Recherche
S'abonner
Connexion
Asset Management
Accueil Asset Management Actualités
27/03/2012

Bernheim, Dreyfus & Co retains BofA Merrill Lynch

The French absolute returns strategy specialist Bernheim, Dreyfus & Co has appointed BofA Merrill Lynch as its additional prime broker for the Diva Synergy Fund and Diva Synergy Ucits Fund, Hedgeweek reports. Asset allocation for the fund between BofA Merrill Lynch and the current prime brokers and custodians for the fund will be determined depending on the type of transaction, at the discretion of Bernheim, Dreyfus & Co.
27/03/2012

Profits down at C-Quadrat

Although the German-Austrian asset management firm C-Quadrat is highlighting a 25% increase in its commission revenues in 2011 in its communications materials, to EUR44.65m, and a reduction of personnel costs from EUR8.4m to EUR6.6m, operating profits at C-Quadrat have fallen to EUR823,000 from EUR9.38m, and operating profits have fallen to EUR2.97m from EUR15.29m.Assets as of the end of the financial year were down to slightly under EUR2.93bn, from EUR3.33bn, but the increase in commission revenues is due to an increase in average annual assets and a replacement of institutional assets by higher-margin retail assets.
27/03/2012

Schroders France CEO departs

Philippe Lecomte, CEO of Schroders France, will be leaving the asset management firm. He will soon be starting in a new position at another firm, in late April or early May. According to information obtained by Newsmanagers, the new firm may be La Française AM, where he would be responsible for inernational activities. Lecomte joined Schroders in 2003.At the British group, Nuno Teixeira, currently deputy CEO and head of development for all Schroders clients in France for the past year, will replace him. Teixeira will officially take over as head of teams based in Paris in April. According to John Toriano, head of institutional operations at Schroders worldwide, to whom the head of Schroders France reports, Teixeira, who contributed to the development of institutional clients in France, will now continue to grow the activities of Schroders in France, both aimed at institutional and intermediated clients. “For the past three years, the dynamic has clearly been on the side of institutionals,” the new president of Schroders France tells Newsmanagers, “but we have a clear ambition to continue to develop the two institutional and retail units.”Teixeira arrived at Schroders France in 2003, nine months before Lecomte. Before joining Schroders France, Teixeira served as deputy CEO and head of the multi-management team at Invesco Gestion (France), where he began in 1997.
27/03/2012

Rothschild & Cie Gestion and Koris sign partnership for risk management

Rothschild & Cie Gestion announced on Tuesday, 27 March, that it has signed a marketing and sales cooperation agreement with the financial investment advising firm Koris International to set up investment solutions and distribution based on dynamic risk budget controlling techniques. The techniques are conceived and developed by Koris International. For its part, Rothschild & Cie Gestion provides the financial management of the range of multi-manager, multi-asset class range, allowing the two firms to “deploy dynamic risk control management techniques as part of specific solutions adapted to the needs of investors,” the asset management firm says. These offerings will be a part of Rothschild Investment Solutions, recently created following the acquisition of Héritage AM (see Newsmanagers of 2 February 2012), which concentrates on alternative and long-only management. This is done “on the basis of open architecture, which gives us access to classic management funds as well as ETFs and hedge funds.” Then “once the selection is made, Koris will provide the equivalent of an intellectual service, by acting to dynamically control risk budgets,” says Jean-René Giraud, CEO of Koris International. The product range will be composed of funds, potentially “seeded” funds, and also mandates. The two partners will jointly provide sales of these solutions to private banking and institutional clients in France. At Rothschild & Cie Gestion, Laurent Levenq, formerly of Héritage AM, will be in charge of commercial and client development.
27/03/2012

Hedge funds wind down short positions

According to the International Strategy & Investment Group (ISI), in the past five months, hedge funds trading on the S&P 500 have accepted defeat and have sold off short positions at their highest pace since 2010, Expansión reports. The indicator, which measures the percentage of long contracts held by funds, came out at 48.6, compared with 42 in November 2011; this is the largest increase since April 2010.The index is constituted on the basis of information provided by 36 hedge funds, whose assets total USD89bn. If the index is at 50, that means long and short bets are balanced out.
27/03/2012

Warburg-Henderson sets up a distribution affiliate

The Hamburg-based real estate fund management firm Warburg – Henderson Kapitalanlagegesellschaft für Immobilien mbH on Monday announced that its new distribution affiliate, Warburg – Henderson Vertriebs GmbH, commenced its activities on 9 March. Its management team includes count Christian von Hochberg, who had previously been director of institutional sales, and distribution specialist Bodo Schrah.The new entity will be responsible for distributing 17 institutional funds from Warburg – Henderson (EUR4.1bn in assets), advising German and foreign clients, and winning new mandates.
27/03/2012

Loys appoints a co-manager

The German asset management firm Loys has appointed Ufuk Boydak as co-manager for the Loys Global and Loys Global L/S funds. The 26-year-old young man joined the firm upon completing his studies in 2009, as an equities analyst.
27/03/2012

FSA fines Coutts GBP8.8m

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Coutts & Company GBP8.75 million for failing to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective anti-money laundering (AML) systems and controls relating to high risk customers, including Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs). The failings at Coutts were serious, systemic and were allowed to persist for almost three years. The FSA identified deficiencies in nearly three quarters of the PEP and high risk customer files reviewed.
27/03/2012

Volume of unit-linked Riester contracts up 12.7% in 2011

As of 31 December, assets in Riester unit-linked, subsidised retirement savings plans totalled over EUR8.31bn, an increase of 12.7%, or about EUR1bn, compared with their levels twelve months earlier.The German BVI association of asset management firms states that these statistics come from the German ministry of labour and social affairs, which states that the number of Riester policies in the form of shares in investment funds has increased by about 4.9% in one year, to over 2.95 million policies, which represents about 19.2% of all Riester policies.By comparison, the number of Riester policies managed by insurers last year increased by 4.8% to 10.9 million.
27/03/2012

Good start to the year for Aberdeen

Aberdeen has recorded net new business inflows of GBP1.4 billion in the two first months of the year. Continued net inflows to higher margin products are going to add GBP20 million in annual revenues. Assets under management at 29 February 2012 totalled GBP184.4 billion, a 6% increase on 31 December 2011.
27/03/2012

British government may sell one third of RBS to Abu Dhabi

The British government is reportedly considering selling 10% to one third of the capital in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to the Abu Dhabi sovereign fund, according to the BBC, Les Echos reports. The British government acquired an 82% stake in the capital of the firm with an injectino of GBP45bn to bail out banking giant during the crisis, and has now been in talks for several months with the hopes of signing an agreement before Christmas. If a deal goes through at current share prices, it would mean a loss for British taxpayers, who bought in at GBP0.50 per share, compared with a share price of about half that now.
27/03/2012

Performance of multi-manager funds lacks consistency

Although the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) legislation is leading many independent financial advisers to outsource at least part of their investment decisions to multi-manager funds, the independent research agency Defaqto has warned against multi-manager funds, which have not delivered highly coherent or consistent results since 2008. According to Defaqto, only 25 multi-manager funds, out of a sample of 184 funds, have succeeded in maintaining a stable rating of 3, 4 or 5 out of 5 since June 2008. In other words, it is extremely difficult for a multi-manager fund to earn solid performance over the long term. Defaqto yesterday released a “Guide to Multi-Managers,” which lays out key points for advisors considering the choice of a multi-manager fund, including changes in the market in the past six months, an analysis of the coherence of multi-manager funds, an update on regulatory developments, and analysis of portfolio turnover. Currently, 26% of users of platforms outsource their investment decisions to a multi-manager. This trend is likely to accentuate as RDR legislation requires financial advisers to revise their development model by the end of the year.
27/03/2012

Former Merrill Lynch director joins Protean Investments

Bob Champney, a former managing director at Merrill Lynch, has joined the investment boutique Protean Investments, to assist the firm in the development of new profducts, including dynamic macro tracker funds, Fund Web reports. Champney was previously head of product development at Merrill Lynch.
27/03/2012

Bill Gross mise sur un QE3 en avril

Le gérant de Pimco a dit s’attendre à ce que la Fed décide en avril d’un troisième round d’assouplissement monétaire (QE3). Il mise gros sur la politique de la Réserve fédérale, l’exposition du Total Return Fund de Pimco aux titres adossés à des prêts hypothécaires (MBS) étant passée de 50% en janvier à 52% en février. En octobre dernier, cette exposition n’atteignait que 38%.
27/03/2012

Retour en Bourse en vue pour Michael Stores

Reuters croit savoir que Blackstone et Bain Capital, à eux deux détenteurs de 93% du capital, envisagent le prochain retour en Bourse du distributeur d’objets d’art américain Michael Stores. Ils l’avaient acquis en 2006 pour plus de 6 milliards de dollars. JPMorgan et Goldman Sachs dirigeraient l’IPO, dont les documents pourraient être enregistrés le mois prochain.
27/03/2012

Permira envisage de vendre les surgelés Iglo

Le groupe de private equity se prépare à vendre le groupe de surgelés Iglo après avoir été approché par des fonds, dont Blackstone, BC Partners et Cinven, et le montant de l’opération pourrait atteindre 3 milliards d’euros, a rapporté Reuters de sources proches du dossier. Permira, qui a mandaté Credit Suisse pour trouver un repreneur à cette ancienne filiale d’Unilever, estime qu’une vente pourrait représenter 9 fois l’Ebitda contre 7 à 7,5 fois pour une IPO.
27/03/2012

Rothschild & Cie Gestion et Koris International en coopération

Le gestionnaire d’actifs et la société de conseil ont annoncé la signature d’un accord de coopération marketing et commercial pour la mise au point et la distribution de solutions d’investissements basées sur «les techniques de contrôle dynamique de budgets de risque conçues et développées par Koris International».
27/03/2012

La Russie prévoit d’émettre 7 milliards de dollars

Souhaitant profiter de l’intérêt des investisseurs pour le pays suite à l’augmentation du prix du pétrole, le Trésor russe préparerait une émission d’obligations de 7 milliards de dollars en trois tranches de 5, 10 et 30 ans dans les prochains jours, selon le journal. Il s’agirait d’une des plus grosses émissions réalisées par une économie émergente, alors que la Russie n’avait pas émis en dollars depuis avril 2010.
27/03/2012

L'ACP tacle les gestions de fortune

L’Autorité de contrôle prudentiel vient de publier le bilan des contrôles menés en 2010 et 2011 dans une vingtaine d'établissements, et qui ont notamment valu à la Société Générale l’ouverture d’une procédure disciplinaire. Elle y pointe de nombreuses insuffisances, corrigées depuis.
27/03/2012

Hausse des créances douteuses à Wenzhou

Le ratio des créances douteuses dans les banques de la ville emblématique de Wenzhou ont progressé à 1,74% à la fin du mois de février, après 0,37% à la fin du mois de juin 2011, selon le journal qui cite des données de la commission de régulation bancaire chinoise. Les créances douteuses ont atteint 11,2 milliards, soit une hausse de 1,79 milliards de yuans par rapport à janvier et de 2,55 milliards par rapport à juin 2011.
26/03/2012

Ben Bernanke juge la croissance encore faible face au chômage

La croissance de l'économie américaine devra s’accélérer pour que les créations d’emplois fassent reculer davantage le taux de chômage, a déclaré lundi le président de la Réserve fédérale, Ben Bernanke. Le repli récent du taux de chômage, revenu à 8,3% en février contre 9,1% l'été dernier, est «quelque peu déconnecté» du rythme encore modeste de la croissance économique, a-t-il expliqué lors d’une conférence organisée par la NABE.
26/03/2012

La réforme de la santé devant la Cour suprême américaine

La Cour suprême des Etats-Unis a commencé lundi l’examen de la réforme de l’assurance-santé, mesure phare du premier mandat de Barack Obama à la Maison blanche. Les neuf juges chargés de se prononcer sur la constitutionnalité du projet devraient consacrer six heures d’audience à l’affaire, étalées sur trois jours, jusqu'à mercredi - du jamais vu pour une affaire depuis 44 ans. Ils devraient rendre leur décision avant le mois de juillet, soit en pleine campagne électorale pour la présidentielle du 6 novembre.
26/03/2012

Bill Gross mise sur un QE3 en avril

Le gérant vedette de PIMCO a dit sur Twitter s’attendre à ce que la Fed décide en avril d’un troisième round d’assouplissement monétaire (QE3). Le co-chief investment officer mise gros sur la politique de la Réserve fédérale; l’exposition de son Total Return Fund aux titres adossés à des prêts hypothécaires (MBS) est passée de 50% en janvier à 52% en février. En octobre dernier, cette exposition n’atteignait que 38%.

Sujets d'actualité

Tous les sujets