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11/03/2014

Vice president leaves Old Mutual Wealth

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } Peter Mann, currently vice president of Old Mutual Wealth, has announced his departure from the firm after twelve years of collaboration, Citywire reports. He had served as vice president since October 2013. Although Mann will remain at the firm until mid-year, he will not be replaced, Old Mutual Wealth reports.
11/03/2014

Argos Investment Managers accelerates its development in the United Kingdom

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } As announced earlier this year, the Geneva-based asset management firm Argos Investment Managers is hoping to develop in Europe, especially in France and the United Kingdom. With this in mind, Argos IM has recruited Nick Hamwee as head of British activities. He claims in Investment Europe that “the turnover of bonds to equities begun in 2013 is favourable to asset management boutiques.” According to Investment Eirope, Argos Investment Managers has assets under management of EUR320m.
11/03/2014

HSBC GAM recruits a former director of Legal & General

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } Simon Ellis, former managing director of Legal & General Investments, has joined HSBC Global Asset Management (HSBC GAM) in the newly-created role of global head of client segments, FT Adviser reports. His mission will be to oversee the development of a large part of the clients of HSBC GAM, including pension funds and sovereign funds. Ellis left L&G Investments in January last year after three years at the firm. In his career, he has also served in senior roles at Fidelity, Axa Investment Managers and Henderson.
11/03/2014

GVC Gaesco Gestión launches a new fund of funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } GVC Gaeco Gestión has launched a new global fund of funds on the Spanish market, entitled 1 Kessler Casadevall, in the names of the two financial advisers in charge of the vehicle, Javier Kessler Saiz and Juan Manuel Vicente Casadevall, Funds People Reports. The benchmark indices for the funds are the MSCI World Index, for the equity portion, and the Citigroup World Aggregate Bond Index, for the bond portion. The product will invest over 50% of its assets in third-party funds from national or international managers, whether or not they are controlled by GVC Gaeco Gestión. The rest of the assets will be invested directly in equities, bonds and ETFs, up to a maximum of 49%, public or private issuers from OECD countries. However, exposure to risk from emerging countries will be limited to 20%, whie exposure to currency risks may reach 100%.
11/03/2014

Alceda AM authorised to launch alternative investment funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } The German asset management firm Alceda Asset management has received a license from the German financial market aurthority (BAFin) to launch and manage alternative investment funds (FIA). The permission covers both traditional open-ended funds dedicated to stocks and bonds and closed funds reserved rather for institutional investors.
11/03/2014

Spanish management firm ICR closes funds of funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } The Spanish asset management firm ICR Institutional Asset Management has notified the local regulator, the CNMV, of its decision to liquidate its two funds of funds Alpha Multistrategy IICIICIL and its feeder Alpha Plus IICIICIL, Funds People reports. As of the end of 2013, cumulative assets in the two vehicles topped EUR74m.
11/03/2014

“Father of ETFs” is ready to invest

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } Lee Kranefuss, who built iShares and has seen its assets increase from zero to USD600bn in assets in 2010, is returning to the ETF markets, and he has money to spend, Financial Times fund management reports on the basis of an interview with him. The man known as the “father of ETFs” signed an agreement with Warburg Pincus in 2012 to find investment opportunities in ETFs and asset management. His first deal was to acquire a majority stake in Source. Others are expected to follow. “We have capital available to carry out strategic acquisitions which make sense, but we need to be very disciplined,” says Kranefuss. The other objective for the director is to develop Source in the United States. The firm has already appliced to launch products listed in the United States this year.
11/03/2014

Activists increase corporate bond risks

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } The growing power of activist hedge funds has increased the risks associated with holding corporate bonds, Moody’s warns. Bondholders may confront “a rising wave of negative credit events” this year, according to the agency, which cites a rise in the number of activist campaigns against corporate management. “Businesses will take measures to satisfy or ward off activists, which will leave them with less money to pay off their debts,” the study cited by the Financial Times says.
11/03/2014

JP Morgan AM courts brokers

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } JP Morgan Asset Management (JP Morgan AM) is preparing a new wave of activities with insurers at a time when these clients are seeking to outsource their investments in areas such as infrastructure, private equity and real estate, eFinancial News reports. The US asset management firm last year saw a lot of its new business coming from insurance companies in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. It is now expecting to gain business with European insurers, particularly in Italy, Switzerland and Germany.
11/03/2014

Highbridge manager to found his own firm

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } Adam Bernstein, a portfolio manager for nine years at Highbridge Capital Management, is planning to leave the firm with two colleagues to found a new hedge fund firm, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources familiar with the matter. Bernstein supervises one of the largest and most profitable portfolios from Highbridge, a firm controlled by JP Morgan Chase. Hoffman, head of equity trading, is also leaving.
11/03/2014

An ex-employee of Cyrus Conseil arrives at EdRAM

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } The arrival of David Zerbib on the European sales team at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, which the website H24 Finance announced on the morning of Monday, 10 March, was confirmed soon thereafter by the asset management firm. Zerbib will work on the team led by Michel Dinet, head of IFA partners, in the department of Philippe Cormon, head of European Third Party Distribution at EdRAM. The new arrival will be responsible for monitoring independent advisers in Paris and the western region, as well as entrepreneurial asset management firms. Before joining EdRAM, Zerbib worked at Cyrus Conseil for 2 years.
11/03/2014

Commerzbank Real granted AIFM license

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } Commerz Real Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, an affiliate of Commerz Real AG (Commerzbank group), has obtained a license from the German market autority BaFin. Approval from BaFin will allow the new firm to offer and manage alternative investment funds (FIA) in Germany for both private and institutional investors. The launch of the first products is scheduled for the second half of 2014. The directors of the new firm, who benefit from the expertise of Commerz Real, are Marinela Bilic-Nosic for risk management, Heiko Szczodrowski for real estate projects and management, and Jörg Thomsen for real estate products and product development.
11/03/2014

Strong growth expected for variable annuity products

Variable annuity net new sales will reach USD22 billion by 2018, a 57% increase from 2012 levels, according to Cerulli Associates,Net new variable annuity sales plummeted in 2012 to just USD14 billion. However, as interest rates stabilize, Cerulli envisions legacy variable annuity providers and new entrants, including nontraditional players, to join the marketplace.
11/03/2014

Money market reforms blocked in European parliament

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } European reforms of the money markets have dragged them down at a time when the Parliamentary commission on economic affairs still delaying a vote on the rules, Les Echos reports. Members of European parliament are opposed to constant net asset value (CNAV), for which the commission wanted to impose a capital requirement of 3% to ensure the stability of redemptions. The proposal may be blocked by partisans of the funds, including Irish and Luxembourg MEPs joined by most liberal and most German MEPs. The next elections will certainly be necessary to unlock the reform.
11/03/2014

Inflows to Swedish funds continue

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } Funds on sale in Sweden posted net inflows in February of almost SEK12bn, or EUR1.3bn, about the same level as in January, the most recent statistics from the local fund association, Fondbolagens Förening, show. Inflows were driven by bond funds, which took in SEK6.4bn, and diversified funds, with +SEK4.3bn. Equity funds attracted SEK1.8bn. For money markets, after strong inflows in January, funds attracted only SEK79m in February. Overall, in the month of February, assets in the Swedish fund sector rose by about SEK90bn (EUR10bn) to a total of SEK2.535bn (EUR286bn). Of this total, about 56% are invested in equity funds.
11/03/2014

Handelsbanken awards a fund to a new recruit

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } Handelsbanken has appointed its most recent recruit, Viking Kjellström, as its new principal manager for its global equity fund Handelsbanken Funds Global Selective, Citywire reports. Kjellström joined the Scandinavian bank last month, after serving as co-CIO of European equities at SEB. He had been manager of the SEB Europafund, which has been taken over by Magnus Högström. Kjellström succeeds David Rindegren.
11/03/2014

The HFR hedge funds index gained 2.1% in February

Hedge funds posted strong gains in February as equity, commodity and fixed income markets recovered from the prior month’s volatility, despite continued turbulence in emerging markets, according to a Hedge Fund Research.The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index advanced +2.1 percent for the month, the best monthly gain in over a year. The HFRI Fund of Funds Index gained +1.8 percent for the month, also the strongest gain since January 2013.Industry gains were led by Equity Hedge strategies, with the HFRI Equity Hedge Index climbing +2.9 percent in February. Event Driven funds also posted strong gains in February, led by Distressed/Restructuring. The HFRI Event Driven Index was up +2.1 percent, posting its 18th gain in the past 21 months.Strong performance across commodity, emerging markets, CTA and discretionary macro strategies drove the HFRI Macro Index to a gain of +1.4 percent for the month. The HFRI Macro: Commodity Index gained +2.7 percent for the period, led by contributions across Energy and Agriculture exposures. The HFRI Emerging Markets Index gained +2.6 percent. The HFRI Macro Discretionary Index gained +1.7 percent, the strongest gain since January ’13, while the HFRI Systematic Diversified Index advanced +1.6 percent.
11/03/2014

Granahan IM launches its first UCITS fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } The US investment boutique Granahan Investment Management will next month launch its first UCITS fund, Citywire reveals. It will be the first fund managed directly by the firm based in Massachusetts. The firm had previously managed only mandates for institutionals. The fund, domiciled in Ireland, will be known as the US Focused Growth Fund.
11/03/2014

Swisscanto launches an emerging market absolute return fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } Swisscanto is launching a new absolute return fund which will invest in emerging markets. The flexible strategy of the Swisscanto (LU) Bond Invest Emerging Markets Absolute Return fund which is invested primarily in securities denominated in US dollarss or euros, provides a means to invest in governments, businesses and currecnnies from emerging markets that have the best outlooks. The fund will be open for subscriptions from 17 to 27 March 2014. It is aimed at private and institutional investors and is available in Swiss francs, euros or US dollars.
11/03/2014

UK insurers to unload corporate bonds in sterling

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: «Times New Roman»,serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: «WenQuanYi Micro Hei"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: «Lohit Hindi"; font-size: 12pt; } Insurance companies are planning to reduce their exposure to bonds denominated in pounds sterling by GBP50bn by 2020, which will drive the cost of borrowing up for businesses, according to the consultant Cazalet Consulting, cited by Financial Times fund management. Insurers control about half of the debt for businesses denominated in pounds sterling in circulation, representing GBP343bn. Solvency 2 regulations are driving insurers to diversify into assets such as infrastructure, residential real estate and private loans.
11/03/2014

Theam adopte une nouvelle organisation

La filiale de gestion de BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) a annoncé hier faire évoluer son organisation. Celle-ci repose désormais sur trois pôles d’expertises : la gestion protégée (17 milliards d’euros d’encours à fin 2013), où l’on trouve les produits structurés à destination des réseaux, la gestion indicielle (13 milliards) et la gestion modélisée (7 milliards). La multigestion alternative, qui était la quatrième activité de Theam, sort donc du périmètre de la filiale.
11/03/2014

La banque centrale de Chypre change de gouverneur

La gouverneur de la banque centrale chypriote Panicos Demetriades a remis hier sa démission au président Nicos Anastasiades qui l’a acceptée, annonce un communiqué officiel de la présidence. Selon une source citée par Reuters, le banquier central a invoqué des raisons «familiales et personnelles» dans sa lettre de démission. Nommé en mai 2012 pour cinq ans par le président communiste de l'époque Demetris Christofias, Panicos Demetriades entretenait des relations conflictuelles avec le gouvernement de centre-droit actuellement au pouvoir à Nicosie.
11/03/2014

L'Urssaf pourra obtenir 1,2 million d'euros de Bernard Tapie

Le tribunal de commerce de Marseille a estimé hier recevable la demande de remboursement d’une créance de l’Urssaf des Bouches-du-Rhône, à hauteur de 1,2 million d’euros sur les 3,8 millions réclamés à l’origine par l’organisme à Bernard Tapie pour une dette qui remonte à l'époque où il présidait l’OM. L’arbitrage rendu en 2008 en sa faveur dans son contentieux avec le Crédit lyonnais et les 403 millions obtenus par l’homme d’affaires de la part du Consortium de réalisation (CDR) l’ont rendu de nouveau solvable.
11/03/2014

La Fed poursuivra la réduction de ses rachats d’actifs

La Réserve fédérale américaine va continuer de réduire ses rachats d’actifs au rythme de 10 milliards de dollars par mois et va préciser les modalités de l’ajustement de sa politique dite «de communication avancée» sur les taux d’intérêt, a déclaré hier Charles Evans, président de la Fed de Chicago, lors d’une allocution prononcée à l’Université de Columbus. Il a indiqué que la nouvelle communication de la Banque centrale américaine, qui sera «qualitative», devra préciser la manière dont la Fed «souhaite voir l'économie croître», ajoutant que «les taux resteront très bas jusqu'à ce que nous constations des améliorations sur le marché de l’emploi et une hausse de l’inflation». Il a avancé une estimation de croissance pour cette année comprise entre 2,5% et 3%, suivie d’une progression de l’ordre de 3% les années suivantes. D’ici fin 2014, il anticipe un taux de chômage plus proche de 6% et un taux d’inflation de 1,5%.
11/03/2014

MtGox se déclare en faillite outre-Atlantique

MtGox, l’une des principales plates-formes d'échange de bitcoins qui a fermé ses portes le mois dernier, vient de se placer sous la protection de la loi américaine sur les faillites, ce qui entraînera la suspension temporaire des poursuites en justice dont elle fait l’objet aux Etats-Unis. La société, dont le siège social est situé au Japon, s’était déjà placée fin février sous la protection de la loi japonaise sur les faillites après avoir dit s'être fait dérober 750.000 bitcoins par piratage informatique.
11/03/2014

Gordon Brown souhaite une plus grande autonomie pour l’Ecosse

L’ancien Premier ministre britannique s’est prononcé hier pour une plus grande autonomie de l’Ecosse plutôt que pour son indépendance, qui fera l’objet d’un référendum en septembre, et a dit vouloir jouer un rôle en ce sens. Le Parti travailliste, dont il est membre, milite contre la partition, mais l’ex-chef du gouvernement, écossais lui-même, n’avait pas encore pris position.
11/03/2014

La Banque mondiale pourrait prêter 3 milliards de dollars à Kiev

La Banque mondiale a annoncé hier soir qu’elle comptait prêter jusqu'à 3 milliards de dollars à l’Ukraine cette année pour soutenir le nouveau gouvernement. L’organisme a plusieurs projets en cours en Ukraine et deux milliards de dollars environ seront consacrés à ceux-ci. Un milliard supplémentaire ira directement à l’Etat si le gouvernement met en œuvre des réformes économiques pour redresser les finances publiques.
11/03/2014

Dexia et la Sfil perdent une manche

Le tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre a annulé le taux contractuel d’un emprunt toxique pour défaut de mention des éléments permettant de calculer le TEG.
11/03/2014

Le pouvoir d’achat des retraités devrait baisser en 2014

Le quotidien indique que les conseils d’administration de l’Arrco et de l’Agirc, qui se réuniront cette semaine, décideront d’une revalorisation nulle des pensions de retraite complémentaires au 1er avril, pour la première fois depuis le milieu des années 1990. Il souligne que ce dispositif est la conséquence conjuguée de la faiblesse de l’inflation et d’un accord signé il y a un an par les organisations patronales et syndicales gestionnaires de l’Agirc-Arrco. Cette mesure s’ajoute à celle prévoyant que les pensions de base du secteur privé ne seront pas augmentées, comme d’habitude, le 1er avril, mais le 1er octobre, rappelle le journal.

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