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11/02/2014

Aviva Investors liquidates a real estate fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Aviva Investors will liquidate its Property Investment fund with GBP78.9m in assets, due to its size, which makes it economically unviable, FT Adviser states. The fund had reached GBP200m in early 2011. Weak performance and redemptions had led to the fall in assets.
11/02/2014

Coupon funds boost Italian inflows by 60%

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In 2013, Italian funds posted net inflows of EUR18.7bn, their best year since 1999. This return to grace has been favoured by banks, which thanks to a radical change in sales policy, have started offering funds again, especially coupon funds. According to a study carried out by Plus24, out of EUR48.7bn which were attracted to funds, about EUR30bn went to coupon funds, or 61% of the total. The newspaper stated that this is a low estimate, as asset management firms did not all disclose their data. Among the most active companies in coupon funds are Eurizon (EUR10bn in inflows to coupon funds in 2013), Pioneer Investments (EUR5.5bn), Aletti Gestielle (EUR4.7bn), Anima (EUR4.1bn), and Arca (EUR1.5bn). Plus24 claims that the commercial success of coupon funds is largely due to the attractive returns that sales networks can immediately earn.
11/02/2014

Neil Woodford unveils new firm

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Neil Woodford, the star manager who left Invesco to join an entrepreneurial project at Oakley Capital, will manage assets under his own name, Fundweb reveals. Woodford Investment Management was founded on 15 January. The firm is located in offices in Oakley, which Woodford will join on 1 May.
11/02/2014

Coutts hires a new chief investment officer

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The British private bank Coutts has announced the recruitment of Arne Hassel as its new chief investment officer from April 2014, Money Marketing reports. Hassel, who previously worked ass co-head of multi-asset class allocation for the Universities Superannuation Scheme in London, succeeds Gayle Schumacher, who has been appointed as managing director in charge of development projects, alongside the head of products, services and marketing, Ian Ewart.
11/02/2014

Fidelity launches tracker funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Fidelity Worldwide Investments wants to add to tis range of passively-managed funds aimed at independent financial advisers, with the launch in March this year of strategies based on Europe ex UK, Japan, emerging markets and the Pacific ex Japan region. The Us group already offers passeive strategies for the US, the world and the United States. The funds will be available to independent advisers and a few wealth managers on the Fidelity FundsNetwork platform. The funds charge 0.16% for Europe ex-UK, 0.27% for emerging markets, 0.15% for Japan and 0.2% for the Pacific ex-Japan region. The tracker funds are managed by Geode Capital Management, an institutional asset managemnent firm created by Fidelity Investments.
11/02/2014

IOSCO consults on code of conduct for ratings agencies

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The international organisation of securities commissions (IOSCO) on 10 February published a consultation document on the foundations of a code of conduct for ratings agencies, which proposes significant changes to the current code from the organisation. The code was revised in 2008, after the bursting of the financial bubble, to introduce terms to improve the quality of information as well as reflections on the resolution of conflicts of interest related to the role of ratings agencies with issuers in the creation of structured products.
11/02/2014

Gottex releases a fund in Sweden

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Gottex Fund Management has launched the Swedish multi-asset class UCITS fund Gottex Balanserad Fund, on the Swedish life insurance platform Folksam, Hedge Week reports. The fund is invested in nine asset classes, including global and Swedish equities, emerging markets, real estate, commodities and hedge funds. The Swiss firm has at the same time opened an office in Stockholm (see Newsmanagers of 5 February).
11/02/2014

Source recruits a director of intermediaries in the United Kingdom

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The ETP provider Source has recruited Dominic Clabby as director of intermediaries in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Fund Web reports. He will cover platforms, intermediaries and independent financial advisers. Clabby was previously at Axa Elecate.
11/02/2014

Duke Street sells Marlin Financial Group to Cabot Credit Management

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Duke Street, a British private equity firm majority owned by the French asset management boutique Tikehau, has announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its stake in Marlin Financial Group, one of the leaders in debt repurchasing in the United Kingdom, to Cabot Credit Management Limited. The transaction values Marlin at about GBP295m, a statement says.
11/02/2014

Hedge fund Fenician recruits a CEO

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The London-based hedge funds Fenician Capital has recruited Andrew Crane of Investcorp as its CEO, Financial News reports. Crane had previously worked for VHC Partners and Fielity Investments.
11/02/2014

Horizons widening for asset management

The asset management industry may be looking at a bright future. According to a study released by PwC, assets under management worldwide, which now total about USD63.9trn, may see stratospheric growth, to a total of USD101.7trn by 2020, an annual growth rate of nearly 6%.In other words, asset management firms are increasingly expected to occupy the foreground, as European banks alone are expected to see a deficit in owners’ equity of USD380bn in the next five years, PwC estimates.Global AUM growth will be driven by pension funds, HNWIs and sovereign wealth funds, according to PwC. In 2012, the AM industry managed 36.5% of assets held by pension funds, sovereign wealth funds (SWF), insurance companies, mass affluent and high-net-worth individuals (HNWI). PwC predicts that by 2020 the AM industry will manage USD101.7 trillion of clients’ assets, implicitly assuming the penetration rate to remain constant. However, given the AM industry is successful in penetrating these clients assets further, PwC believe that the AM industry would be able to increase their share of managed assets by 10% to a level of 46.5%, which would in turn represent a USD130 trillion in global AUM. Also, assets under management in the South America, Asia, Africa, Middle East economies are set to grow faster than in the developed world in the years leading up to 2020, creating new pools of assets that can potentially be tapped by the AM industry. However, the majority of assets will still be concentrated in the US and Europe.
11/02/2014

Deutsche A&WM launches a China ETF in Milan

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management and Harvest Global Investments are launching a physical replication ETF on the Milan stock exchange based on the CSI300 index, composed of Chinese A-class equities. The db x-trackers CSI00 Index UCITS ETF (DR) is, according to its promoter, the first ETF compliant with UCITS in Italy to offer investors direct access to the Chinese equity market.
11/02/2014

PwC expects mergers and acquisitions to continue in 2014

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } After a stable period following the crisis, the number of merger and acquisition operations put into action by French groups rose in 2012 and 2013, with a slight increase in the size of the businesses acquired, and reduced interest on the part of buyers in emerging markets, according to a study by the auditing and consulting firm PwC, covering merger and acquisition operations by French industrial groups between 2009 and 2013. In 2014, PwC predicts a slight increase in these operations, with particular interst in acquisitions in developed countries (France, other countries of Europe, and the United States), and an increase in the average size of target businesses.
11/02/2014

Myra launches a multi-asset class fund of funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The investment boutique Myra Capital is proposing to launch a new multi-asset fund of funds to offer a more diversified approach to the market, Citywire reports. The Mura Solidus Global fund will be domiciled in Luxembourg, and may be launched in early March, after obtaining regulatory clearance. The absolute return strategy will invest as a priority in actively-managed funds and ETFs.
11/02/2014

DeAWM launches a low-cost ETF range

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) is launching the “Core ETF” range, which will have a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.09% per year, or 9 basis points. The low-cost range includes ETFs which are already part of the offerings from the asset management firm, but which will have their fees reduced. This includes the X-trackers FTSE 100 UCITS ETF (DR), whose TER will be cut from 0.30% to 0.09% per year, and the db X-trackers DAX® UCITS ETF (DR), whose TER will be lowered from 0.15% to 0.09% per year. The 9 bp range will be complemented by the db X-trackers Eurostoxx 50 (DR), which will soon (during 1st quarter 2014) be converted to physical replication and will be complemented by another ETF of the MSCI USA index. “With this range of low-cost ETFs, we are seeking both to improve our range of current investors, and to extend our base of investors. With low TER, liquidity, transparency and visibility, this new range will interest a wide range of investors,” says Reinhard Bellet, head of DeAW Passive Asset Management, in a statement. With this initiative, DeAWM is entering the price war on the ETF market, which already involves Vangaurd, BlackRock and Lyxor.
11/02/2014

Canadian pension fund starts up an internal hedge fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CAD175bn in assets) is launching an in-house hedge fund at its London office, Financial News reports. To do that, the Canadian pension fund has recruited Dureka Carrasquille from Tranberg Capital. Alain Carrier, head of Europe at CPPIB, says that the fund wants to recruit a team of five professionals to construct a long/short portfolio to target Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
11/02/2014

KIC creates a research centre

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Korean sovereign fund, Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), will create a research centre with 20 people to assist with its macro and microeconomic analysis process, Asian Investor reports. The new head of the pension fund, Ahn Hank Hong-Chul, says he take inspiration from major sovereign funds such as NBIM in Norway and GIC in Singapore, which have put research at the core of their investment processes. Assets under management at KIC total about USD72bn.
11/02/2014

AMP Capital appoints a new head of fixed income

Simon Warner has been appointed as head of fixed income for AMP Capital, effective immediately. He replaces Mark Beardow, who was announced as chief investment officer of specialist investment teams in December 2013.Simon Warner has held the role of AMP Capital’s Head of Macro Markets within the fixed income team for the past seven years, Prior to joining AMP Capital in March 2007, he held a range of investment roles with JPMorgan Chase in London, Sydney and Singapore. The fixed income team has 30 dedicated investment professionals based in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Chicago.
11/02/2014

Pension fund Etera selects State Street for fund administration

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Finnish pension fund Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company (Etera) has awarded a mandate to State Street to provide a range of solutions for pension funds. The mandate for services from State Street on more than EUR5.6bn in assets under management will include securities custody, fund accounting, securities lending, derivative product compensation, collateral management, routing of UCITS orders, and dailyrisk monitoring services. “Institutional investors need access to data in real time to optimise their investment decisions. That helps to explain why nearly 90% of them are planning to invest in order management and execution systems in the next three years”, says Paola Bergamaschi, head of solutions dedicated to pension funds for the EMEA region at State Street.
11/02/2014

Church of England increases its exposure to alternative investments

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The investment unit of the Church of England, Church Commissioners, is increasing its allocation of assets to alternative investments to 33%, Financial News reports. One quarter of the portfolio of GBP4bn is now invested in alternatives.
11/02/2014

La Cour des comptes doute de l'objectif de baisse du déficit public

Il pourrait manquer jusqu'à 6 milliards d’euros de recettes fiscales cette année, soit 0,3 point de produit intérieur brut, pour atteindre l’objectif de réduction du déficit public du gouvernement français, a déclaré le premier président de la Cour des comptes, Didier Migaud, lors de la présentation de son rapport annuel. Selon celui-ci, le déficit de 2013 pourrait dépasser le niveau de 4,1% du PIB prévu jusqu'à présent par le gouvernement ce qui fragiliserait encore plus l’objectif de ramener le déficit à 3,6% du PIB fin 2014 et le retour sous la barre des 3% en 2015 promis par la France à ses partenaires européens. Le montant du déficit public 2013, qui agrège les comptes de l’Etat, des administrations de sécurité sociale et des collectivités locales, sera connu fin mars. Pour 2014, «les hypothèses de niveau d’emploi et de progression de la masse salariale du secteur privé apparaissent fragiles, tout comme celles relatives à l'élasticité des recettes», a indiqué Didier Migaud.
11/02/2014

Le Portugal signe son deuxième emprunt de l'année

Le Trésor portugais a fixé mardi matin à 3 milliards d’euros la taille de l'émission obligataire pour laquelle il avait mandaté des banques la veille. Le pays est allé abonder une souche à 10 ans de maturité février 2024. Le spread à l'émission ressort à 320 points de base au-dessus des swaps. Le Portugal s'était financé pour la dernière fois à 10 ans en mai dernier avec une syndication réalisée à une marge de 400 pb. Barclays, Banco Espirito Santo, CA CIB, Citi, RBS et SG CIB ont dirigé ce placement, le deuxième de l’année pour le pays, après la syndication de 3,25 milliards d’euros à 5 ans effectuée début janvier. Le Portugal espère sortir au deuxième semestre du plan d’aide internationale dont il bénéficie.
11/02/2014

Duke Street triple sa mise dans Marlin Financial

Duke Street, la société d’investissement désormais détenue à 35% par le groupe Tikehau, a annoncé la vente de sa participation dans Marlin Financial Group, l’un des leaders du rachat de créances au Royaume-Uni, à Cabot Credit Management. L’opération valorise la cible à environ 295 millions de livres sterling, soit un multiple de trois fois le coût de l’investissement initial de Duke Street et un TRI (taux de rendement interne) de 42%.
11/02/2014

La culture financière des Français reste faible

L'école de management Audencia Nantes vient de publier un baromètre sur la vulnérabilité financière des Français dans le cadre de sa Chaire Banques Populaires. Bilan: seulement 58% des interviewés savent que 100 euros placés à 2% par an conduisent à un capital de 102 euros au bout d’un an. Neuf sur dix ne comprennent pas le fonctionnement d’une obligation et plus des deux tiers comprennent mal les mesures d’atténuation des risques grâce à la diversification. Autre sujet de réflexion pour les prestataires de services d’investissement: 84,6% des Français trouvent les services financiers compliqués et confus, selon ce baromètre.
11/02/2014

La France doit respecter ses engagements auprès de Bruxelles

La France doit mettre en œuvre des réformes économiques pour respecter sa part du marché passé avec la Commission européenne, en vertu duquel plus de temps lui était accordé pour réduire son déficit budgétaire en échange de ces réformes, a indiqué le commissaire européen aux Affaires économiques et monétaires Olli Rehn. Il ajouté que l’Hexagone devait également simplifier son système fiscal pour aider ses entreprises et assurer la pérennité de son régime des retraites au moins jusqu’en 2020.
11/02/2014

La Russie hausse le ton contre le bitcoin

Les autorités russes vont renforcer leur lutte contre les monnaies virtuelles comme le bitcoin. Dans un communiqué, le Parquet général s’inquiète de «la croissance de l’intérêt pour les monnaies virtuelles dans des buts de blanchiment de fonds obtenus par des voies criminelles». L’institution indique avoir organisé une table ronde sur le sujet avec des représentants de la banque centrale, du ministère de l’Intérieur et des services de renseignements, au cours de laquelle il a été décidé de prendre «des mesures communes concrètes», non précisées. En janvier déjà, la banque centrale russe avait mis en garde contre le caractère «spéculatif» du bitcoin.

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