La société de capital investissement Odyssee Venture a annoncé sa décision de souscrire à l’augmentation de capital initiée par Emmanuel Denis, dirigeant de New Mediafab, et Arthur Fournel, patron de Studio 3B, «pour constituer un nouveau groupe d’envergure nationale dans le secteur de l’impression numérique grand format», explique un communiqué. Possédant désormais deux sites de production, à Montpellier et Paris, le groupe rassemblera notamment New Mediafab, Studio 3B et Adhéquat, acquise fin 2015 par Studio 3B.Les deux sociétés avaient missionné Pax Corporate Finance il y a plusieurs mois afin de les accompagner dans leurs projets de croissance externe et de levée de fonds. Leur objectif est de poursuivre les acquisitions afin de toucher tous les segments de marché du secteur atomisé de l’impression numérique. Le groupe entend ainsi ouvrir des antennes en France et à l'étranger afin de se rapprocher de ses donneurs d’ordre, qui restent en recherche de proximité et de conseil.
La Banque européenne pour la reconstruction et le développement (BERD) a pris une participation dans la société Griffin Premium RE..N.V, une société structurée comme un REIT («real estate investment trusts»), opérant en Pologne et qui propose aux investisseurs locaux une exposition plus importante au marché immobilier polonais. La BERD a pris une participation de 9,48% dans cette société pour l'équivalent d’environ 20 millions d’euros dans le cadre d’une introduction à la Bourse de Varsovie. Au terme de l’introduction, le flottant sera d’environ 57%, les actionnaires existants, des entités contrôlées indirectement par le fonds Oaktree Capital, détenant le reste. Griffin Premium RE sera le premier REIT structuré selon une nouvelle législation polonaise qui doit être adoptée dans le courant de l’année et mise en oeuvre l’année suivante. Les nouvelles dispositions permettront la création de REIT comme une nouvelle classe d’actifs à part entière sur le marché polonais, venant ainsi renforcer le marché des capitaux du pays, explique un communiqué.
JPMorgan Asset Management a fermé aux nouveaux investisseurs son fonds JPM Emerging Markets Small Cap investi dans les petites capitalisations des marchés émergents, rapporte Citywire. Ce fonds, géré par Amit Mehta, a vu ses encours atteindre 1,58 milliard de dollars le 11 avril, contre 1,37 milliard de dollars le 31 mars.
Fideuram – Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking, la société de banque privée du groupe Intesa Sanpaolo, vient de lancer ses fonds éligibles au PIR, le plan d’épargne individuel italien, à l’occasion du Salone del risparmio qui se tient entre le 10 avril et le 13 avril à Milan. Cette gamme se compose de trois fonds dont deux diversifiés et un en actions : Piano Bilanciato Italia 30, Piano Bilanciato 5 et Piano Azioni Italia. La part actions de ces fonds varie respectivement de 30 %, 50 % et 90 %. Ces fonds éligibles au PIR s’adressent à la fois à la clientèle des particuliers et à la clientèle fortunée. La gestion de ces fonds est confiée à l’équipe de Fideuram Investimenti, la société de gestion de Fideuram – ISBP. Cette gamme, comme tous les PIR, permet aux épargnants de bénéficier d’un abattement fiscal pour des investissements jusqu’à 30.000 euros par an, pour un maximum de 150.000 euros sur cinq ans, sous réserve de rester investi sur cette période.
Les sociétés de gestion françaises sont présentes en nombre au Salone del Risparmio, le salon qui réunit en ce moment les professionnels de la gestion d’actifs à Milan.Ainsi, sur environ 70 sociétés de gestion disposant d’un stand sur le salon sur plus d’une centaine d’exposants, une dizaine sont françaises. Amundi Asset Management, qui vient de racheter l’italien Pioneer, est bien évidemment présente (Pioneer ayant également un stand distinct). Mais on note aussi la présence de plusieurs sociétés indépendantes comme Carmignac, Comgest, DNCA Finance, Edmond de Rothschild, La Financière de l’Echiquier… Pour sa huitième édition, le Salone del Risparmio réunit pendant trois jours 160 marques, 240 intervenants et 10.000 inscrits. Ce salon a la particularité d’être réservé les deux premiers jours aux professionnels de la gestion d’actifs, puis d’être ouvert le dernier jour au grand public.Le succès de ce salon traduit la vitalité de l’industrie de la gestion d’actifs en Italie. En 2016, le secteur a enregistré des souscriptions nettes de 55 milliards d’euros, dont 34,5 milliards d’euros sur les fonds ouverts. Même si cela constitue un ralentissement par rapport à 2015, la collecte reste forte, a souligné Tommaso Corcos, le président d’Assogestioni, l’association italienne des professionnels de la gestion d’actifs, lors de la conférence d’ouverture.
« Nous sommes sur le point de rendre éligible au plan d’épargne individuel italien l’un de nos fonds, le Schroders Italian Equity », a déclaré Luca Tenani, country head asset management pour l’Italie de Schroders, à Bluerating. Le dirigeant espère que les PIR rencontreront le même succès en Italie que les instruments analogues existant au Royaume-Uni.
La société de capital investissement Polaris, basée à Copenhague, vient d’annoncer la promotion de trois collaborateurs pour leur contribution au développement de la société, rapporte le site spécialisé Investment Europe. Rune Lillie Gornitzka est nommé associate partner, Simon Damkjaer Wille est nommé associate director également, tandis que Joachim Satchwell est nommé associate. Rune Lillie Gornitzka travaille chez Polaris depuis 2005, Simon Damkjaer Wille depuis 2010 et Joachim Satchwell depuis 2013.
CME Group announced that it intends to close its London-based derivatives exchange and clearing house, CME Europe and CME Clearing Europe, by year-end 2017.During the coming months, CME Group says it will work closely with all market participants and regulators to ensure a smooth transition and an orderly wind down of business operations, including the provision of CME Group market alternatives for actively traded products on CME Europe."While Europe continues to be a critically important and expanding market for CME Group, with average volumes of more than 2.6 million contracts per day from European clients during 2016, our customers have shown that they prefer to access our global products, deep liquidity and greater capital efficiencies through our U.S. infrastructure,» said William Knottenbelt, CME Group Senior Managing Director, International. «Though we have made the business decision to close these London-based entities, we will continue to maintain a significant operation in London to execute our global growth strategy, including serving our European client base, developing innovative products and services, and helping customers effectively manage their risk across every major asset class.»
Julius Baer on 12 April announced the appointment of Magdalene Low as head of the South-East Asia specialist team. Low joined the Swiss private bank last year from UBS, where she had been co-head of the UBS team based in Singapore.Jimmy Lee, who directs Julius Baer activities in Singapore, is on a wave of recruitments begun last year, and with already tangible results, according to statistics released recently by the specialist website finews, which show that assets under management by Julius Baer in Asia rose 20% last year to USD78bn.
Growth was at the heart of debates at the conference to open the eighth annual Salone di Risparmio, held on Tuesday to Thursday this week in Milan, with over 10,000 expected to attend, from asset management professionals to investors. In this area, the asset management industry has a role to play, particularly in light of the recent introduction of Italian individual retirement savings plans (piani individuali di risparmio or PIR). These Italian plans offer tax breaks to investors, whether they be retail or institutional, for long-term investment in Italian small and midcaps. “PIRs are an important boost to relaunch the economy of the country, said Tommaso Corcos, chairman of Assogestioni, the Italian association of asset management professionals, also head of Eurizon Capital, to a filled room. “The direction taken with PIRs is the right one: they are instruments that can both channel savings into the real economy, and to small and medium companies which represent the spinal column of the country,” he continued.The Italian minister of the economy and finance, Pier Carlo Padoan, also welcomed the initiative, noting that “its first positive effects are manifesting themselves clearly. … We can observe progress with respect to the objectives initially targeted by the measure: I can report an increase in liquidity, an increase in the number of active investors, significant outperformance of small and midcaps compared with large caps, or extraordinary financing operations such as the valuation and sale of an absolute majority in a high quality midcap with only two placements.”The other project on which Corcos placed emphasis, also likely to assist in the growth of the country, is “human capital,” which involves uniting the asset management sector with Italian talent and academics. In March, Assogestioni toured Italy, visiting 10 universities which “rank among the best in the country,” says Corcos. In a second phase, students were able to meet asset management firms, and then in a third phase, internships are offered.
The former director of marketing at Carmignac Gestion, who then became CEO of the Compagnie Financière Jacques Coeur, Anne Bellavoine, has been appointed as deputy CEO of Invest Securities. “She will be responsible for 50 people, and will be responsible for developing the listed company and increasing the value of its investments to strengthen the three pillars of Invest Securities: the primary market, the secondary market, and liquidity contracts,” a statement explains. In this position, she replaces Eric d’Aillières, who remains a senior advisor to the company.Bellavoine, a graduate of Sciences Po Paris Ecofi, joined Axa in 1986 as a financial analyst and portfolio manager. In 1990, she joined Cheuvreux de Virieu in equity sales, and then in 1995 joined SG Corporate & Investment Banking as an institutional vendor of cash equity, responsible for sales of equities to France. Bellavoince became CEO of SG Securities in 2003, and then global head of equity sales in 2005, chair of SG Securities Paris, then director of the Global Equity trading floor for Global Equity Glow in Paris in 2009. From 2010, she has served as an FIG advising banker, serving the French asset management sector for SG CIB. She then worked for Carmignac Gestion from 2012 to 2015, and then at La Financière Jacques Coeur up to the present.
“We are about to make our Italian individual savings plan eligible for one of our funds, Schroders Italian Equity,” Luca Tenani, country head for asset management for Italy at Schroders, tells Bluerating. The director hopes that PIR will meet with the same success in Italy as its counterparts in the United Kingdom.
French asset management firms are present in large number at the Salone del Risparmio, a conference currently uniting asset management professionals in Milan.Out of about 70 asset management firms who have a stand at the conference, with over 100 exhibitors, 10 are French. Amundi Asset Management, which has recently acquired the Italian firm Pioneer, is clearly present (as Pioneer also has a separate booth). Several independent firms also stand out, such as Carmignac, Comgest, DNCA Finance, Edmond de Rothschild, and La Financière de l’Echiquier.For its eighth edition, the Salone del Risparmio unites 160 brands, 240 participants and 10,000 attendees, for three days. The conference has the particularity of being reserved for asset management professionals for the first two days, then open to the general public on the third.The success of the conference is a sign of the vitality of the asset management industry in Italy. In 2016, the sector posted net subscriptions of EUR55bn, with EUR34.5bn to open-ended funds. Although that is less than 2015, inflows remain strong, said Tommaso Corcos, chairman of Assogestioni, the Italian association of asset management professionals, at the opening of the conference.
Mirae Asset Global Investments (Hong Kong) Limited has hired Jacqueline Wong as head of Asia sales. She will lead the firm’s efforts to build partnerships in Hong Kong and Singapore with a focus on wholesale intermediaries such as retail banks, private banks, insurance companies and independent financial advisors. She will also aim to enhance the firm’s presence in South East Asia by deepening engagements with potential clients in new markets. Jacqueline Wong brings more than 20 years of experience in fund distribution. She joined from Robeco Hong Kong Limited where she was most recently head of wholesale distribution, Asia Pacific. Prior to that she held senior sales and leadership positions at BNP Paribas Asset Management (Asia), China Asset Management, First State Investments (Hong Kong) Limited and Fidelity International.
European ETF market flows ended the first quarter on a positive note, continuing the positive trend for 2017, said Lyxor ETF Research. Net New Assets (NNA) in March amounted to EUR9.8bn, i.e. a total of EUR30bn for Q1 2017, a record high quarter. Total Assets under Management are up 10% vs. the end of 2016, reaching EUR566bn, including a positive market impact of 4%.Equity ETFs recorded strong inflows at EUR6.3bn. Interestingly, flows were again focused on both developed and emerging markets ETFs amidst a supportive economic environment. Both US and European ETFs benefited from this improved situation with respectively EUR2.3bn and EUR2.2bn of NNA. Significant inflows into global developed equity ETFs also continued to reflect this increased optimism at EUR793M. On the other hand, Asia Pacific equity ETFs saw outflows of EUR494M after reaching a one-year record high last month as the BoJ maintained its interest rate curve control policy.Fixed income ETF inflows were sustained at EUR2.9bn. They were mainly focused on Emerging debt and investment grade corporate bond ETFs. Commodities ETF flows were rather significant at EUR523M vs. EUR209M in February, and were mainly on broad commodity ETFs.
Mirae Asset Global Investments (HK) has launched the Mirae Asset Asia Pacific Multi - Asset Income Fund. The fund aims to achieve income and capital appreciation by adopting a multi asset investment approach, focusing on Asia Pacific asset classes. The fund targets to deliver a stable stream of income and attractive risk - adjusted returns . The fund’s portfolio comprises three portions. Adopting quantitative analysis, the first portion is an asset allocation core which aims to set out an optimal medium - to - long - term multi - asset mix for achieving growth and generating income. The second portion is a tactical layer capturing investment opportunities through individual stocks and bonds as an enhancement to the exposure expressed in the core portion. The third portion of the fund manages the risk exposures of the fund on a holistic level, and seeks to mitigate risks and dampen the volatility of the portfolio . The Principal Investment Manager of the fund is Mirae Asset Global Investments (HK) and the investment manager is MAPS Capital Management Limited, an alternative investments entity affiliated with Mirae Asset Global Investments Group . The fund is co - managed by Tin Wong and Curtis Yuen of MAPS Capital Management Limited .
Deutsche Börse has announced the launch of a new ETC from BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. from 11 April on the Frankfurt stock exchange. The new vehicle, EUR Hedged RICI Enhanced Brent Crude Oil Total Return Index ETC (ISIN code: DE000PB6REB0), has the Rogers International Commodity Enhanced Brent Crude Oil Total Return Index as its benchmark. The ETC charges 1.2%.
Funds on sale in Sweden in March posted net subscriptions of SEk4.6bn, according to the Swedish fund association Fondbolagens Förening. Inflows were driven by diversified funds, which attracted SEK4.6bn. However, equity funds have seen a slight outflow of SEK440m. Bond funds have also seen an outflow of SEK800m.As of the end of March, assets in Swedish funds totalled SEK3.738trn (EUR414bn), a level never before observed. Of this total, 58% is placed in equity funds.
For the 20 largest private banks active in Asia, the average volume of assets per client advisers increased last year to USD298.3m, compared with USD282.4m the previous year, according to statistics released by Asian Private Banker and RM Headcount Tables.US managers take the top places in the rankings. Goldman Sache Private Wealth Management, which as a priority focuses on ultra-high net worth clients with at least USD100m in investable assets, tops the rankings, with USD769.2m in assets under management per client adviser. It is followed by Citi, with USD670.8m, J.P. Morgan Private Bank (USD503.7m), Hang Seng Private Bank (USD416.7m) and Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management (USD287.4m). Two French banks place in the rankings: BNP Paribas Wealth Management, in eighth place, with assets o fUSD274.1m per client adviser, and Indosuez Wealth Management (18th). Six Swiss banks are in the top 20, including UBS Wealth Management in sixth place, with USD281.9m, and Credit Suisse Private Banking, in eighth place, with USD255.9m. Asian Private Banker points out that the indicator must be nuanced in light of other factors such as the size of the establishment, the minimum asset level providing acess to private banking services, and the digital resources made available to clients.
The asset management firm Muzinich has announced the recruitment of Jan Henrik Reichenbach, 44, as head of private debt for German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland). He will work primarily to develop private debt activities in German-speaking areas, through the identification and implementation of financing solutions for SMBs.As a member of the European private debt team. Reichenbach will work in collaboration with the other teams in Europe. He will report to Kirsten Bode, co-head of the private debt pan Europe division. Reichenbach has over 17 years of experience in the financial sector. He previously worked at Ernst & Young as a partner in the Capitla & Debt Advisory unit as head for the German-speaking region.
Selon le tableau de bord semestriel Spiva publié mercredi par S&P, la majorité des fonds obligataires américains ne parvient pas à battre son indice de référence à moyen et long terme. Dans l’une des catégories les plus populaires, les obligations labellisées « investment grade » arrivant à maturité à moyen terme (entre trois et dix voire quinze ans), 58,6% des fonds actifs font moins bien que leur benchmark après 10 ans, un pourcentage qui monte à 72,6% après quinze ans. Dans la catégorie des obligations des marchés émergents, les fonds actifs battent leur benchmark à court terme, mais dès que l’horizon de détention dépasse trois ans la très grande majorité «sous-performe» l’indice.
Selon le cabinet Lane Clark & Peacock, la facture payée pour un mandat non contraint sur actions a grimpé de 70% depuis 2011 malgré l’absence de surperformance.
Le gouvernement italien a renoncé à son projet visant à protéger les entreprises d’OPA hostiles, après un désaccord au sein de la coalition de centre-gauche au pouvoir, a rapporté hier à Reuters une source politique. La source a indiqué que l’ancien président du Conseil Matteo Renzi, toujours très influent quatre mois après sa démission, avait porté le coup de grâce à cette mesure après un désaccord avec le ministre de l’Industrie Carlo Calenda. Une autre source proche de Renzi a confirmé que le projet avait été suspendu mais qu’il s’agissait d’une décision du gouvernement. La mesure voulait contraindre les investisseurs qui avaient porté leur participation à 5% dans une entreprise à préciser leurs objectifs finaux.
La Banque centrale brésilienne a réduit de 100 points de base (pb) le Selic, son taux directeur, à 11,25%. Il s’agit de la baisse la plus forte depuis 2009, alors que le taux d’inflation continue de chuter et que l'économie peine à redécoller. Cette agressivité était toutefois largement attendue par la plupart des économistes et certains estiment que la Banque centrale procédera à une réduction de même ampleur à l’occasion de sa prochaine réunion. C’est la cinquième fois de suite que l’institut d'émission diminue le loyer de l’argent. Les réunions d’octobre et de décembre s'étaient soldées chacune par un assouplissement de 25 points de base et celles de janvier et de février par une baisse de 75 points de base.
La banque et les autorités de transport portugaises ont trouvé un accord, qui reconnaît la prévalence de la convention-cadre de l’Isda sur le droit local.
L’association mondiale des professionnels de l’investissement CFA Institute vient de dévoiler ce vendredi les résultats de son étude Future State of the Investment Profession réalisée auprès de plus d’un millier de professionnels de l’investissement dans le monde sur l’état et l’avenir de la profession à un moment clé de son évolution. L’étude identifie plusieurs scénarios en croisant les grandes tendances dans tous les secteurs avec les évolutions spécifiques au secteur de l’investissement.
Selon Eva Balligand, multigérante chez VEGA IM et qui s'occupe des fonds VEGA Emerging et VEGA Grande Asie, la stabilisation de l’économie chinoise reste le soutien majeur pour qu’un nouveau cycle d’expansion mondial émerge. Ce dernier devrait se traduire par la hausse des valeurs cycliques, des secteurs liés aux matières premières, des marchés émergents et tout particulièrement de la Chine.