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25/03/2014

Assets under management at DVAG up 11%

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Assets under management by the German financial services group DVAG last year rose 11% to a total of EUR17.7bn, according to a statement released on 21 March. Net inflows were up 3.2% to EUR1.93bn.
25/03/2014

Five former Madoff employees found guilty of fraud

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } After a trial of more than five months, five former employees of Bernard Madoff were yesterday found guilty by a federal jury of contributing to a vast system of fraud constructed by US fraudster Bernard Madoff, who is serving a 150-year prison sentence, Agefi reports. The individuals concerned are the former director of the back office, Daniel Bonventure, the portfolio managers Annette Bongiorno and Joann Crupi, and the IT developers Jerome O’Hara and George Perez.
25/03/2014

La Française AM adds to PEA range

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } La Française AM is adding to its product range, with the creation of LFP France PME, which is eligible for the French PEA PME programme, and LFP PEA Flex, a flexible fund of funds, which is diversified and global under open architecture. The two new solutions come as additions to the existing PEA range, and extend the investment opportunities under an optimised tax regime. The launch of the LFP France PME fund of French equities comes as part of the global programme launched by the French government to support the development of French small businesses and start-ups. These businesses are the drivers of the economy as contributors to growth and creators of jobs. LFP France PME provides a way to invest in French SMBs with strong potential for growth over a recommended investment duration of over 8 years. The other strategy, LPF PEA Flex, is presented as an intermediate risk offering eligible for PEA. The fund of funds unites flexible allocation, multi-asset class diversification, global geographical coverage and selection in open architecture. LFP PEA Flex aims to optimise its performance after taxes over a recommended investment horizon of 3 years, while generating target ex-post volatility of 15% excluding exceptional market circumstances, and modulating exposure to equity markets between 0% and 100%.
25/03/2014

Axa Real Estate acquires two properties in Tokyo

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers on March 24 announced that the Tokyo Office Property Fund (TOP) has completed the acquisition of Kojimachi, a high quality 2,565 sqm office building situated in central Tokyo’s Chiyoda district, and Harajuku, a prime 3,486 sqm office building located in the Shibuya district of central Tokyo for a total consideration of EUR36 million (¥5.1 billion).These acquisitions are co-investments between TOP and Tokyo Office Real Estate Investment Fund (TOREIF), a fund managed by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Real Estate Investment Management Co. Ltd. Both funds were launched in August 2012. On completion of these transactions, the TOP is now 80% invested and its total assets under management has increased to over EUR106 million (¥15 billion).
25/03/2014

Gottex reduces losses in 2013

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The wealth management firm Gottex Fund Management, a specialist in alternative management, has reduced its losses in 2013. Net profits after minority shareholders were negative to the tune of USD9.7m, after a loss of USD7.6m in 2012, according to a statement released on 24 March. Operating profits were also down sharply, with a loss of USD9.8n (-USD5.1bn in 2012), the firm, domiciled in Guernsey and listed on SIX, states. Shareholders are once again expected to forego dividends. Results for the last fiscal year, as in 2012, were heavily impacted by one-time costs related to acquisitions, a statement says. In 2014, they totalled USD6.1m. Before one-time costs, losses totalled USD2.3m. Assets under management (USD7.1bn) and advised as of the end of 2013 totalled USD8.08bn, up 16% compared with the end of 2012.
25/03/2014

Assets under management up at Safra Sarasin

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Assets under management at J. Safra Sarain totalled CHF131.4bn as of 31 December 2013, compared with CHF129.6bn as of the end of December 2012, the group says in its annual report released on 24 March. Consolidated net profits for the period were up to CHF180.5m, compared with CHF171m for 2012. Assets under management at the Safra roup, which includes J. Safra Sarasin Holding and its affiliates, Banco Safra and Safra National Bank of New York, as of the end of December 2013 totalled USD205bn.
25/03/2014

Good governance favours performance

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Asset management firms which have set up good governance practices generally earn the best results for investors, according to a study released by Morningstar. Morningstar studied the practices of asset management firms on the basis of their success rate, which Morningstar defines as the percentage of funds from a firm which have survived and outperformed the median fund in a given category, taking into account total returns and risk-adjsuted returns. To measure governance, analysts studied the average seniority of managers, the retention rate of funds by managers, ownership of shares in the fund by managers and commission levels. In total, higher seniority and fund shareholding rates are associated with more modest commission levels, and also correspond to better improvements in governance and higher success rates. The study finds that companies that employ managers who have over 15 years of seniority have better success rates. Mnagers who invest in funds also have better success rates. And asset management firms where commission levels are lower have better success rates over periods of three, five and ten years.
25/03/2014

Investors flock to Greek and Portuguese equities

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } After four years out in the cold, Greece and Portugal are returning to the foreground of the financial scene. Investors seeking returns are flooding to equities from the two countries, whose fundamentals are improving, the news agency Reuters reports. The Greek and Portuguese market indices, the ATG and Portugal PSI 220 indices, are up by about 14% since the beginning of the year, while the Stoxx Europe 600 is near its levels at the beginning of the year. According to figures from Thomson Reuters Lipper, funds investing in Portuguese equities posted net inflows of EUR30bn in January, nearly as much as in all of 2013, and after constant redemptions in the three previous years. Assets in these funds, however, total only EUR381bn, only one quarter of the levels achieved in 2007. Despite the rebound observed recently, Greek and Portuguese equities, on the basis of the value of their assets, were still trading at a marked discount compared with equities from other European markets.
25/03/2014

BNY Mellon AM to team up with Tobam

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } BNY Mellon Asset Management is forging an association with Tobam, according to two investment bankers cited by Financial News, in an article about consolidation in the asset management industry. The British newspaper observes that several asset management firms, including Amundi, Robeco, La Française and Henderson, are seeking acquisitions. On the other side, an older generation of managers who created their companies in the 1980s and 1990s, are seeking to sell while the markets remain healthy. Bankers estimate that sale prices are about 13 to 14 times EBITDA, their highest level since 2007.
25/03/2014

Three new foreign asset management firms set up in Spain

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Spanish asset management sector is certainly hotly coveted. After Jupiter Fund Management (see Newsmanagers of 10 March 2014), three new foreign asset management firms decided to set out on the assault in Spain, and to register themselves with the local regulator, the CNMV, Funds People reveals. The most recent is Charlemagne Capital, an independent asset management firm specialised in investment in emerging markets, and especially equity markets (long-only and long/short), though it also have funds which invest in bonds and currencies. The asset mangement firm on 14 March registered its UCITS Magna Umbrella Funds Plc Sicav with the CNMV. Silk Invest, a British asset management firm specialised in emerging markets, and especially frontier markets, has also set up shop in Spain in the past few weeks, and has registered an African equity fund, the Silk Africa Lions Fund, and a bond fund, the Silk Africa Sovereign Bond Fund, with the regulator. Lastly, on 7 February this year, Kleinwort Benson registered its Kleinwort Benson Investors Institutional Fund Sicav with the CNMV.
25/03/2014

Merrill Lynch and Edhec team up in wealth management research

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Merrill Lynch and the French business school Edhec have decided to team up to develop research into allocation risk and investment objectives in wealth management, the two partners announced on 20 March. The objective is to continue fundamental research into allocation risk as part of a collaboration between Merrill Lynch asset management and the Edhec-Risk institute. The goal of the research project is to provide a rigorous mathematical approach to investments with the objectives of conservation of capital, generation of income for retirement, maintenance of a level of assets to confront liquidity risks, says professor Lionel Martellini scientific director of the Edhec-Risk institute, who will direct its participation in the partnership. On the Merrill Lynch side, the head of the project is Anil Suri, head of portfolio construction and investment analysis for the Investment Management and Guidance division.
25/03/2014

UBS GAM launches two new high yield emerging market bond funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } UBS Global Asset Management (UBS GAM) is extending its product range for Spanish investors. The Swiss asset management firm has opened subscriptions to two new funds which will invest in high yield emerging market debt, Funds People reports. The two products concerned, which are set to mature in 2018, are the UBS Emerging Markets High Yield Bonds 2018 EUR and UBS Emerging Markets High Yield Bonds 2018 USD. Depending on the fund selected, the investor may decide to invest in US dollars or with this currency hedged in euros. The two funds will invest as a top priority in high yield bonds issued by emerging market governments or corporates. The estimated returns for the vehicle are 5.84% (without excluding commissions or potential defaults). The subscription period began on 24 March and will end on 4 April, from which date the funds will be closed to all new subscriptions.
25/03/2014

50 alternative management firms approved by China's financial watchdog

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Chinese asset management association (AMAC) has awarded registration certificates to 50 alternative asset management firms located in China, as part of a new regulatory regime, which will allow them to operate similarly to their counterparts in Hong Kong and elsewhere in the world, Hedge Fund Intelligence reports. Asset management firms approved by the professional association can now manage their own funds directly and sell them to qualified institutional investors and high net worth clients, rather than confiding them to trusts. The list approved by AMAC includes 33 managers of private funds, and 17 managers active in venture capital and private equity. Among the firms which have obtained this valuable status are Shanghai Chongyang Asset Management, Greenwoods Asset Management, PingAn Russell Investment Management, Pegasus Investment Management (Shanghai) and the private equity firms CDH Investment Management (Tianjin) and Sequoia Capital Equity Investment Management (Tianjin). AMAC, which is responsible for overseeing the alternative asset management sector in China, on 7 February opened an electronic trading platform which allows candidates to submit a registration application. More than 1,000 companies are reported to have applied since that date.
25/03/2014

Allianz GI franchit un cap dans la dette d'infrastructures

Allianz Global Investors a indiqué hier avoir franchi le cap des 2 milliards d’euros d’investissements en dette d’infrastructure à la suite du financement de l’autoroute A11 en Belgique. Au cours de l’année écoulée, la filiale de gestion de l’assureur a réalisé huit opérations d’investissement en dette d’infrastructure dans sept pays européens.
25/03/2014

S&P abaisse la note de crédit brésilienne à «BBB-»

Standard & Poor’s a abaissé la note du Brésil de «BBB» à «BBB-», tout en relevant sa perspective de «négative» à «stable». S&P souligne des signaux contrastés du gouvernement qui ont des implications défavorables pour le budget et la crédibilité des politiques économiques. L’agence de notation anticipe une croissance faible pour plusieurs années encore, avec un PIB en hausse de 1,8% en 2014 et de 2% en 2015. Le relèvement de la perspective de la note laisse entendre qu’aucun nouvel abaissement de la note proprement dite n’est prévu dans l’immédiat. La décision de S&P était largement anticipée par les marchés, mais le calendrier choisi pour l’annoncer, à un peu plus de six mois de l'élection présidentielle à laquelle Dilma Roussef se représente, est de nature à compliquer la tâche du gouvernement. Cette décision pourrait également inciter Fitch et Moody’s à signaler à leur tour qu’elles pourraient abaisser la note de crédit du Brésil.
25/03/2014

Sberbank s'alarme des sorties de capitaux en Russie

Selon German Gref, le directeur général de Sberbank, première banque de Russie, l'économie du pays tombera en récession si les sorties de capitaux dépassent 100 milliards de dollars. Le banquier a cité des chiffres faisant état de flux sortants de 35 milliards pour les deux premiers mois de 2014. Il a cependant précisé que Sberbank ne revoyait pas à ce stade son plan d’affaires.
25/03/2014

L'hybride corporate a le vent en poupe

Après l'émission record de 3 milliards d’euros réalisée le 17 mars par Volkswagen, Telefonica est venu hier sur le marché primaire de la dette hybride corporate en levant 1,75 milliard d’euros. Seul le risque de rachat anticipé par les émetteurs ternit cet engouement.
25/03/2014

La gestion se consolide outre-Manche

La consolidation du secteur de la gestion d’actifs se poursuit au Royaume-Uni. L’assureur Standard Life est en pourparlers avec Phoenix Group en vue du rachat d’Ignis AM, dont le montant des actifs s’élève à 68 milliards de livres. La cible est valorisée autour de 400 millions.
25/03/2014
Gestion d'actifs

La Banque de France va lancer un fonds commun de titrisation de créances de PME

Si les assureurs semblent disposés à investir dans les PME et ETI, la Banque de France s’y intéresse également. En effet, selon l’Argus de l’Assurance, elle va ainsi lancer un fonds commun de titrisation de créances de PME. Pour rappel, certains Institutionnels comme Apicil avaient déjà pris les devants. « Nous avons acheté pour 8 millions d’euros de dettes titrisées ou diversifiées, ce qui nous permet de mutualiser les risques et d’obtenir un rendement de 200 points de base au-dessus d’une obligation comparable », témoigne Renaud Célié, directeur exécutif du pôle finances et performance d’Apicil. Jean-Jacques Duchamp, directeur générale adjoint du Crédit Agricole Assurances soumet néanmoins quelques exigences. « Nous achetons des prêts à des banques à deux conditions : qu’elles détiennent encore 20% de la dette et qu’il n’y ait pas de tranching », explique-t-il.
Gestion d'actifs
24/03/2014

Sberbank s'alarme des sorties de capitaux en Russie

German Gref, le directeur générale de Sberbank, première banque de Russie, a estimé que l'économie du pays tombera en récession si les sorties de capitaux dépassent 100 milliards de dollars. Le banquier a cité des chiffres faisant état de flux sortants de 35 milliards pour les deux premiers mois de 2014. Il a cependant précisé que Sberbank ne revoyait pas à ce stade son plan d’affaires.
24/03/2014

La Banque de France dégage 2,4 milliards d'euros de bénéfices

Avec un résultat ordinaire avant impôt de 6,14 milliards d’euros, et après prise en compte d’une dotation de 1,25 milliard au Fonds pour risques généraux (FRG), le résultat net de l’exercice 2013 s’établit à 2,44 milliards d’euros pour la Banque de France, selon les comptes annuels publiés lundi. L’institution a payé de 2,5 milliards au titre de l’impôt sur les sociétés. Dans un contexte de taux d’intérêt historiquement bas, le produit net des activités est en repli de 20 % sur un an. «Cette diminution s’explique par une forte contraction du bilan, dont le total est passé de 732 milliards d’euros à 550 milliards d’euros de fin 2012 à fin 2013, qui résulte pour l’essentiel de la résorption graduelle des encours au bilan liés aux mesures non conventionnelles de politique monétaire et, dans une moindre mesure, de la baisse du prix de l’or sur les marchés», indique la Banque de France.
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24/03/2014

Pour les marchés, le chapitre ukrainien se clôt

Passé l’effet de surprise, ils se sont convaincus que les dirigeants veulent éviter le pire. Mais le raidissement russe, et les tensions qui ont suivi, ont amplifié leurs doutes sur les stratégies des banques centrales et la reprise.
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24/03/2014

Allianz GI franchit le cap des 2 milliards d'euros de dette d'infrastructures

Allianz Global Investors a annoncé aujourd’hui avoir franchi le cap des 2 milliards d’euros d’investissements en dette d’infrastructure suite au financement de l’autoroute A11 en Belgique. La filiale de gestion de l’assureur a investi, pour le compte de ses clients, 433 millions d’euros dans la dette à long terme émise par ce projet porté par Jan de Nul et DG Infra, qui consiste notamment en la construction de 12 km d’autoroute reliant le Port de Zeebrugge avec les autoroutes E40 et E35 en Flandre occidentale. Le financement est le premier « project bond » émis en phase de construction en Belgique, et bénéficie d’un rehaussement apporté par la Banque européenne d’investissement. Au cours de l’année écoulée, AllianzGI a réalisé huit opérations d’investissement en dette d’infrastructure dans sept pays européens.

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