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07/06/2010

Alain Demarolle quitte Eton Park

Selon Financial News Online, Alain Demarolle a quitté le hedge fund Eton Park après y avoir passé trois ans. Il y était managing director en charge des affaires européennes.
07/06/2010

BNP Paribas CIB soigne ses clients stratégiques

BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) a annoncé vendredi 4 juin la création d’Investment Banking Europe, une équipe spécifiquement dédiée à l’accompagnement des clients stratégiques en France, Italie, Allemagne, Espagne, Suisse, Pays-Bas et Royaume-Uni de l'établissement. Soit environ 200 grandes entreprises. Thierry Varène, responsable mondial Corporate Finance de BNP Paribas prend la direction d’Investment Banking Europe qui est composée de banquiers expérimentés et spécialisés. Ces derniers s’appuieront sur les plates-formes, l’expertise et l’offre produits de BNP Paribas CIB pour proposer à ces clients européens souvent très actifs à l’international des idées et solutions en ligne avec leurs objectifs stratégiques, précise la banque dans un communiqué.
07/06/2010

KBC renonce à vendre KBC PE

La semaine dernière, la vente de KBC Private Equity à Axa et Sofina était dans l’impasse, rappelle L’Echo. Vendredi, le bancassureur flamand a purement et simplement annulé la vente de ses activités de private equity. En cause, la faiblesse des offres, a indiqué le groupe.
07/06/2010

Rothschild mise sur la Belgique

En Belgique, Rothschild & Cie Gestion est présente sur deux plans: la distribution d’une douzaine de fonds agréés via notamment des institutions tierces, et la banque privée (Rothschild Patrimoine), indique L’Echo. C’est cette dernière activité qui va être développée dans les années à venir.Jean-Louis Laurens, associé-gérant et président du directoire de Rothschild & Cie Gestion, souligne que «l’objectif est de faire passer les actifs de la banque privée de 6 à 10 milliards d’euros au niveau du groupe dans les 4 années à venir, ce qui se traduit pour Bruxelles par une hausse des actifs de 900 millions vers 2 milliards d’euros».
07/06/2010

"Les investisseurs doivent suivre la politique du "go West" de Pékin"

RCM, le spécialiste de la gestion active actions du groupe Allianz Global Investors (AGI), a récemment organisé à Hambourg un séminaire sur l'Asie (Crouching Tigers and Hidden Dragons, lire notre article du 10 mai). Bien évidemment, la Chine a constitué le plat de résistance de cette manifestation, et Christina Chung, qui dirige la gestion de portefeuille sur les actions chinoises, a eu l'occasion de faire un point détaillé sur les grandes tendances des trois à cinq prochaines années.
07/06/2010

CESR publishes detailed recommendations for ratings agencies

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) on 3 June published its vademecum on ratings agencies, in the wake of the introduction in late 2009 of new regulations governing these agencies. The document published on Friday largely concerns the registration process, the operation of colleges, information required for certification, and the evaluation of systemic risks at agencies. The CESR is also publishing reactions submitted as part of its consultation in connection with all of these issues as well as the declared official positions of CESR member countries on the issue of ratings agencies, in a question-and-answer format. The CESR has also published recommendations for the creation of a central repository (CeRep), which will include information from ratings agencies including track records.
07/06/2010

Alain Demarolle leaves Eton Park

According to Financial News Online, Alain Demarolle has left after three years at the hedge fund Eton Park. He was managing director for European affairs.
07/06/2010

Aviva Investors France kicks off EUR500m mandate

Jean-François Boulier, chairman of the board at Aviva Investors France (AIF), has told Newsmanagers that the asset management firm he leads has recently received a half-billion Euro bond mandate from an actor in the retirement industry. This will allow the management firm to return to the volume of external assets of EUR4.5bn which it had at the beginning of this year, before a wave of redemptions from its money market funds. The RFP team has six members in London and Paris, one of whom works full-time in the French capital. However, it is clear that the Aviva group is only active in the fixed-income asset classes for the sake of security, but that equities funds are important in unit-linked contracts. However, institutional clients, especially retirement planning instututions, which have the some concerns about the synchronisation of liabilities and regulatory constraints, will represent a major target for the sales efforts of AIF - without forgetting retail clients, who may also prove an attractive target area, Boulier says. In the pursuit of these objectives, the sales and marketing team, which had 3 members in 2002, now has 12 members. The asset management team has also recruited a fixed income manager and will soon recruit an equities manager. AIF is also planning to take on a product specialist for fixed income, bringing the management team from 27 to 30 people, out of a total of about 90, including a new recruit in support functions.
07/06/2010

BNP Paribas IP planning to increases assets by EUR20bn in 2010

BNP Paribas Investment Partners is planning to increase its assets under management by EUR20bn in 2010, Christian Dargnat, chief investment officer at BNP Paribas Asset Management, has told Reuters. This objective might be reached largely through development of the firm’s Asian activities.
07/06/2010

Concentration continues in private banking

Following the acquisition of Sal. Oppenheim by Deutsche Bank, and the acquisition of Reuschel by Conrad Hinrich Donner, professionals are now predicting further mergers in the German private banking industry, to serve a wealth management market weighing in at about EUR1.2trn, Handelsblatt reports. Recently, Deutsche Bank launched a RFP for BHF-Bank, which is owned by Sal. Oppenheim. The German market also interests actors such as Julius Bär, Sarasin and Vontobel, and German savings and co-operative banks are also looking for a slice of the pie.
07/06/2010

Mario Gabelli's company laging behind rivals

Since the stock market bottomed out at the start of 2003, Gamco’s net income has risen just 5%, to USD56 million in 2009. One problem for Mario Gabelli’s company is sluggish growth in assets under management, the main driver of fee income, says the Wall Street Journal. What’s more, Mr. Gabelli’s compensation package has been a severe drag on earnings. In 2008, Gamco’s assets fell by a third and net income totaled USD25 million. Even so, Mr. Gabelli received USD46 million in cash compensation.
07/06/2010

Former Paragon manager raises USD200m

Julian Barnett, the star hedge fund trader who left London hedge fund manager Polar Capital a year ago, has raised close to USD200m for his new venture, Ridley Park Capital, according to the Financial Times. Mr Barnett, who ran the Paragon fund, had initially hoped to raise USD500m.
07/06/2010

Skandia launches 20 single manager funds

Skandia has confirmed that it is to launch a unique range of 20 “single manager” funds, which will enable financial advisers to access institutional fund managers for the first time. The new fund range will be known as “Signature” and will be managed by Skandia Investment Group (SIG). Signature will contain the best managers across 10 asset classes, as identified by SIG’s 40+ investment team. The fund manager line up for the range is still to be confirmed but all of them will be world class fund managers, most of whom are not accessible to investors because they traditionally only undertake institutional, rather than retail, business. Importantly, each fund will contain only one manager, thus the range will compete directly with the broader retail universe, rather than just multi-manager solutions. The Signature range will cover 10 different investment sectors with some sectors containing multiple fund options, others will have one. The sectors and number of funds are: property, fixed interest, international fixed interest, equity, European, North American, Japanese, Far East ex , Global specialist.
07/06/2010

KBC calls off sale of KBC PE

Last week, the sale of KBC Private Equity to Axa and Sofina had reached an impasse, L’Echo reports. On Friday, the German banking and insurance group purely and simply cancelled the sale of its private equity activities, blaming a lack of adequate offers.
07/06/2010

Rothschild to develop Belgian activities

In Belgium, Rothschild & Cie Gestion is present in two areas: distribution on 12 licensed funds, largely via third-party institutions, and private banking, with Rothschild Patrimoine, L’Echo reports. This latter activity will be primarily developed in the next few years. Jean-Louis Laurens, managing partner and chairman of the board at Rothschild & Cie Gestion, says the “objective is to bring private banking activities from EUR6bn to EUR10bn group-wide in the next four years, which will mean an increase in Brussels from EUR900m to nearly EUR2bn.”
07/06/2010

BNY Mellon AM to distribute Insight in the United Kingdom

BNY Mellon Asset Management and Insight Investment have announced that BNY Mellon Asset Management is to be responsible for the distribution of Insight Investment funds and investment capabilities throughout the UK wholesale market. Insight Investment joined the multi-boutique model of BNY Mellon Asset Management in November 2009, following the completion of the acquisition from Lloyds Banking Group. Insight Investment’s discretionary sales and client service team will transition to BNY Mellon Asset Management as of 1 June 2010 with the sole focus to distribute Insight Investment’s capability into the UK discretionary marketplace. Insight Investment will continue to distribute to and service the UK institutional market directly.
07/06/2010

Towry poaches Aberdeen manager

According to Money Marketing, Wealth adviser Towry Law has appointed Robert Dawkins as chief investment officer. He is expected to take up the position on September 6. Dawkins was head of multi-manager at Aberdeen Asset Managers.
07/06/2010

Jupiter recruits two former RWC managers

Citywire reports that Jupiter has recruited two former RWC managers, Miles Geldard and Lee Manzi, who will manage global convertibles and global multi-management strategies. With these recruitments, Jupiter, whose IPO is slated for later this month, is extending its equities expertise to make a significant intervention in convertibles and multi-management for the first time. Geldard previously worked as chief investment officer and head of the Global Multi Asset Group and Global Strategy at JPMorgan Asset Management, where he helped to develop convertibles activities. He joined RWC in 2006, where he founded and led the multi-management and convertibles activities. Manzi joined the firm in the same year as a portfolio manager.
04/06/2010
Fonds

Après mai, les hedge funds pansent leurs plaies

Le mois de mai s’est achevé sur un bilan mitigé pour les hedge funds. Selon des données de Bank of America, ceux-ci ont perdu 3% sur le mois, du jamais vu depuis novembre 2008, rappelle L’Echo. Sur les trois premières semaines de mai, le fonds Advantage de Paulson aurait perdu 6,9%, selon une source proche du dossier.
Fonds
04/06/2010

D'anciens de KBC lancent un hedge fund

Selon Financial News Online, Carlo Georg, l’ancien directeur des investissements de KBC Alternative Investment Management, va lancer un hedge fund en fin d’année, Paris Capital Partners. Il s’associe pour ce projet à l’ancien co-directeur général de KBC AIM et l’ancien COO de KBC.
04/06/2010
Fonds

Standard Life Investments investit 155 millions de livres pour un fonds immobilier

Standard Life Investments annonce avoir effectué, pour le compte de son fonds immobilier Long Lease Property Fund des acquisitions pour un montant total de 155 millions de livres. Par exemple, 50 millions ont été investis dans un projet d’immeuble de bureaux à Glasgow. Le fonds a également racheté un supermarché Tesco à Colchester. 25 millions de livres ont été payés pour un complexe bureaux/centres de santés à Bury Town.
Fonds
04/06/2010

L'introduction va nettement diluer les dirigeants de Jupiter

Le CEO Edward Bonham Carter et cinq des principaux gérants de fonds de Jupiter Asset Management (JAM) verront leur participation dans la société de gestion tomber à 17,63 % contre plus de 31 % actuellement. En fonction du prix de placement, dont la fourchette a été fixée à 150-210 pence l’unité, ils percevront entre 53,5 millions et 79,2 millions de livres s’ils vendent le maximum d’actions qu’ils sont autorisés à placer sur le marché et ils détiendront des parts représentant environ 140 millions de livresAprès l’introduction, la plus importante sera celle d’Anthony Nutt (qui gère de Jupiter Income Fund) tombera à 4,90 % contre 9,07 % au 1er juin. Celle d’Edward Bonham Carter dipminuera à 3,34 % contre 6,20 %. Quant à celle de John Chatfeild-Roberts, CIO et patron de la multigestion, elle diminuera à 1,87 % contre 3,16 %.La participation de TA Associates tombera de 24,6 à 16,24 %.Cela posé, le prospectus complet (236 pages) indique aussi l’existence d’un embargo de 12 mois sur les actions ordinaires détenues par les dirigeants de JAM après l’introduction, TA Associates s'étant engagé pour sa part à ne pas vendre non plus d’actions ordinaires sur le marché durant les six mois qui suivront l’admission à la cote.Il a été également convenu que les membres du comité exécutifs et 99 autres salariés qui détiendront au total environ 35 % des parts au moment de l’introduction respecteront certaines restrictions sur la cession de leurs parts durant les trois ans qui suivent l’admission à la cote.
04/06/2010
Fonds

DB Funds prévoit le lancement de deux newcits

La plate-forme d’investissements alternatifs de la Deutsche Bank, DB Funds, a l’intention de lancer un hedge fund coordonné toutes les trois semaines, rapporte Das Investment en citant Citywire. Les deux prochains produits seront le DB Platinum AIM Hedge Index Euro Fund, géré par AIM Hedge (100 millions d’euros d’encours), et le second sera un produit géré la le suédois Lynx Asset Management.
Fonds
04/06/2010

Majedie recrute chez Odey

Jeudi, la boutique Majedie Asset Management a annoncé l’embauche pour cet automne de deux gérants d’Odey Asset Management, Simon Todd et Michael Nickson, pour mettre sur pied une nouvelle stratégie actions monde.Simon Todd a géré des portefeuilles actions Europe et monde chez MFS Investment Management de 2000 à 2009 avant de rejoindre Odey comme co-gérant du Odey Allegra Global Fund.L’autre co-gérant de ce dernier fonds était justement Michael Nickson, qui avait aussi travaillé auparavant pour MFS IM.Ces recrutements pourraient se traduire par le lancement de produits d’ici à la fin de l’année.

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