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12/07/2013

Old Mutual Global Investors launches hedge fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Old Mutual Global Investors has launched an offshore hedge fund domiciled in the Cayman Islands. The strategy of the hedge fund is based on the strategy of its UCITS Global Equity Absolute Return fund, launched in 2009, which has USD220m in assets.The hedge fund is entitled Old Mutual Arbea Fund, and will be managed by the same team as the UCITS fund. The team is composed of three managers: Ian Heslop, Amadeo Alentorn, and Mike Servent.The fund is managed according to a global market neutral strategy, Hedgeweek reports.
12/07/2013

Luis Ojeda promoted to head of DeAWM Spain

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The head of Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management (PWM) for Southern Europe since 2010, Luis Ojeda, has been promoted to head of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) for Spain and Portugal. He will also be a member of the management committee at DeAWM for Spain. Funds People reports that Antoni Loasada and Pedro Dañobeitia, respectively director of wealth management for Spain and Portugal and director of asset management for Spain, Portugal and Latin America, will retain their current responsibilities.
12/07/2013

Robeco granted a license for Afrika fund in Germany

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } BaFin has issued a sales license for Germany to the Netherlands-registered emerging market equity fund Robeco Afrika. The product invests in businesses listed on any of the African stock markets, or businesses most of whose activities are located in Africa. The fund was launched in June 2008, and is managed by Cornelis Vlooswijk; assets as of 31 May 2013 totalled EUR58.5m. The portfolio of 120 positions is invested in the most liquid equity markets in Africa, and in some frontier markets.CharacteristicsName: Robeco Afrika Fonds N.V.ISIN code: NL0006238131Benchmark indices: MSCI EFM Africa ex South Africa (50%) and MSCI South Africa (50%)Management commission: 1.75%Total expense ratio: 2.03%
12/07/2013

Caceis opens depository banking activity in the Netherlands

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Caceis is looking after its international clients. The financial services specialist firm on Thursday announced the opening of a new depository banking activity in the Netherlands. These depository banking and custody services on the Netherlands market come as an addition to fund administration services already on offer, a statement says. The new activity, based in Amsterdam, comes at a key time for most asset management firms and institutional clients, due to the introduction of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive on 22 July 2013.
12/07/2013

NExT AM entre au capital d'Erasmus Gestion

NExT AM, filiale dédiée à la prise de participations du groupe La Française vient de prendre une participation minoritaire de 30 % dans la société de gestion Erasmus Gestion, nouvellement créée par Jean-Pierre Gaillard et Jean-François Gilles. Trois ans après avoir pris un ticket dans Legica, société de conseil qu’avaient créée les deux cadres, NExT AM accompagne donc sa transition aux côtés des fondateurs. Cette opération est réalisée via le fonds contractuel NExT Invest ouvert aux investisseurs institutionnels. Financière de l’Echiquier accompagne le projet avec une participation au capital de 4%.Erasmus Gestion va reprendre en délégation la gestion de FCP MON PEA jusqu’alors conseillé par Legica et géré par La Française des Placements. En outre, le FCP JFG Sélection Euro, géré par Jean-François Gilles depuis 2007 sera également apporté après avoir été rebaptisé FCP MON EURO. Toujours selon un communiqué, FCP MON PEA et FCP MON EURO bénéficieront de seed money complémentaires apportés par NExT AM et Financière de l’Echiquier, l’objectif étant de donner aux fonds la taille critique pour approcher des investisseurs institutionnels. Les deux fonds affichent respectivement 47 millions et 5 millions d’actifs sous gestion.
12/07/2013

BT pension fund invests in Manhattan

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to the Financial Times, the pension fund for British Telecom is investing in high end real estate. Hermes Real Estate, which manages GBP4bn in real estate assets for BT, has invested GBP100m in real estate properties located in Manhattan and Brooklyn, in order to diversify assets, which had previously been located primarily in the United Kingdom.
12/07/2013

Glenn Dubin leaves operational management of Highbridge

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Glenn Dubin, co-founder of the hedge fund Highbridge Capital Management (USD31bn) with a childhood friend, Henry Swieca, is resigning from his position as CEO of the affiliate of JPMorgan in order to remain “only” chairman, the Wall Street Journal reports.The new CEO will be Scott Kapnick, whom Dubin recruited from Goldman Sachs in 2007 to construct and direct the private equity operation at Highbridge.For his part, Todd Bullione, chairman of Highbridge, who had been expected to succeed Dubin as CEO, is leaving Highbridge to develop the hedge fund activities of private equity investor KKR.
12/07/2013

SAC takes a loss on stake in Neways

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to sources familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reports, the hedge fund management firm SAC Capital Advisors, which is under investigation for insider trading, is reported to have suffered a loss equivalent to half of its investment of USD100m on the sale of the stake it had held in the personal care and nutrition firm Neways to the private equity investor Z Capital Partners.
12/07/2013

SGSS wins a mandate from Peregrine Equities (Pty) Ltd

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) on Thursday, 11 July announced that it had been awarded a mandate by Peregrine Equities (Pty) Ltd in South Africa, to provide custody services. SGSS already provides securities lending and global custody services to Peregrine Equities (Pty) Ltd, as well as settlement services on futures to Peregrine Derivatives (Pty) Ltd. Peregrine Securities is a member of the Johannesburg stock exchange (JSE) with access to equity markets, equity derivatives, bonds, commodity derivatives and current derivatives. Its affiliate, Peregrine Equities, is one of the largest brokerage firms in the country, and its prime brokerage activity handles about one third of the hedge funds in the country, a statement says.
12/07/2013

UBS subpoenaed in Germany again

Die Welt rapporte que les bureaux de la banque suisse UBS en Allemagne ont une nouvelle fois été perquisitionnés, le Parquet cherchant des preuves d’évasion fiscale.Un porte-parole du Parquet de bochuma indiqué que l’enquête en cours a montré que plusieurs contribuables allemands clients d’UBS ont utilisé la formule des fondations pour éviter de payer des impôts.Les perquisitions sont liées à une procédure entamée fin 2012.
12/07/2013

Pension funds increasingly confident on frontier markets

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to the most recent survey by Baring Asset Management, 18% of pension fund managers estimate that frontier market equities offer the best performance outlooks for the next ten years, compared with 13% in the survey of October 2012.Latin America and the United States have also gained popularity, with 16% and 14% favourable predictions, respectively, compared with 7% and 9% in October.Fears concerning the euro zone remain the primary concern of pension fund managers in 66% of cases, which now represents a decline of 14 percentage points compared with October. In addition, 4% of managers surveyed predict gains on European equity markets, compared with 0% in May and October 2012.
12/07/2013

HSBC Private Banking Holdings stays in Monaco

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The private banking division of HSBC, HSBC Private Banking Holdings, which on 14 May commenced a “strategic examination of its private banking activities in Monaco, after receiving unsolicited expressions of interest in an acquisition of the activity,” has decided to retain its private banking activity in the principality, the HSBC bank has announced in a statement released on Thursday, 11 July.
12/07/2013

Heavy outflows from gold ETFs

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } ETF Securities has calculated that gold ETFs worldwide have seen net redemptions in second quarter of USD18.5bn, which would be the heaviest quarterly loss since the launch of the first gold ETF, by ETF Securities, in 2003, ETF Trends reports, also citing the Wall Street Journal.According to estimates by IndexUniverse, the SPDR Gold Trust from State Street Global Advisors has seen net redemptions of USD11.5bn in Q2, while the iShares Gold Trust has suffered USD1.5bn in outflows, and redemptions from the ETF Physical Swiss Gold fund totalled USD238bn. ETF Securities told Newsmanagers, though, that the correct number for the outflows was USD90m.
12/07/2013

RDR: Advisers increasingly outsource management of client portfolios

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } RDR regulations are increasingly driving British independent financial advisers (IFAs) to outsource management of their portfolios, Investec Wealth & Investment (IW&I) report on the basis of a recent survey. The percentage of client portfolios outsourced by IFAs to discretionary managers has increased from 28% in 2011 to 34% in 2012. 25% say they outsource more than half of client portfolios.Nearly half (47%) of independent financial advisers rely on external managers, while 82% use platforms. The average number of managers has increased from two to three, according to IW&I.For selecting managers to take charge of client portfolios, 92% of IFAs cite the criterion of quality of service, 91% cite the performance of investments, and 89% cite good relationships and trust in the external manager.In the future, 20% of IFAs say they are planning to increase outsourcing of management to discretionary managers.
12/07/2013

Mitch Matharu joins DeAWM

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Mitch Matharu, head of CEEMEA coverage & EMEA emerging markets sales in the fixed income, currencies & commodities division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London, has been recruited by Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) as head of strategic lending in London, where he will report to Balaji Prasanna, head of loan & deposit products.With his team, Matharu will be responsible for structured credit for high net worth and demanding clients worldwide.
12/07/2013

Asset managers fear coming of AIFMD

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to a survey of asset managers carried out recently, the profession does not see the coming of the Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD) serenely. 67% of professionals say that they are “slightly prepared” for the new regulations, which are slated to come into effect on 22 July. 17% say they are “not at all prepared,” while 16% say they are adequately prepared and are awaiting the date without much concern.
12/07/2013

Walker Crips launches the fist British short term lending fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } UK-based Walker Crips has announced that on 1 August it will launch the TB Walker Crips Income from Short Term Lending Fund, from its new alternative investment unit. It will be the first regulated bridging finance investment fund to be launched in the UK.. The product is designed to as to generate annual returns of 8.4%, by providing loans to three short-term lending companies. The fund will be managed by James Allen, who has been recruited especially for this project. Costs on the fund will not exceed 2% and will be charged from earned income.
12/07/2013

Inflows to German funds up at the end of May

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As of 31 May, total assets in German funds came to EUR2.0581616trn, slightly down on the end of April (EUR2.0605144trn), of which EUR1.0268334trn, comapred with EUR1.0324808rn for institutional funds, EUR335.4541bn, compared with EUR338.2384bn for mandates, and EUR695.8741bn, compared with EUR689.7952bn for open-ended funds, the German BVI association of asset management firms announced on Thuursday.Net subscriptions in May totalled EUR2.1316bn, compared with EUR4.9944bn in April, due to net outflows of EUR1.3708bn for institutional funds (compared with net inflows of EUR7.564bn the previous month. However, in January-May, net subscriptions increased to EUR45.367bn, from EUR25.092bn in the first five months of 2012.Overall, open-ended securities funds posted inflows of EUR10.2305bn in the first five months of the year, of which EUR3.5243bn were for Allianz Asset Management, and EUR3.4213bn for Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (ETFs from db x-trackers contributed EUR589m to this total).However, Union Investment (co-operative banks) is continuing to be penalised by a trade within the group (see Newsmanagers of 14 June) and has seen a net outflow of EUR2.176bn, while net redemptions from Deka (savings banks) are limited to EUR1.3317bn.For ETFs, BlackRock has seen net outflows of EUR186.4m in five months from iShares, while ComStage has seen net redemptions of EUR128.2m. ETFlab (Deka) has posted net subscriptions of EUR251.9m, however.
12/07/2013

HSBC Global Asset Management launches a global HY fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } HSBC Global Asset Management is launching an international high yield short term bond fund. The HSBC GIF Global Short Duration High Yield Bond Fund, domiciled in Luxembourg, was launched in June and has USD19m in assets, according to reports in Citywire. The fund will invest in investment grade and high yield bonds, as well as emerging market debt and Asian bonds. In order to minimise interest rate risks, the portfolio will concentrate primarily on short-term bonds. According to Citywire, HSBC Global AM has not announced who will manage the new product.
12/07/2013

Le taux du Livret A sera abaissé à 1,25%

Le gouverneur de la Banque de France, Christian Noyer, a proposé de baisser à 1,25%, contre 1,75% aujourd’hui, le taux du Livret A et du livret de développement durable à compter du 1er août pour tenir compte du ralentissement de l’inflation. «Le gouverneur de la Banque de France observe que la stricte application de la formule de calcul des taux de l'épargne réglementée conduirait à abaisser à partir du 1er août le taux du livret A de 1,75% à 1%», lit-on dans un communiqué de la Banque de France. «Toutefois, constatant que l’application de la formule conduirait à une forte variation et à un niveau inédit de la rémunération du livret A, le gouverneur a décidé que cette circonstance exceptionnelle justifiait qu’il soit dérogé à la stricte application des taux calculés selon la formule de calcul en vigueur, ainsi que le règlement en prévoit la possibilité», poursuit le communiqué.
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12/07/2013

Les adjudications de la semaine de l’AFT

L’Agence France Trésor annonce l’adjudication, le lundi 15 juillet, d’un montant global compris entre 6,8 et 8 milliards d’euros de bons du Trésor (BTF). L’AFT annonce aussi l’adjudication, le jeudi 18 juillet, d’un montant compris entre 7 et 8 milliards d’euros d’obligations assimilables du Trésor (OAT) de maturité moyenne.
12/07/2013

Les rendements en hausse au Portugal sur fond de crise politique

Les obligations souveraines du Portugal sous-performent la dette d’autres pays dits de la «périphérie» de la zone euro au lendemain de la demande de Lisbonne de reporter à fin août la prochaine évaluation du plan de sauvetage du pays en raison de la crise politique qu’il traverse. Vers 11 heures, le rendement des obligations portugaises à 10 ans grimpait de 14 points de base à 7,12%, alors que le rendement de la dette espagnole de même échéance baisse de 11 pdb à 4,71%.
12/07/2013

Les taux de la BCE resteront bas tant que l'inflation sera basse

Les taux de la Banque centrale européenne (BCE) resteront à leurs niveaux actuels, historiquement bas, voire baisseront tant que l’inflation demeurera modérée, a déclaré Peter Praet, membre du directoire de la BCE, dans un entretien publié vendredi par le Handelsblatt.
12/07/2013

Tikehau finance ses ambitions croissantes

La holding et sa filiale d’investissement minoritaire Salvepar ont lancé des augmentations de capital respectives de 61 et 137 millions d’euros qui porteront à 460 millions les fonds propres du groupe. Celui-ci multiplie les projets de croissance, de Duke Street au fonds PME de Place.
12/07/2013

Pierre Moscovici rassure la Place

Le ministre de l’Economie juge que le projet européen de taxe sur les transactions financières présenté par la Commission est excessif et doit être révisé.
12/07/2013

Fin du litige fiscal entre la Suisse et les Etats-Unis

Plusieurs banques suisses sont sur le point d’accepter de transmettre des informations bancaires aux autorités fiscales américaines, ce qui pourrait mettre un terme à une longue bataille judiciaire, selon le journal qui cite notamment Credit Suisse et Julius Baer. Elles auraient ainsi ou seraient sur le point de demander l’autorisation du gouvernement helvétique dans le cadre du plan présenté la semaine dernière.
12/07/2013

Le FMI pousse le Portugal à poursuivre ses réformes

Gerry Rice, porte-parole du FMI, a estimé que le Portugal devait continuer à mettre en œuvre ses réformes dans le cadre du plan de renflouement international malgré les problèmes de politique intérieure. «Il est important que les acquis en matière de mise en place des réformes se poursuivent, de manière à ce que la reprise puisse s’établir», a-t-il commenté.

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