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05/02/2013

La Bourse de Singapour s’intéresse à LCH.Clearnet

SGX, la Bourse de Singapour, serait en négociations pour racheter une participation dans la chambre de compensation, soit de manière indépendante, soit dans le cadre d’une opération qui verrait le London Stock Exchange prendre une participation majoritaire de 60% dans LCH.Clearnet, indique le journal qui cite trois sources des échanges. Les trois parties seraient actuellement en cours de discussion sur la structure de l’opération. Le cours de l’action de SGX chutait de 0,6% ce matin, à 7,78 dollars locaux. Cette opération marquerait une deuxième intrusion des bourses asiatiques en Europe après le rachat du London Metal Exchange par la Bourse de Hong Kong.
05/02/2013
Gestion d'actifs

Coface a sélectionné une société de gestion pour intégrer et centraliser sa gestion d'actifs

Amundi a été retenu par la Coface pour intégrer et centraliser sa gestion d’actifs. Le process de sélection des candidats pour ce projet au caractère très transversal s’est révélé long et complexe. Dans un premier temps, une soixantaine de sociétés ont répondu à la pré-alerte lancé en mai 2012 par bfinance, qui conseille la Coface dans la définition de ses besoins, la conduite de l’appel d’offres et le déploiement de la solution retenue. Puis, 25 sociétés ont été présélectionnées et au final dix ont remis une offre, avec, selon la nationalité des candidats, français, anglo-saxons, allemands, suisses ou encore luxembourgeois, différents types de véhicules juridiques proposés pour recueillir l’ensemble des actifs de la Coface. L’organisme d’assurance-crédit et de gestion des garanties publiques va donc pouvoir commencer le déploiement de la première phase de son chantier stratégique de centralisation de sa gestion de portefeuille. Amundi sera en effet chargé d’apporter des services opérationnels et de conseil à la Coface dans le pilotage centralisé et la mise en ??uvre intégrée de ses placements sur l’ensemble de son périmètre international. La seconde phase du chantier démarrera dès février avec le lancement de différents appels d’offres pour sélectionner les gérants qui intègreront la plateforme pilotée par Amundi.
Gestion d'actifs
05/02/2013
Gestion d'actifs

Sicav Emergence est en train de finaliser un deuxième compartiment

Au sein du premier compartiment de la sicav Emergence, Emergence Performance Absolue, le fonds d’incubation lancé par le pôle de compétitivité Finance Innovation, un placement devrait être décidé en comité d’investissement dans les jours qui viennent, rapporte L’Agefi. Selon nos informations, il pourrait s’agir de la société de gestion Eperam. L’incubateur envisage aussi d’ouvrir une poche annexe pour maintenir un guichet en gestion alternative. Plus important, Emergence est en train de finaliser un deuxième compartiment pour environ 70 millions d’euros. Il privilégiera les fonds investissant en actions ou en quasi-fonds propres (convertibles, etc.).
Gestion d'actifs
04/02/2013

Les risques restent élevés en Espagne

Selon le Fonds monétaire international, les risques pour l’économie espagnole et son secteur financier restent élevés, même si des progrès majeurs ont été accomplis jusque là pour mettre en œuvre les réformes du secteur financier. La Commission européenne, de son côté, a estimé que le pays ne devait pas relâcher ses efforts pour remettre en ordre son secteur bancaire.
04/02/2013

Etats-Unis : hausse moins forte que prévu des commandes à l’industrie

Les commandes à l’industrie américaine ont progressé de 1,8% en décembre, un chiffre moins bon que prévu, selon des chiffres publiés lundi par le département du Commerce. Cette statistique est parfois présentée comme un baromètre de la volonté d’investir des entreprises. Hors transports, les commandes à l’industrie ont progressé de 0,2% après une baisse de 0,2% en novembre.
04/02/2013

Détente des relations commerciales entre l’UE et les Etats-Unis

L’Union européenne a levé lundi les restrictions qu’elle faisait peser sur l’importation de plusieurs viandes américaines, une décision constituant le premier pas vers un accord de libre-échange qui concernerait près de la moitié de la production mondiale. Cette décision constitue le premier pas vers un accord de libre-échange qui concernerait près de la moitié de la production mondiale.
04/02/2013

Madrid prépare une triple adjudication

Le Trésor espagnol compte émettre jeudi entre 3,5 milliards et 4,5 milliards d’euros d’obligations. L’adjudication comprendra trois types d’obligations, arrivant à maturité le 31 mars 2015, le 31 janvier 2018 ou le 31 janvier 2029, et respectivement assorties de coupons à 2,75%, 4,5% et 6%.
04/02/2013

ING IM recruits for institutional sales team

Rob Heins, a former manager at PGGM, Robeco and Rabobank Netherlands, is joining the institutional sales team for the Netherlands at ING Investment Management, led by Michael Jasper, which now has five members, Fondnieuws reports.ING IM has about EUR316bn in assets under management for institutional and retail clients.
04/02/2013

Santander to double minimal level for access to private banking

The integration of Banif into Santander will result in an increase in the minimal level of financial savings required by the group for access to private banking services, from EUR500,000 currently, to EUR1m, within six months, Funds People reports.The absorption of Banif is expected to generate synergies in the third year of EUR520m, of which EUR420m are savings, and EUR00m are additional revenues.
04/02/2013

Berkowitz closes three mutual funds to new investors

Bruce Berkowitz, the founder of the asset management firm Fairholem Funds, has announced that he has decided to close three mutual funds to new investors, at the end of the trading day on 28 February this year. Current shareholders will be permitted to continue to invest in the various funds. Fairholme explains in a statement that the decision comes largely as a result of the risk of diluting the current shareholders and the currently good positioning of the various funds for financing operations and realising new investments. Among the three funds which have been closed to new investors is the Fairholme Fund, whose assets under management total about USD7.5bn.
04/02/2013

Tocqueville Finance reshuffles its product range

French boutique Tocqueville Finance on Thursday announced at its annual convention that it is overhauling its fund product range. Funds investing solely in France will have their investment universe extended to cover all of Europe and all capitalisation sizes. This includes Ulysse, the flagship fund from the firm, which was managed by the star fund manager Marc Tournier until his departure about one year ago, which becomes a euro zone fund for all cap sizes. It is now managed by Daniel Fighiera, CIO since May 2012, with the assistance of Nelly Davies, co-manager. Tocqueville Dividende and Odyssée also open to Europe. Tocqueville Finance also announced the transformation of Ithaque, a value fund, into a megatrend fund. The new fund will be managed by Nelly Davies with Thibault Moureu as analyst. Tocqueville Finance had assets under management of EUR1.2bn as of Decembre 31, 2012, against EUR2bn as of June 2011. But the new CEO, Hervé Guiriec still targets AUM of EUR4bn in 2015.
04/02/2013

Old Mutual AM creates a position for a head of institutional sales for Asia

Old Mutual Asset Management has recruited Miranda Poon for the newly-created position of head of institutional sales for Asia, Asian Investor reports. Poon will be based in Hong Kong, and will report directly to Olivier Lebleu, head of sales outside the United States. Skandia Investment Group has merged with Old Mutual Asset Management to create a new entity, entitled Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI), in a change which will become official at the Chinese New Year. Assets under management by the firm total over USD20bn, of which Asia represents slightly over USD1bn.
04/02/2013

BBVA makes capital gain on sale of AFP Provida

In a stock exchange filing released by the CNMV, BBVA on 1 February announced that it is selling its 64.3% stake in the Chilean pension fund management firm AFP Provida to MetLife for EUR1.521bn, of which about EUR500m represent a net capital gain. The transaction will be completed by the end of second quarter.
04/02/2013

Assets in funds managed by BBVA in Spain contract

Preferring to emphasize sales of savings accounts rather than investment funds, BBVA in 2012 saw a decline of 2.5% in assets in its funds in Spain, to EUR19.116bn as of the end of December, Funds People reports.In the rest of the world, assets under management in investment funds rose 13%, to EUR22.255trn, while assets in pension funds increased by 16.3% to EUR71.743bn, and the volume of portfolio management mandates for clients increased 6.95 to EUR13.652bn.Last year, the BBVA group saw a 45.3% decline in its net profits, to EUR1.676bn.
04/02/2013

UBS plans to scale up wealth management in China

“China, one of the largest markets for UBS, will continue to be a central part of our strategy,” the chairman of the board of directors at UBS, Axel Weber, has announced on his first visit to China in the position he has held since last year, China Daily reports. With this in mind, UBS will continue to develop its wealth management activities in China, where the group is hoping to become one of the largest wealth management firms. Worldwide, wealth management represents about 50% of the UBS portfolio. This percentage is clearly much smaller in China, where investable assets last year showed double-digit growth.
04/02/2013

Axa IM replaces its head of institutional sales for Germany

Axa Investment Managers on 1 February recruited Jörg Schomburg to replace Frank Richter, who has left the business, as head of institutional sales for Germany. Schomburg had since 1999 been at Allianz Global Investors (AGI), where he had since 2007 directed the institutional sales team.
04/02/2013

Warburg Invest recruits head of portfolios

Matthias Reimer, who was head of portfolio management for guaranteed funds and multi-asset class strategies in the wealth management unit of DWS (Deutsche Bank group), is joining Warburg Invest (EUR14.8bn in assets), Das Investment reports.At his new employer, Reimer will direct the portfolio engineering team, which includes multi-asset class strategies and the development of custom investment strategies for private clients.
04/02/2013

Four promotions in asset allocation at Putnam

Following the departure of Jeff Knight, head of the global asset allocation (GAA) team, Putnam Investments on 1 February announced the appointment with immediate effect of four co-heads for the strategy, for which the asset manager has a total of 13 employees, and assets of about USD10bn.The four new co-heads, who joined Putnam between 1998 and 2000, will retain their current responsibilities, and will “work in close cooperation” with Walter C. Donovan, CIO.James Fetch will remain as head of portfolio construction and risk management, while Robert Kea will continue to direct top-down analysis, Robert Schoen remains responsible for equities, and Jason Vaillancourt remains head of the global macro approach.
04/02/2013

Amundi aims for USD100bn in assets in Asia

The asset management firm Amundi, who is celebrating 30 years of presence in Hong Kong, is aiming for USD100bn in Asia “in the next fie years,” according to CEO Yves Perrier, Les Echos reports. The asset management firm currently has USD70bn, out of just under USD1trn in assets under management worldwide (EUR711bn as of 30 September). “Among the asset management firms present in Asia, whether they be foreign or local, Amundi has one of he most complete personnel teams, and we have room to grow everywhere to increase our presence,” Perrier says.
04/02/2013

Assets under management at Legg Mason down

The US asset management firm Legg Mason has reported assets under management of USD648.9bn for the third quarter of its 2012-2013 fiscal year, ending on 31 December, compared with USD650.7bn as of the end of September, according to statistics released on 1 February. Outflows in the quarter totalled USD7.5bn, and were only partially offset by a positive market effect of USD5.7bn, while assets under management have nonetheless risen 3% compared with their levels at the end of December 2011. Legg Mason has announced that outflows from equities totalled USD8.3bn, while outflows from bonds totalled USD6.8bn. Money market funds, however, attracted USD7.6bn in fourth quarter. As of 31 December, assets under management consisted 57% of bonds, compared with 22% for equities. 60% of clients are American. Legg Mason finished the quarter to the end of December with a net loss of USD453.9m, or USD3.45 per share, compared with net profits of USD80.8m, or USD0.60 per share in the quarter to the end of September, and USD28.1m, or USD0.20 per share in fourth quarter 2011. Losses in the quarter under review are due to charges for depreciation of intangible assets totalling USD734m.

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