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20/08/2012

Ikano sells funds to Sparinvest

Ikano Fonder, an asset management firm owned by the Swedish Kamprad family, founder of Ikea, will close its asset management boutique and transfer its three Luxembourg-registered funds to the Danish firm Sparinvest. “The funds have become so small that they are no longer viable economically,” Jesper Nielsen, CEO of Ikano Fonder, explains to Privata Affärer. According to the Swedish news service TT, assets at Ikano Fonder total about SEK200m, or EUR22m. Sparinvest will take over the funds on 28 September, and merge them with its own. For example, the global fund from Ikano will be merged into the Sparinvest Global Value fund. The Ikano group has been managing funds since 1999. The three funds of the range were the Global Strategy, European Equity and All Seasons. They were on sale to individual and institutional clients in Luxembourg, Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark.
20/08/2012

Former top dog at Deutsche Bank to head Russian sovereign fund?

According to the Russian newspaper Wedomosti, relayed by finews.ch, Josef Ackermann, former chairman of the managing board at Deutsche Bank (until last May), and currencly chairman of the board of directors at Zurich Insurance, has accepted a position on the board of directors of the future official Russian agency Rosfinagenstva, which will be given responsibility by the Russian finance ministry for managing the various Russian sovereign funds. The banker is also rumoured to be up for the position of chairman of the board of Rosfinagentstva, a body which is expected to be founded by the end of this year.
20/08/2012

Nomination chez RBC Investor Services

RBC Investor Services a annoncé le 20 août la nomination de Kevin Hogan en qualité de director, Clients Operations, pour l’Australie.Dans ses nouvelles fonctions, Kevin Hogan, qui travaillait précédemment chez Macquarie Investment Management, sera responsable de l’ensemble des opérations avec la clientèle (conservation, administration de fonds et tous les services annexes).
20/08/2012

Western AM double ses capacités obligataires asiatiques

L'équipe obligations asiatiques de Western Asset Management (groupe Legg Mason) à Singapour, dirigée depuis 2011 par Chia-Liang Lian (lire Newsmanagers du 29 mai), passe de trois à sept personnes avec quatre recrutements, dont celui de Desmond Soon (ex ST Asset Management) comme gérant de portefeuille, rapporte Investment Week.Les trois autres arrivants sont des analystes. Swee Ching Lim (ex Barclays Capital à Londres) devient analyste recherche crédit tandis que Wontae Kim est nommé analyste de portefeuille pour la gestion du risque et que Desmond Fu (ex APS Komaba) rejoint comme analyste de portefeuille. Il est également prévu de recruter un analyste crédit senior.Western AM affiche à Singapour un encours en obligations asiatiques hors Japon de 3,8 milliards de dollars.
20/08/2012

Mercer se renforce en Asie

Directeur régional de Russell Investments responsable des solutions d’investissement structuré, Edmund Teo a été recruté par le cabinet de consultants Mercer pour renforcer l'équipe de 17 personnes basée à Singapour et spécialiste de la gestion de fortune en Asie. L’intéressé sera subordonné à Cara Williams, global head of wealth management à Londres, précise Investment Europe.Edmund Teo sera secondé par Pierre DeGagne, qui était jusqu'à présent responsable de la sélection de fonds chez Standard Chartered Bank.
20/08/2012

Sparinvest reprend les fonds d'Ikano

Ikano Fonder, société de gestion détenue par la famille suédoise Kamprad, fondatrice d’Ikea, va fermer boutique et céder ses trois fonds de droit luxembourgeois au danois Sparinvest. «Les fonds sont devenus si petits qu’il ne sont plus économiquement viables», explique à Privata Affärer Jesper Nielsen, le directeur général d’Ikano Fonder. Selon l’agence suédoise TT, les encours d’Ikano Fonder représentent 200 millions de couronnes suédoises environ, soit 22 millions d’euros. Sparinvest reprendra les fonds le 28 septembre et les fusionnera avec les siens. Par exemple, le fonds global d’Ikano sera intégré dans le Sparinvest Global Value. Le groupe Ikano gérait des fonds depuis 1999. Les trois fonds de la gamme étaient le Global Strategy, le European Equity et le All Seasons. Ils étaient commercialisés à des clients individuels et institutionnels au Luxembourg, en Suède, aux Pays-Bas et au Danemark.
20/08/2012

Une nouvelle équipe dédiée aux ETF en Asie chez iShares

iShares installe dans la zone Asie-Pacifique une nouvelle équipe de spécialistes sur les ETF qui vont aider les clients et les distributeurs à mieux comprendre les aspects techniques des ETF (liquidité des produits, construction des indices et comparaison entre produits), rapporte Asian Investor.Par ailleurs, la nouvelle responsable de iShares pour l’Asie-Pacifique, Jane Leung, qui a pris ses fonctions le mois dernier, estime que l’introduction récente d’ETF dédiés aux actions A dans le cadre des RQFII (investisseurs institutionnels étrangers qualifiés en RMB) ne devrait pas nuire à la popularité de son FTSE A50 China ETF. Les actifs sous gestion du FTSE A50 China ETF s'élevaient au 30 juin à 5,73 milliards de dollars. Il s’agit de l’ETF sur les actions A le plus important en termes d’actifs.
20/08/2012

L'ex-CIO de Threadneedle intègre le board de Henderson

Henderson Global Investors a nommé l’ex-vice chairman et chief investment officer (CIO) de Threadneedle, Sarah Arkle, au poste de non-executive director (équivalent de notre administrateur indépendant) de son conseil d’administration, rapporte Money Marketing.Sarah Arkle est également non-executive director chez Foreign & Colonial.
20/08/2012
Fonds

HSBC GAM lance un fonds d'obligations indiennes

HSBC Global Asset Management a annoncé le lancement d’un fonds obligataire indien au format Ucits, qui assurera aux investisseurs retail britanniques un accès au marché indien.Le nouveau fonds, HSBC GIF India Fixed Income fund, sera intégré dans la gamme GIF (Global Investment Fund) luxembourgeoise de HSBC. Il investira dans des obligations gouvernementales et corporate indiennes libellées en roupies mais il pourra également investir dans des obligations libellées dans d’autres devises mais étroitement liées à l’Inde. L’investissement minimum est de 5.000 dollars et les frais de gestion ont été fixés à 1,1% par an. HSBC relève que le marché obligataire indien est sous-développé par rapport à l’essor que connaît l'économie indienne mais ajoute qu’il a le potentiel pour se développer dans des proportions considérables au cours de la prochaine décennie. Cela dit, le marché des obligations indiennes a dégagé un rendement annualisé de 7,5% depuis l’année 2000.
Fonds
20/08/2012

Ignis Advisors recrute une patronne pour les stratégies crédit

La division gestion alternative d’Ignis Asset Management, Ignis Advisers, a recruté Ingrid Neitsch comme head of credit strategies, rapporte FundWeb. Elle rejoindra début septembre et sera responsable des investissements en hedge funds et en private equity sur les marchés du crédit, Ignis Advisors envisageant de lancer un fonds stratégique crédit au quatrième trimestre.L’impétrante vient de chez le gestionnaire de fonds de fonds institutionnels Financial Risk Management (FRM), récemment acheté par Man Group, où elle était chef de secteur responsable du crédit et gérante du FRM Long-Short Credit Fund.
20/08/2012

Progression des encours malgré une baisse de la collecte pour RLAM

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) a fait état pour le premier semestre d’une décollecte nette de 310 millions de livres en raison d’une diminution par trois clients de leur exposition à l’obligataire.Les actifs sous gestion ont toutefois progressé de 900 millions de livres à 44,9 milliards de livres au 30 juin 2012, selon les résultats intérimaires publiés le 17 août.RLAM indique par ailleurs que les actifs sous administration sur la plate-forme Ascentric se sont accrus de 16% durant la période sous revue à 4,3 milliards de livres.
20/08/2012

RBC Investor Services makes a recruitment

RBC Investor Services on 20 August announced the appointment of Kevin Hogan as director, Client Operations for Australia. In his new role, Hogan, who previously worked at Macquarie Investment Management, will be in charge of all client operations (custody, fund administration and all associated services).
20/08/2012

Rothschild to launch a fund to finance SMEs

The business bank Rothschild will be launching a fund in September dedicated to financing European SMEs, Agefi reports, citing statements form a director of the bank on Friday. The fund, with EUR400m to EUR500m in assets, will specialise in high yield and mezzanine debt.
20/08/2012

Russell launches new strategies

Russell Investments on 15 August announced the launch of two new funds, the Russell Multi-Strategy Alternative Fund and the Russell U.S. Strategic Equity Fund, as well as an update to the US equity allocaiton for several portfolios. Among the changes introduced are modifications to strategies, currencies and benchmark indices for the Russell U.S. Growth Fund and the Russell U.S. Quantitative Equity Fund. The two funds become the Russell U.S. Defensive Equity Fund and the Russell U.S. Dynamic Equity Fund, respectively.
20/08/2012

Jon Corzine plans to launch a hedge fund

Jon Corzine, the former head of MF Global, is planning to launch a hedge fund to engage his passion for trading, MarketWatch reports, citing the New York Times. “If Corzine can show a few years of decent returns he just may be able to salvage his ability to walk into a Wall Street cocktail party without people looking away and snickering,” the website quips.
20/08/2012

Obama also has support among hedge funds

US president Barack Obama also has the support of influential figures in the world of finance, Financial News reports, citing the blog OpenSecrets.org. Among his financial donors are Jon Corzine, former head of MF Global, Marc Lasry, founder of the hedge fund Avenue Capital, and Mark Gallogly, co-founder and principal manager of the hedge fund Centerbridge Partners.
20/08/2012

SEC puts off rules on hedge fund advertising

The Securities and Exchange Commission is postponing regulations which would allow hedge funds to more broadly solicit investors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The decision is a victory for those who claim that excessively rapid changes to the advertising rules could increase fraud. The chairwoman of the SEC, Mary Shapiro, had planned to pass the rules this Wednesday, but on Thursday announced that she intended to hear comments on the new rules before finalising them.
20/08/2012

Thanks to UBS, Frankfurt nears 1,000 listed ETFs

With the institutional (I) and retail (A) share classes in its newly-listed equity fund replicating the MSCI Brazil index, UBS Global Asset Management has given the XTF segment of the Xetra electronic trading platform its 998th and 999th listed ETFs. They are Luxembourg-registered products, which track an index that includes 78 Brazilian mid- and large caps, which collectively represent 84% of the floating capital on the Sao Paulo stock exchange. As for the other ETFs from UBS Global AM, the market maker is Commerzbank.Characteristics:Name: UBS (Irl) ETF plc – MSCI Brazil (USD) I-disISIN code: IE00B7VZ2C84TER: 0.43%Name: UBS (Irl) ETF plc – MSCI Brazil (USD) A-disISIN code: IE00B6SBCY47TER: 0.60%
20/08/2012

Euro zone mutual fund issues hold stable

Assets in shares issued in 2012 my non-money market mutual funds in the euro zone have remained virtually unchanged compared with those recorded one quarter previusly in March 2012, according to statistics released by the European Central Bak. These results are due to net issues, which were offset by a decline in the value of shares. Assets in shares issued by non-money market mutual funds in the euro zone increased slightly, to EUR6.065trn in June 2012, compared with EUR6.064trn in March 2012. In the same period, assets in shares issued by money market mutual funds in the euro zone increasedc from EUR957bn to EUR969bn. Net subscriptions to shares in non-money market mutual funds in the euro zone totalled EUR36bn in second quarter 2012, while net subscriptions to money market mutual funds were negative by EUR5bn. In terms of ventilation by investment strategy, the annual pace of share issues by bond funds came out to 47% in June 2012, while net subscriptions totalled EUR54bn in second quarter 2012. For equity funds, the figure was -3.3%, and net subscriptions were -EUR15bn in the same period. For mixed funds, the rate of growth was -1.4%, and net subscriptions were -EUR8bn.
20/08/2012

New team dedicated to ETFs in Asia at iShares

iShares is setting up a new team in Asia-Pacific specialised in ETFs, which will help clients and distributors to better understand the technical aspects of ETFs (product liquidity, construction of indices, and comparisons between products), Asian Investor reports. The new head of iShares for Asia-Pacific, Jane Leung, who began in the role last month, claims that the recent introduction of ETFs dedicated to A-class shares under RQFII (qualified foreign institutional investors in RMB) quotas are not expected to reduce the popularity of its FTSE A50 China ETF. Assets under management in the FTSE A50 China ETF s of 30 June totalled USD5.73bn. It is the largest A-class equity ETF in the world by asset volume.
20/08/2012

HSBC GAM launches an Indian bond fund

HSBC Global Asset Management has announced the launch of a UCITS format Indian bond fund, which will give British retail investors investors access to the Indian market for the first time. The new fund, HSBC GIF India Fixed Income fund, will be integrated into the Luxembourg-registered Global Investment Fund (GIF) range from HSBC. It will invest in government and corporate bonds denominated in Indian rupees, but may also invest in bonds denominated in other currencies closely tied to India. The minimal investment is USD5,000, and management fees have been set at 1.1% per year. HSBC claims that the Indian market is underdeveloped considering the growth the Indian economy has undergone, but adds that it has potential to develop considerably in the next decade. However, the Indian bond market has earned returns averaging 7.5% per year since 2000.
20/08/2012

Strong increase in net inflows at Rothschild Bank Zurich

The private bank Rothschild Bank Zurich has posted a net inflows in the 2011/2012 fiscal year ending on 31 March of CHF971m, up 36% year on year, the website finews reports. Its assets under management increased over the past year by 4%, to a total of CHF13.3bn. Unlike most of its rivals, the Zurich-based bank has recruited staff in the past fiscal year, with a 13% increase in its personnel in Switzerland alone to 452. This policy of recruitment and investment in IT has dragged down profits, which fell 41% in the past fiscal year, to CHF19.6m.
20/08/2012

Mercer recruits in Asia

The regional director of Russell Investments in charge of structured investment solutions, Edmund Teo, has recently been recruited by the consulting firm Mercer as an addition to the 17-member team based in Singapore specialised in wealth management in Asia. Teo will report to Cara Williams, global head of wealth management in London, Investment Europe states. Teo will be assisted by Pierre DeGagne, who had previously been in charge of fund selection at Standard Chartered Bank.
20/08/2012

2012 bonuses lower than expected on Wall Street

Variable pay for employees of investment banks and asset management firms are expected to increase less than expected in the month of May, according to statistics compiled by the New York research form Johnson Partners, Les Echos reports. Overall, bonuses are expected to vary from stable to “moderate” growth of no more than 20% in the bast case, and not 25% as previously estimated. According to projections by Johnson Partners, the professions of consulting, equity primary and debt will be the worst-hit, with increases of no more than 5% to bonuses, and potential declines of up to -10%. Bonuses in the asset management profession, for their part, will range from stable to 10% growth.
20/08/2012

Jean-Pierre Salles (Aviva Investors France) retires

Citywire reports that Jean-Pierre Salles has retired from Aviva Investors France. Paul Gagey has taken over management of the Aviva Oblig International, Aviva Interoblig and Aviva Convertibles funds while Alban Tourra will take over Aviva Signatures Europe, and Jean-François Chambon takes charge of the Aviva Japon and Aviva Investors Japon funds. Management of the UFF Diversifié fund will be shared by Paul Gagey and Françoise Labbé.
20/08/2012

BlackRock boosts exposure to Spanish and Italian bonds

The chief investment for fixed income and fundamental portfolios at BlackRock, Rick Rieder, has told the Wall Street Journal that BlackRock has bought up Spanish and Italian short-term government bonds in recent weeks. These assets nonetheless represent only a very modest portion of bond assets at BlackRock, which total about USD620bn. The decision to return to peripheral euro zone debt is related to efforts on the part of European political leaders to manage the euro zone crisis, which are considered more credible than in the past.
20/08/2012

Swiss banks to emphasize asset management

As offshore business from tax dodgers dries up, Swiss banks are seeking areas for growth in investment funds and institutional clients, Handelsblatt reports. These areas are less profitable than other areas of banking activity, but also less risky. Trade bodies and political leaders have seen the writing on the wall and are now planning an offensive: they are planning to seek to prevent excessive regulation in a misguided effort to protect investors. Switzerland is also benefiting from the fact that London no longer has as much support from the British government as in the past.
20/08/2012

Price war in ETF market

Since February, Vanguard has been aggressively lowering its TER rates for its ETFs, which has allowed it to gain market share on the US market. The Börsen-Zeitung reports that that the market is now expecting the leader, iShares, to be obliged to lower its prices in retaliation. Smaller producers are withdrawing some of their ETFs from the market, when they do not completely liquidate the activity (as Scottrade is doing with its MocusShares line, or as Russell is considering doing). This will be a cause for concern for European providers too, as Vanguard arrived in May in London with five products.

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