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14/10/2013

Aquila Capital goes into private equity

As an addition to its product range aimed at retail invetors, the independent asset management firm Aquila Capital has opened a new office and to this end, in early October, recruited Christian Brezina and Jan Peters, who will be responsible for creating a private equity segment. Brezina becomes head of private equity investments. He had previously been director of the private equity and multi-asset class sectors at Blue Capital and WealthCap, where he had most recently been responsible for assets of EUR1.3bn. Peters was a member of Brezina’s team at Wealthcap, where he was responsible for the management of existing funds and the structuring and design of new funds, as well as the selection of partner funds.
14/10/2013

Jupiter recruits for distribution in Germany

Peter Peterburs, who has spent six years at BlackRock in Germany, four of them as vice president, retail business, for the North of the country, has joined Jupiter Asset Management as sales manager for the same region. He will report to Andrej Brodnik, head of sales for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.Max Günzl, who had been European sales director at Jupiter, has been promoted to business development & oerpations director.
14/10/2013

Hawaii pension fund chooses BNY Mellon as custodian

The Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawaii (HIERS), which has 112,000 members, has selected BNY Mellon Asset Servicing as its global custodian for its USD12.5bn in assets. The service will include global custody, securities lending, currencies, cash management and a vast range of risk solutions.
14/10/2013

New head of marketing at Fred Alger

Fred Alger Management has recruited Jeanne Sdroulas as senior vice president and head of marketing. She previously worked at Stone Harbor Investment Partners, where she was global head of marketing. Fred Alger Management as of 30 September had USD19bn in assets under management.
14/10/2013

Brevan Howard posts disappointing performance for its flagship fund

One of the largest actors in alternative management, Brevan Howard, has posted disappointing results for its flagship fund, and has seen heavy losses from its portfolio dedicated to emerging markets, the news agency Reuters reports. The Brevan Howard Master Fund, whose assets under management total about USD28bn, is virtually unchanged since 2013 as of 4 October. It showed gains of 3.8% as of the end of June, but has been oriented downward since that date. Since its launch in 2003, the fund has never posted a single negative year. Another negative performance has been recorded for the hedge fund dedicated to emerging markets, which has about USD2.8bn in assets, and which has seen a decline of 12% in the year 2013 as of 4 October. The traditional hedge fund invested in emerging markets shows gains of 2.07% since the beginning of the year, according to Hedge Fund Research. The fund also shows variable returns. Last year, the fund gained 14%, but it lost 6% in 2011.
14/10/2013

La Française AM wants to grow in Latin America and Asia

The asset management group La Française AM would like to develop its activities serving investors in Latin America and Asia. The target destinations are Miami, Chile, Peru and Colombia, as well as Hong Kong and Singapore, Citywire reports. As part of this strategy, the asset management firm is promoting three funds domiciled in Luxembourg: an Asian value small and midcaps fund, a Chinese value small and midcaps fund, and a global bond fund. The CEO of La Française, Philippe Lecomte, says that development in Latin America will be steered by the Spanish office, with Augusto Martin, head for the Iberian peninsula, and Gerardo Duplat, head of international distribution for Spain. The two will concentrate on high net worth clients in Miami and Chilean, Peruvian and Colombian pension funds.
14/10/2013

Departure of UBS AM's head of FI

Rob Gambi, global head of bonds at UBS Global Asset Management, is leaving the firm after seven years, Investment Week reports. He will be replaced by John Dugenske, previously head of bonds for North America.
14/10/2013

Alma Capital recruits for German-speaking development

Two weeks ago, Dirk Toedte has joined Paris-based Alma Capital as head of development for Germany and Austria. Toedte, who left his position as head of distribution at Amundi Germany after the merger, in early 2011 joined Allianz Global Investors to develop and manage the Product & Chennel Service Europe department.
14/10/2013

Good results for asset management at JP Morgan in third quarter

Asset management activities at the JP Morgan group in third quarters brought net profits of USD476m, up 7% compared with third quarter 2012, but doen compared with second quarter 2013 (USD500m). Income from private banking was up 9% to USD1.5bn, while retail was up 36% to USD722m, but the institutional unit was down 2% to USD553m. Assets under management increased 12%, or USD139bn, year on year to a total of USD1.5trn, due to inflows and market effects. Assets under administration, for their part, were up 9% or USD56bn to USD706bn. The JP Morgan group nonetheless finished the quarter with net losses of USD880m due to significant legal expenses, though it earned profits of USD5.7bn in third quarter 2012. Legal costs in the quarter before taxes totalled USD7.2bn.
14/10/2013

Retirement assets at Wells Fargo up 11% in third quarter

The wealth management, brokerage and retirement unit at Wells Fargo in third quarter earned net profits of USD450m, up by USD16m or 4% compared with second quarter 2013, and USD112m or 33% compared with third quarter 2012. The assets of wealth management of clients increased by 5%, to USD209bn, while assets in institutional retirement plans are up 11% to USD288bn. Assets in individual retirement accounts (IRA), for their part, were up 10%, to USD326bn.
14/10/2013

Assets up by more than USD70bn for four major asset managers

As of 30 September, Invesco, Franklin Templeton, Legg Mason and AllianceBernstein posted total assets of USD2.6912trn, which represents an increase of USD71.2bn, or 2.71%, in one month.The largest increases, at USD25.8bn and USD25.4bn, to USD745.5bn and USD844.9bn, respectively, were registered by Invesco and Franklin Templeton, For their part, Legg Mason and AllianceBernstein saw increases in their assets under management of USD11bn to USD656bn, and USD9bn, to USD445bn.
14/10/2013

Pimco alters investment policy for Total Return Fund

According to a statement from Pimco, the allocation of the largest bond fund in the world, the Total Return fund, managed by Bill Gross (about USD250bn), has been retouched, Handelsblatt reports. Real estate represented only 35% in September, compared with 36% in August, while bonds from developed countries other than the United States have been increased to 4% of the portfolio from 2%. However, allocation to US government bonds has remained unchanged.
14/10/2013

Financial analysts desert Paris for the City

Analysts and traders at French brokers have been transferred to London, and recruitments are being made often abroad recently, in the City and elsewhere, Les Echos reports. This phenomenon has not yet spread to all French players, but several examples are striking. Exane BNP Paribas is undoubtedly the most emblematic example of this trend. The broker has developed considerably in London in recent years: the Paris office is home to only 30% of the 115 employees in equity reseach (cash equity), commpared with 605 of 105 in 2007. However, 65% of analysts are in the City. The distribution is globally the same for stock market order execution (including sales). Acording to several market sources, Société Générale also has a strong presence in the United Kingdom. Equity analysts are also said to predominate there, according to information conveyed by Thomson Reuters, but the bank does not wish to offer any details about its research personnel.
14/10/2013

Hedge funds not interested by individual clients

Hedge fund and private equity firms have not rushed to sell their businesses to high net worth individuals, although they are now allowed to promote their products to US investors, the Financial Times observes. “The Goliaths in our industry are not going to advertise,” agreed Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, a hedge fund of funds. “They think it is gauche and déclassé, and their partners already have their private planes and their beachside mansions in the Hamptons, so why disrupt the business model?”
14/10/2013

Barings promotes frontier markets equity fund

The Baring Frontier Markets Fund, launched on 24 April, now has assets of USD24bn, and the British asset management firm is beginning to actively promote the Irish-registered UCITS fund on the European continent. The Baring Asian Frontier Markets fund, for its part, already has USD500m in assets.Michael Levy, principal manager of the new fund, pointed out on Friday in Paris that although frontier markets are a little more “expensive” than emerging markets in terms of price/earnings (11.2% compared with 9.5% P/E) and price to book value (P/B of 2.2 compared with 1.3) in 2014, they are far more profitable in terms of dividend returns (5.5%, compared with 3.3%) and returns on owner’s equity (ROE), at 20.1% compared with 13.3%.Additionally, the portfolio of 55 positions includes a lot of shares that are not in the MSCI Frontier Markets TNR index, which is considered too narrow, and Levy points out that 70% of performance comes from the stock-picking.CharacteristicsName: Baring Frontier Markets FundISIN code: IE00B8BVS817 (A shares)Front-end fee: 5%Management commission: 2%Minimal initial subscription: USD5,000
14/10/2013

Asia-Pacific: market fragmentation slows international development

The priority for asset management actors in the Asia-Pacific region is expansion into new markets in the region, but this development is running up against a major obstacle in the fragmentation of markets, a study carried out by State Street in partnership with Longitude Research, covering more than 200 managers in the asset management sector in the region finds.The suvey reveals that 42% of managers surveyed predict growth into new markets in the region, and that 298% of respondents even say that this is their number one engagement. This priority for new markets is particularly strong in Japan (52%), Hong Kong (285), China (23%) and Australia (also 23%).China is one of the most cited targets, but frontier markets are also among the possibilities envisaged, including Malaysia and Thailand.But these expansion plans are, according to a majority of respondents, running up against market fragmentation and the diversity of regulations, which impede product innovation. “The region is more fragmented than any other in the world in terms of size, geoography, language, culture, regulations and taxation,” says Damien Barry, senior vice president, Offshore Funds Services at State Street.The regional initiative launched recently for a passpot for Asian funds is a move in the right direction but its contours are still blurry. Meanwhile, 51% of respondents surveyed say that major adaptations have to be made to develop solid risk management strategies adapted to each market.
14/10/2013

Le prix Nobel d'économie revient à trois américains

Le prix Nobel d'économie a été attribué aux américains Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen et Robert Shiller. «Les lauréats ont posé les bases de la compréhension actuelle des prix des actifs. Celle-ci repose en partie sur les fluctuations du risque et les attitudes envers le risque, et en partie sur les biais comportementaux et les frictions des marchés», souligne l’Académie royale des Sciences de Suède.
14/10/2013

Vers une amélioration des données sur la dette des collectivités locales

Dans un rapport sur les finances publiques locales diffusé ce lundi, la Cour des compte émet plusieurs recommandations pour faciliter l’accès au crédit des collectivités locales. Elle propose entre autres d’adapter les exigences en matière d’information et de données des états financiers sur la dette, en les modulant selon le seuil démographique des collectivités et des établissements publics locaux concernés et en simplifiant ou en aménageant les états qui peuvent l’être eu égard à la nature des emprunts concernés. Cet effort passerait également par la mise en place de statistiques globales au niveau national, notamment en termes de maturité et d’exposition au risque de taux.
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14/10/2013

Coface place les Etats-Unis sous surveillance positive

L’assureur-crédit Coface a assorti sa note A2 pour les Etats-Unis d’une surveillance positive, à l’occasion de sa révision des risques pays, malgré la paralysie budgétaire. «Notre scenario principal à ce stade est que cette impasse devrait être évitée in extremis, si bien que la consommation privée et l’investissement resteraient robustes, malgré d’éventuelles nouvelles coupes budgétaires», estime Coface. En revanche, l’assureur crédit a placé sous surveillance négative la note de deux autres pays, le Brésil et la Thaïlande, tous deux notés A3, en raison de problèmes structurels pour le premier et de l’endettement des ménages pour le second.
14/10/2013

Athènes prépare la reconduction d'obligations

La Grèce prévoit de combler partiellement un déficit de financement l’an prochain via la reconduction volontaire (roll-over) d’environ 4,5 milliards d’euros d’obligations arrivant à échéance en mars prochain que le gouvernement a émises pour soutenir ses banques, a indiqué le ministère grec des Finances. Le déficit de financement est estimé par la Commission européenne à 3,8 milliards d’euros pour 2014, tandis que le FMI le voit à 4,4 milliards d’euros.
14/10/2013

L'inflation à son plus haut niveau en sept mois en Chine

Le taux d’inflation annuel en Chine a atteint en septembre son plus haut niveau en sept mois, à 3,1%, les mauvaises conditions météorologiques ayant entraîné à la hausse les prix des denrées alimentaires. Les prix alimentaires ont augmenté de 1,5% en septembre par rapport à août, en raison de sécheresses et d’inondations dans plusieurs régions.
14/10/2013

Les Etats-Unis enquêtent à leur tour sur les changes

Le département américain de la Justice a ouvert une enquête préliminaire sur des soupçons de manipulation du marché des changes concernant en premier lieu le franc suisse mais il laisse l’initiative à l’Europe en la matière, a appris Reuters vendredi de source proche du dossier.
14/10/2013

Les Etats-Unis vont devenir premier producteur mondial de pétrole

Les Etats-Unis devraient ravir l’an prochain à la Russie la place de premier producteur mondial de pétrole grâce à l’exploitation des schistes bitumineux, selon l’Agence internationale de l'énergie (AIE). La croissance de la production américaine va faire progresser en moyenne celle des Etats non-membres de l’Opep de 1,7 million de barils par jour en 2014, ce qui est sans précédent depuis les années 70.
14/10/2013

Le chômage canadien au plus bas depuis 2008

Le taux de chômage au Canada a chuté de manière inattendue au mois de septembre pour tomber à 6,9%, soit son plus faible niveau depuis décembre 2008, après un niveau de 7,1% le mois précédent. Le nombre des créations d’emplois a néanmoins ralenti à 11.900 en septembre, après 59.200 en août.
14/10/2013

Montefiore Investment lève 240 millions d'euros

La société d’investissement spécialiste des PME de services de l’économie présentielle en France a annoncé vendredi le closing final de son Fonds III à hauteur de 240 millions d’euros, soit le montant maximal déterminé avec les investisseurs. Au total, les investisseurs institutionnels représentent 75% des engagements reçus. «La stratégie du fonds III sera identique à celle des fonds précédents, avec l’objectif de bâtir une dizaine de plates-formes de croissance dans les métiers de services. Nous avons décidé d’accélérer son déploiement, avec notamment le premier investissement du Fonds III, réalisé début 2013 dans le Groupe BVA», indique Eric Bismuth, président de la société.
14/10/2013

La chambre de compensation hongroise se met au diapason européen

La chambre de compensation hongroise Keler prévoit de lancer de nouveaux produits et d’étendre ses activités aux pays voisins afin de lutter contre la concurrence croissance, indique son directeur général, Gyorgy Dudas, au Wall Street Journal. Le groupe indien de technologies Tata Consultancy Services assurera la réorganisation de son système de compensation de titres dans l’année qui vient.
14/10/2013

Le comté de Jefferson négocie sa sortie du régime des faillites

Le comté de Jefferson en Alabama est en discussions avec la banque JPMorgan Chase ainsi que ses créanciers obligataires dans le but de négocier une réduction de ses échéances de 1,84 milliard de dollars, qui conditionne sa sortie du régime des faillites, selon Bloomberg qui cite des sources proches. Un accord avait été trouvé en juin dernier, mais dont l’issue est devenue incertaine depuis la forte remontée des taux.
14/10/2013

L’Irlande sortira mi-décembre de son plan d’urgence

L’Irlande deviendra le 15 décembre le premier pays de la zone euro à s’affranchir du plan d’aide de 85 milliards d’euros que lui ont accordé l’Union européenne, la BCE et le FMI, a annoncé samedi le premier ministre Enda Kenny. Conformément aux accords conclus avec Bruxelles, le déficit budgétaire tombera à 4,8% en 2014, contre 7,3% prévu cette année, a de son côté déclaré le ministre des Finances Michael Noonan.
14/10/2013

L’Allemagne devrait avoir une nouvelle coalition d’ici mi-novembre

L’Allemagne devrait être dotée d’un nouveau gouvernement fédéral d’ici à la mi-novembre, a déclaré samedi le ministre des Finances Wolfgang Schäuble lors d’une conférence de presse. La piste d’une «grande coalition» CDU-SPD, comme en 2005-2009, semble plus plausible qu’une alliance avec les Verts, jamais expérimentée au niveau fédéral.

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