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16/01/2013

Christian Pellis joins Amundi as head of external distribution

Christian Pellis joined Amundi at the beginning of this year as global head of external distribution, a position that was before covered by the head of institutional clients.Pellis previously worked at LGT Capital Management, as head of distribution. He was also a member of the executive board (2010-2012).However, Pellis has spent the majority of his career at Threadneedle Investments, first in Frankfurt as regional director of sales for Europe (1998-2001), and then in London, where he served in a similar role as head of development for new markets in Europe and Latin America (2002-2004). He then spent six years as head of European distribution in London, specialised in institutional clients in Europe and Latin America (2004-2010).
16/01/2013

CalSTRS invests in global macro strategy

The Californian pension fund CalSTRS has invested USD50m in the global macro strategy from the manager of the hedge fund MKP Capital Management in the quarter ending on 31 December, Pensions & Investments reports. MKP Capital is the third hedge fund manager to be selected by CalSTRS, whose assets under management total about USD154.3bn.
16/01/2013

Fidelity recruits for French institutional team

Fidelity Worldwide Investment has today announced that it is recruiting for its institutional team in France, with the arrival of Anne-Charlotte Aguttes as head of the Clients – Institutional and Corporate department. She joins Jean-Marc Didier, who is head of this activity, with whom she will work closely to strengthen Fidelity’s presence serving French institutional clients, a statement says. Before joining Fidelity, Anne-Charlotte Aguttes served as senior RFP Manager at State Street Global Advisors in Paris, where she had worked since 2006, as a specialist in institutional requests for proposals, covering all strategies and asset classes offered by the group.
16/01/2013

Steep rise in assets under management at MainFirst AM

As of 31 December, assets at the German asset management firm Mainfirst Asset Management topped EUR3bn, a record, compared with EUR1.1bn twelve months previously. The firm declined to tell Newsmangers the respective level of assets under management in eight open-ended funds and in mandates; the distribution appears to be about 50/50, according to some sources familiar with the matter. The largest fund from the Frankfurt-based asset management firm is the Mainfirst Top European Ideas Fund, with about EUR1.3bn.Mainfirst AM did not wish to provide details about net subscription levels either. A statement says merely that the product range grew in 2012 with the addition of a quantitative equity strategy, the MainFirst North America fund (managed by a former Swisscanto manager), two bond strategies, including the MainFirst Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund Balanced (managed by former Clariden Leu managers), the recruitment of a team from Postbank Financial Services (which will bring out a new fund this year), and lastly, the creation of a multi-asset class unit. For the latter, Mainfirst has already applied for sales licenses for three open-ended absolute return funds, which will be managed by a team recruited from DB Advisors.
16/01/2013

AXA PE sells its stake in Phönix/Strack

AXA Private Equity on Tuesday, 15 January announced the sale of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation of its stake in the Phönix/Strack group , a leader in the design and production of special plumbing for companies active in the energy, petrochemical and chemical industries. The sale price totals EUR82m. The completion of the operation is pending approval from antitrust authorities.
16/01/2013

Allianz maintains operating profit outlooks 2012

The German insurer Allianz on 15 January confirmed its operating projections for 2012, despite EUR455m in charges due to Hurricane Sandy in the United States. “Despite the impact of hurricane Sandy, we continue to predict an operating profit for 2012 of over EUR9bn,” the CFO of Allianz, Dieter Wemmer, says in a statement. The insurer at the end of October announced the operating profit outlook of over EUR9bn at the end of October, but had warned that this figure included a merely provisional evaluation of damages related to hurricate Sandy, which was not disclosed at that time. Stating that the figure remains provisional, Allianz now estimates the damage at USD590m, or EUR455m, the total cost of reimbursements to clients and of their associated expenses.
16/01/2013

Changes at the top at Bankhaus Lampe

As of 30 April, Peter Ebertz will be leaving his job as managing partner of Bankhaus Lampe KG (a business owned by the Oetker family), for personal reasons. The private bank states that Ebertz is responsible for branches and relationships with high net worth private clients, as well as business clients.Nicholas Blanchard, who joined Lampe on 1 March 2012 from Bayerische HypoVereinsbank (HVB), will be appointed as a managing partner alongside Stephan Schüller and Ulrich Cosse. He will be responsible for all market activities of the bank.The Düsseldorf institute also reports that Ute Gerbaulet (formerly of Commerzbank) was recruited on 1 January 2013 as head of the capital markets & advisory unit; she also joins the extended executive board of Bankhaus Lampe.
16/01/2013

Toward a recovery for equity market fundamentals

The most popular investment criterion for institutional investors in 2013 will be the quality of results announced by businesses, before macroeconomic data is taken into account, according to the most recent European Corporate Survey by Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux, conducted between 23 October and 6 November, of 270 international investors in 28 countries. More than 50% of international investors, and 78% of US investors, say that profits at businesses will be the most important criterion in their investment decisions in 2013. Only 24% of investors estimate that macroeconomic criteria will be important, compared with 32% currently. The survey finds that 81% of investors surveyed estimate that the Euro Stoxx 50 index will rise until 30 June 2013, while 46% estimate that the index will remain in a range of 0 to +10%, and 35% predict that the index will gain at least 10%. One third of investors hope to increase the number of corporate meetings in 2012, as “corporate access” is now indissociable from the investment decision. 50% of US investors who participated in the study would like to increase the number of corporate meetings in the next 12 months. British and French investors value these contacts: 43% and 34%, respectively, meet with more than 60 companies per year (compared with an average of 27).
16/01/2013

New hedge funds set up shop in New York

In a difficult fundraising environment, a growing number of new hedge fund firms is setting up shop in New York, where they estimate that it is easier to get noticed, the Wall Street Journal reports. Of the new hedge fund firms opening in Manhattan or Greenwich or Stamford in Connecticut, about 86% have chosen New York, on average, between 2003 and 2008, accorsing to eVestment. In 2009 and 2010, Manhattan accounted for 92% of fund launches. 2011 data indicate that the trend has continued.
16/01/2013

Inflows to Préfon-Retraite pension scheme up 3.4%

The Préfon association on 15 January announced that its Préfon-Retraite pension scheme has generated inflows of EUR430m in the past twelve months, an increase of 3.4% year on year. The leader in elective retirement savings for public employees has also announced that the number of new members joining the Préfon-Retraite scheme rose 15% in 2012 compared with the previous year, with 8,500 new subscriptions. As of the end of September 2012, assets at Préfon-Retraite totalled about EUR11.2bn.
16/01/2013

EC to present a proposed resolution on banking crisis by summer

The European Commission will by this summer set out proposed legislation to et up a joint mechanism to resolve banking crises, the president of the Commission, José Manuel Barroso, announced on 15 January. “Following the adoption of the single supervision mechanism, the Commission will make a legislative proposal for a shared resolution mechanism for the banking sector before summer. I consider that an absolute priority,” Barroso said. Barroso, who was speaking before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, welcomed the compromise reached in December between European finance ministers to set up a joint banking supervision mechanism for the euro zone and other countries of the European Union (EU) that wish to participate. “Talks over the bill are in progress with Parliament, and I hope that the final step in its passage is coming within a matter of weeks, not months,” he said.
16/01/2013

ECM AM builds presence in credit strategies

The asset management firm ECM Asset Management, an affiliate of the Wells Fargo banking group, has appointed Jens Vanbrabant as co-manager of two of its largest funds in the Sicav range, Citywire reports. Vanbrabant becomes the third manager of the European Credit Fund Sicav-Elbe, whose assets under management total EUR467m, and co-manager of the European Credit Fund Sicav-Danube (EUR82m). The managers in place for these strategies, Henrietta Pacquement and Derek Hynes, will retain their positions, but will now be supported by Vanbrabant. Despite these new duties, Vanbrabant will continue to manage the three funds that he currently manages, one European bond fund (European Credit Fund Sicav-Interlaken), one corporate bond fund (European Credit Fund Sicav – European Corporate), and one European bond mandate for Universal Investment.
16/01/2013

Edhec endows chair with Meridiam and Campbell Lutyens

A research chair for equity investments and benchmarking in the area of infrastructure has been created in Singapore by the Edhec-Risk Institute with Meridiam Infrastructure (EUR2.8bn in assets) and Campbell Lutyens. It will employ up to three senior researchers at the Edhec campus in Singapore in the next three years.
16/01/2013

Assets at Liontrust top GBP2.5bn

In its “interim management statement” for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2012, Liontrust Asset Management Plc on 15 January announced that its assets increased in the period under review yo GBP2.530bn, from GBP2.364bn, thanks to GBP64m in net subscriptions, and a positive market effect of GBP102m. As of 11 January, assets totalled GBP2.584bn.Assets under management for institutionals fell to GBP542m, compared with GBP570m as of 1 October, with net outflows of GBP53m, while retail represented GBP1.978bn, compared with GBP1.756bn, with net subscriptions of GBP147m. In the nine months to the end of December, net inflows totalled GBP253m, compared with GBP74m in the corresponding period of 2011.Liontrust also confirmed that Michael Mabbutt (formerly of Thames River) has been appointed on 2 January as head of global credit, and announced that Felix Martin will join the global credit division in February, also from Thames River.Lastly, the group has announced the forthcoming launch of the Liontrust GF Global Strategic Bond Fund in February, pending approval from the authorities. The product will represent a diversification of the product range, which is currently highly concentrated on UK, European and Asian equities.
16/01/2013

Odin reshuffles fund management

The Norwegian asset management firm Odin has reshuffled its teams, following its decision to repatriate the management of its funds to Oslo, Citywire Global reports. Management had previously been divided between Oslo and Stockholm. Vegard Søraunet will take over as manager of the Odin Sverige/ODIN Sverige II, and Carl Erik Sando will take over the ODIN Eiendom/ODIN Eiendom I, following the departure of Tomas Ramsälv. Søraunet will no longer manage the Odin Global/ODIN Global II and Odin Global SMB funds, which will be taken over by Oddbjørn Dybvad and Harald Nilssen.
16/01/2013

Mutuelle Médicis calls of plans to launch Belgian OFP

According to one of its executives, Mutuelle Médicis (EUR2.5bn) has recently called off plans to launch a cross-border pension financing organisation (OFP) in Belgium, “because that is not any more in line» with its strategy, IPE reports.
16/01/2013

Morgan Stanley participates in launch of Healthy Futures Funds

With the Kresge Foundation (USD3bn) and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Morgan Stanley is participating in the first investment fund (with USD100m in capital) to allow those with low income and limited economic resources to gain access to health care and affordable housing. The fund also aims to finance services to help achieve these objectives in more deprived areas.The fund has sufficient capital to construct 500 housing units with integrated health care services, as well as eight health care centres with Federal permits to serve 75,000 people. The structure will put health care providers and residential developers in contact, since these groups have not often worked together previously, even though they frequently serve the same low-income populations in the same areas.The fund ia managed by New Markets Support Company, an affiliate of LISC, and is expected to contribute initially to the creation of 2,200 jobs in particularly deprived areas.
16/01/2013

AMP recruits for alternative management team

The Australian asset management firm AMP Capital has announced recruitments for its alternative management team, with the appointments of Alistair Rew and Celine Nguyen as portfolio managers. Rew previously worked at XL Group, where he was most recently managing director. Nguyen, for her part, was an analyst at EIM Management, where she led due diligence missions for investments in hedge funds.
16/01/2013

M&G merges two British equity funds

The British firm M&G is planning to merge two UK equity funds, the UK Select, whose assets under management total GBP81m, and the UK Growth Fund (GBP546m), Money Marketing reports. The two funds are currently managed by Mike Felton, who took over as manager of the UK Growth Fund in December last year. Pending the approval of shareholders, the two funds will merge on 15 March this year.
16/01/2013

Hedge funds bet less that Spanish equity markets will fall

At the end of 2012, short bets by hedge funds on Spanish equities represented only 0.376% of capital overall, compared with 0.475% when a prohibition on short-selling was introduced on 23 July. That represents a decline of 20.8%, Cinco Días reports.The newspaper stresses that the Spanish securities commission (CNMV) has already published its annual report on the financial markets in 2012, only two weeks after the year ended. In this the influence of the new chairwoman of the CNMV, Elvira Rodriguez, who decided to strengthen the communication and transparency policies of the regulator, may be discerned.
16/01/2013

L’UE adopte des nouvelles règles pour les agences de notation

Le Parlement européen a adopté la nouvelle réglementation sur les agences de notation dont les défaillances et l’influence avaient été pointées du doigt après l'éclatement de la crise financière de 2007. Le texte, qui résulte d’un compromis trouvé entre le Conseil, la Commission et le Parlement européens, devrait entrer en vigueur cette année.
16/01/2013

L’inflation confirmée à 2,2% en décembre pour la zone euro

Les prix à la consommation ont augmenté de 0,4% en décembre dans la zone euro, en raison de la hausse des prix de l’alimentation principalement, selon des données publiées mercredi par Eurostat. Le taux d’inflation sur un an est ressorti à 2,2%, comme en novembre, a ajouté Eurostat en confirmant son estimation préliminaire communiquée le 4 janvier.
16/01/2013

UBS veut devenir leader de la gestion de fortune en Chine

La banque suisse UBS a ouvert une filiale en nom propre en Chine mercredi, ce qui lui permettra de mener des opérations en yuans dans des domaines clefs comme la gestion de fortune. Une quarantaine de banques étrangères, dont JPMorgan Chase & Co, Morgan Stanley et HSBC ont déjà créé des filiales en Chine pour tirer parti de la croissance de la seconde économie mondiale.
16/01/2013

Le gouvernement confirme le Livret A à 1,75%

Le ministre de l’Economie et des Finances, Pierre Moscovici, a confirmé lors d’un entretien sur RTL mardi matin que le taux du Livret A passera bien de 2,25% aujourd’hui à 1,75% à partir du 1er février prochain. Cette annonce était attendue alors que le gouverneur de la Banque de France, Christian Noyer, avait recommandé un jour plus tôt d’adopter ce taux de 1,75% qui ne reflète que partiellement la baisse de l’inflation.
16/01/2013

Pas de révolution de l'épargne en vue

La députée Karine Berger, qui doit remettre, avec Dominique Lefebvre, un rapport au gouvernement sur l'épargne financière, a relativisé les besoins de financement des PME et ETI lors des Etats généraux de l’Epargne hier. Ils se limiteraient à quelques dizaines de milliards d’euros.
16/01/2013

Grandes manœuvres pour le contrôle du Printemps

Les grands magasins du Printemps «reviennent sur le marché», souligne le quotidien. Actionnaire à 70%, la division de capital-investissement de Deutsche Bank, Rreef, souhaite céder sa part et aurait récemment mandaté Deutsche Bank et Rothschild à ce sujet. Alors que «le concurrent Galeries Lafayette souhaite racheter l’ensemble du groupe», «Maurizio Borletti, qui en contrôle 30%, n’est pas vendeur». Représentant d’un ensemble d’actionnaires, il aurait mandaté Credit Suisse pour trouver d’autres partenaires et augmenter sa participation lors de la sortie de Rreef. «La cible est alléchante», avance le quotidien, qui indique que le chiffre d’affaires 2011 a bondi de 13% à 1,45 milliard d’euros.

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