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12/11/2012

GSAM recruits a veteran of Aviva Investors

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has recruited Malcolm Mackenzie, former head of strategic alliances at Aviva Investors, as its head of advised sales, Fundweb.co.uk reports. He will join the firm in January.
12/11/2012

Another director leaves F&C

Ed Morse, head of development for trust activities at F&C Investments, has left the firm to pursue other opportunities in the sector, Investment Week reports. He is the second director to leave F&C Thames River this year, since the activity shareholder and new chairman Edward Bramson has taken over the activity. The others who left the group are Mike Warren, Charlie Porter and Jeremy Charles.
12/11/2012

State Street adds to its defined contributions unit in the United Kingdom

As part of a development of its defined contribution retirement savings plans in the United Kingdom, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has recruited Nigel Aston as managing director and head of UK defined contribution. He will report both to Susan Raynes, senior managing director and head of UK, Middle East and Africa, and Fredrik Axsater, managing director and global head of refined contribution. Aston had previously been business development director at the data provider DCisions, in charge of sales, marketing, monitoring of long-term commercial relationships, and provision of products and services. SSgA states that its global assets in the area of defined contributions total USD235bn.
12/11/2012

Barclays reviews AM operation

Investment Week reports that Barclays has recruited Rory Tobin, the former head of iShares International, to work with David Semaya, former head of wealth management for the United Kingdom and Ireland at the British bank, to undertake a strategic reexamination of the remaining asset management unit. The two managers will be responsible for determining whether Barclays should retain, merge, or close it. Tobin left iShares in 2010 when Barclays Global Investors was acquired by BlackRock.
12/11/2012

GSAM recruits a big name from Aviva Investors

Malcolm Mackenzie, who has recently left Aviva Investors, where he was head of strategic alliances, is joining Goldman Sachs Asset Management as head of advisory sales, Fundweb reports. He will join his new employer in January, to lead a team of nine people, and to develop third-party distribution in the United Kingdom, under the leadership of Richard Pursglove.
12/11/2012

Morgan Stanley poursuit “Chip” Skowron en justice

Après avoir obtenu en mars la condamnation de Joseph «Chip» Skowron III à lui verser 10,2 millions de dollars, Morgan Stanley a déposé le 31 octobre une autre plainte contre l’ancien managing director du gestionnaire alternatif FrontPoint Partners, à l’époque filiale de la banque, pour avoir commis des délits d’initiés, rapporte The Wall Street Journal.Morgan Stanley réclame cette fois plus de 65 millions de dollars supplémentaires parce qu’il a dû verser 33 millions de dollars afin d’obtenir l’arrêt des poursuites par la SEC, en sus des 32 millions de dollars perçus par Chip Skowron à l’époque des faits. Entre-temps, FrontPoint a été revendu à son management pour une fraction de son pris d’achat de 404 millions de dollars ; le gestionnaire alternatif semble avoir depuis lors cessé son activité.
12/11/2012

United States will not implement Basel III in early 2013

The US authorities on 9 November announced that they will be calling off plans to begin to implement the new international standards known as Basel III in the United States from next January. Many banking establishments have expressed concerns about being subjected to definitive regulations of capital levels from 1 January 2013, without having had enough time to understand or change their systems as necessary, a brief statement from the Fed explains. The statement, which was also made on behalf of the other two financial system surveillance agencies, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), adds that the authorities in June published three draft regulations to implement Basel III. But due to the volume of comments received, and the wide variety of opinions expressed in the period defined for this uprpose, the authorities estimate that none of the draft regulations will be in place by 1 January 2013.
12/11/2012

US debt worries investors

Despite assurances from Barack Obama, who was re-elected on 6 November as president of the United States, that “the best is yet to come,” investors remained attentive to problems still in suspense: US debt and difficulties in a euro zone emerging from the crisis. In this environment, money market funds posted inflows of over USD50bn in the week to 7 November, while bond funds posted net inflows of nearly USD10bn, according to estimates by EPFR Global. Since the beginning of the year, bond funds have attracted over USD400bn. Equity funds finished the week with inflows of USD1.12bn, while dividend funds attracted over USD900m, despite risks related to the development of tax legislation in the United States following the Obama victory. Funds dedicated to the financial sector posted inflows of nearly USD1bn in the week under review.
12/11/2012

Investors return to European equity funds

European investors in September returned to European equity funds, Lipper observes in its latest Fund Flash. Pan-European and euro zone equity funds on sale in Europe posted net inflows of EUR3.1bn, of which EUR1.3bn went to ETFs. The major beneficiaries of these flows were the Threadneedle European Select, BlackRock EuroMarkets and MainFirst Top European Ideas funds. That helped equity funds to return to net inflows in September, for the first time since March, with EUR4.6bn (of which EUR1.7bn were for ETFs). Although European equity funds were a pleasant surprise, inflows to equities were driven largely by global dividend funds (particularly from Pimco, DWS and M&G). High yield bond funds also continued to be popular, with net subscriptions of a net EUR7.6bn in September. Since the beginning of the year, these products have posted net inflows of nearly EUR40bn, and assets now total EUR180bn, compared with EUR62.8bn three years ago. Other best-sellers include emerging market debt funds, which have seen inflows of EUR4.5bn. Total inflows to bond funds came to EUR21.6bn in September. Balanced funds also had a good month in September, and posted net inflows of EUR3.8bn, Lipper notes. Allocation funds dominated inflows, with EUR3.4bn. In total, funds on sale in Europe (excluding money markets) in September posted net subscriptions of EUR28.9bn, their highest level since October 2010. Since the beginning of the year, they have had net inflows of EUR135.6bn.
12/11/2012

Global ETF market remains highly concentrated

As of the end of October, iShares (BlackRock), with USD695.42bn, accounted for 42% of the global ETF market, with USD58.74bn in net subscriptions since the beginning of the year, the ETFGI agency led by Deborah Fuhr finds.Counting the USD245.66bn and a 14.8% market share for SPDR ETF (State Street Global Advisors), which had inflows of USD15.87bn, and USD232.87bn at Vanguard (for 14.1% of the market) and USD30.44bn in net inflows, the top three providers account for 70.9% of the global market.In other words, the 183 other issuers share the remaining 39.1% of the market, and none has a share of more than 4%. The fourth-largest player is PowerShares (Invesco) with USD59.88bn and 3.6% of the market, followed by db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank) with USD45.7bn and 2.8%, despite net outflows of USD189bn. Lyxor (Société Générale) is in sixth place, with USD37.44bn and a market share of 2.3%, partly thanks to USD155m in net subscriptions.The global ETF market as of 31 October represented a volume of USD1.655trn, in 3,313 ETFs listed 7,546 times on 54 stock markets, issued by 176 providers. Including other ETFs, total assets came to USD1.852trn. By comparison, the respective values as of 31 December 2011 were USD1.355trn and USD1.526trn.
12/11/2012

British managers top European rankings, according to Feri

As of 30 September, Threadneedle, Schroders and Aberdeen have competed for the top rankings for European management established by the German agency Feri EuroRating Services, which take into account the percentage of funds which receive top ratings (A or B) out of the total number of funds on sale in each of the following seven countries: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Switzerland.Threadneedle finishes first in Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom for the “25 funds or more” category, and in Sweden for the 8-24 fund category.Schroders received good rankings for 25+, with four second places in Sweden, Italy, Austria and Germany, and two third places, in France and the United Kingdom, and one fourth place finish in Switzerland. Aberdeen, which is top in France, takes second place in Switzerland and the United Kingdom in over 25 funds, and places well in the 8-24 fund category in Sweden, Italy and Germany.In the 25+ category, the top French firm in France is Covea Finance, in 4th place, while the second is Lazard AM, in nineth place. The top two in the 8-24 category are DNCA Finance and Comgest.
12/11/2012

Strong inflows for EMD at ING IM

As of 30 June 2012, ING Investment Management returned to its asset levels of one year previously for emerging market debt, at EUR12bn. However, this conceals the fact that after the intervening correction on the markets, net inflows since the beginning of this year as of the end of October total EUR2bn. For emerging market debt in local currencies, which represent about USD5.5bn of USD15bn in assets, net inflows were about USD500m, Raoul Luttik, head portfolio manger for emerging market debt in local currency, explains. In addition to that, about USD6-6.5bn ware in emerging market allocations from various other products.The specialist estimates that government bonds nonetheless have strong potential, though there may be room for margins to fall, with “decent” returns, which remain higher than the returns on govies from industrialised countries. Luttik is also “moderately optimistic” for the mid-term about appreciation of local currencies against hard currencies. Since the beginning of the year, portfolios have outperformed the GBI-EM index by 95-100 basis points, and the ELMI+ index, by about 170 basis points.ING IM currently has 33 staff members for emerging market debt strategies, which is distributed between three time zones (Singapore, the Hague, and Atlanta). The asset management firm does not yet have a fund dedicated specifically to emerging market corporate debt in local currencies in its product range, but the case is under study.
12/11/2012

Nuveen continues to suffer net redemptions

In the first three quarters of 2012, Nuveen Investments has seen net redemptions of USD14.4bn, of which USD74m were in July-September, following USD7.9bn in April-June and USD6.4bn in the first three months of the year.Assets as of 30 September totalled USD220.09bn, compared with USD211.8bn three months earlier, and a peak at USD226.7bn at the end of March. As of 31 December, assets under management totalled USD220.1bn.
12/11/2012

British asset management under scrutiny for conflicts of interests

British fund managers had previously been largely spared from scandals, but the British Financial Services Authority has revealed that the asset management sector is not irreproachable in terms of conflicts of interest, Les Echos reports. Commissions and transactions, in particular, are in question. Out of a sample of 15 asset management firms, whose names have not been disclosed, which the regulator examined between June 2011 and February 2012, “many,” the FSA says, “have not set up frameworks to identify and manage conflicts of interest.” The British financial market watchdog says it found evidence of “violations of detailed rules” on the use of commissions paid by clients, and the transaction allocation process. “We found that most of the companies in question could not prove that their clients were not bearing the costs incurred, and that they had access to all the appropriate investment opportunities,” the FSA writes.
12/11/2012

Ten Swedish funds spotted for their “unethical” behaviour

Ten Swedish funds, including funds which invest in growth markets from Danske Bank and Carnegie and the Kon-Tiki funds from Skagen, participate in investments equivalent to 5% of their assets which violate UN guidelines, Realtid.se reports, citing Dagens Industri. These are the results of an analysis of about 130 funds by Danica Pensions and Ethix according to UN and EU guidelines on the environment, human rights, corruption and labour rights.
12/11/2012

Two chairmen appointed to ESMA standing committees

The boards of supervisors at the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) on 9 November announced the appointment of two new chairmen for its standing committees. The standing committee in charge of the investment management unit will be led by Gareth Murphy, director of markets at the Irish central bank. Among the other appointments, Gérard Rameix, chairmen of the French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), will be in charge of the standing committee responsible for the Corporate Finance unit. Jean-Paul Servais, chairman of the Belgian Financial Markets and Services Authority (FMSA), has been appointed to a new term in his position has chairman of the standing committee in charge of intermediaries and investor protection. Jean Guill, CEO of the Luxembourg Commission de surveillance du secteur financier (CSSF), has been reappointed as chairman of the Review Panel.
12/11/2012

Gerald Harlin, CFO of Axa, becomes president of CFP Forum

The European CFO Forum, which includes the chief financial officers of the major European insurance groups, and which defends their interests, particularly on the regulatory front, on 9 November announced the appointment of the chief financial officer of the Axa group, Gerlad Harlin, as president of the association. He will succeed Oliver Bäte, CFO of the Allianz group, who has been called to serve in other responsibilities at the Allianz group from 1 January 2013.
12/11/2012

Italian investors sceptical of emerging markets

56% of Italian investors consider emerging markets more risky than developed European economies, according to a Gfk Eurisko survey undertaken for Goldman Sachs Asset Management and reported by Fondionline. The majority of Italians feel that developed countries have more solid macro-economic fundamentals (70%), higher levels of internal consumption (59%) and stronger currencies (70%) than emerging markets. Overall, 90% of respondents are not planning to increase (or reduce) their investments in emerging markets.
12/11/2012
Gestion d'actifs

Le Ravgdt a retenu les gestionnaires sur l'appel d'offres de gestion diversifiée

Selon nos informations, le Ravgdt (régime d’allocations viagères des gérants de débits de tabac) a retenu les 3 gestionnaires pour l’appel d’offres public européen de l’ordre de 350 millions d’euros, sur 2 FCP dédiés, de droit français de gestion diversifiée. Il s’agit d’un marché à bons de commande multi-attributaires conclu avec 3 titulaires. Cependant, l’exécution de la prestation sera réalisée par les 2 titulaires classés les premiers après analyse des offres; le titulaire classé 3ème fera office de back-up. La gestion sera une gestion diversifiée d’actifs financiers, principalement de la zone euro, dont l’allocation stratégique sera de : 20 % en actions 60 % en obligations aggregate taux fixe 20 % en obligations indexées inflation Sur les 9 dossiers restants, le choix s’est porté sur : Allianz Global Investors La Banque Postale AM BNP Paribas AM (stand by)
Gestion d'actifs
12/11/2012
Gestion d'actifs

Agrica a pour objectif d'avoir 2% de private equity dans son bilan

Jean-Claude Guimiot, directeur général délégué d’Agrica Epargne lors d’une table ronde organisée par L’Agefi : Nous avons comme objectif d’avoir dans notre bilan, comptablement, 2% sur le private equity. Mettre l’accent sur la liquidité de quelque chose qui représente quelques pour cent des actifs d’un groupe, c’est un faux problème. Le problème c’est la perception de certains marchés et de certains produits par les conseils d’administration. Dans le monde paritaire, n’oubliez jamais que le pouvoir est détenu par le président. Le président, c’est un représentant soit du patronat (ce n’est pas le Medef car nous sommes dans le monde agricole) ou des syndicats de salariés. Je ne suis pas sûr que tout ce qu’on a pu entendre récemment sur le carried interest soit quelque chose qui milite en faveur du private equity. Mais on a aussi, dans le monde économique actuel, des dérèglements importants. Le rôle des banques par exemple est en train de devenir on ne sait trop quoi. Enfin, les investissements ont pu être faits massivement et tardivement, sur des millésimes qui ne sont pas bons.
Gestion d'actifs
09/11/2012

La Grèce va adjuger 3,125 milliards d'euros de bons du Trésor

La Grèce adjugera le 13 novembre pour un milliard d’euros de bons du Trésor à trois mois et pour 2,125 milliards d’euros de bons à quatre semaines afin de refinancer du papier arrivant à échéance, a annoncé vendredi la PDMA, l’agence de gestion de la dette publique. Le règlement sera le 16 novembre. Les adjudications seront réservées aux seuls SVT. Aucune commission ne sera versée.
09/11/2012

Wolfgang Schäuble voudrait une étude économique sur la France

Selon Reuters, le ministre allemand des Finances Wolfgang Schäuble aurait demandé au Conseil des experts économiques, les «Sages», de réfléchir à des propositions de réformes économiques pour la France, craignant un décrochage de la deuxième économie de la zone euro dont l’Allemagne serait la première à pâtir. Depuis sa création, il y a 49 ans, dans le but de conseiller sur les questions économiques le gouvernement fédéral et le Parlement allemands, le conseil des experts économiques n’a jamais publié d'étude sur d’autres pays que l’Allemagne. Berlin s’inquiète notamment des rigidités du marché du travail en France. Les cinq Sages ont démenti en fin d’après-midi avoir été sollicités en ce sens.
09/11/2012

Les prix à l'importation ont augmenté plus que prévu aux Etats-Unis

Les prix à l’importation ont augmenté plus que prévu en octobre aux Etats-Unis mais le mouvement d’augmentation des prix des importations de pétrole a lui ralenti, attestation de pressions inflationnistes seulement modérées. Les prix à l’importation ont augmenté de 0,5% le mois dernier, a fait savoir le département du Travail.
09/11/2012

La Banque d'Angleterre renfloue le Trésor britannique

Le gouverneur de la Banque d’Angleterre a écrit vendredi au chancelier de l’Echiquier pour lui annoncer que les revenus dégagés grâce au programme d’assouplissement quantitatif de la banque centrale seraient désormais reversés au Trésor. Ce dernier utilisera cette manne, évaluée à 35 milliards de livres à horizon début 2013, pour réduire le stock de dette du pays. Les besoins de financement de la Grande-Bretagne pour l’exercice 2012/2013 devraient ainsi être revus en baisse.
09/11/2012

Les adjudications de l'AFT la semaine prochaine

L’Agence France Trésor a annoncé l’adjudication, le lundi 12 novembre, d’un montant global compris entre 5,6 et 6,8 milliards d’euros de bons du Trésor (BTF). Par ailleurs elle procédera à une adjudication, le jeudi 15 novembre, d’un montant compris entre 6,5 et 7,5 milliards d’euros de bons du Trésor à intérêts annuels (BTAN) et d’obligations assimilables du Trésor (OAT).
09/11/2012

L’AMF épingle Fival

La Commission des sanctions de l’autorité des marchés financiers a infligé des amendes d’un montant total de 110.000 euros au gestionnaire de portefeuilles et à ses dirigeants pour avoir notamment laissé les fonds propres en dessous du seuil réglementaire requis. La société a écopé d’une amende de 30.000 euros, quatre dirigeants étant condamnés à des amendes individuelles allant de 10.000 à 30.000 euros.
09/11/2012

Le CME se rebelle contre le régulateur

L’opérateur boursier américain a lancé une offensive à l’encontre de la CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission), le régulateur des marchés à terme outre-Atlantique. Il s’agit pour le CME d’obtenir la suspension de l’entrée en vigueur, prévue le 13 novembre, de nouvelles règles concernant le marché des swaps.
09/11/2012

La FSA japonaise prépare un nouveau plan anti-crise

Le gendarme nippon des marchés financiers, la Financial Services Agency, peaufine selon la chaîne télévisée les détails d’un nouveau plan de réponse à une crise éventuelle. Ce projet concerne les banques, courtiers et assureurs d’importance systémique. En cas de faillite, une entité provisoire serait notamment mise en œuvre pour assurer les obligations de la société en déroute.
09/11/2012

Natixis AM grandit à Hong Kong

Le South China Morning Post cite le patron des activités de Natixis aux Etats-Unis et en Asie, John Hailer, qui met en lumière l’ouverture la semaine passée d’un bureau de Natixis Asset Management à Hong Kong, destiné à la distribution de produits liés à la gestion de fortune. Cette activité doit constituer un pont vers la Chine continentale, selon le dirigeant.

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