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14/06/2013

Art Steinmetz promoted to president of OppenheimerFunds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The executive vice chairman and CIO of OppenheimerFunds (USD208bn as of the end of March), Art Steinmetz, has been promoted to chairman of the asset management firm. He joined OppenheimerFunds in 1986 and retains his responsibilities as CIO. He will continue to report to Bill Glavin, chairman & CEO.Steinmetz will also remain as co-manager of the Oppenheimer International Bond Fund (USD13.1bn) and Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund (USD9.3bn).
14/06/2013

Andrew Provencher becomes head of US retail sales at BNY Mellon IM

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The head of business development at Gold Bullion International since 2011, after 18 years at Neuberger Berman, Andrew Provencher, has joined BNY Mellon Investment Management as head of US retail sales. He will be based in New York and will report to PeterPaul Pardi, head of global distribution.Provencher will be responsible for sales and client relationship management activities for the Dreyfus platform (USD294bn).
14/06/2013

Equity reshuffle continues at BlackRock

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } BlackRock is reshuffling its underperforming US equities unit, the Wall Street Journal reports. This has resulted in the replacement of management teams on half of funds. Initial results show that more needs to be done. BlackRock equity funds are lagging behind most US rivals, according to a recent study by Credit Suisse group. Investors requested redemption of USD7.5bn from actively-managed BlackRock funds in the 12 months to the end of first quarter 2013.
14/06/2013

DeAWM offers bond fund with semiannual coupons

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The CNMV on 17 May registered the DWS Cesta Bonos 2017 fund from Deutshe Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM), which the firm has begun to offer for sale in Spain. The fund, with a semiannual distritbution in the form of shares in the DWS Fondepósito Plus Classe A fund, will be 73% invested in governmment bonds, while the remainder will be placed in cedulas hipotecarias (covered bonds) and marginally in Spanish corporate bonds.All securities are rated at least BBB-, and the asset management firm explicitly aims for “non-guaranteed” returns of 2.9% per year in the period from 7 June 2013 to 10 November 2017.CharacteristicsName: DWS Cesta Bonos 2017ISIN code: ES0127100008Subscription fee: 1.75%Ongoing fees: 0.57%Penalty for early withdrawal: 1.5%
14/06/2013

Investors in local currency EMD suffer most

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Investors in emerging market bonds denominated in local currencies are among the biggest losers from recent sales which have affected emerging market assets, the Financial Times reports. On average, funds denominated in local currencies have lost 7.8% since the beginning of May, according to Lipper, while funds of emerging market debt in hard currencies have lost 6.1%, and emerging market equity funds have lost 6.7%.
14/06/2013

Andrew Baker to leave as head of AIMA at end 2013

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Andrew Baker, who since 2007 has been deputy CEO and then CEO of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), has announced that he will be leaving the position at the end of this year. However, to ensure a smooth transition, he will retain his position until his successor can be recruited and take over his responsibilities.AIMA has more than 1,300 member businesses in 50 countries.
14/06/2013

TCW adds to sales staff in Asia

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In the wake of the acquisition by TCW last year of the Carlyle company and group from Société Générale, the US asset management firm is recruiting in Asia with the recruitment of sales personnel in Hong Kong, Asian Investor reports. TCW, which has no immediate plans to install investment teams in Asia, will initially distribute funds to investors in Hong Kong and the region. All products in UCITS format will be registered in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan.
14/06/2013

Swedes have a strong appetite for equities

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In the next 12 months, 71% of Swedes would like to invest in equities or equity funds, according to a study by Schroders cited by Dagens Industri. Emerging market equities are the most often cited, followed by global and European equities. Swedish investors have earned an average return of 6% since the financial crisis in 2008, the highest level of any of the 10 European countries studied by Schroders. This undoubtedly explains their appetite for risk.
14/06/2013

Net subscriptions for German asset management up

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } In January-April, funds and mandates at asset management firms which disclose their subscriptions and assets to the German BVI trade association posted net subscriptions of EUR43.73bn, compared with EUR18.33bn in the first four months of 2012. Institutional funds posted inflows of EUR30.4bn, compared with EUR18.64bn, while mandates attracted EUR2.82bn, compared with EUR3.31bn, and open-ended funds (including real estate funds) had net inflows of EUR10.5bn, compared with net redemptions of EUR3.66bn.However, it is important to note that results for April 2013 were thrown off for open-ended securities funds by the fact that within the Union Investment group a diversified management mandate for EUR4.4bn which had previously been held by the Luxembourg affiliate IPC Concept has been transferred to another entity of the group, which is not a BVI member. Union Investment has posted net outflows in January-April of EUR2.42bn from open-ended securities funds, at a time when the asset management firm for the German co-operative banks has been regularly posting net subscriptions.Deka (savings banks) is continuing to post outflows, but they are limited to EUR711m for the first four months of the year, while Allianz Global Investors has seen inflows of EUR2.83bn, and Deutsche Bank EUR2.67bn.As to ETFs, db x-trackers products from Deutsche Bank have posted inflows of EUR358m in January-April, while ETFlab (Deka) has attracted EUR214.6m. However, BlackRock has suffered outflows of EUR408.2m from iShares, while ComStage (Commerzbank) has seen net redemptions of EUR129.5m.
14/06/2013

Algebris launches low-fee financial sector fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Algebris Investments, the London-based hedge fund led by Davide Serra, is preparing to launch a new low fee long-only fund which invests in global financial sector equities and bonds, the Financial Times reports. “It is time to invest in the financial sector. The crisis is over. The financial sector will be the primary beneficiary of increases in interest rates in the next 3 to 5 years,” Serra tells the FT. The new fund, which will charge annual fees of 0.9%, will be created in August and released in September. The firm has already received commitments for over USD100m.
14/06/2013

Women under-represented in British asset management

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Only 5% of retail funds are managed or co-managed by women in the United Kingdom, according to a survey completed by Bestinvest,Fund Web reports. In the five major IMA (Investment Management Association) IMA sectors, the percentage of funds managed by women varies from 2% for the UK Equity Income sector to 7% for the UK All Companies sector.
14/06/2013

Australian mandate for Henderson in real estate

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The pension fund AustralianSuper (AUD60bn) has awarded a mandate to Henderson Global Investors (HGI, GBP68.9bn) a management mandate for UK retail real estate investments.The real estate portfolio of AustralianSuper represents a total of about AUD4.6bn, and the pension fund has recently announced plans to invest internationally in order to diversify. For its part, HGI has USD12.7bn in real estate assets, of which USD7.4bn are in the retail sector.
14/06/2013

Old Mutual GI adds to European distribution team

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Kirk Hotte, European business director at Investec Asset Management, after working for 12 years at Axa IM, most recently as director, global distributors, has joined Old Mutual Global Investors as European sales director. He will be based in London and will report to David Aldred, head of European distribution.
14/06/2013

Better performance for UCITS hedge funds in May

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The UCITS Alternative Index Global of UCITS-compliant hedge funds calculated by the Swiss firm Alix Capital in May posted returns of 0.53%, compared with 0.21% in April, bringing gains in the first five months of the year to 2.34%. The UCITS Alternative Index Funds of Funds has posted its fifth consecutive monthly increase, up 0.65% in May, compared with 0.22% in April. It shows a gain of 3.14% since the beginning of the year.Only two strategies show losses for single hedge funds in May: CTA has lost 1.34%, and volatility, 0.12%. The only stand-out gain is for long/short equity, with 1.53%, allowing this fund category to lead for the first five months of the year, with returns of 4.77%.Total assets in UCITS-compliant single hedge funds as of the end of May totalled EUR161bn, compared with EUR160bn one month earlier. They totalled EUR147bn at the end of March, EUR143bn at the end of February, and EUR141bn at the end of January.Currently, the UCITS Alternative index includes 860 hedge funds and funds of hedge funds.
14/06/2013

HFRI hedge fund index gained 0.5% in May

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The good performance of Equity Hedge and Event Driven strategies have allowed hedge funds to post gains for the seventh consecutive month and for the eleventh time in 12 months. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite index gained 0.5% in the month of May, driving a gain of 1.8% for the HFRI Equity Hedge index. The HFRI Event Driven index, for its part, posted a gain of 1.7%, the 12th in a row, due to the dynamism of the corporate transactions market. The HFRI Macro/CTA Index, however, lost 1.5% in May.
14/06/2013

Assets in SWFs total nearly USD5.5trn

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Assets in sovereign wealth funds worldwite total USD5.473trn, according to the most recent statistics from the SWF Institute. Last year, assets in sovereign funds topped USD5trn, with a total of USD5.019trn.The largest SWFs are the Norwegian government pension fund, with USD737.2bn as of June 2013, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) with USD627bn, and the Chinese Safe Investment Company with USD567.9bn (estimated).SWFs tied to oil and gas revenues total USd3.1931trn.With USD25.5bn, the French Strategic Investment Fund (FIS) places in the SWF Institute rankings between the Brunei sovereign fund (USd30bn) and the Texas Permanent School Fund (USD25.5bn).The FIS has a transparency rating of 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. The SWF Institute awarded a better rating to 10 sovereign funds, including the Norwegian sovereign fund, the Singapore fund Temasek and the Australian Future Fund.
14/06/2013

GAM integration successful for former Arkos Capital

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Assets under management at the hedge fund firm GAM Investment Mnagement, known as Arkos Capital before its acquisition in February 2012 by the asset management group GAM, has topped EUR1bn, with assets of EUR1.3bn, compared with EUR550m when the deal was announced, Gianmarco Mondani, founder of Arkos, and currently CEO and CIO of GAM Investment Management, tells AGEFI Switzerland. This is “a positive sign of the contribution of the new GAM range as well as additional sales resources,” says Mondani.
14/06/2013

Risk management is a challenge for insurers

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } More than one quarter of insurance companies worldwide report difficulties in managing risk. In addition to this observation, a survey by State Street of the insurance sector, in all types of business, finds that 29% of top directors surveyed have seen their businesses withdrawn from some activities since the beginning of the financial crisis “due to new capital requirements or requirements related to risk,” a statement says. This percentage reaches as high as 39% for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. This survey, sponsored by State Street and conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit, examines the current state and future outlook for the global insurance industry. Fielded during April 2013, the survey encompassed 307 insurance executives globally across all industry sub-sectors. Half of respondents were C-suite, while the remainder were senior management. 25% of respondents in the EMEA region reported difficulties in recruiting qualified personnel in risk management. In North America, the percentage was 16%. For a complete summary of the results of the survey, go to http://statestreet.com/ourbusiness.
14/06/2013

Wellington registers in Spain

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } On 31 May, the CNMV registered the Irish Sicav Wellington Management Portfolio (Dublin) Plc from Wellington Management. The US asset management firm becomes the fifth foreign asset management firm to register with the Spanish regulator since the beginning of this year, after J. Chahine Capital, Ellipsis AM, Oaks Field Partners and Larrain Vial.
14/06/2013
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UBP lance une nouvelle stratégie actions

La société de gestion suisse UBP lance une nouvelle stratégie «Equity Flex» qui permet d’avoir une exposition actions, tout en contrôlant les risques. «Dans un contexte où la volatilité fait peur avec des risques de drawdowns importants, cette stratégie offre une exposition au marché actions européen mais avec un moteur de gestion des risques pour gérer la volatilité», a souligné le 13 juin à Paris Bernard Kalfon, responsable stratégies de volatilité et de gestion du risque du groupe Union Bancaire Privée (UBP), à l’occasion d’une présentation à des investisseurs.L’objectif de la stratégie est d’offrir un profil de rendement asymétique positif sur un horizon d’investissement long terme. Les moyens mis en œuvre pour atteindre cet objectif sont originaux. En effet, la stratégie combine deux expertises du groupe. Tout d’abord, une stratégie long only avec une exposition directe aux actions au travers du fonds UBAM-Europe Equity. Ensuite, un «overlay» dynamique sur la gestion du risque. L’objectif de beta du portefeuille est compris entre 50% et 100% des actifs sous gestion.Cette stratégie, «qui permet de revenir sereinement sur les actions avec un produit dynamique» selon Bernard Kalfon, est d’ores et déjà disponible sur le marché irlandais. Il devrait être accessible aux investisseurs français à la rentrée, probablement en septembre.
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14/06/2013

Intégration réussie dans GAM pour l'ex-Arkos Capital

Les actifs sous gestion du gérant de hedge funds GAM Investment Management, connu sous le nom d’Arkos Capital avant son rachat en février 2012 par le groupe de gestion d’actifs GAM, ont dépassé le milliard pour atteindre près de 1,3 milliard d’euros contre 550 millions lors de l’annonce de la transaction, indique dans un entretien à L’Agefi suisse Gianmarco Mondani, fondateur de Arkos, actuellement CEO et Chief Investment Officer (CIO) de GAM Investment Management. «Un signe positif de l’apport de la nouvelle marque GAM ainsi que des ressources de distributions supplémentaires», se félicite Gianmarco Mondani.
14/06/2013
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Union revend un immeuble de La Défense

Au bout de tre ize ans, l’allemand Union Investment Real Estate (UIRE) a revendu l’immeuble de bureaux Le Wilson (14.767 mètres carrés) pour 67,2 millions d’euros à un fonds du groupe français Perial.Reinhard Kutscher, président du comité exécutif d’UIRE, a estimé que cette opération est un nouveau succès pour le fonds immobilier offert au public UniImmo: Deutschland, parce que l’immeuble a toujours été occupé en totalité et que la valeur d’expert de l’actif a augmenté de 10,7 millions d’euros.
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14/06/2013

Art Steinmetz promu président d'OppenheimerFunds

Excutive vice president et CIO d’OppeinheimerFunds (208 milliards de dollars fin mars), Art Steinmetz a été promu président de la société de gestion. Il a rejoint OppenheimerFunds en 1986 et conserve ses attributions de CIO Il reste subordonné à Bill Glavin, chairman & CEO.Art Steinmetz restera aussi co-gérant des fonds Oppenheimer International Bond Fund (13,1 milliards de dollars) Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund (9,3 milliards).
14/06/2013
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L'indice HFRI des hedge funds progresse de 0,5% en mai

Les bonnes performances des stratégies Equity Hedge et Event Driven ont permis aux hedge funds d’enregistrer des gains pour le septième mois consécutif et pour la onzième fois en douze mois. L’indice HFRI Fund Weighted Composite a progressé de 0,5% au mois de mai, tiré la hausse de 1,8% de l’indice HFRI Equity Hedge. L’indice HFRI Event Driven a pour sa part enregistré un gain de 1,7%, le douzième consécutif en raison du dynamisme des marchés des transactions d’entreprises. Le HFRI Macro/CTA Index s’est en revanche replié de 1,5% en mai.
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14/06/2013
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Les actifs des fonds souverains totalisent près de 5.500 milliards de dollars

Les actifs des fonds souverains dans le monde s'élèvent à 5.473 milliards de dollars, selon les dernières statistiques communiquées par SWF Institute. L’an dernier, les actifs des fonds souverains avaient franchi la barre des 5.000 milliards de dollars pour s'établir à 5.019 milliards de dollars.Les principaux fonds souverains sont le fonds de pension du gouvernement norvégien, avec 737,2 milliards de dollars en juin 2013, devant ADIA (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority) avec 627 milliards de dollars et le chinois Safe Investment Company avec 567,9 milliards de dollars (estimation).Les seuls fonds souverains liés aux recettes pétrolières et gazières totalisent 3.193,1 milliards de dollars.Avec 25,5 milliards de dollars, le FSI (Fonds stratégique d’investissement) figure dans le classement de SWF Institute entre le fonds souverain du Brunei (30 milliards de dollars) et le Texas Permanent School Fund (25,5 milliards de dollars).Le FSI affiche toutefois un indice de transparence de 9 dans une échelle allant de 1 à 10. SWF Institute a attribué la meilleure note à une dizaine de fonds souverains, dont le fonds norvégien, le fonds de Singapour, Temasek, et le fonds australien (Australian Future Fund).
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14/06/2013

Andrew Baker va quitter la tête de l'AIMA fin 2013

Deputy CEO depuis 2007, puis CEO de l’Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) depuis le début de 2009, Andrew Baker a annoncé qu’il quittera cette dernière fonction à la fin de l’année. Néanmoins, pour assurer une transition sans heurts, il conservera ses fonctions jusqu'à ce que son successeur soit recruté et ait pris ses fonctions.L’AIMA compte plus de 1.300 entreprises adhérentes dans une cinquantaine de pays.
14/06/2013

La gestion du risque est une préoccupation pour les assureurs

Plus d’un quart des compagnies d’assurance dans le monde éprouvent des difficultés à gérer le risque. Outre ce constat, l’enquête de State Street sur le secteur de l’assurance - tous secteurs d’activité confondus- (*) établit que près de 29 % des cadres dirigeants interrogés ont vu leur entreprises se retirer de certaines activités depuis le début de la crise financière «en raison de nouvelles exigences en capital ou de considérations liées au risque» indique un communiqué. Un pourcentage qui monte à 39 % pour la zone Europe, Moyen-Orient et Afrique (EMEA). De fait, 25 % des participants à l’enquête en zone EMEA ont exprimé leurs difficultés à embaucher du personnel qualifié dans la gestion du risque. En Amérique du Nord, cette proportion n’est que de 16 %. (*) L’enquête 2013 de State Street sur le secteur de l’assurance a été menée par The Economist Intelligence Unit en avril et a été réalisée à partir de plus de 300 réponses de dirigeants de compagnies d’assurance dans le monde. En termes de répartition géographique, 36 % des participants étaient basés en Asie-Pacifique, 26 % en Amérique du Nord, et 38 % en zone EMEA. Pour un résumé complet des résultats de l’enquête, rendez-vous sur http://statestreet.com/ourbusiness.
14/06/2013
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DeAWM propose un fonds obligataire à coupons semestriels

La CNMV a enregistré le 17 mai le fonds DWS Cesta Bonos 2017 de Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) que la société commence à commercialiser en Espagne. Ce fonds à distributions semestrielles sous forme de parts du fonds DWS Fondepósito Plus Classe A sera investi à 73 % en obligations d’Etat, le restant étant placé en cedulas hipotecarias (obligations couvertes) et marginalement en obligations d’entreprises espagnoles.Tous les titres sont notés au moins BBB- et le gestionnaire vise un rendement explicitement «non garanti» de 2,9 % par an pour la période entre le 7 juin 2013 et le 10 novembre 2017.CaractéristiquesDénomination: DWS Cesta Bonos 2017Code Isin : ES0127100008Droit de souscription 1,75 %Frais courants: 0,57 %Pénalité de sortie anticipé: 1,5 %
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14/06/2013

Wellington s'enregistre en Espagne

Le 31 mai, La CNMV a enregistré la sicav irlandaise Wellington Management Portfolio (Dublín) Plc de Wellington Management. Le gestionnaire américain devient ainsi la cinquième maison étrangère à se faire référencer par le régulateur espagnol depuis le début de cette année, après J. Chahine Capital, Ellipsis AM, Oaks Field Partners et Larrain Vial.
14/06/2013
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Santander élargit sa gamme prudente avec les fonds passifs Cumbre

La CNMV a délivré son agrément de commercialisation aux fonds Santander Cumbre 2018 y Santander Cumple 2018 Cumbre Plus, les deux premiers fonds passifs avec objectif de rendement lancés par Santander Asset Management, rapporte Funds People.Le premier produit vise une performance de 2 % annuels et investira uniquement en obligations du royaume d’Espagne, tandis que le second peut aussi investir en obligations d’organismes officiels ou de communautés autonomes ayant la même note que l’Etat espagnol. Il vise 2,3 % par an pour les parts B et 2,45 % pour les parts C.
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