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21/08/2012

Un hedge fund recrute chez Deutsche Bank

Brigade Capital Management, un hedge fund qui investit sur les marchés du crédit, vient de recruter Scott Hoffman, un analyste spécialiste de la dette distressed à la Deutsche Bank, rapporte l’agence Bloomberg.Scott Hoffman aurait rejoint ce mois-ci la société de gestion américaine basée à New York. La Deutsche Bank avait indiqué le mois dernier qu’elle allait réduire ses actifs risqués afin de tenir ses objectifs en matière de fonds propres pour le début de 2013.
21/08/2012

Legg Mason GAM lance un site Internet dédié à l'obligataire

Legg Mason Global Asset Management a lancé un site Internet qui propose aux investisserus institutionnels et aux intermédiaires un panorama des marchés obligataires internationaux.Le site est conçu comme un service à vocation pédagogique mais aussi comme un outil d’aide à la décision qui permet d'évaluer les opportunités d’investissement dans un large éventail de secteurs obligataires. Les investisseurs auront accès à des statistiques hebdomadaires sur les marchés, des avis d’experts ainsi qu'à des entretiens avec des gérants en vue du secteur.Le site est accessible à l’adresse suivante : http://www.globalbondmasters.co.uk/
21/08/2012
Fonds

Fidelity confie son Greater China fund à Raymond Ma

Fidelity Worldwide Investment a nommé Raymond Ma en tant que gérant principal de son fonds Greater China (406 millions de dollars) après le départ de Joseph Tse, rapporte Citywire. Raymond Ma gère déjà le Fidelity Funds China Consumer Fund.
Fonds
21/08/2012

UBS crée une filiale pour servir les hedge funds quantitatifs

Avec UBS Quant HQ, le groupe helvétique UBS vient de se doter d’une filiale mondiale combinant les prestations de ses services de courtage principal et d’exécution directe, au profit des hedge funds quantitatifs, rapporte Bloomberg. La clientèle visée est celle des jeunes pousses ou des fonds déjà bien établis qui utilisent des stratégies long/short, de couverture ou d’arbitrage.Cette nouvelle entité sera dirigée par Scott Stickler à New York, selon lequel les stratégies sur les actions, les futures et les options seront complétées ultérieurement par des services sur les obligations et les devises.Quant HQ compte déjà une demi-douzaine de clients.
21/08/2012

Progression des actifs sous gestion de la Banque cantonale de Lucerne

Les actifs sous gestion de la Banque cantonale de Lucerne s’inscrivaient au terme du premier semestre 2012 à 25,9 milliards de francs suisses, en hausse de 3,1% ou 784 millions de francs par rapport à fin décembre 2011, a indiqué la banque le 21 août dans un communiqué.Cette progression s’explique par une collecte nette de 392 millions de francs suisses et un effet marché positif.
21/08/2012

Nouvelle directrice générale pour Axa SPDB

Après la démission de Qian Hua, qui était en poste depuis décembre 2010, Axa SPDB a nommé Yu Beihua au poste de directeur général. Elle dirigeait jusqu'à présent l’activité de banque de détail chez China Merchant Bank à Shanghaï. Cette fois, précise Z-Ben Advisors, le recrutement répondait à la volonté d’embaucher un manager compétent plutôt qu’un candidat présenté par un actionnaire.
21/08/2012

Julius Baer limite son augmentation de capital

Julius Baer propose de limiter l’augmentation de capital avec droits préférentiels de souscription de ses actionnaires à 500 millions de francs suisses et non 750 millions de francs suisses comme annoncé il y a une semaine. La banque privée veut créer autant de capital autorisé que nécessaire pour financer en partie l’acquisition des activités de Wealth Management hors Etats-Unis de Merrill Lynch, a-t-elle indiqué dans un communiqué publié le 20 aoûtL’augmentation de fonds propres de 250 millions de francs suisses annoncée initialement pour assurer la souplesse stratégique future ne sera pas proposée à l’assemblée générale extraordinaire, a encore indiqué la banque a l’issue d’une réunion de son conseil d’administration. En plus de l'émission de droits préférentiels, des actions pour une valeur de 240 millions de francs suisses seront émises à destination de Bank of America, au titre de paiement partiel du prix d’achat. L’assemblée générale extraordinaire aura lieu le 19 septembre.
21/08/2012

GMO recrute chez Invesco

Depuis début août, Marcel B. Salzmann, qui dirigeait Invesco en Suisse, a rejoint le gestionnaire américain GMO comme country head Switzerland, rapporte finews.ch. L’intéressé avait auparavant été formé par UBS Global Asset Management, où il avait été directeur de clientèle pour le suivi de grands comptes institutionnels.
21/08/2012

Credit Suisse renforce son équipe ETF

Credit Suisse a recruté deux personnes pour son activité ETF, rapporte Financial News. Matt Tagliani, un ancien de Citigroup, a été nommé director et James Kingston, de Royal Bank of Scotland, vice-president.
21/08/2012
Fonds

Le marché suisse des fonds s'approche des 700 milliards de francs suisses

Les actifs des fonds de placement suisses se sont inscrits fin juillet à 697,1 milliards de francs suisses, en progression de 20,4 milliards de francs par rapport au mois précédent, selon les statistiques publiées le 20 août par la Swiss Funds Association (SFA). En juin, les actifs avaient augmenté de 5 milliards de francs."Outre la bonne performance réalisée sur les marchés des actions, les influences de taux de change, à savoir un franc suisse fortement affaibli par rapport aux autres monnaies, ont joué un rôle important dans la hausse sensible de la fortune des fonds figurant en francs suisses dans la statistique. Concernant l'évolution dans les fonds stratégiques de placement et Autres fonds, il semble que les investisseurs passent eux-mêmes de manière accrue à l’allocation d’actifs et souhaitent moins s’aligner sur les modèles de risque prescrits par les banques. Les investisseurs préfèrent manifestement les fonds proposant des modèles d’allocation d’actifs plus flexibles aux fonds stratégiques ordinaires avec des quotes-parts rigides d’actions», explique Matthäus Den Otter, directeur de la Swiss Funds Association SFA, cité dans le communiqué. . La collecte nette s’est élevée à 2,4 milliards de francs, dont 2 milliards sont allés dans les fonds obligataires. Les fonds actions ont pour leur part drainé près de 520 millions de francs suisses. Il est à noter que les statistiques de juillet présentent une nouveauté, à savoir que la catégorie Autres fonds est désormais subdivisée en trois catégories, Matières premières, Placements alternatifs et Autres fonds. Les fonds de matières premières ont ainsi réalisé une collecte nette de 117,4 millions de francs alors que les placements alternatifs ont subi des rachats pour un montant net de 33,4 millions de francs.
Fonds
21/08/2012
Fonds

F&C ferme un fonds actions US

F&C Investments a liquidé fin juillet son fonds quantitatif d’actions américaines domicilié à Luxembourg, le F&C North American Equity A EUR, révèle Citywire. «Le fonds a été fermé parce que sa taille était sous-optimale», indique un porte-parole.
Fonds
21/08/2012

Profits down for Swedish asset management firms

The 21 largest Swedish asset management firms have earned together pre-tax profits of SEK2.677bn in 2011, SEK250m less than in 2010, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri reports, citing statistics from Nyhetsbrevet Fond & Bank. In the same period, assets at these businesses fell by SEK107bn, to SEK1,416bn. Swedbank Robur (SEK446bn in assets under management) and Brummer (SEK96bn) between them represent almost half of the gains in the industry.
21/08/2012

Over EUR120bn in trades on ETPs in Europe

In first half, the trading volume in Europe for exchange-traded products (ETP), including ETFs, ETNs, and ETCs, totalled EUR121.7bn, according to Markit MSA. These rankings do not completely match the rankings for assets. Although iShares (BlackRock) finishes far in the lead, as for assets under management and net subscriptions, with EUR26.62bn, the number two is Lyxor (Société Générale), with EUR19.01bn, while Source takes third place with EUR16.51bn.db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank) takes fourth place, with EUR14.95bn, although it is second in terms of assets.ETF Securities and Amundi take fifth and sixth place, respectively, for trading volume, with EUR8.89bn and EUR7.6bn.
21/08/2012

Lord Rothschild bets against the euro

Lord Rothschild has taken a position against the euro, totalling about EUR130m, the Daily Telegraph reports. The representative of the Rothschild dynasty has taken the position via RIT Capital Partners, the investment trust of which he is the executive chairman, with about GBP1.9bn in assets. According to sources close to RIT, the position represents a negative outlook on the euro as a currency, but a realistic approach to a currency that remains relatively weak.
21/08/2012

F&C closes a US equity fund

F&C Investments at the end of July liquidated its quantitative US equity fund domiciled in Luxembourg, F&C North American Equity A EUR, Citywire can reveal. “The fund has been closed because its size was sub-optimal,” a spokesperson says.
21/08/2012

L&G Investments launches a corporate bond tracker fund

Legal & General Investments (LGI) is expected to launch a tracker fund based on the best issues on the corporate bond market denominated in pounds sterling, Investment Week reports. The Sterling Corporate Bond Index fund will aim to replicate the performance of the iBoxx Sterling Non-Gilts ex BBB index. The fund, whose management fees are expected to total 0.2% per year, is expected to be available on all the major platforms.
21/08/2012

EFG AM launches a China fund

EFG Asset Management, an affiliate of EFG International (USD7bn in assets), has announced the launch of a ninth sub-fund of its New Capital UCITS fund Plc, the New Capital China Equity fund, which will be managed by Mansfield Mok, who was recruited from GAM in May, where he had managed the GAM Star China fund (USD1.5bn).The new product is a Chinese equity fund of all cap sizes, with no benchmark and no particcular management style, and the portfolio includes a maximum of 50 holdings.EFG AM launched an Asia-Pacific fund in 2011, managed by Tony Jordan.
21/08/2012

A-class equity ETFs launched in Hong Kong

Two offshore ETFs replicating indices of A-class equities will be launched by the end of the month under RMB quotas for quialfied foreign institutional investors (RQFII), Asian Investor reports. The first vehicle, managed by the Chinese E Fund, replicates th CSI 100 index, while the second, managed by the Chinese CSOP, replicates the FTSE China50 index. The two products, which will be relelased on the Hong Kong stock exchange early next week, are physical replication ETFs which will rival synthetic ETFs offered by major international players. The product from CSOP will directly compete with the iShares FTSE A50 China index ETF, whose assets total about USD45bn in Hong Kong, or about EUR4.7bn.
21/08/2012

Fidelity awards its Greater China fund to Raymond Ma

Fidelity Worldwide Investment has appointed Raymond Ma as principal manager of its Greater China fund (USD406m), following the departure of Joseph Tse, Citywire reports. Ma is already manager of the Fidelity Funds China Consumer Fund.
21/08/2012

Russell to close passively managed US ETFs

The Board of Trustees of Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust has authorised the liquidation of a range of 25 passively-managed US ETFs by 24 October this year; subscriptions will remain open only until 9 October 2012. The funds had total assets as of 31 July of USD310m.The funds will be delisted from NYSE Arca, Inc. or the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, as the case may be, effective at the close of trading on October 16, 2012. All shareholders remaining on October 16, 2012 will receive cash equal to the amount of the net asset value of their Fund shares. They will also not be required to pay any potential costs due to the liquidation of the fund.However, the US manager will continue to operate the Russell Equity ETF (ONEF) ETF, which is benchmarked to the Russell Developed Large Cap Index. A list of ETFs which will be liquidated is available as an attachment.
21/08/2012

UBS creates an affiliate to serve quantitative hedge funds

The Swiss UBS group has founded UBS Quant HQ, a global affiliate which provides combined prime brokerage and direct execution services, to serve quantitative hedge funds, Bloomberg reports. The target client base is young startups and funds which are already established and which use long/short, hedging or arbitrage strategies. The new firm will be headed by Scott Stickler in New York, who says equities, futures and options strategies will be subsequently complemented by services related to fixed income and currencies.
21/08/2012

Swiss fund market approaches CHF700bn

Assets in Swiss investments funds as of the end of July totalled CHF697.1bn, up CHF20.4bn compared with the previous month, according to statistics released on 20 August by the Swiss Funds Association (SFA). In June, assets increased by CHF5bn. “In addition to the good performance of equity markets, the influence of forex rates played a major role in the noticeable improvement to the fortunes of funds denominated in Swiss francs in the statistics. IN terms of the evolution of investments in other funds by strategic funds, it appears that investors themselves are paying increased attention to asset allocation and are seeking to align themselves less with the risk models prescribed by banks. Investors are clearly preferring funds which offer more flexible asset allocation models to ordinary strategic funds with rigid quotas of exposure to equities,” explains Matthäus Den Otter, director of the Swiss Funds Association (SFA), in a statement. Net inflows totalled CHF2.4bn, of which CHF2bn went to bond funds. Equity funds, for their part, attracted nearly CHF520m. The statistics for July have one unusual feature in that the “other fund” category is now subdivided into three categories: commodities, alternative investments, and other funds. Commodity funds took on net inflows of CHF117.4m, while alternative investments underwent redemptions totalling a net CHF33.4bn.
21/08/2012

Hedge fund recruits a manager from Deutsche Bank

Brigade Capital Management, a hedge fund which invests in credit markets, has recruited Scott Hoffman, an analyst specialised in distressed debt, from Deutsche Bank, the news agency Bloomberg reports. Hoffman joined the US asset management firm, based in New York, this month. Deutsche Bank announced last month that it would be cutting back its high-risk assets in order to remain within its objectives for owners’ equity in early 2013.
21/08/2012

CalPERS plans to boycott IPOs which are excessively favourable to minority shareholders

The Californian pension fund CalPERS is planning to boycott IPOs which authorise minority shareholders to control a majority of votes via multi-tiered shareholder structures, Financial News reports. CalPERs will also campaign against existing governance structures which authorise this type of control. Since the beginning of the year, in the United States, one IPO out of every eight, from a total of 98 up to 16 August, has offered more than two share classes, according to statistics from Dealogic. When Dealogic began to collect these statistics in 2009, the proportion was one in twelve. CalPERS claims that the increasing variety of share classes, which has characterised several major recent IPOs (Facebook, Manchester United, and Oaktree Capital), represents an approach which completely contradicts the principles of good governance.
21/08/2012

CME wants to open a derivatives exchange in London

The US firm CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) is in talks with the British Financial Services Authority (FSA) over a launch of a derivatives exchange based in London, Les Echos reports. CME, which opened a clearing-house in London last year, is hoping to be able to begin its activities by the middle of next year, initially with futures contracts on currency markets, and potentially trading of other products subsequently. The Chicago-based operator is hoping to rival Eurex and Liffe, both of which are operating in London, at a time when regulators are moving to impose ruled on over-the-counter trading.
21/08/2012

Food crisis doesn't hold back ETP providers

The major providers of ETPs investing in soft commodities, including ETF Securities and iShares, have no intention of withdrawing these instruments, despite concerns that the explosion of corn, wheat and soy prices will lead to a repetition of the global food crisis of 2007-2008, Financial Times Fund Management reports. Confronted with rising prices, some European banks, such as Volksbanken and Commerzbank, have sought to reduce their involvement in the sector.
21/08/2012

Whitman Capital head facing 40 years in prison

The sentencing date has been set for 20 December. On Monday, a nine-member jury found Doug Whitman guilty of insider trading and complicity in insider trading, crimes which each carry up to 20-year prison sentence, the Wall Street Journal reports.The head of the hedge fund Whitman Capital, based in Menlo Park, California, was unable to convince the jury that his trades had really been based on legitimate research: he was unable to refute recordings of telephone conversations in which he talks to his “moles” and plans to send gifts to his sources.
21/08/2012

New QFII quotas for six asset management firms

The Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) in July awarded Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) quotas totalling USD1.2bn to six foreign asset management firms, Z-Ben Advisors reports. In June, quotas distributed totalled USD1.35bn (see Newsmanagers of 2 July). Overall, the Chinese securities commission (CSRC) awarded 37 new QFII licenses in the first seven months of the year, compared with 29 in 2011 overall.Two new actors on the most recent list released, William Blair & Company and Van Eck Associates, each receive allocations of USD100m. Four other asset managers receive extensions, including the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), with USD700m, and Templeton Investment Counsel, Korea Investment Trust Management and Manulife Asset Management (Hong Kong), which each receive additional allocations of USD100m.Meanwhile, the CSRC has further liberalised the investment possibilities for QFII license holders. These parties may now invest in bonds issued by Chinese SMEs on private placements. They will also be allowed to invest in the inter-bank bond market; in addition, their limit for participation in publicly-traded firms is being increased to 30%, from 20% previously.
21/08/2012

Aschcourt Rowan recruits from Standard Life Investments

The British asset management firm Ashcourt Rowan has recruited Alan Scrimger as head of fund research, Money Marketing reports. Scrimger, who will report directly to chief investment offiver Toni Meadows, will work to improve the research capacities of the dedicated team, which has eight analysts. Scrimger previously worked at Standard Life as head of research.
21/08/2012

Barings reconstructs its multi-asset class team

Investment Week reports that Baring Asset Management has refused to comment on reports that it has recruited Christopher Mahon, head of investment strategy at RMB Asset Management, to become director at its multi-asset class team, led by Andrew Cole and Percival Stanion.Mahon will reportedly arrive in September, to replace Toby Nangle, who joined Threadneedle in early 2012 as director of the multi-asset class team (see Newsmanagers of 20 July 2011).In the area of multi-asset class investment, Barings manages a retail fund with GBP100m, an institutional mandate for GBP5bn, and an offshore fund with GBP5.2bn.

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