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24/04/2014

Unicorn AM recruits and prepares a new strategy

The British firm Unicorn Investment Management is preparing to launch a new strategy, and is recruiting two specialists as additions to its British equity team, Investment Week reports. Unicorn is planning to launch a fund dedicated to special situations for John McClure, who manages the UK Income fund, which, with assets of GBP647m, is nearing its limit. The firm has also recruited two junior fund managers, who will contribute to the development of the UK equity range, but whose identities have not been revealed. The firm is also planning to rename the Unicorn Free Spirit fund in order to better reflect its investment process. The fund, whose assets are under GBP30m, but which has earned 62.8% over three years, compared with an average of 30.5% for the IMA UK All Companies sector, will now be known as Unicorn UK Growth.
24/04/2014

JP Morgan Private Bank recruits a new strategist

JP Morgan Private Bank has appointed Olivier Lemaigre as investment strategist for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the US bank has announced. Lemaigre will report directly to Cesar Perez, chief investment strategist for the EMEA region. In this role, Lemaigre will be responsible for developing investment strategies, control of these markets and will work on all asset classes, to assist in the construction of custom portfolios for private clients in the region. Before joining JP Morgan, Lemaigre served as a strategist responsible for emerging market equities at Legg Mason. He previously worked as a strategist for emerging market debt and economist in charge of Latin America at Citigroup.
24/04/2014

Martin Currie suffers new losses in 2013

The years are lining up for Martin Currie. Afer losses of GBP15.6m in 2012, the Scottish asset management firm has once again posted a pre-tax loss of GBP1.65m in 2013, according to its annual report, released on 23 April. Despite this inconvenience, the asset management firm points to “a considerable improvement” in its results. Its earnings have risen 47% year on year to GBP49.6m. Its operating margins have recovered significantly, from -29% in 2012 to +8% in 2013, although the Scottish group admits that this 8% level is well below the average for the industry. Lastly, its assets under management have risen by GBP819m, or +17%, to GBP5.6bn as of the end of 2013. This performance may be attributed to a net inflow of GBP457m for the past year overall. At the same time, gross capital outflows to clients fell 53% compared with 2012.
24/04/2014

Angolan sovereign fund invests in African infrastructure

The Angolan sovereign fund, Fondo Soberano de l’Angola, which has USD5bn in assets under management, will invest in hotels and commercial infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa, Bloomberg reports. More precisely, the director of Fondo Soberano de l’Angola, José Filomeno dos Santos, has announced that he plans to invest in 50 hotels in sub-Saharan Africa in the next 3 years, largely in Angola, as well as in projects such as ports, airports and electrical stations. Angola is the second largest producer of oil in sub-Saharan Africa, after Nigeria.
24/04/2014

Oyster recruits for sales teams in Spain

The Swiss asset management firm Oyster, an affiliate of the Syz & Co group, is adding to its teams on the Spanish market, with the recruitment of Luis Beltrami, formerly of Allianz Global Investors, for its sales team, Funds People reports. Beltrami will work in close collaboration with Alberto Gonzalez, head of the asset management firm for the Iberian peninsula and Latin America for the past 10 years. In his new role, Beltrami will take responsibility for development and promotion of Oyster funds in Spain, Portugal and Andorra.
24/04/2014

Pioneer Investments recruits a salesperson in Switzerland

Pioneer Investments has appointed Isabelle Spitz as senior sales manger at its Zurich, Switzerland office, InvestmentEurope reports. Spitz will report to Rainer Lenzin, head of Swiss activities at the asset management firm. In her new role, Spitz will concentrate on wholesale clients, including banks, independent asset managers, and family offices. With 13 years of experience in the sector, Spitz has served in several positions in Switzerland at Julius Baer, Credit Suisse Asset Mangement and PAX Swiss Life Insurance Company.
24/04/2014

Asset management professionals welcome the adoption of the report on ELTIFs

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) have welcome the adoption by the European Parliament of its report on European Long-term Investment Funds (ELTIFs) on 17th April 2014. In a statement published on April 23, the three associations with members which actively promote the financing of long term investments, welcome the flexibility added in the proposal and in particular the inclusion of listed small and medium-sized enterprises up to 1 billion EUR market capitalisation in the scope of eligible investments The document also introduces additional flexibility for professional investors and enhanced status for semi-professional investors. The creation of separate professional and retail ELTIFs will help in providing suitable investment vehicles for both categories by giving professional ELTIF managers the possibility to disapply the provisions that are fit mainly for retail investors. Moreover, the identification of the third category of semi-professional investors reflects the market needs of actors that currently have a greater interest in investing in long-term projects. However, on a crucial point for investors, i.e. the right of investors in “retail ELTIFs” to redeem their shares prior to the end of the ELTIF’s lifetime, the European Parliament report does not create an efficient framework. This right should be left to the discretion of the ELTIF manager who should be provided with a list of available redemption policy tools while having the obligation to fully disclose the choice of these policy tools to the ELTIF investors.
24/04/2014

Schroders closes a Brazilian equity fund

Schroders has closed its Brazilian equity fund due to size which is too small to permit effective management, Citywire Global reports. The Schroder ISF Brazilian Equity fund, launched in 2011, had only EUR7m in assets under management. The decision to liquidate the fund was taken on 9 April this year.
24/04/2014

David Einhorn warns against a new tech bubble

Greenlight Capital, the hedge-fund firm run by David Einhorn, said in a letter to clients “there is a clear consensus that we are witnessing our second tech bubble in 15 years.The firm is betting against a group of technology stocks, which may fall by at least 90 percent “if and when the market reapplies traditional valuations,” according to the letter, a copy of which was obtained by Bloomberg News.“The current bubble is an echo of the previous tech bubble with fewer larger capitalization stocks and much less public enthusiasm,” Greenlight wrote.
24/04/2014

Norwegian investors prefer bond funds

In March, funds on sale in Norway posted net subscriptions of NOK8.3bn (slightly over EUR1bn), according to the most recent statistics from the local fund association, Verdipapirfondenes forening (VFF). Inflows were driven by bond funds, which saw NOK8.9bn, of which NOK7bn came from institutional investors. In the same period, equity funds saw outflows of NOK0.8bn. Overall, funds on sale in Norway represent NOK763.6bn (EUR93bn), up by NOK8.3bn compared with February.
24/04/2014

BlackRock sees a rebound in emerging market equities

At the beginning of this spring, emerging market equity ETPs appear to have returned to invetors’ favours, acording to BlackRock. In the month to 22 April, emerging market ETPs from iShares domiciled in the United States posted net inflows of USD5.8bn. In April alone, inflows totalled USD3.6bn. The trend is the same in Europe. In one month inflows to emerging market ETPs is USD579m, and for April, USD539m. This rebounding activity comes after emerging market equity ETPs in 2013, according to figures compiled by BlackRock but which include all ETP providers, saw outflows of USD10.3bn worldwide. These outflows were accentuated in first quarter 2014, with net redemptions of USD15.2bn. Since the beginning of the year, the asset class continues to show outflows at iShares for the United States and Europe. David Benmussa, director of iShares for France, notes that global is attracting a large part of the flows, rather than individual countries, alhtough Brazil and China are seeing some marks of particular interest. Although this recovery is notable considering the disaffection which has affected emerging market equities for several months, it is difficult to say whether it will be confirmed in the long run, or whether it is a sign of a reversal of a general trend. But, according to Benmussa, the subject is on the lips of clients.
24/04/2014

Neuberger Berman launches an emerging market debt fund

Neuberger Berman has launched the Neuberger Berman Emerging Market Debt Blend fund, Fund Web report. It will be managed by the co-heads of the emerging market debt team at the firm, Rob Drijkoningen and Gorky Urquieta, and will be composed of their “best ideas.”
24/04/2014

BlackRock adds to emerging market debt team

BlackRock is recruiting for its emerging market debt team in the person of Pablo Goldberg, former global head of emerging market research at HSBC, the US asset management firm has announced. Goldberg becomes managing director, portfolio manager and senior strategist at BlackRock. Goldberg will be based in New York, and will report to Sergio Trio Paz, head of emerging market debt at BlackRock. In his new position, Goldberg will oversee research into emerging market debt, supervise investment strategies, and will also serve as a member of the investment board at the US firm.
24/04/2014

Eaton Vance creates a position for a head of consultant relationships

Eaton has announced the appointment of Brad Thomas to the newly-created position of head of relationsships with consultants worldwide at Eaton Vance Distributors. Thomas, who will begin on 12 May, will be responsible for relationships with institutional consultants in North America and coordination of relationships with consultants worldwide. Thomas will report to Matt Witkos, chairman of Eaton Vance Distributors. He previously worked at First State Investments as head of institutional distribution for the Americas.
24/04/2014

DeAWM recruits from Barclays Wealth

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) has appointed Chris Guttilla as managing director and client adviser. Guttilla, based in New York, will report directly to Brett Kellam, managing director and regional head for private clients. Guttilla, a specialist in high net worth clients and family offices, previously worked at Barclays Wealth, where he ultimately remained 15 years.
24/04/2014

Appointment at Dreyfus

BNY Mellon has announced the appointment of Ryland Pruett to the newly-created position of director of sales for the Dreyfus Corporation and its range of mutual funds. He will be in charge in particular of developing the sales team serving broker-dealers. Pruett will report to Andrew Provencher, executive vice president at BNY Mellon and head of retail sales for the United States. Pruett previously worked at Neuberger Berman, where he was head of sales for the United States.
24/04/2014

Goldman Sachs AM strenghtens its positions on smart beta strategies

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) strenghtens its development in the field of smart beta. The asset management firm announced, on April 22nd, it has entered into an agreement to acquire Westpeak Global Advisors (Westpeak), a US firm dedicated on the smart beta business. In addition to comprehensive and fully-customizable solutions for smart beta investing, Westpeak also brings to GSAM valuable strategic alliances with global index providers and asset owners. «The transaction reinforces GSAM’s focus on investment innovations across global equity markets and in providing clients the opportunity to tailor their equity exposure to investment factors in a unique and customized approach», explains Goldman Sachs in a statement.In the same time, GSAM reveal the launch of a new Advanced Beta Strategies platform, which represents nearly USD30 billion of assets under supervision as of march 31,2014. « This new plaform will include the smart beta of Westpeak along with GSAM’s S&P Global Intrinsic Value Index (GIVI) strategies, a set of tax-sensitive equity strategies, and a range of liquid alternative beta strategies», says GSAM. The new platform will be overseen by Armen Avanessians, head of GSAM’s quantitative business. As part of the transaction, the entire Westpeak team will join GSAM and will continue to be based in Boulder, Colorado. This acquisition is expected to be close in june 2014.
24/04/2014

Skagen hires new portfolio manager

Norway’s Skagen has hired Erik Bergöö as a new portfolio manager from 1 September 2014.He joins from Danske Bank Markets (equity research) in Copenhagen where he has been a senior analyst covering transportation and industrials. Erik Bergöö will strengthen the Skagen Vekst portfolio management team of Ole Søeberg, Geir Tjetland and Alexander Stensrud. Skagen Vekst is a Nordic and global equity fund.
24/04/2014

Le climat des affaires en Allemagne résiste aux tensions en Ukraine

Le climat des affaires a encore légèrement progressé au mois d’avril outre-Rhin, contrairement aux attentes. L’indice Ifo, basé sur une enquête mensuelle auprès de 7.000 entreprises, a progressé à 111,2 contre un indice confirmé à 110,7 pour le mois de mars. Le consensus des économistes était en léger recul pour le mois en cours, à 110,5 points. Le signe que l'économie allemande résiste aux tensions avec la Russie autour de l’Ukraine.
24/04/2014

Les membres de la Banque d'Angleterre divergent sur l'économie

La reprise accélère en Grande-Bretagne, mais les responsables de la politique monétaire divergent sur les perspectives, montre le compte-rendu publié hier de la dernière réunion de la BoE : «Il y a eu une incertitude considérable sur le niveau des capacités de production inemployées et les membres du comité avaient un éventail d’opinions sur cette question et sur celle des perspectives d’inflation à moyen terme.»
24/04/2014

Le Livret A retrouve une collecte positive

Après le recul de février, le Livret A a retrouvé en mars une collecte positive de 720 millions d’euros. Avec le Livret de développement durable, les deux produits ont attiré 1,18 milliard le mois dernier et leur encours cumulé atteint 370,4 milliards d’euros. Selon l'économiste Philippe Crevel, «il faudra attendre les mois d’avril et de mai pour savoir si le regain de confiance des consommateurs se traduit en actes».
24/04/2014

Le régulateur britannique recrute un banquier de Nomura

La Financial Conduct Authority britannique a engagé Gunner Burkhart, un ancien managing director de Lehman Brothers passé chez Nomura, pour la conseiller dans ses réformes en matière de banque d’investissement et de marchés financiers. David Saunders, patron de la Competition Commission jusqu'à la disparition de cette dernière, conseillera la FCA sur les aspects de concurrence.
24/04/2014

Les ventes de logements neufs plongent aux Etats-Unis

Le département du Commerce a présenté hier une baisse de 14,5% en volume ajusté des variations saisonnières des ventes de logements neufs au mois de mars, à 384.000 sur un an, en recul pour le deuxième mois d’affilée. Les économistes interrogés par Reuters attendaient 450.000.
24/04/2014

La Grèce peut prétendre à un allègement de sa dette

Athènes pourrait obtenir avant la fin de l’année un nouvel allègement du fardeau de sa dette, l’Union européenne ayant confirmé hier qu’elle avait dégagé en 2013 un excédent budgétaire primaire de 1,5 milliard d’euros, soit 0,8% du PIB, avec un an d’avance sur l’objectif. Les discussions sur un éventuel allégement du poids de la dette débuteront au second semestre, a précisé Simon O’Connor, porte-parole de la Commission européenne.
24/04/2014

Matteo Renzi obtient la confiance de la Chambre

Le président du Conseil italien a obtenu hier sans surprise la confiance de la Chambre des députés, où il avait engagé la responsabilité de son gouvernement pour accélérer l’adoption d’une mesure de relance de l’emploi. Les élus se sont prononcés par 344 voix contre 184.
24/04/2014

La France sauve les apparences budgétaires

Le programme de stabilité dévoilé hier relève à 3,0% du PIB la prévision de déficit pour 2015, ce qui permet au gouvernement de dire qu’il respecte les promesses faites à Bruxelles. Mais cette projection s’appuie sur une hypothèse de croissance optimiste.

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