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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
Fonds

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

Amaïka AM reprend la gestion du fonds Résilience à Invesco AM

Amaïka Asset Management, société de gestion créée en 2011 par David Kalfon et Christophe Berger, deux anciens d’EFG Asset Management, vient d’annoncer la reprise de la gestion du fonds diversifié Résilience (*). Lancé en novembre 2011 à l’initiative du cabinet de conseil en investissements Fundesys, le fonds qui affiche un encours de cinq millions d’euros était piloté jusque là par Invesco AM.De droit français, l’OPCVM est conforme aux normes UCITS IV, exposé de manière discrétionnaire aux marchés actions, obligataires, matières premières et monétaires, à travers une sélection de fonds. Les investissements réalisés s’effectuent sans contrainte géographique ou sectorielle. L’exposition aux marchés actions restera comprise entre 20% et 80% de l’actif du portefeuille. En pratique, la gestion du fonds s’appuie également sur les recommandations de Fundesys.(*) Code ISIN : FR0011101914
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29/05/2013

BNP Paribas SS remporte un mandat auprès d’Aviva Investors France

Aviva Investors France a décidé de confier à BNP Paribas Securities Services l’administration du collatéral de ses pensions livrées (Sale & Repurchase Agreement). Hélène Virello, responsable de la gestion du collatéral chez BNP Paribas Securities Services, a commenté : « Ce nouveau mandat nous conforte dans notre stratégie d'élargir notre offre de gestion du collatéral sur différents sous-jacents au-delà des dérivés de gré à gré traités en bilatéral, avec les pensions livrées, et demain les dérivés de gré à gré compensés (…) ».
29/05/2013

IndexIQ renforce son équipe de commerciaux

La société spécialisée dans les ETF IndexIQ recrute pour son équipe commerciale, en interne comme en externe, rapporte Mutual Fund Wire. Les postes en interne seront basés à New York, les postes externes dans d’autres régions des Etats-Unis.
29/05/2013

Nouveau directeur pour Chausson Finance

Romain Dehaussy devient directeur de Chausson Finance. Il a commencé sa carrière en 2005 chez HSBC en tant que chargé d’affaires entreprises. Il a ensuite travaillé pour Aelios Finance puis Pax Corporate Finance. Chausson Finance est spécialiste en placements privés en capital-risque pour les entreprises de croissance. La société a plus de 160 levées de fonds réussies à son actif et plus de 500 millions d’euros levés.
29/05/2013

Arkéa Banque Entreprises et Institutionnels lance une gamme solidaire

Arkéa Banque Entreprises et Institutionnels, filiale du groupe Crédit Mutuel Arkéa dédiée aux marchés des entreprises et des acteurs publics et institutionnels locaux, vient de lancer Kerea, une gamme de produits d’épargne solidaire. L’offre doit répondre aux entreprises implantées en région soucieuses de leur impact social et environnemental, aux sociétés d’aménagement attentives à la lutte contre la pauvreté, aux grands distributeurs souhaitant soutenir une cause humanitaire, indique un communiqué. Le premier support de placement de la gamme permet à l’épargnant de reverser directement une partie de son épargne à des acteurs à forte utilité sociale ou environnementale. L’épargnant investissant sur un dépôt ou un bon à moyen terme négociable (BMTN) a la possibilité de reverser 25% à 100% de la rémunération perçue à une association reconnue d’utilité publique, partenaire de l’opération. En retour, ce placement ouvre droit à un crédit d’impôt pour l’investisseur.
29/05/2013

Franklin Templeton collecte fortement en Italie

En avril, Franklin Templeton a enregistré en Italie des souscriptions nettes de 1,056 milliard d’euros, se plaçant dans le « top 3 » des sociétés de gestion ayant le plus fortement collecté sur le mois derrière Generali et Intesa qui jouent à domicile, selon les chiffres d’Assogestioni, l’association italienne des professionnels de la gestion.La société de gestion américaine s’était déjà distinguée les mois précédents, avec une collecte de 1,041 milliard en mars, de 786,3 millions en février et de 720,9 millions en janvier.Franklin Templeton gérait à fin mars 27,4 milliards d’euros en Italie, d’après les derniers chiffres disponibles. La société de gestion vient d’ailleurs d’ouvrir trois bureaux en Italie, à Rome, Florence et Padoue. Ces implantations locales viendront s’ajouter à celle de Milan.
29/05/2013
Fonds

Les fonds italiens continuent de collecter

Les fonds ouverts commercialisés en Italie ont enregistré en avril des souscriptions nettes de 5,4 milliards d’euros, soit le même niveau qu’en mars, rapporte l’association italienne des professionnels de la gestion Assogestioni. Depuis le début de l’année, ils ont engrangé un total de 19,3 milliards d’euros.La collecte en avril a été alimentée par les fonds obligataires (3 milliards d’euros) et les fonds flexibles (2,8 milliards d’euros). Les fonds diversifiés ont aussi drainé 985 millions d’euros. En revanche, les autres catégories de fonds sont dans le rouge. Les fonds actions voient ainsi sortir 68 millions d’euros.Depuis le début de l’année, ce sont également les fonds obligataires et flexibles qui dopent l’activité.A fin avril, les encours des fonds ressortaient à 516,9 milliards d’euros.En ajoutant fonds fermés et gestions sous mandats, le secteur de la gestion a enregistré des souscriptions nettes de 6,9 milliards d’euros en avril et de 27,1 milliards d’euros sur les quatre premiers mois de l’année. Les encours totaux s’élevaient à 1.256 milliards d’euros.
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29/05/2013

Towers Watson se lancerait dans les fonds de hedge funds

Towers Watson envisage de se lancer dans les fonds de hedge funds, un secteur qu’il a pourtant critiqué, rapporte Financial News, citant deux personnes proches du dossier. Le consultant ciblerait les petits institutionnels pour lesquels investir directement dans les hedge funds peut s’avérer difficile.
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

SFA: ETFs have a future in retail market

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to the Swiss Fund Association (SFA), which held a press conference on the subject in Zurich on 28 May, ETFs “represent a steadily-growing segment of fund volumes traded in Switzerland.” They are thought to be wideapread among institutional investors, but “they should be expected to find increased popularity in the future with private investors.”These products “combine the advantages of funds and ordinary equities. Private investors are also becoming increasingly aware in the future and will include ETFs in their portfolios. In our opinion, new distribution channels will contribute to their spread. European financial advisors will increasingly offer advising models based on commissions, which will tend to profit products which are worth the price and deliver good performance such as ETFs. This change has been driven by regulation, in Switzerland among other places,” says Christian Gast, managing director and head of iShares.Currently, eight members of the SFA are promoters of ETFs in Switzerland or members of the ETF expert commission at the SFA. They are BlackRock AM Schweiz, Commerzbank, Zurich branch, Deutsche Bank, SIX Swiss Exchange, Société Générale, Zurich branch, Swiss & Global AM, UBS Global AM and the Cantonal bank of Zurich.
29/05/2013

Credit Suisse chairman wants to resolve tax dispute with United States

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The chairman of the board of directors at Credit Suisse, Urs Rohner, is calling for a resolution to the tax crisis with the United States. “The question needs to receive a global response, there is no doubt, since UBS has already reached an agreement with the US authorities,” the banker explains in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper. Rohner estimates that reaching a painful solution for everyone will always be preferable to remaining stuck in the past. “It is unrealistic to think that banks can continue to avoid the problem in the long term and that it will eventually solve itself,” the chief administrator of Credit Suisse says. In addition to the aspect of conflict between the Swiss banks and Washington, Rohner points to a real rise in awareness in the sector. “Tolerance of tax crimes has taken a fundamental turn. The business model of accepting undeclared money is now economically senseless and morally unacceptable,” he added. In the event that it is impossible to reach a global solution, the chairman of Credit Suisse would not advise his colleagues to reach case-by-case agreements. “but the idea, which remains popular, that the problem is limited to 13 establishments and that the others are only marginally concerned is simply false,” he pointed out.
29/05/2013

US tax authority demands client data from Julius Baer

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The US tax authorities are requiring private client data from Julius Bär, under an administrative assistance request. The clients have been informed by the bank that the tax authority, the IRS, has requested administrative assistance, the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung reports. The bank has confirmed receipt of the request. The request came from the Asset Forfeiture Coordinator (AFC) and affects clients of Julius Bär suspected by the IRS of “tax fraud.” Nearly 100 clients are reportedly affected by the move, the newspaper reports. After the case of UBS and the request for administrative assistance made to Credit Suisse last year, this is the third group request from the United States.
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Biljana Persson leaves East Capital for Kungsleden

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Biljana Pehrsson has been appointed as CEO of Kungsleden, a Swedish realty firm, Realtid.se reports. She had previously worked at East Capital, where she had been head of real estate and vice-CEO of East Capital Private Equity.
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

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.

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