of the end of June, were invested in Spanish government debt, compared with EUR605m as of the end of March.
20/09/2010

Investors seeking shelter in savings accounts set back private banks

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } José Manuel Dabrio, CEO of Altae, the private banking affiliate of Caja Madrid, says that assets have risen back, but confidence has not returned, which is provoking the flight of clients to traditional savings accounts, which have lower fees, Cinco Días reports. Banif, the private banking affiliate of Santander, has posted a 9.4% increase in assets in first half, to EUR32.15bn, but its profits in the same period fell 18.6% compared with January-June 2009. Profits at Banco Urquijo have fallen 18%. UBS, one of the few firms where results improved in first half, in part due to cost-reduction measures, remains in the red.
20/09/2010

Source lists its first hedge fund ETF in Frankfurt

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 17 September, the XTF segment of the Xetra electronic trading platform from Deutsche Börse admitted its 703rd ETF, the BofAML Hedge Fund Factor Euro Source ETF, from Source. The fund, which replicates the hedge fund index ML Factor Model (EUR Adjusted) Index, which reflects the performance of a synthetic portfolio composed of the best-known and most liquid shares of the S&P 500, Russell 2000, MSCI EAFE and MSCI Emerging Markets indices, with both long and short positions, and monthly updating. The composition of the portfolio is based on Merrill Lynch International algorithms to replicate the Hedge Fund Research Inc. Weighted Composite Index. The fund is an Irish-registered product (IE00B3NY0D27), which has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 4 August. It carries a management commission of 0.70%.
20/09/2010

Lyxor Asset Management recruits in New York

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The French asset management firm Lyxor Asset Management (Société Générale group) has announced the recruitment of Fabien Pavlowsky, head of manager selection for directional trading strategies at Financial Risk Management in New York, as head of quantitative strategies within the hedge fund research team in New York. The recruitment follows another recent recruitment of Francis Chu as head of discretionary trading strategies in the hedge fund research team, also in New York. Laurent Seyer, CEO of Lyxor Asset Management, on Friday, 17 September confirmed to Reuters that the firm is planning to make acquisitions or form partnerships in some global regions, particularly on the US tracker market. To this end, Lyxor AM has already contacted several firms and is examining various strategic options to penetrate this market, the agency reports.
20/09/2010

Citadel LLC slashes fees to attract clients

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Bloomberg reports that Citadel LLC is planning to slash the management fees for its two largest hedge funds – Kensington and Wellington – in order to attract new clients, as inflows are at their worst levels for two decades. Citadel lost 55% of its assets in the stock market declines of 2008, and when investors sought to withdraw USD1.2bn, the firm was obliged to suspend redemptions, which were reopened in late 2009. Even after returns og 62% last year, and gains of 4% in 2010, funds still need to gain 30% for investors to break even.
20/09/2010

Fidelity wins an administration mandate on USD2.3bn in assets

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Fidelity Investments announced on 16 September that it has been selected by Purdue University as sole provider of 403(b) plans. Purdue previously had five providers. From 1 January 2011, Fidelity will act as administrator and account-keeper for defined-contribution retirement savings plans at Purdue, as well as for the University’s voluntary retirement savings plans. The plans have about 15,000 members, and assets represent about USD2.3bn.
20/09/2010

iShares launches two third-generation synthetic replication ETF funds

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } With one product focused on India and another on Russia, iShares (BlackRock) this Monday opens its platform for synthetic replication ETFs over-collateralized with multiple swap counterparties and complete transparency of the collateral lines on a daily basis. These mark a further step beyond the series of 13 ETFs launched recently by Credit Suisse in Frankfurt, London and Milan (see Newsmanagers of 10 and 16 September), for which the swap counterparty is a single, internal partner. For these new Irish-registered ETF funds, listed on the London Stock Exchange, iShares will rely on RBS, UBS and Credit Suisse as counterparties. This multiple counterparty approach will both guarantee better execution and reduce swap costs. Axel Lomholt, head of product development for EMEA, and Martin Bednall, director of product development, tell Newsmanagers that the number of counterparties for swaps will be likely to increase further in the future. The two iShares heads say that over-collateralization, which eliminates cirtually all counterparty default risks, “will reach 120% for equities collateral, and 103% for bond products.” “Up to now, of 437 ETF products in the range, 19 were previously using synthetic replication, with assets of barely USD1bn,” Lomholt and Bednall say.
20/09/2010

LaSalle kits out its German management firm

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As of 1 September, Ulrich Nack, previously of TMW Property Investment GmbH, has joined LaSalle Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, also based in Munich, as CEO. The firm will become known as LaSalle Investment Management KAG once it receives BaFin approval (see Newsmanagers of 27 August). The firm plans to manage institutional real estate funds.
20/09/2010

Swiss PKB Privatbank buys Gesfid bank

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } PKB Privatbank, which has been present in Lugano since 1969, announced on 17 September that it had acquired all shares in Gesfid bank, a specialist in wealth management. Gesfid, which has been present in Lugano for 25 years, was previously controlled by the Italian insurance firm Fondiaria-SAI, which had no other offices in Switzerland. PKB says that “the acquisition of Gesfid represents an excellent occasion for the group to develop in Switzerland.” PKB Privatbank SA has branch offices in Bellinzone, Geneva, and Zurich. The wealth management specialist bank has assets under management of CHF5bn, and about 180 employees. Assets under management at Gesfid, with 60 employees, are about CHF1.7bn.
20/09/2010

New head of wealth management at SEB

Anders Johnsson, currently head of Trading & Capital Markets within Merchant Banking at SEB, has been appointed head of Wealth Management of the Swedish bank. He succeeds Fredrik Boheman, currently head of Wealth Management, who has been appointed new head of SEB Germany. The appointments are effective as of 1 November 20.
20/09/2010

Pyramid scheme uncovered in Italy

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } A mini-Madoff fraud scheme has been discovered in Italy. The firm, entitled Brett Trading Company Ltd., which had headquarters in Florence, Frankfurt, and the Antilles, received EUR20m from 200 clients, Il Sole – 24 Ore reports. A small group of IFAs had been offering investment plans that promised to earn 12% per year, with a minimum investment of EUR100,000. Returns were paid with the money of incoming clients.
20/09/2010

3i merges LBO and venture capital activities

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On Friday, 17 September, the British private equity firm 3i announced that it has decided to merge its LBO and venture capital activities, which according to the business are “increasingly converging in terms of the investment process and the nature of its investors.” It was therefore logical to merge them, 3i says, and to give them a more regional orientation. Jonathan Russell, head of LBO activities, will be leaving 3i.
20/09/2010

Recruitment at Newton IM

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Newton Investment Management (BNY Mellon Asset Management) has announced that it has added to its account management and mutual fund sales teams. Mark Hammond joins Newton as team leader for institutional pooled funds, while James Blake has been recruited as an account manager, reporting to Hammond. Hammond previously worked at Fidelity, while Blake spent three years at Axa Investment Managers.
20/09/2010

DJSI indices updated

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } From today, 20 September, the composition of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) has been updated on the basis of the results of the SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment, undertaken by SAM Sustainable Asset Management. In total, the DJSI World index has admitted shares from 48 companies, while those of 46 businesses have been removed. The total number of businesses now comes to 318. Selection of “best in class” businesses is based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. The largest new entrants to the index are Standard Chartered, Morgan Stanley and ArcelorMittal, while the most eminent outgoing businesses are Toyota Motor, Royal Dutch Shell, and UniCredit. The new “Supersector Leaders” for 2010-2011 are: Air France-KLM, AkzoNobel, ANZ Banking Group, BMW, EDP Energias de Portugal, GPT Group, Investimentos Itaú, Lotte Shopping, Nokia, Pearson, Philips Electronics, Roche, Sasol, Siam Cement, SwissRe, Telefónica, TNT, Unilever and Xstrata.
20/09/2010

"DNCA Finance ancre clairement sa gestion à l'international"

La société de gestion de la rue de la Paix à Paris, créée il y a dix ans, a inscrit la prudence dans ses gènes. Aujourd'hui, comme son président nous l'explique, cette prudence passe aussi par une diversification des investissements à l'échelle mondiale afin de répondre aux nouvelles attentes des investisseurs. Ce qui se traduit par un renforcement des équipes, la création prochaine d'un nouveau fonds et de nouvelles ambitions en termes de développement pour DNCA Finance...

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