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29/05/2013

Santander makes planned sale of AM operation official

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In a filing with the CNMV on 27 May, Santander announced that,» in connection with news that has recently appeared in the press», it is considering the possibility of allowing investors to acquire a stake in its asset management division.The Spanish group states that no final agreement of this nature has been reached with third-party investors. Santander states that it will notify the market at an appropriate time once an agreement has been reached.According to Expansión, an agreement is already said to have been reached with Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic, whose stake in Santander Asset Management would be “significant, but less than 50%.”In Spain, Santander had EUR22.08bn in assets under management in investment funds as of the end of April.
29/05/2013

ADIA earned returns of 7.6% in 2012

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Abu Dhabi sovereign fund, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), last year earned annualised returns of 7.6% over the past 20 years, compared with 6.(% for 2011, according to figures released in the annual report. According to estimates, assets under management by the sovereign fund total about USD625bn to USD630bn. The annual report by the sovereign fund states that 75% of assets were managed by external managers last year, compared with 80% in 2011.
29/05/2013

Investor confidence index up in May

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The State Street investor confidence index for May 2013 rose 1.8 points to 94.8 from April’s revised reading of 93.0.“The primary driver behind this gain was a shift in risk appetite among European institutions with the European ICI rising 5.6 points to 93.3 from the revised April reading of 87.7,” State Street notes.Confidence also increased slightly among Asian institutions with the Asian ICI index ticking up to 86.0 from April’s reading of 85.2. However, after April’s sizable increase, confidence among North American investors consolidated somewhat, and the North America ICI declined by 2.2 points to finish at 102.5 for the month.“Institutional investors continued to augment their allocations to risky assets this month, albeit at a slower pace than we observed in either the first quarter, or the last weeks of April,” State Street concludes, noting that institutional investors have allocated more towards emerging markets since the middle of April.
29/05/2013

Towers Watson to go into fund of hedge funds business

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Towers Watson is planning to enter the fund of hedge funds business, a sector which it has been critical of in the past, Financial News reports, citing two sources familiar with the matter. The consultant will target small institutional investors for whom direct investment in hedge funds may be difficult.
29/05/2013

Schroders: German investors vote Merkel

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In total, 87% of 1000 Germans who have at least EUR10,000 in investments who participated in the Schroders Global Investment Trends 2013 survey are planning to make investments this year equal to or higher than those in 2012, and 66% feel that Angela Merkel will be re-elected as chancellor after legislative elections in late September. Among these, 66% feel that the re-election will be positive for the Dax and Euro Stoxx 50.Only 17% of Germans surveyed feel that the SPD candidate, Peer Steinbrück, will be elected chancellor, and only 7% think that if he is elected, it will have a positive impact on the Dax and Euro Stoxx 50.The survey also finds that 76% of German investors are planning to take positions this year on equities, which may be a surprising percentage, since Germans are thought to be reticent about equities, and a higher percentage of them than the global average (68%) are preferring this asset class.However, confidence does not rule out caution: 52% of Germans are betting on lower-risk investments, although they are less profitable, while 33% prefer a moderate risk, and less than 16% are prepared to run higher risk in order to achieve higher returns.
29/05/2013

Sal. Oppenheim to lay off 330 out of 870

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The German-Luxembourg private bank Sal. Oppenheim, an affiliate of Deutsche Bank since first quarter 2010, on 28 May announced up to 330 job cuts by the end of 2014, in order to improve its profitability and in order to concentrat on wealth management activities.The management and the business committee have reached an agreement concerning the deployment of a restructuring which will remove some redundant positions at Sal. Oppenheim and Deutsche Bank, the bank says in a statement. The layoffs will primarily affect the IT and order processing departments, the statement says.Sal. Oppenheim hopes to reduce its cost base. “These measures are necessary to allow us to ensure the long-term profitability of our asset management firm in the area of wealth management,” says Wolfgang Leoni, head of the bank, in a statement.The bank, which has a total of 870 employees, about 700 of them in Germany, is planning to concentrate on wealth management for private clients and seelcted institutional clients, and has also announced a regional reorganisation of its activities.
29/05/2013

IndexIQ adds to sales team

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Mutual Fund Wire reports that the ETF specialist firm IndexIQ has recruited for its sales team, for both internal and external positions. The internal positions will be based in New York, while the external posts will be in other regions of the United States.
29/05/2013

French AM firms emphasize their connections with Switzerland

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The French financial management association (AFG) has emphasized stronger business ties between Switzerland and France in the management of assets and funds, its chairman, Paul-Henri de la Porte du Theil, has declared. About 30 Parisian businesses active in asset management are present in Switzerland, and more than 300 Parisian funds are available on the Swiss market, he says in a statement released on 28 May.In 2000, there were only 50 Parisian funds available in Switzerland .There is a trend for French asset management firms to open locations in Switzerland, the AFG points out in its statement, since an agreement signed between Switzerland and France to recognize national funds. In the other direction, Swiss asset management is “very well” developed in France: “a significant number of asset management businesses are owned by Swiss financial groups,” the statement says.The AFG in its statement highlights the expertise of French asset management firms, which “may benefit Swiss investors.” It points out that French fund management firms manage 19% of assets in Europe, compared with 7.3% for Switzerland. And about 17% of European funds are domiciled in Paris.
29/05/2013

BlackRock recruits former head of sales from UBS

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } BlackRock has recruited Daniel Whitestone as an addition to its team dedicated to British small and midcaps, Investment Week reports.Whitestone, who had previously worked at UBS as head of sales for British small and midcaps, will in initially be assigned to a position as an analyst for the BlackRock UK Emerging Companies hedge fund, whose assets under management total about GBP900m.
29/05/2013

Credit Suisse plans to list its Real Estate Fund Green

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Credit Suisse would like its Real Estate Fund Green Property (REF Green Property) to be listed on the Swiss stock exchange. The listing, planned for fourth quarter 2013, would open the real estate fund to the public, and also make it available to non-qualified investors, the bank announced in a statement on 28 May. The request is currently being examined by the Swiss Federal financial market surveillance authority (Finma). CS REF Green Property is invested in 12 properties. The two construction projects “amRietpark” in Schlieren and “Reusswinkel” in Bremgarten were completed this year, while “Lake Geneva Park” in Tolochenaz and “Alstattwiese” in Wil are still under construction.
29/05/2013

Vontobel launches EMD fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Swiss asset management firm Vontobel Asset Management has launched an emerging market debt fund, Vontobel Fund – Emerging Markets Dent, managed by Luc D’Hooge, who recently joined the firm from Dexia Asset Management (Newsmanagers of 28 March 2013).The new fund, domiciled n Luxembourg, will concentrate on debt denominated in hard currencies. It will start up with assets of about USD160m. The objective is to outperform the JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified TR index by 125 basis points per year.Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt B (LU0926439562) Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt I (LU0926439729)Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt HI CHF (LU0926440495)Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt HI EUR (LU0926440222)
29/05/2013

Tressis converts a hedge fund into a traditional product

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The CNMV has authorised Tressis Gestión to convert its Spanish-registered multi-strategy hedge fund Adriza Global (EUR5.7m) into a traditional fund, Funds People reports.As a result, minimal subscription will be reduced from EUR50,000 to one share, and fees will be lowered to 1.35% for management and 9% for performance, compared with 1.50% and 20%, respectively. The fund is managed by Jacobo Blanquer.According to Funds People, Tressis (EUR114m) may also convert its other two Spanish hedge funds, Adriza Alfa and Adriza Macro, into traditional funds.
29/05/2013

DeAWM registers DWS fund in Spain

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 24 May, the CNMV issued a sales license for Spain to the DWS Floating Rate Notes fund from Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM). The portfolio is invested in debt with the best ratings with a duration of under 12 months. According to DeAWM, the product offers investors a “conservative” means to invest in bonds which also runs less risk of being negatively affected by a rise in interest rates.
29/05/2013

Last Spanish hedge fund from BBVA & Partners liquidated

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The BBVA & Partners Retorno Absolut, the last Spanish-registered hedge fund from BBVA & Partners, has been absorbed by the Quality Valor fund from BBVA Asset Management. The fund had EUR5m in assets as of the end of December, Funds People reports.There are now only three surviving funds inherited from BBVA & Partners: they are a part of the Luxembourg Sicav from BBVA AM, Durbana International. These products are Augustus Equity, an equity fund, as well as the Dynamic and European Absolute Return funds, two hedge funds. Overall, these three funds have EUR65m in assets.BBVA AM bought the remaining 30% stake which it does not control n BBVA & Partners (founded in 2002) in late June 2011.
29/05/2013

Aberdeen tops 5% in Romania's BRD

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to the Bucharest stock exchange, Aberdeen Asset Management has recently become the second-largest shareholder by size in the BRD banking group, following its recent acquisition of the US firm Artio, which had held 2.6% in capital of the bank. The Scottish asset management firm now controls 5.43% of the Romanian business, which represents about EUR70m at current share prices. The largest shareholder in BRD is the French firm Société Générale, with 60%.The share price of BRD has fallen 70% from its peak in 2008, and the bank in 2012 saw its first loss (of EUR74m) since its privatisation, but Romania Insider reports that William Scholes, assistant investment manager at Aberdeen, feels that BRD is a well-managed bank with a quality network and an attractive valuation.
29/05/2013

Inflows to Italian funds continue

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Open-ended funds on sale in Italy in April recorded net inflows of EUR5.4bn, the same level as in March, the Italian asset management association Assogestioni reports. Since the beginning of the year, they have earned a total of EUR19.3bn. Inflows in April were driven by bond funds (EUR3bn) and flexible funds (EUR2.8bn). Balanced funds also attracted EUR985m. However, the other categories of funds show gains. Equity funds have seen outflows of EUR68m. Since the beginning of the year, bond and flexible funds have also boosted equities. As of the end of April, assets in funds totalled EUR516.9bn. With the addition of closed funds and mandated management, the asset management industry in Italy has posted net subscriptions of EUR6.9bn in April, and EUR27.1bn in the first four months of the year. Total assets are EUR1.256trn.
29/05/2013

Inflows to Italian funds continue

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Open-ended funds on sale in Italy in April posted net subscriptionns of EUR5.4bn, the same level as in March, the Italian asset management association Assogestioni reports. Since the beginning of the year, they have earned a total of EUR19.3bn. Inflows in April were driven by bond funds (EUR3bn) and flexible funds (EUR2.8bn). Diversified funds also attracted EUR985m. However, the other categories of funds show gains. Equity funds have seen outflows of EUR68m. Since the beginning of the year, bond and flexible funds have also boosted equities. As of the end of April, assets in funds totalled EUR516.9bn. With the addition of closed funds and mandated management, the asset management sector has posted net subscriptions of EUR6.9bn in April, and EUR27.1bn in the first four months of the year. Total assets are EUR1.256trn.
29/05/2013

Morgan Stanley plans large RE fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds is planning to raise USD1bn to USD3bn for a new global real estate fund, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources familiar with the matter. The directors of the affiliate of the bank have entered negotiations with pension funds and other prospects. They are hoping especially that China Investment Corp, the Chinese sovereign wealth fund which controls 6.4% of Morgan Stanley, will be a key investor.
29/05/2013

Amaïka AM takes over management of Résilience fund from Invesco AM

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Amaïka Asset Management, an asset management firm founded in 2011 by David Kalfon and Christophe Berger, two former employees of EFG Asset Management, has announced that it has taken over management of the Résilience diversified fund (ISIN code: FR0011101914). The fund, launched in November 2011 at the initiative of the investment advising firm Fundesys, has assets of EUR5m, and had previously been managed by Invesco AM. The French-registered OPCVM fund complies with UCITS IV standards, and is exposed in a discretionary manner to equity, bond, commodity and money markets, via a selection of funds. Investments are made without geographical or sectoral constraint. Exposure to equity markets will remain between 20% and 80% of assets in the portfolio. In practice, management of the fund is also based on the recommendations of Fundesys.
29/05/2013

Oddo AM declares ambitions in Belgium and Luxembourg

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Oddo Asset Management is scaling up its presence in Belgium and Luxembourg, opening four sub-funds of its Luxembourg Sicav, Oddo Funds, based on asset classes with strong potential and for which the firm has recognised expertise, for sale there. high yield bonds, via the sub-fund: Oddo Bonds High Yield Europe European midcap equities, via the feeder funds: Oddo Equity Europe Avenir (master fund: Oddo Avenir Europe) Oddo Equity Euro Avenir (master fund: Oddo Avenir Euro) Convertible funds, via the feeder fund: Oddo Convertible Bonds Euro (master fund: Oddo Convertibles Taux) Shares in euros as well as in US dollars (USD) and Swiss francs (CHF) have been created. Shares in USD and CHF are hedged for currency risks against the euro. Laurent Zouari, who has been a salesperson since 2012 in the international team led by Bertrand Levavasseur, has been appointed as country manager for Belgium and Luxembourg.
29/05/2013

UBS GAM seeks to save its Triton fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } UBS Global Asset Management is struggling to save its Triton Property fund (GBP680m in assets) from liquidation, Financial News reports. About 40% of investors are seeking redemption of their money due to poor performance. Talks are currently in progress with institutional invetors who may be interested in buying shares in the fund to those who want to sell them, according to a source familiar with the matter.
29/05/2013

Fidelity adds US fund to its FAST range

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to information obtained by Newsmanagers, Fidelity Worldwide Investment will next month launch an eighth fund as part of its Fidelity Active Strategy (FAST) range, focused on US equities.Investment Week, which received advance information, states that the product, on sale from the end of June, will be managed by Adrian Brass, who is in the process of setting up a team of analysts in the United Kingdom dedicated to US equities, “which will be able to compete with what can be done better in London.”In the past few months, Fidelity Worldwide Investment has decided no longer to rely on analysts at Fidelity Management & Research (FMR) in Boston.
29/05/2013

ESMA investigates Petercam fund in Luxembourg

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The European securities markets authority (ESMA) has launched an investigation in Luxembourg following claims that the Luxembourg Commission de surveillance du secteur financier (CSSF) did not correctly help investors in a bond fund managed by Petercam, the Financial Times reports. The move comes despite the fact that the Luxembourg regulator has admitted that the fund infringed local fund regulations. Investors in the Petercam L Bonds Eur Medium fund lost 26.67% in 2008, while the Morningstar Global bond-Euro biased index gained 0.33% in the same period.
29/05/2013

Biljana Persson quitte East Capital Pour Kungsleden

Biljana Pehrsson a été nommée au poste de directeur général de Kungsleden, une société suédoise d’immobilier, rapporte Realtid.se. Elle travaillait précédemment chez East Capital où elle était responsable immobilier et vice-directeur général d’East Capital Private Equity.
29/05/2013
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Le fonds souverain d'Abou Dhabi a dégagé une performance de 7,6% en 2012

Le fonds souverain d’Abou Dhabi, ADIA (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority), a dégagé l’an dernier une performance annualisée de 7,6% sur les vingt dernières années, contre 6,9% pour 2011, selon les chiffres publiés dans le rapport annuel.Les actifs sous gestion du fonds souverain s'élèvent, selon les estimations, autour de 625 à 630 milliards de dollars. Le rapport annuel du fonds souverain précise que 75% de ses actifs étaient gérés l’an dernier par des gestionnaires externes contre 80% en 2011.
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29/05/2013
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Tressis transforme un hedge fund en produit traditionnel

La CNMV a autorisé Tressis Gestión à transformer son hedge fund multistratégies de droit espagnol Adriza Global (5,7 millions d’euros) en fonds traditionnel, rapporte Funds People.De ce fait, la souscription minimale tombe de 50.000 euros à une part et les frais sont abaissé à 1,35 % pour la gestion et 9 % pour la performance, contre respectivement 1,50 % et 20 %. Le fonds est géré par Jacobo Blanquer.Selon Funds People, Tressis (114 millions d’euros) pourrait transformer aussi ses deux autres hedge funds espagnols, Adriza Alfa et Adriza Macro, en fonds traditionnels.
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29/05/2013

Le Santander officialise son projet de vendre sa gestion d'actifs

Dans une notification au régulateur espagnol CNMV le 27 mai, le Santander indique qu’en relation avec des nouvelles parues récemment dans la presse, il envisage effectivement la possibilité de faire entrer des investisseurs dans sa division de gestion d’actifs.Pour autant, souligne le groupe espagnol, aucun accord définitif n’a été conclu en ce sens avec des investisseurs tiers. Le Santander précise qu’il avertira le marché en temps opportun lorsqu’un accord aura été trouvé.D’après Expansión, un accord aurait déjà été trouvé avec Warburg Pincus et General Atlantic, dont la participation dans Santander Asset Management serait «significative, mais inférieure à 50 %». En Espagne, le Santander gérait à fin avril 22,08 milliards d’euros dans des fonds d’investissement.
29/05/2013
Fonds

Liquidation du dernier hedge fund espagnol de BBVA & Partners

Le BBVA & Partners Retorno Absolut, dernier hedge fund de droit espagnol de BBVA & Partners, a été absorbé par le fonds quality Valor de BBVA Asset Management. Ce fonds affichait 5 millions d’euros d’encours fin décembre, précise Funds People.Il ne subsiste que plus que trois fonds hérités de BBVA & Partners: ils sont logés dans la sicav luxembourgeoise de BBVA AM, Durbana International. Ces produits sont l’Augustus Equity, un fonds actions, ainsi que le Dynamic et l’European Absolute Return, deux hedge funds. Au total, ces trois fonds pèsent 65 millions d’euros.BBVA AM a acheté les 30 % qu’il ne détenait pas dans BBVA & Partners (créée en 2002) fin juin 2011.
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29/05/2013
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DeAWM fait enregistrer un fonds DWS en Espagne

Le 24 mai, la CNMV a donné son agrément de commercialisation en Espagne au fonds DWS Floating Rate Notes de Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM). Le portefeuille est investi en dette des meilleures signatures avec une duration inférieure à douze mois.Selon DeAWM, ce produit offre aux investisseurs une possibilité «conservatrice» de placement en obligataire qui ne risque pas trop d’être négativement affecté par une remontée des taux d’intérêt.
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29/05/2013
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L’industrie française des fonds se présente à Zurich

L’industrie française des fonds de placement s’est présentée mardi 28 mai à Zurich. Paul-Henri de La Porte du Theil, président de l’Association française de la gestion financière (AFG), y a souligné devant la presse que «la place française des fonds de placement est l’une des premières en Europe». Paris gère 2.700 milliards d’euros d’actifs à la fin de 2012, dont 1.275 milliards en fonds de placement et 1.425 milliards sous forme de mandats, précise Le Temps. Le quotidien rappelle que l’expansion est forte en quinze ans, puisqu’en 1997, la France ne gérait que 813 milliards. Quant aux relations avec la finance suisse, elles sont réelles. Selon Le Temps, une dizaine de sociétés suisses de gestion d’actifs sont présentes à Paris et plus de 300 fonds domiciliés à Paris sont commercialisés en Suisse, contre 50 il y a dix ans. Plus de 30 promoteurs de fonds français offrent leurs services aux investisseurs suisses, contre moins de cinq il y a dix ans.
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