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28/02/2013

EFG International returns to profitability

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } EFG International has returned to profitability in 2012, following a variety of reorganisation measures undertaken and a positive development of activities in most sectors. The Zurich-based wealth management firm earned net profits of CHF111m, compared with a loss of CHF2489m the previous year, according to a statement released on 27 February. Net profits, excluding recurrent charges, rose 71%, to CHF142.5m. Assets under management which generate revenues totalled CHF78.7bn as of the end of December 2012, which represents an increase of CHF300m compared with the end of December 2011, despite the impact of abandoning some operations as part of a review of the activities of EFG International. Net inflows totalled CHF3bn for contined activities, up by CHF0.6bn compared with the previous year.
28/02/2013

Raiffeisen paid CHF560m for non-US activities of Wegelin

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Raiffeisen banking group has paid CHF560m to acquire the non-US activities of the Swiss Wegelin private bank, which have since been transferred to the new Notenstein bank, according to the Handelszeitung. This total comes from a document formulating the recommendations of the New York state prosecutor’s office for criminal charges against Wegelin in the United States. The transaction was announced in January 2012, shortly before Wegelin was accused of helping US taxpayers to conceal their assets from the tax authorities. The sale price has not then been revealed. With these figures, the prosecutor intends to demonstrate that Wegelin is able to quickly pay the sum in question (USD75m) to settle charges against it.
28/02/2013

Russell Global Defensive index outperforms Russell Global

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Russell Global Defensive index has outperformed the Russell Gloal Index by 2% or more in some periods over the past decade, according to a statement released on 27 February. The index has posted returns of 12.8% on one year, 12.9% over three years (annualised), 7% over five years (annualised), and 8.3% over ten years (annualised) as of 21 February 2013. “The Global Russell Defensive Index identifies and ranks equities according to their sensitivity to economic cycles, credit cycles, and market volatility, all factors which fall into the category of stability. The index measures the performance of the most stable companies, meaning those which stand out for their characteristics of high quality and low volatility,” says Phil Hoffman, international equity manager at Russell Investments. “The track record of the index helps to support the conviction that an actively-managed portfolio of the most stable defensive shares can present superior risk and return characteristics over time.”
28/02/2013

MainFirst to offer global equity fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Frankfurt-based MainFirst Asset Management is planning to release a statement on Friday confirming reports in Citywire that Frank Schwarz, one of the three managers recruited from Deutsche Asset Management last year (see Newsmanagers of 29 August), will be entrusted with the management of a Luxembourg-registered long-only global equity fund, scheduled for launch on 1 March, which will have seed capital of EUR10m.
28/02/2013

Heavy outflows and declining annual results at Henderson

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Assets under management at Henderson Global Investors rose slightly last year to GBP66bn as of the end of December, compared with GBP64.3bn as of the end of December 2011, but pre-tax profits were down 8%, to GBP146.5m, according to statistics released on 27 February.The group has undergone a net outflow of about GBP4bn, as redemptions from the retail portion alone represented about GBP1.2bn. Equities underwent outflows of GBP3.3bn, offset by a positive market effect of GBP3.4bn. In bonds, outflows totalled GBP871m, but positive market effects totalled GBP2.14bn.Earnings on performance commissions, for their part, fell 48% to GBP33.9m.
28/02/2013

Standard Life Wealth acquires a division of Newton Management

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Due to the acquisition for GBP83.5m of the private clients division of Newton Management Limited (GBP3.6bn), announced on 27 February, Standard Life Wealth (SLW) will triple its discretionary assets. The transaction is expected to increase profits at SLW starting from the first full year following the operation, which is expected to take about seven months.The 79 direct employees of Newton Private Clients will all be transferred to SLW. Newton serves about 3,000 high and ultra-high net worth private clients, as well as 120 charities.
28/02/2013

GLG analyst arrested

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } An analyst for the hedge fund GLG was arrested on Wednesday morning in London, the Financial Times reports. He is accused of insider trading by the FSA. Man, the parent company of GLG, has announced that the analyst has been charged personally, and not as an employee of the business .Man is no longer under investigation.
28/02/2013

Amundi lists an ETF based on Topix in Frankfurt

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The day after launching a db x-trackers ETF replicating the Nikkei 225 (see Newsmanagers of 26 February), Amundi has listed another Japan ETF for trading on the XTF segment of the Xetra electronic platform (Deutsche Börse), this time a French-registered fund, the Amundi ETF Topix EUR hedged daily. The addition brings the number of ETFs listed in Frankfurt to 1,025. The portfolio is hedged daily for variations in the excange rate between the euro and the yen.CharacteristicsName: Amundi ETF TOPIX EUR Hedged DailyISIN code: FR0011314277Benchmark index: TOPIX Euro Daily Hedged IndexTER: 0.48%
28/02/2013

Marc van Heel takes over as head of iShares Benelux

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Not long after the announcement that he would be resigning from his position as managing director for Benelux (see Newsmanagers of 15 February) at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), Marc van Heel is joining iShares to replace Roel Thijssen as head of iShares Benelux, Fondsnieuws reports, adding that ven Heel will begin in his new position in May.Van Heel will report to Leen Meijaard, head of iShares for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, who succeeded Gardner. He had also continued to serve simultaneously as head of BlackRock Benelux.
28/02/2013

Invesco creates management team in Singapore

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The US asset management firm Invesco has begun to build t management team which will be based in Singapore. The first recruit is Abdul Jalil Rasheed, who is currently CEO of Aberdeen Islamic Asset Management. He will leave this job on 7 March, according to Asian Investor. At Invesco, he will manage the Asean equity fund from 1 April. Gerald Ambrose, managing director for Malaysia, will serve as CEO of Aberdeen Islamic Asset Management.
28/02/2013

Schroders lists a GAIA fund in Spain

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The CNMV has issued a sales license in Spain for the UCITS-compliant hedge fund GAIA Sirios US Equity, Schroders has announced, via Funds People. The product is a long/short fund of US mid- and large cap equities (see Newsmanagers of 29 January), which replicates the Sirios US Equity Long/Short fund, launched in July 1999.
28/02/2013

Edmond de Rothschild plans to enter private banking in Germany

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } After asset management, private banking is the area in which the Edmond de Rothschild bank would like to be present in Germany. According to reports in Private Banking Magazin cited by Finews, Edmond de Rothschild is planning to open a branch office in Frankfurt, which will coordinate activities on the German market.
28/02/2013

Hans Stoter appointed as chief investment officer at ING IM

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } ING Investment Management (ING IM) on 27 February announced the appointment of Hans Stoter as chief investment officer (CIO) and a member of the international management committee. Stoter joined ING IM in 1998, and succeeds Mark Weber, who is returning to the US headquarters of ING IM to take on responsibilities as vice president of structured assets, loans and alternatives. As CIO, Stoter will also oversee the global investment leadership team, which oversees investments teams, investment proceses, the performance of portfolios and risks for mandates and funds managed by the investment boutiques of ING IM International. His appointment is pending approval by the authorities. Tim Dowling will succeed Stoter in his former role as head of corporate bond investments and principal manager of the Global High Yield fund. Dowling, whoc is currently head of the team and principal manager of the US High Yield fund, is a veteran of the sector, with 27 years of experience in corporate and high yield bonds, including five years at ING Investment Management. Dowling will continue to be based at the ING IM International offices in New York, from where he will direct the global credit team and will continue to be responsible for the investment process for the United States. He will report directly to Stoter,
28/02/2013

ICI Global opens an office in Hong Kong

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The ICI Global association founded by the Investment Company Institute (ICI) to defend the interests of investment fund managers internationally will open an office in Hong Kong this May. The office, the first in the Asia-Pacific region, will be led by Yang Qiumei. The former director of development at Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing hopes to contribute to discussions between regulators and actors in the fund industry. The association would like to strengthen its presence in Asia, and would like to recruit new members, Asian Investor reports.
28/02/2013

Strong increase in AUM for Chinese funds in Q4

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In October-December 2012, assets under management by Chinese funds increased by 29%, to CNY2.8trn, or USD449bn, according to Z-Ben Advisors, Asian Investor reports. The increase was primarily triggered by a seasonal trend at Chinese asset management firms to boost their rankings by placing money market fund shares, a category which alone has attracted CNY200bn in net subscriptions.The two largest firms in terms of growth in fourth quarter are asset management affiliates of banks. Bank of China Investment Management is a joint venture of BOC and BlackRock, while CCB Principal is a joint venture of the China Construction Bank, Principal Financial and the China Huadian Group, whose assets have increased to CNY100.1bn and CNY94.5bn, respectively, as they were able to rely on the networks of their parent companies to boost inflows to their money market funds.
28/02/2013

FCA plans to reward whistle-blowers

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Fundweb reports that at a hearing before the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, Martin Wheatley, who has been appointed to lead the future Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), announced that he is studying the US system which rewards whistleblowers and provides them with a cut (20% to 30%) of the funds recuperated due to the information they provide. It has not ruled out importing the practice to the United Kingdom, but it is too early to make a judgement yet.
28/02/2013

L'inflation baisse à 2% en janvier dans la zone euro

L’inflation annuelle a diminué à 2% en janvier, contre 2,2% en décembre, chiffre qui donne à la Banque centrale européenne (BCE) tout le loisir d'étudier une baisse des taux lors de sa réunion de la semaine prochaine. Hors énergie, l’inflation ressort à 1,9%, sous l’objectif de la BCE (une inflation tout juste en deçà de 2%).
28/02/2013

Amundi IS transige avec l’AMF

Dans le cadre d’un accord de composition administrative conclu avec l’Autorité des marchés financiers, la division d’Amundi spécialisée dans les produits structurés va verser au Trésor public la somme de 290.000 euros pour mettre un terme à des griefs portant sur la valorisation de swaps de performance de deux OPCVM à formule et sur des procédures de contrôle défaillantes. «Le calcul de la valeur liquidative n’aurait ainsi pas fait l’objet d’une valorisation précise et indépendante des éléments d’actifs et de hors-bilan de ces OPCVM à formule», souligne le protocole d’accord. Amundi Investment Solutions a contesté le bien-fondé de ces accusations mais a néanmoins tenu compte des préconisations de l’AMF pour faire évoluer son dispositif de contrôle de la valorisation des instruments financiers complexes. L’accord signé en décembre 2012 et rendu public en début de semaine doit être encore validé par le Collège de l’AMF, puis homologué par la Commission des sanctions.
28/02/2013

Pas de collectif budgétaire prévu avant l'automne

Il n’y a pas de projet de loi de finances rectificative programmé avant l’automne prochain, a affirmé hier Christian Eckert (PS), le rapporteur général de la commission des Finances de l’Assemblée nationale. La Commission européenne a publié il y a quelques jours des prévisions plus pessimistes que prévues pour la France en matière de croissance et de déficit public.
28/02/2013

La BCE pas près de sortir des mesures de crise

La Banque centrale européenne n’est pas près de sortir des mesures non conventionnelles mises en place pour soutenir la croissance en zone euro, a déclaré hier son président de Mario Draghi. «Notre politique monétaire reste accommodante», a-t-il dit à l’occasion d’une intervention à l’Académie catholique de Bavière. «Nous sommes loin de penser à une sortie» a-t-il précisé.
28/02/2013

BCBG Max Azria se met en vente

Reuters croit savoir que le couturier, conseillé par Blackstone, songe à se mettre en vente dans le cadre d’une transaction qui pourrait représenter jusqu'à un milliard de dollars. La société, qui abrite les marques BCBGeneration, Max Azria et Hervé Léger, pourrait susciter l’intérêt d’autres maisons de prêt-à-porter ou celui de fonds d’investissement.
28/02/2013

La CFTC se désole de son budget

Devant un Comité du Sénat américain, Gary Gensler, le président de la CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission), a souligné que le régulateur des marchés à terme était contraint de limiter ses contrôles du fait d’un budget trop serré. Le personnel disponible notamment n’a pas évolué depuis plusieurs années, s’est lamenté Gary Gensler.
28/02/2013

Le crédit à l'habitat chutera en 2013

La production de crédit à l’habitat a plongé de près de 29% sur le marché français l’an dernier. Dans un contexte économique toujours dégradé, l’octroi de prêts immobiliers aux particuliers devrait reculer d’environ 12% en 2013, selon les prévisions du Crédit Foncier.
28/02/2013

Où les conditions monétaires sont-elles les plus souples?

Historiquement parlant, les conditions monétaires (la combinaison des taux d’intérêt à court terme et du taux de change effectif en termes réels) sont très souples aujourd’hui aux Etats-Unis, en zone euro et au Royaume-Uni. La Fed et la Banque d’Angleterre ont baissé les taux très rapidement, dès 2008, et la dépréciation du change est venue soutenir le mouvement, en particulier au Royaume-Uni où la livre s’est affaiblie jusqu’en 2009. De plus, la politique inflationniste menée par les autorités fiscales britanniques (hausse de la TVA notamment) a contribué à réduire les taux réels à un moment où la désinflation par les matières premières les faisait remonter ailleurs.
28/02/2013

LCH.Clearnet prépare une levée de fonds

LCH.Clearnet s’apprête à mener à bien au cours des prochains jours une augmentation de capital pour 300 millions de livres (près de 350 millions d’euros). Une opération qui pourrait voir le Nasdaq augmenter sa participation, et qui est menée dans le cadre du rachat de LCH.Clearnet par le London Stock Exchange, qui versera 366 millions d’euros pour 60% de la chambre de compensation.

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