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27/05/2013

Pénurie de candidats pour le fonds souverain chinois

Les candidats se font rares pour la présidence de China Investment Corp. Deux personnalités pressenties viennent de renoncer, craignant un cadeau empoisonné. Le portefeuille pourrait contenir de mauvaises surprises, et ni le maire-adjoint de Shanghai Tu Guangshao ni le gouverneur-adjoint de la banque centraleYi Gang ne veulent pas en être tenus responsables.
27/05/2013

Pékin s’attaque à la chimie européenne

La Chine aurait notifié il y a quelques jours à la Commission européenne une nouvelle procédure pour dumping (vente à perte), dirigée cette fois-ci contre certains chimistes, dont le belge Solvay, qui utilisent des dérivés du chlore indique le journal. C’est la deuxième procédure antidumping engagée par Pékin contre l’industrie européenne en moins de quinze jours.
27/05/2013

Hong Kong émet des obligations indexées sur inflation

Le gouvernement hongkongais devrait annoncer dès aujourd’hui le lancement d’une émission d’obligations indexées sur l’inflation d’un montant total de quelque 10 milliards de dollars locaux (997 millions d’euros), selon le Hong Kong Economic Journal. Le détail de ces émissions (montant, maturités et coupons) devrait être connu au cours de cette semaine.
27/05/2013

Moody’s garde une confiance mesurée dans l’économie française

Dans un entretien accordé au journal, l’analyste en chef pour la France de l’agence de notation, Dietmar Hornung, rappelle certes que «la perspective négative que nous associons à la note de crédit reflète nos inquiétudes sur la perte de compétitivité du pays, sur son marché du travail fragmenté et sa situation budgétaire», mais précise que les mesures comme le crédit impôt compétitivité ou l’accord entre syndicats et patronat sur le marché du travail «vont dans le bon sens», même si «leurs effets doivent encore être mesurés». Moody’s anticipe une baisse du PIB de 0,4% cette année en France et un rebond de 0,5% en 2014.
27/05/2013
Gestion d'actifs

Hydralis OFP recherche une société de gestion externe sur les titres cotés

Hydralis OFP est l’institut de retraite professionnelle chargé de gérer les pensions du personnel statutaire de Vivaqua. Le marché porte sur la gestion d’actifs financiers à investir en titre cotés (actions et obligations) sans limitation de l’univers d’investissement. Le montant des fonds confiés en gestion sera de +/- 35 millions d’euros initialement mais pourra être porté à +/- 100 millions d’euros pendant la durée du marché. La répartition des fonds à investir tiendra impérativement compte de l’allocation stratégique suivante : au moins 25% en actions et au moins 25% en obligations. La durée du marché sera normalement de 5 ans. Pour lire l’avis complet : cliquez ici
Gestion d'actifs
24/05/2013

Le FMI revoit son rôle dans les restructurations de dette

Le Fonds monétaire international (FMI) a publié vendredi un document traçant des pistes de réforme pour la gestion des dettes souveraines. L’objectif est de tirer les leçons des défauts récents, tels que celui de la Grèce, ou du litige persistant qui oppose l’Argentine à certains fonds vautours. Même si le FMI a renoncé il y a dix ans à mettre en place un mécanisme mondial pour les restructurations de dette, il évoque plusieurs pistes d’amélioration sur le traitement préventif des difficultés d’un Etat, la modification des clauses des emprunts obligataires de droit international, l’implication des autres créanciers publics et la prise en compte de la montée en puissance de fonds vautours.
Le logo du FMI sur un smartphone. Photo: PHB
24/05/2013

Baillie Gifford replaces Marsico for Harbor fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } US-based asset management firm Harbor Funds (USD74bn as of 31 March) has announced that it has selected the US affiliate of the Scottish firm Baillie Gifford (USD142bn) to take over management of the Harbor International Growth Fund (ticker: HAIGX), whose assets total about USD220m, as sub-advisor. Since 1 March 2004, the sub-advisor for the fund had been Marsico Capital Management.The sole manager of the fund at Marsico had been a former Goldman Sachs manager, James Gendelman. He will be replaced by a team of four portfolio managers at Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited, composed of Gerard Callahan, Iain Campbell, Joe Faraday and Paul Faulkner. Callahan is chair of the international focus portfolio construction group and head of UK equities at Baillie Gifford.
24/05/2013

Round of appointments at Rogge Global Partners

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Michael Ganske, who since 2007 had been head of emerging markets research in the corporates & markets division of Commerzbank, is joining the London-based Rogge Global Partners (USD52bn as of 31 March) as head of emerging markets. He will report to Adrian James, senior partner and head of global sovereign. The new recruit will be responsible for research and portfolio management for emerging market debt and emerging market currencies, Institutional Money states.Meanwhile, the British asset management firm has promoted six partners to become senior partners. They are David Butler, head of credit analysis, Jens Moller-Butcher, chief technology officer, Julian Le Beron, head of developed markets, David Newman, head of global high yield, Igor Pikovsky, head of portfolio risk and Annabel Rudebeck, head of investment grade credit.Ten executives have also been appointed as partners: Rémi Casals, head of global distribution, Margaret Frost, head of Generalist Portfolio Management, John Makowske, gneralist portfolio manager, Ranjiv Mann, head of economic research, Daniel Mason, head of operations, Rachel Muscatt, head of trade execution, Damien Rimmer, head of development, Sukhjivan Singh, senior compliance monitoring manager, Marie-Louise Stenild, senior compliance manager and Jana Velebova, portfolio manager – emerging markets.
24/05/2013

Italian financial advisers ageing

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Financial advisers in Italy are increasing in age, Plus, the supplement of Il Sole – 24 Ore reports. In the past 10 years, the percentage of advisers aged under 30 registered with the Order of financial advisers has fallen from 14% to 2%, while advisers aged over 50 now represent 41%, up from 21% previously. As of the end of 2012, there were over 52,000 financial advisers in Itlay. Plus also notes a boom in registrations in 2013.
24/05/2013

Partners Group issues mezzanine financing for RE project

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Zug-based wealth management firm Partners Group on 22 May announced that it has issued mezzanine financing for a real estate construction project in the United Kingdom. The loan will be used for renovation and development of the residential and commercial site Heyford Park in Oxfordshire. The site, on which 800 people reside and which has 1000 employees, includes 1.4 million square metres of commercial space and 312 housing units, a statement says. Dorchester Group acquired the site in 2009 and will continue to administer it. The objective is to renovate the existing homes and to create 750 new homes, as well as to lease out commercial space.
24/05/2013

Foreign funds have higher fees than Spanish ones

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to the third annual Global Fund Investor Experience report by Morningstar, foreign funds in sale in Spain are more costly than Spanish funds, except for money markets funds, Funds People reports. In other words, foreign funds drive up the average price of products sold in Spain.On average, the TER for diversified funds is 0.95% for funds domiciled in Spain, and 1.64% for all diversified funds, including foreign funds. For bond funds, the TER is 1.01% for Spanish funds and 1.31% for all products in the class. The difference is minimal, however, for equity funds, with 1.88% for Spanish funds and 1.90% for all funds overall.For money markets, the overall average is 0.40%, while the average TER for Spanish money market funds is 0.51%.
24/05/2013

Hedge funds oriented upward in April

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } 11 out of 13 Edhec-Risk alternative strategies showed gains in the month of April. The best strategy in the month under review was CTA Global, which gained 2.08%. Strategies dedicated to equities posted gains compatible with their model, at +0.65% for long/short equity, 0.00% for equity market neutral, and 0.82% for event-driven.The short-selling strategy, however, showed losses, with negative performance of 2.90% for the month.The fund of fund index did well, with gains of 0.70%, continuing its positive orientation early in the year.
24/05/2013

Lyxor adds seven bond ETFs to physical replication range

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The ETF provider Lyxor Asset Management is adding to its physical replication range, adopting this mode of replication for seven UCITS ETFs which replicate EuroMTS Investment Grade indices. Lyxor thus strengthens its presence in two strategic priority areas: the development of its range of physical replication ETFs and of its bond offerings.“For each underlying index, Lyxor has defined the fund structure which optimises investment performance compared with the index,” a statement from Lyxor says.Each fund will invest directly in investment grade government bonds with varying maturities issued in the euro zone which constitute the respective EuroMTS Investment Grade Government indices, without the use of sampling techniques, in order to achieve the highest possible correlation with the performance of the index.The management process will exclude all securities lending operations, as these will not bring sufficient improvement in returns on investment to justify counterparty risks. Lyxor aims to offer clients the solution which offers the best risk/reward profile.
24/05/2013

Russell offers AR bond fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Russell Investments is now offering the new Russell Absolute Return Bund Fund (ticker: RARBF), a sub-fund of its Irish Sicav, in France. According to a statement, the US asset management firm is aiming to “capture a wider range of opportunities than traditional bond funds” with the product, by using complementary strategies to generate absolute returns while also generating “solid” risk-adjusted returns.The management team will use a range of active strategies on fixed income markets (developed and emerging countries), currencies and credit, combined with long/short strategies. “Unlike a traditional bond fund, which would be long duration, and consequently exposed to the risk of interest rate increases, the RARBF is constructed to take short positions in order to maximise gains for investors,” Russell states. The primary characteristics of the fund are available as an attachment.
24/05/2013

Reyl AM to launch EM large caps fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Thomas de Saint-Seine, head of equities, CEO and founding partner of Reyl Asset Management, is planning to launch a second emerging market fund at the end of June, Citywire Global reports. The fund will have a larger capacity than the existing Reyl Emerging Markets Equities fund, which will be closed with about USD2.5-3bn. It will also invest in larger cap sizes than the first fund, and its strategy will be slightly different.
24/05/2013

Four SAC execs subpoenaed

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Last week, the US authorities issued subpoenas to four top directors of the alternative asset management firm SAC Capital Advisors as part of an investigation into insider trading, the Wall Street Journal reports.The individuals belong to the inner circle of Steven A. Cohen, CEO and founder: they are the chairman of SAC, Thomas Conheeney, Steven Kessler, head of compliance, Solomon Kumin, COO, and Philipp Villhauer, head of trading.
24/05/2013

Lyxor lists French ETF in Frankfurt

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } One day after launching on NYSE Euronext Paris, Lyxor Asset Management has listed the Lyxor ETF Unleeraged S&P 500 VIX Futures Enhanced Roll fund (ISIN code: FR0011376565), which replicates the S&P 500 VIX Futures Enhanced Roll Index combined with the federal funds effective rate, on the XTF segment of Xetra (Deutsche Börse). Depending on the volatility observed, the proportion of the VIX portfolio may vary between 50% and 100%. The fund charges fees of 0.40%.The XTF segment now lists 1,020 ETFs.
24/05/2013

Quilvest & Partners raises USD700m and launches new investment programme

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Quilvest & Partners, the private equity activity of the Quilvest group, on 23 May announced that it has closed fundraising for three funds: QS PEP 2012, QS REP II and QS Capital Strategies, with totals of USD150m, USD300m and USD230m, respectively. QS PEP 2012 and QS REP II have exceeded their fundraising objectives, while QS Capital Strategies has been oversubscribed and subjected to a hard cap. The USD80m committed by investors to QS Capital Strategies may be complemented by an additional USD150m, via Small Business Administration (SBA) debt financing in the United States. However, this supplementary financing is subject to the issuance of a license by the US authorities.Meanwhile, Quilvest & Partners has announced the launch of QS PEP Core, a four-year investment programme in private equity funds worldwide, which succeeds the annual Quilvest flagship programme, QS PEP. Quilvest aims to raise up to USD400m for the first generation of QS PEP Core. The fund will concentrate on the core strategy of Quilvest & Partners, which is to identify the best private equity funds from small and mid-sized LBO and capital development firms, with a selection process to select about 10 funds per year.
24/05/2013

Wellington creates EM bond fund for retirement planning institutions

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } With the Wellington Opportunistic Emerging Markets Debt II, Wellington Management is now offering an opportunistic strategy based on emerging market debt, in a Luxembourg-domiciled vehicle available to institutions which are subject to the German insurance surveillance law (VAG), including insurers and retirement institutions. The portfolio may be invested in government and corporate bonds, “hard” currencies and local currencies. “On average, the ratings of securities in the portfolio is at the crossover limit. Securities are hedged for currency risks, and reporting is adapted to the requirements of VAG regulations,” Absolut Report states. Characteristics Name: Wellington Opportunistic Emerging Markets Debt II ISIN code: LU0629164780 Management commission: 0.65% Total expense ratio: maximum 0.90%
24/05/2013

Seven representatives of BNP Paribas REIM Italy fined

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Italian financial market authority, Consob, has levelled pecuniary administrative sanctions against seven representatives of BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management Italy Sgr, and the firm itself, totalling EUR148,000, Bluerating reports. The Italian regulator accuses the individuals of “late and inadequate” planning for management of funds aimed at retail investors, and poor management of conflicts of interest.
24/05/2013

SGSS wins mandate from Rinascimento Sicav

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Societe Generale Securities Services in Italy (SGSS S.p.A.) has been appointed by Rinascimento Sicav to act as its local transfer agent in Italy, providing it with paying agent and investor relations management services with reference to investors located in Italy. SGSS in Italy offers a complete range of securities services, including settlement, custody and trustee services, fund administration, liquidity management and transfer agent services. Rinascimento Sicav is a Luxembourg-registered open-ended collective investment fund.
24/05/2013

Banca Generali recruits from Banca Albertini Syz

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Banca Generali has recruited Elisa Feliciani, former director of the branch of Banca Albertini Syz in Rome, Bluerating reports. Last year, the bank had recruited Ernestina Anceschi from Banca Albertini Syz.
24/05/2013

BNY Mellon plans to create 100 jobs in wealth management

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As part of a two-year campaign, BNY Mellon Wealth Management is planning to increase its sales personnel by 50%, and also to recruit private bankers, mortgage specialists, portfolio managers, and sales support personnel, the group has announced. This may result in the creation of 100 jobs.As a partner in this recruitment drive in the United States and worldwide, BNY Mellon has selected Futurestep, an affiliate of Korn/Ferry International Company.As of the end of March, assets in the wealth management unit of BNY Mellon totalled USD188bn for retail clients.
24/05/2013

T. Rowe Price launches second range of target date funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } T. Rowe Price has announced that it has filed an application with the SEC for a new series of eleven target date funds, the T. Rowe Price Target Retirement Funds. The new funds are designed based on an investment of 42.5% in equities before the retirement date, compared with 55% for existing retirement funds, which as of the end of March had assets of USD88.1bn. The new range will be available from 22 August 2013.The Target Retirement Funds are aimed at investors seeking a strategy which places less emphases on long-term income flows as well as investors seeking to reduce long-term volatility at the time of their retirement, or who are seeking only moderate growth potential.For these new products, T. Rowe Price has selected Jerome Clark and Wyatt Lee as co-managers, who are rexpectively principal portfolio manager and associate portfolio manager for the Retirement Funds series.
24/05/2013

Morgan Creek Capital Management acquires Signet Capital Management

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The US firm Morgan Creek Capital Management will acquire the fund of fund activity of the alternative asset management firm Signet Capital Management, the New York Times reports. Assets under management in this activity total about USD700m. Senior asset management teams at Signet, as well as the founder of the firm, Robert Marquardt, and its CEO and co-head of management, Serge Umansky, will join Morgan Creek. The transaction is expected to be completed during second quarter.
24/05/2013

BNP Paribas SS builds presence serving institutional clients

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Annalisa Winge Bicknell as regional head of sales and relationships with institutional investor clients, Hedgeweek reports. Bicknell had previously worked at SEB, where she had been head of customer services for the Scandinavian countries, Luxembourg and Germany.
24/05/2013

MEAG acquires three wind farms in Sweden

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As part of the EUR2.5bn Renewable Energies & New Technologies (RENT) investment programme by its parent company Munich Re, the German asset management firm MEAG has announced that it has acquired three wind farms from Eolus Vind AB which are already connected to the Swedish power grid. The units have a total power generation capacity of 30 megawatts. Eolus will continue to be responsible for the operation of the installations. The sale price has not been disclosed.
24/05/2013

Henderson builds presence in Asian real estate

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Property Business division of Henderson Global Investors (HGI), whose assets total about GBP12.7bn, has recruited Tony He as director of property, China consultancy. He had been chief financial officer at Tesco Property China.He will be primarily based in the HGI office in Beijing, and will work in close collaboration with the real estate team at the British asset management firm for the Asia-Pacific region.
24/05/2013

Neue Helvetische Bank aims for CHF1bn in AUM in 2013

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Swiss bank Neue Helvetische Bank founded two years ago by Thomas Matter and Daniel Hefti, two former bankers from Swissfirst, has posted a loss of GBP695,000 for 2012. By March 2014, the directors of the firm are hoping to publish balanced books The Corporate Finance activity is primarily contributing to earnings, while wealth management and wealth management advising activities are less satisfactory than expected, Finews reports. In order to bring new dynamism to these two activities, NHB will soon launch new offers for clients.As of the end of 2012, the bank has CHF642m in assets under management. Currently, the newspaper estimates that assets are about CHF800m. NHB hopes to top CHF1bn during the year.
24/05/2013

F&C adds to institutional team

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } UK-based F&C has announced the recruitment of Nick Woodwart, who will become a structurer in the liability-driven investment (LDI) team, and Kristy Barr as director, sales & client relationships. The two will be added to the institutional team.Woodwart had been head of modelling and head of LDI in the investment advisory team at KPMG, while the second had been founding partner and head of marketing & investor relations at Callanish Capital Partners.

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