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09/07/2013

Hermes cherche un responsable du développement pour l'Asie

Hermes compte recruter, au cours des trois prochains mois, un ou une responsable du développement pour la région Asie. Le poste est basé à Singapour, précise Asian Investor. La société de gestion d’origine britannique, qui gère 25,6 milliards de livres à fin mars, gérait jusqu'à présent le développement commercial à partir de ses bureaux à Londres, sous la direction de Harriet Steel, global head of business development. L'équipe asiatique compte dix gérants.
09/07/2013

La place suisse recrute

La bonne tendance se confirme. Selon l’indice Finews-JobDirectory, plus de 3.500 postes sont à pourvoir dans la finance sur le marché suisse. A fin juin, 1.190 postes concernent le secteur de la banque, soit une hausse de 17 % depuis le début de l’année. Les assurances ont publié 1.134 offres d’emploi (+7 %). Les autres domaines (informatique, conseil...) représentent 1.182 postes, en hausse de 17 % depuis janvier.
09/07/2013

AIFM: Deutsche Bank calls for an integrated model

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } One of the key points at the introduction of the European hedge fund directive (AIFMD) will be the importance which devolves upon the depository in the decision-making process for fund managers. The text aims to provide a solution which protects investors, and, in a study, Deutsche Bank claims that an integrated model would better serve those ends and be less costly for the manager, as Mike Hughes, global head, fund services in the global transaction banking unit at Deutshe Bank, points out.The author says that in his opinion the service provided to hedge fund managers will be of a higher quality when they work with depository teams which are able to work with all their prime brokers, and that can also act as fund administrators, cash managers, transfer agents, and sub-custodians within a framework of appropriate “Chinese walls” and segregation of duties.”Deutsche Bank has also announced that it is holding an event dedicated to AIFMD in Dublin on 22 July, the day that the directive comes into force.
09/07/2013

Six of the top European ETP promoters saw outflows in June

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Among the top ten promoters of ETPs in Europe, six (db x-trackers, Lyxor, ETF Securities, Source, Amundi and BCZ or ZKB) have seen net outflows in June, and another, ComStage, has a barely even balance between subscriptions and redemptions, according to the BlackRock Institute. Overall, 2,134 European ETPs, with assets as of the end of June of USD354.6bn, saw net outflows of USD2.3bn last month, which reduced net inflows in first half to USD3.6bn. Since the beginning of the year, total assets have fallen by USD12.9bn.iShares (BlackRock) remains the uncontested leader in the sector, with net inflows of USD0.4bn in June, and assets of USD146.9bn as of 30 June (+EUR6.9bn in January-June).db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank) in June saw net outflows of USD0.8bn, and USD0.4bn in first half, with assets as of the end of the period of USD49.9bn.Lyxor (Société Générale) has seen net outflows of USD0.2bn last month, and USD4.3bn in first half, while assets under management total USD38bn as of 30 June.
09/07/2013

Three potential acquirers for Bankia Habitat

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The sale of the real estate platform of Bankia, Bankia Habitat, is taking shape, El Confidencial reports: there are now only three finalists in the running: Cerberus, Centerbridge and TPG. Previously, Morgan Staley, Fortress, Oaktree and Apollo had either given up or been eliminated. In total, Bankia received some 20 bids.Bankia Habitat (500 employees) is one of the assets which the European Commission is requiring Bankia to sell. It has EUR2.9bn in assets in its real estate portfolio and a portfolio of credit to developers of EUR2.6bn.
09/07/2013

Swiss market recruiting

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The positive trend is continuing. According to the Finews-JobDirectory index, more than 3,500 positions are vacant in the Swiss financial market. As of the end of June, 1,190 positions concern the banking sector, up by 17% since the beginning of the year. Insurance has published 1,134 job offers (+7%). The other areas (IT, advising, etc.) represent 1,182 positions, up 17% since January.
09/07/2013

ebase changes base names

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The B2B fund platform ebase, whose assets under administration currently represent over EUR21bn, is retaining its shortened brand name, but is changing the name of the business, as European Bank for Fund Services GmbH becomes European Bank for Financial Services GmbH.The change is expected to reflect the issuance of a complete banking license and an extension of the range of products and services, beyond mere investment funds, says Rudolf Geyer, CEO. In other words, ebase remains a fund platform, but also offers securities accounts, managed accounts, credits and securities trading.ebase is an affiliate of comdirect bank, the direct bank of the Commerzbank group.
09/07/2013

BNPP SS plans to pick up larger share of the German market

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } In an interview with the Börsen-Zeitung, Gerald Noltsch, who is head of the Securities Services unit at BNP Paribas for Germany, estimates that growth will continue for his firm, whether or not it manages to acquire the custody activities of Commerzbank (EUR92bn).BNPP SS, which is already number one in Germany, has grown from EUR187.5bn in assets under administration as of the end of 2012 to EUR192bn currently, due to existing clients as well as to new clients. BNPP SS aims to increase its lead over its rivals, as State Street was in second place as of the end of December with EUR177bn.Compared to other European countries, the structure of the custody market in Germany is now more open to foreign actors, Noltsch remarks.
09/07/2013

Achim Lüder becomes head of Mercer Germany

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Achim Lüder, who had previously been COO for Retirement, Risk and Finance at Mercer Germany, has been appointed as CEO of the consulting group in Germany. He has been in the new role since March. He will be responsible for the activities of Mercer in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Institutional Money reports.
09/07/2013

Matt LeBlanc joins JPMAM

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Principal, private equity investments at ArcLight Capital Partners, Matt LeBlanc has been recruited by JPMorgan Asset Management, FTfm reports. LeBlanc becomes CIO for OECD infrastructure equity.
09/07/2013

Hermes seeking a director of development for Asia

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Hermes is planning to recruit a director of development for the Asian region in the next three months. The position is based in Singapore, Asian Investor reports. The British asset management firm, which has GBP25.6bn in assets under management as of the end of March, had previously overseen commercial development from its London offices, under the direction of Harriet Steel, global head of business development. The Asian team has 10 managers.
09/07/2013

AMF grants a license to Melanion Capital

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Investment Europe reports that the French financial market authority, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), has granted its first clearance for an alternative management firm specialised in dividend futures, Melanion Capital, based in Paris.On its website, Melanion Capital states that it is also a member of the French financial management association (AFG).
09/07/2013

CFTC eases up on swaps

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } According to the Wall Street Journal, Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is proposing to partially delay the introduction of controversial new rules applicable to cross-border derivatives trading, which were supposed to go into effect from Friday this week.The move comes as an about-face for the CFTC chairman, who had previously rejected requests for US banks active abroad which had been soliciting a delay on the application of the US swap rules. According to sources familiar with the matter, Gensler is now proposing to apply some of the new rules immediately, and to delay the introduction of other clauses until the end of the year.
09/07/2013

Sacyr sells La Défense's Adria tower

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The Spanish firm Sacyr has sold the Adria tower at La Défense (54,000 square metres, 39 stories) for EUR450m to its French affiliate Tefran and four French investment funds, Cinco Días reports. EUR224.7m will be paid to Sacyr, and EUR225m will go to pay off a loan to the group from Tesfran.The four French funds participated in the deal via Primonial. The new owner of Adria is the OPCI fund Preim, and Tesfran holds a stake of 32% in the property.
09/07/2013

UBS O'Connor to lay off 16 from its long/short team

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The hedge fund activity UBS O’Connor will lay off 16 employees from its long/short fundamental management team, based in the United States, Finews reports, citing information from Bloomberg. However, the corporate credit team will add 10 members to grow to 15.
09/07/2013

UMR buys a 20% stake in Egamo

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The Union Mutualiste Retraite (UMR) on Monday 8 July announced that it has acquired a 20% stake in the asset management firm Egamo.“Since 1 January 2013, UMR has decided to award a management mandate to Egamo for its complete bond portfolio, about EUR4bn. This mandate has allowed Egamo to reach a total volume of assets under management of EUR7.3bn,” a statement says. UMR would like to be a participant in the strategy of Egamo and to contribute to the improvement of technical and human resources deployed to manage its assets. Following the awarding of a mandate, the shareholders of Egamo, the group MGEN (64%) of capital, OFI Partenaires (16%), offered UMR an opportunity to enter the capital of the asset management firm. A transfer of equities was carried out on 3 July 2013.Meanwhile, two representatives of UMR have joined the board of directors at Egamo: Alain Hernandez and Bernard Goujon, respectively chairman and deputy head of UMR.
09/07/2013

Strong net subscriptions for Fisch AM

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As of 30 June, assets under management by the Swiss convertible bond specialist Fisch Asset management totalled CHF9bn, which represents an increase of 23% compared with the end of December, largely due to net subscriptions of CHF1bn in first half.
09/07/2013

NSSCF earned returns of 12% in 2012

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Chinese social security fund (NSSF) has announced in its annual report, published on 27 June, that its assets for the first time hae topped CNY1trn as of the end of 2012, and that the returns on its investments last year totalled 7.01%, the best result in the past two years. Earnings on interest and dividends represent the lion’s share of returns, and contributed CNY32.84bn, Z-Ben Advisors reports. The contribution of private equity was CNY356m, 233% more than in 2011. Market effects were positive to the tune of CNY64.66bn, which brings total market effects since the inception of the NCSSF to CNY349.2bn, and corresponds to an average annualised return of 8.29%.
09/07/2013

iShares simplifies the names of its ETFs

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Index Europe reports that iShares, the ETF arm of BlackRock, on 1 July simplified the names of 138 of its 290 ETFs. The objective is to give the products immediately comprehensible names, as part of a transparency campaign initiated in October 2012 with the unveiling of the “Core” range of 10 low-cost ETFs.Meanwhile, iShares has reformulated the investment objectives for 26 of its ETFs available on the US market in “plain English.” Other ETFs will have their objectives gradually reformulated by the end of the year.
09/07/2013

Highbridge preparing two versions of a credit hedge fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The New York-based alternative asset management firm Highbridge Capital Managment (USD29bn, of which USD7.1bn are managed by the Brazilian firm Gávea Investimentos), an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase, has filed a license application to the SEC for the Highbridge Tactical Credit & Convertibles Fund, a credit hedge fund. The firm is also planing to launch an offshore version of the product. The minimal subscription is set at USD100,000, Institutional Investor’s Alpha reports.
09/07/2013

BlackRock estimates outflows from ETPs in June at USD8.2bn

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Comments by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke about a slowdown in bond purchases by the Fed on 22 June led many investors to pull out of certain asset classes, and many of them used ETPs to deploy their tactics. According to the BlackRock Institute, this led to net outflows of USD8.2bn in June, and strong trading activity, so that as of June, ETFs represented only 31% of trading volume on equity markets in the United States in June, compared with 20-25% in previous months. By comparison, ETFGI has estimated net outflows from global ETPs at only USD3.98bn in June (see Newsmanagers of 8 July).ETFs specialised in emerging market equities underwent net redemptions of USD6.6bn, giving them their fifth consecutive month of net outflows.Bond ETFs saw their first net outflows since December 2010, while short-duration bond ETFs attracted USD5.5bn in June.As to gold, ETPs for the sixth consecutive month continued to see net outflows, totalling USD4.1bn in June, bringing net redemptions in first half to USD28.2bn.However, ETPs of developed market equities saw net inflows of USD11.8bn in June, compared with USD30.3bn in May, and USD13.2bn in April.
09/07/2013

Lyxor: all hedge fund strategies show losses in June

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Last month, the performance of hedge funds was negatively affected by the de-risking and re-pricing of all asset classes due to the rise in bond yields. Hedge funds were hit due to a lack of refuge investments, and by an increase in the correlation between asset classes.Overall, all 13 strategies monitored by Lyxor Asset Management finished June with losses, with the heaviest for CTA long term (-2.64%), long/short equity market neutral (-2.45%), and long/short equity credit arbitrage (-2.40%). However, long/short equity statistical arbitrage has lost only 0.11%.Overall, the Lyxor hedge fund index has seen a loss of 1.63% in June, but it shows returns of 1.85% since December 2012.Since the beginning of the year, the best returns have been for long/short equity market neutral (+7.72%) and long/short equity long bias (+6.77%). However, CTA short term shows a loss in first half of 5.38%.
09/07/2013

Sarasin & Partners recruits three sales staff from Cazenove

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Rob Thorpe, head of UK retail at Cazenove, will on 30 September join Sarasin & Partners, also as head of retail, Investment Week reports.Thorpe, who refused to move to the acquirer of Cazenove, Schroders, will be accompanied by two colleagues from Cazenove, Tom Hanafin and Paul Pugh.
09/07/2013

Salmann IM welcomes new partner

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The independent wealth management firm Salmann Investment Managemnet, based in Vaduz and Zurich, has announced that with Georg Wohlwend, it has extended its circle of managing partners. Wohlwend had been responsible for private clients and asset management at VP Bank Vaduz from 1994 to 2012.Wohlwend also becomes MD of Salmann (CHF1bn in assets), alongside managing partners René Frank and Alfons Thöny. This will bring fresh blood into the management at Salmann IM and prepare for the long-term succession of the business.
09/07/2013

Commerzbank sells Lloyd's Building

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Commerz Real has sold the Lloyd’s building in London for GBP260m “to an Asian asset management firm affiliate of a larger Chinese insurance group.” It may thus be supposed that the property in question has been sold by the closed-end fund CFB-Fonds 154 to an affiliate of Ping An. It was purchased in 2005 for GBP231m.The CFB-Fonds 154 initially had a duration of 11 and a half years, but investors authorised the management in September 2012 to resell the property if an occasion should arise.Annual pre-tax returns will have been 7.8%, says Michael Kohl, CEO of Commerz real Fonds Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (CFB).
09/07/2013

L’Espagne teste l'intérêt des marchés avec un emprunt à 15 ans

L’Espagne teste l’intérêt des investisseurs pour sa dette en proposant des emprunts à 15 ans à 280 points de base au dessus de la courbe des swaps, rapporte Reuters. La mise à prix doit se produire dans le courant de la journée par l’entremise de BBVA, BNP Paribas , Caixabank, Crédit Agricole et Société Générale. Madrid a déjà émis 7 milliards d’euros à dix ans cette année et 2 milliards de dollars à cinq ans, mais cette nouvelle échéance sera la plus longue mise sur le marché depuis mars 2011.
09/07/2013

Mario Draghi pointe les effets indésirables de la TTF

Devant la Commission des affaires économiques et monétaires du Parlement européen, le président de la Banque centrale européenne a estimé que le projet de taxe sur les transactions financières, porté par onze pays européens, pourrait compliquer la tâche de l’institut d’émission da ns l’exécution d’une politique monétaire efficace. En réponse à des questions de parlementaires, Mario Draghi, qui est aussi président du Conseil européen du risque systémique, a ajouté que la BCE n’avait pas d’avis formel sur cette proposition de taxation mais qu’il voyait néanmoins la TTF comme ayant des «implications indésirables pour la politique monétaire». Mario Draghi a par ailleurs estimé qu’un relèvement des taux d’intérêt de la BCE n'était pas justifié actuellement et risquerait de déstabiliser l'économie. Evoquant les pays les plus en difficulté de la zone euro, et prenant en exemple le cas portugais, le responsable a souligné que la consolidation budgétaire était et restait inévitable.
09/07/2013

La RBI fait remonter la roupie

La roupie indienne remontait légèrement ce matin contre dollar suite à la décision prise hier soir par la banque centrale du pays d’interdire les opérations de trading pour compte propre sur les marchés dérivés de change. La devise a enregistré une chute vertigineuse de 10% contre le billet vert sur les trois derniers mois. «L’impact de cette mesure sera seulement temporaire», estime néanmoins Patrick Bennett, stratégiste chez Imperial Bank of Commerce.
09/07/2013

L’inflation chinoise reste contenue

L’indice des prix à la consommation en Chine a progressé à un rythme annuel de 2,7% au mois de juin, après 2,1% en mai. La hausse des prix alimentaires a atteint 4,9%, après 3,2%. Malgré cette accélération de la hausse des prix, l’inflation demeure néanmoins toujours inférieure à l’objectif de 3,5% visé par la Banque Populaire de Chine, ainsi qu’au taux de dépôt de 3%.
09/07/2013

Moody’s récompense la politique budgétaire colombienne

L’agence de notation a relevé hier la perspective attachée à la note de crédit «Baa3» de la Colombie, qui passe de «stable» à «positive», se fondant sur des anticipations de poursuite de la consolidation budgétaire dans le pays, d’un déficit budgétaire réduit et d’un environnement macroéconomique stable.

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