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10/07/2013

Aberdeen recruits from DWS in Switzerland

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The British asset management firm Aberdeen Asset Management has recruited Edmund Wandeler as senior business development manager for Switzerland, Fondsprofessionell reports. Wandeler had previously been senior sales manager at DWS (Deutsche Bank), also in Switzerland.
10/07/2013

BayernInvest absorbs its Luxembourg affiliate

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The Munich-based institutional fund management firm Bayerninvest (EUR47bn in asets) has absorbed its wholly-owned Luxembourg subsidiary BayernInvest Luxembuorg (EUR1bn), a specialist in services to funds and the launch of white label funds. The latter entity provides custom solutions for complex Luxembourg-registered strategies in the form of UCITS-compliant specialised investment funds (SIFs).These solutions can then be integrated into the product range available in Germany in the form of open-ended funds, but this does not imply that BayernInvest is planning to enter the retail segment, says Oliver Schlick, CIO. The idea is to launch specialised open-ended funds aimed at qualified investors seeking attractive returns.As part of this integration, Guy Schmit, CEO of BayernInvest Luxembourg, is joining the executive committee at BayernInvest Munich. He will continue to be responsible for Luxembourg, but will also be responsible for marketing and distribution.
10/07/2013

German equity funds underperform by 2.5% per year

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The Berlin-based agency Scope has analysed the results for 2,814 fund on sale to retail clients in Germany whose benchmark index is clearly identified, over one year and 10 years. On average, these products underperformed their benchmark by 2.5% year on year, and by nearly 25% over 10 years.This underperformance is largely due to total expense ratios (TER), which average 1.89% currently, while the average TER for equity ETFs on sale in Germany is 0.44%. In other words, the additional costs related to the active management of funds totalled 1.45 percentage points per year. If this is compared with average underperformance of 2.5% per year, it becomes clear that more than half of this underperformance is due to additional costs.Taking this additional cost of 1.45% per year as a basis, investors lost 15.5 percentage points over 10 years, taking into account compound interest. The additional costs related to active management thus represent nearly two thirds of the 25% average underperformance.
10/07/2013

Berenberg liquidates advisory art JV

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The Hamburg-based private bank Berenberg has announced that it is planning to bring its advising activities in the area of arts in-house, so that its joint venture created in 2011 with Helge Achenbach and Stefan Horsthemke, Berenberg Art Advice GmbH, will be dissolved. Berenberg also won’t sell the “art” fund which has been planned.Andreas Brodtmann, managing partner, has stated that Berenberg would now like to intensify its international investments in art, and also to focus on monitoring art collections.
10/07/2013

Feri Trust adds to institutional sales team

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Hanna Ahrens, who had been sales manager for German, Austrian and Swiss institutional clients at Axa Investment Managers Germany, has been recruited to develop relationships with corporate pension funds in Germany, as part of the institutional sales team at Feri Trust. She will be responsible for selling liquid multi-asset class strategies, risk overlay and alternative assets.
10/07/2013

SEC to allow hedge funds to advertise

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } On Wednesday, the Securities and Exhange Commission (SEC) will grant approval for one of the central measures of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Ace (JOBS Act), removing a prohibition against hedge funds and private equity firms from advertising private investments which do not require an SEC license.However, it is expected that although advertising restrictions will be eased, the SEC won’t finalize protection measures which defenders of investors claim are critical to combat fraud, for instance standards for advertising the performance of investments. Defenders of investors would also like to see the SEC raise minimal asset and income requirements for investments of this type to “accredited” investors. But the SEC will not be able to do that for at least one year, due to terms passed by Congress which require a minimal time period before regulations can be modified.
10/07/2013

Mirabaud AM strengthens external distribution

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Mirabaud Asset Management has announced the recruitment of Alexandre Mignot, who from 19 August this year will join the team in charge of sales for funds and management mandates at Mirabaud Asset Management, alongside Thibault Amand, director of institutional sales. Amand will be responsible for assisting in the growth of assets and development serving private banking clients, family offices, and independent financial adviwers, Mirabaud AM states.Mignot began his career in 2008 at Meeschaert Asset Management, as head of external distribution activities for FCPs, management mandates and dedicated funds.On Tuesday, 9 July, the asset management firm also announced that it has signed a privileged partnership with the firm Actif Manager, founded by Yves Bruttin.The objective for Mirabaud Asset Management is also to strengthen its presence and commercial development serving IFAs. Actif Manager will advise Mirabaud Asset Management to set up partnerships with French platforms (insurers and bankers) dedicated to independent financial advisers. These partnerships will aim to make a range of dedicated products and services of the Mirabaud range available (including convertible bond, emerging market equity, and dynamic asset allocation mutual funds,) a statement says.
10/07/2013

Commerz Fund Sllutions lists a first actively-managed ETF in Frankfurt

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Deutsche Börse on 5 July admitted the first actively-managed ETF from Commerz Fund Solutions to the Xetra electronic platform, the Europe SectorTrend UCITS ETF. Currently, the XTF segment lists 1009 ETF funds.The new fund replicates the evolution of a dynamic portfolio of equity indices, in order to earn outperformance in the mid-term compared with the bright markets of Europe. It will use the FERI relative European robustness strategy, which aims to provide an indication of the way in which an index has evolved compared with a benchmark index. In order to be included in the portfolio, indices selected must be more robust over the mid-term than is observed over the short term.The strategy is updated on a weekly basis. At the time of adjustment of weighting, all indices are equally weighted.CharacteristicsName: Europe SectorTrend UCITS ETFISIN code: LU0861095221Total expense ratio: 0.90%Benchmark index: FERI RS Europa Strategie
10/07/2013

Top 100 alternative asset managers have USD3.1trn in assets

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } As of the end of 2012, assets under management by the top 100 alternative asset management firms in the world totalled USD3.1trn, according to an an estimate by Towers Watson. The report covers seven asset classes and seven types of investor. It reveals that real estate managers have the highest level of assets (34%, with over USD1trn), followed by direct private equity funds (23% and USD717bn), direct hedge funds (20% and USD612bn), private equity funds of funds (10%, and USD31bn), funds of hedge funds (6% and USD176bn), infrastructure funds (4% and USD128bn), and lastly, commodity funds (4% and USD118bn).Overall, assets in hedge funds represent USD5.1trn, with a similar distribution to that observed for the top 100 actors in the sector, excepting real estate, which accounts for 26%, and direct hedge funds, also 26%.Towers Watson has also found that pension funds are the providers for 36% of assets under management by the top 100 hedge fund managers, compared with 19% for wealth managers, 9% for insurers, 6% for sovereign wealth funds, 5% for banks, 3% for funds of funds and 2% for foundations.The top three hedge fund managers by assets are Macquarie Group (USD94.84bn), Bridgewater Associates (USD84.04bn), and CBRE Global Investors (USD80bn). The top French actor is Axa Real Estate, which takes sixth place with USD65.45bn.
10/07/2013

Real estate mandates from ERAFP For Axa REIM, CBRE and LaSalle

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The French public pension fund Etablissement de Retraite additionnelle de la Fonction publique (ERAFP) has announced that it has awarded an active mandate and two standby mandates in Europe real estate. The active mandate goes to Axa Real Estate Investment Managers SGP and the stand-by mandates are awarded to CBRE Global Investors France SGP and LaSalle Investment Management SAS.The mandate is to manage a portfolio of non-publicly traded real estate properties located in Europe, in member countries of the OECD. Investments will be primarily in office and commercial properties, but may also concern residences or other storage activities.For indicative purposes, the amounts invested over a three-year horizon may be about EUR350m,” a statement says.The duration of the contract is ten years.
10/07/2013

Paulson fund loses 65% in 2013

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } PFR Gold fund, the fund investing in gold by the hedge fund manager John Paulson, lost 23% in June. It is the third consecutive double-digit loss for the fund, Investment Week reports. Since the beginning of this year, the cumulative losses for the product, which has USD300m in assets, total 65%. Investment Week points out that the price of gold fell by 26% in first half 2013. An ounce of gold is currently trading at about USD1,250.
10/07/2013

Direxion preparing an ETF of MLPs

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } IndexUniverse reports that DirexionShres has filed a license application for an ETF to specialise in master limited partnerships (MLPs). The primary advantage will be a total expense ratio of 0.65%, while the competing products Alerain MLP from ALPs (USD6.55bn) and JP Morgan Alerian MLP ETN (USD5.7bn) charg 0.85%.However, the lest costly ETF of MLPs is the Global X product, which costs only 0.45%, and which has already attracted USD64bn since its launch in April 2012.
10/07/2013

FlexShares plans infrastructure ETF

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } On 5 July, FlexShares Trust filed a license application (form N1-A) with the SEC for the FlexShares Global Infrastructure Index Fund, an ETF whose benchmark index and total expense ratio have not yet been set. The fund will be advised by Northern Trust Investments (NTI).
10/07/2013

Premier Asset Management appoints head of UK equities

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Premier Asset Management has appointed Chris White as head of UK equities. In this role, he replaces Simon King, who has left the firm to pursue new professional opportunities.White is also manager of the Premier Income and Premier Monthly Income funds, Moneymarketing states. Following the departure of King, he will also keep management of the funds he had previously managed, the Premier UK Growth and Premier UK Mid 250, until a new manager can replace him.
10/07/2013

Henderson records GBP100m profit

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The British asset management firm Henderson Group plc has announced in its trading update, released on 9 July, that it estimates that in the half ending on 30 June, it earned underlying profits of about GBP100m, of which GBP57m are performance commissions. The final results are expected to be released on 8 August.The statement says that the group has reduced potential for performance commissions in second half 2013, meaning that these revenues are expected to be “substantially” lower than the level in January-June.
10/07/2013

Rosemont IP acquires minority stake in Silk Invest

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The US private equity investor Rosemont Investment Partners has acquired a minority stake in the British asset management firm Silk Invest, a specialist in frontier markets. This financial support will allow Silk Invest to launch new products in North America, and in other regions in which the British firm is not yet present, outside its European base, a statement says.In this context, Silk Invest, whose assets total about USD20bn in four equity strategies, a bond fund and a food and beverage product private equity fund. The British asset management firm is already present in 14 countries, and is expected to open an office in Nigeria soon.The current heads of Silk Invest will continue to control the firm, and the majority of capital will remain in the hands of current partners.Silk Invest is the 25th investment by Rosemont, which helped Silvercrest Asset Management to increase its assets from zero to USD8bn in six years, up to 2007; assets under management currently remain at USD11bn, and the company is publicly-traded.Rosemont has also helped Champlain Investment Partners, which in four years went from being a startup to USD3.1bn in 2008. At present, Champlain manages USD5bn and is wholly owned by its employees.
10/07/2013

NYSE Euronext to manage Libor in 2014

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } NYSE Euronext Rate Administration Limited, an affiliate of NYSE Euronext, on Tuesday, 9 July announced that it has been selected in a request for proposals led by Hogg Tendering Advisory Committee, to manage Libor. The transfer of administration from BBA LIBOR Ltd, an affiliate of the British Bankers’ Association (BBA), to NYSE Euronext will be completed by the beginning of 2014, once permission has been granted by the competent authorities.
10/07/2013

IMA creates panel to study research market

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The Investment Management Association (IMA) has announced that it has formed an independent consulting panel to assist in the next step of its study of research. The committee will docus on the research market, on the way in which research is paid, and improvements that could be made in this area.The conclusions and recommendations from the work of the panel will be published in a report in October 2013.The members of the committee are:Glenn Bedwin, Board Member, EuroIRPWill Goodhart, Chief Executive, CFA UKProfessor Tim Jenkinson, Professor of Saïd Business School, Oxford UniversitySteve Kelly, Managing Director, Thomson Reuters Extel andNeil Scarth, Principal, Frost Consulting
10/07/2013

S&P lowers Italy's sovereign rating to BBB

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } On 9 July, the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s lowered the long-term sovereign rating for Italy from BBB+ to BBB, due to the impact of further weakening of growth on the economic infrastructure of the country. In addition, the rating carries a negative outlook.
10/07/2013

Christian Eckert s'en prend à HSBC Private Bank

Le député PS Christian Eckert a présenté mercredi en commission des finances son rapport sur la gestion par l’administration fiscale de la fameuse «liste HSBC» remis à la France par un ex-informaticien de la banque, et où figuraient près de 3.000 noms de détenteurs de comptes suisses non déclarés. Le document, publié sur le blog de Christian Eckert, s’en prend directement à HSBC Private Bank, dénonçant «un mode de fonctionnement bancaire basé sur le cloisonnement et la dissimulation».
10/07/2013

La PBOC a mis fin à la crise interbancaire en Chine

Malgré ses premières réticences, les injections de liquidités réalisées par la Banque Populaire de Chine ont conduit à une quatorzième séance consécutive de baisse du taux de refinancement à 7 jours qui est revenu à 3,56% ce matin, après avoir atteint un record de 12,45% au plus fort des tensions le 20 juin dernier. «Le marché estime que la PBOC injectera de nouvelles liquidités si les tensions reviennent», estime Tian Jiachao, analyste chez China Merchants Bank.
10/07/2013

Le marché européen du private equity soutenu par les cessions

La dernière étude publiée par le Centre for Management Buyout Research (CMBOR), et sponsorisée par Equistone Partners Europe et Ernst & Young, indique qu’il y a eu, au premier semestre 2013, un volume de cessions de 29,1 milliards d’euros (en hausse de 29% par rapport à la même période en 2012) pour un volume de rachats de 20,7 milliards d’euros sur le marché européen du private equity. Cette évolution s’explique notamment par le regain de dynamisme des IPO.
10/07/2013

La France et la Suisse vont signer une convention sur les successions

Le ministre français de l’Economie, Pierre Moscovici, et son homologue suisse, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, vont signer jeudi à Paris la convention fiscale franco-suisse sur les successions. Ce texte prévoit d’appliquer non plus seulement le droit du pays du défunt mais aussi celui du pays de résidence des héritiers.
10/07/2013

Carlyle pense à mettre en Bourse Applus+

La société de capital investissement songe à introduire en Bourse le groupe espagnol de certification, de test et d’inspection, ont confié plusieurs sources à Reuters. Des banques ont ainsi été chargées d’étudier la faisabilité d’une IPO à Londres ou Madrid en début d’année prochaine. Carlyle a acquis Applus+ en 2007 sur la base d’une valorisation de 1,48 milliard d’euros.
10/07/2013

Amélioration en trompe-l’œil du commerce extérieur chinois

La Chine a dégagé un excédent commercial de 27,1 milliards de dollars au mois de juin, qui masque une chute inquiétante des exportations de 3,1% contre un consensus de +4% et des importations de 0,7% contre +8%. La crise du marché interbancaire aurait généré une baisse des crédits de 750 milliards de yuans (96 milliards d’euros), selon Bloomberg.
10/07/2013

KKR perce en Asie

La société américaine de private equity a indiqué avoir récolté 6 milliards de dollars dans le cadre de son nouveau fonds dédié à l’Asie. Les investisseurs locaux représentent un quart du montant levé. Il s’agit du troisième fonds dans la région pour KKR après un fonds Asie de 4 milliards en 2007 et un sur la Chine d’un milliard en 2010.
10/07/2013

NewAlpha convainc encore Emergence

Emergence, l’incubateur des jeunes sociétés de gestion, a sélectionné le tandem NewAlpha-Next AM pour gérer son compartiment actions. Ce dernier pourrait lever entre 150 et 300 millions d’euros. NewAlpha avait déjà remporté l’appel d’offres pour le compartiment performance absolue.
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