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08/09/2011

HSBC launches an emerging markets ETF

HSBC has launched a physical replication ETF dedicated to emerging markets on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).The HSBC MSCI Emerging Markets ETF replicates the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets index, which includes the largest caps in emerging markets including Brazil, Russia, China and India.
08/09/2011

Pierre Cazilhac rejoint Pax Corporate Finance

Pax Corporate Finance a annoncé le 7 septembre l’arrivée de Pierre Cazilhac en tant que directeur associé, plus spécialement en charge des opérations liées aux marchés actions (introduction en bourse, émissions, offres publiques) mais aussi des placements privés.Après avoir créé et dirigé l’activité marché primaire actions chez CPR (Compagnie Parisienne de Réescompte – filiale de CA Indosuez), Pierre Cazilhac a dirigé l’activité Equity Capital Markets de Natexis Banques Populaires de 1997 à 2003. Il a ensuite rejoint Global Equities pour diriger l’activité Corporate Finance puis Grant Thornton Corporate Finance en 2007 en tant que directeur de l’activité Capital Markets et Venture. Il a créé en 2009 sa propre société de conseil en levée de fonds et corporate finance APL Finance SAS.
08/09/2011
Fonds

UFG-LFP lance une sicav viticole

FG-LFP annonce le lancement de LFP Grands Vignobles de France, dont l’objectif est de créer de la valeur sur le long terme grâce à deux moteurs de performance : l’appréciation anticipée des prix du foncier viticole et l’exploitation des propriétés sélectionnées.La conjoncture vinicole est en effet très favorable, souligne un communiqué, alimentée par le développement des économies émergentes et l’augmentation en leur sein du poids des catégories sociales aisées, avec pour corollaire le développement de nouveaux modes de consommation privilégiant les produits haut de gamme ou de luxe. Les investissements du fonds se concentrent sur les appellations françaises « premium » notamment le Bordelais, la Vallée du Rhône, la Bourgogne et le Val de Loire. Le produit, un fonds fermé avec une durée de vie prévisionnelle de 15 ans, sera géré par UFG-REM, filiale immobilière du Groupe UFG-LFP.LFP Grands Vignobles de France s’adresse en priorité aux investisseurs institutionnels mais également aux particuliers fortunés.Caractéristiques : Nature juridique : sicav contractuelle de droit françaisInvestisseurs concernés : Investisseurs Autorisés visés à l’article 413-35 du RGAMFClassification : OPCVM diversifiéPériodicité de valorisation : mensuelle jusqu’au 31/12/2012 puis trimestrielleDurée de placement recommandée : 15 ansSociété de gestion : UFG REMDépositaire : BNP Paribas Securities ServicesCommercialisateur : UFG-LFP FranceMontant minimum souscription initiale : 250.000 euros Frais de gestion : maximum 1,20% HT de l’actif net du fond
Fonds
08/09/2011
Fonds

Overlord France va assurer la distribution d'un contrat de CNP Assurances

La société de gestion Overlord France Finance qui gère deux fonds d’investissement - Overlord Premium et Overlord Flex PE - a annoncé, mercredi 7 septembre, s’être associée avec CNP Assurances pour la commercialisation, auprès d’une clientèle privée, du contrat d’assurance vie multisupport, CNP Trésor Performance, accessible à partir de 75 000 euros.Caractéristiques :Nom du fonds en euros : Performance Euros–CNP Trésor Performance (3,70 % en 2010)Frais sur versement : 4%Frais de gestion sur le fonds en euros : 0.8 %Frais de gestion sur les unités de compte : 0.8%Frais d’arbitrages : 0.65 %, 1 arbitrage gratuit / anCommission de rachat : Néant
Fonds
08/09/2011

BNP Paribas veut rassurer sur sa liquidité

Dans une note publiée mercredi, rapporte L’Agefi, BNP Paribas a notamment fait le point sur son financement et précisé qu’en dollars américains, elle avait un excès de liquidités à court terme qu’elle est obligée de déposer auprès de la Fed.En outre, dans un contexte de baisse des montants et des maturités offertes par les fonds monétaires américains, ses sources de financement ont été diversifiées (sociétés, institutionnels, Banques centrales, clients de banque privée et fonds monétaires) dans quatre zones géographiques (Etats-Unis, Asie Pacifique, Moyen-Orient et Europe de l’Ouest) avec des maturités allongées depuis le début de l’année. La banque assure également que ses liquidités à court terme en euros sont abondantes. D’après les données de Barclays, le financement de court terme représente près de 60% du financement total de l'établissement, qui note par ailleurs que la réduction du marché interbancaire est due à des changements structurels en raison des règles de Bâle 3 et non à une panique soudaine.
08/09/2011

Une boutique de gestion alternative ferme ses portes

La boutique de gestion alternative basée aux Pays-Bas et à Londres Aethra Asset Management, fondée en 2008 par deux anciens d’ABN Amro, a été contrainte de fermer ses fonds et de rendre l’argent aux investisseurs, la collecte n’ayant pas été à la hauteur des attentes, rapporte Financial News.Les fonds concernés sont un fonds long only actions européennes, un fonds de performance absolue et un hedge fund global macro.
08/09/2011

Tobias Schmidt devient président du directoire de Feri EuroRating Services

Helmut Knepel, dirigeant historique de l’agence de notation allemande Feri EuroRating Services (groupe MLP), quitte la présidence du directoire pour devenir président du conseil de surveillance. Il est remplacé par Tobias Schmidt, qui était déjà membre du directoire depuis 2008 et qui est entré chez Feri il y a plus de douze ans.Comme prévu de longue date, Eberhard Weiß, très ancien actionnaire de Feri, quitte ses fonctions de membre du directoire mais demeure conseiller de l’entreprise. Il est remplacé par Matthias Klöpper, qui est également membre du directoire de la maison-mère Feri Finance AG.Feri EuroRating Services (50 personnes, environ un millier de clients), qui a obtenu récemment de la BaFin le statut d’agence de notation européenne (lire notre article du 9 mai) élargit également sa direction générale (Geschäftsführung). Wolfgang Kubatzki, qui dirige le pôle immobilier, y est rejoint par Axel D. Angermann (pôle recherche économique) et par Daniel Burgmann (pôle opérations).
08/09/2011
Fonds

Metzler commercialise deux fonds d'actions non benchmarkés

Metlzer Asset Management indique avoir obtenu fin août l’agrément de commercialisation de la BaFin (Allemagne) et de la FMA (Autriche) pour deux fonds de droit irlandais spécialistes des actions et affichant un portefeuille concentré d’une trentaine de lignes. Ces produits n’utilisent pas d’indice de référence et sont gérés sans aucune contrainte a priori en matière de construction de portefeuille.Le premier, Metzler European Concentrated Growth (IE00B5T6MG33), investit principalement en grandes capitalisations de qualité mais dont le marché sous-estime le potentiel de croissance et qui sont peu exposées au cycle économique.Le second, Metzler European Small and Micro Cap (IE00B5M17487), se focalise sur les petites et moyennes capitalisationseuropéennes, en majorité des valeurs sous la barre des 500 millions d’euros de capitalisation boursière (le maximum est fixé à 1 milliard).Dans les deux cas, le droit d’entrée et la commission de gestion sont fixés à respectivement 5 % et 1,8 %.
Fonds
08/09/2011

Schroders renforce encore sa distribution en Allemagne

L’allemand Schroders Investment Management poursuit sa vague d’embauches en Allemagne. Il vient d’annoncer le recrutement de Bianca Eleonore Käs, économiste de formation, comme assistante de distribution chargée de la clientèle wholesale (fonds de fonds et gestionnaires de fortune) en Allemagne et en Autriche. Elle est subordonnée à Alexander Prawitz, directeur de la distribution. L’intéressée travaillait auparavant chez un conseiller financier.Ce recrutement fait suite à celui de Daniela Euchner au poste d’assistante commerciale pour la vente des fonds offerts au public en Allemagne (NewsManagers du 1er août), qui venait de Hartford Life, d’Alexander Wiss, comme directeur de la distribution pour les particuliers, les intermédiaires et les banques régionales du centre de l’Allemagne (NewsManagers du 8 juillet) et de Tania Engel (ex-American Express) qui a rejoint comme COO (NewsManagers du 5 juillet).
08/09/2011

Carlos Rivero rejoint Inversis

Responsable depuis deux ans de la plate-forme de fonds internationaux d’Ahorro Corporación, Carlos Rivero a été recruté par Inversis Bank Institutional, rapporte Funds People.L’intéressé rejoint Gustavo Montoya dans l'équipe responsable de la plate-forme de distribution de fonds d’investissement, qui dépend d’Inversis Bank Institutional, pôle dirigé par Salvador Martín.
08/09/2011

HSBC va dégraisser à Hong Kong

La banque va supprimer 3.000 emplois à Hong Kong sur les trois prochaines années, a rapporté L’Agefi qui reprend une information diffusée sur Radio Television Hong Kong. Les suppressions toucheront notamment des postes d’encadrement dans les opérations de back-office, selon une note interne envoyée aux salariés citée par la radio.
08/09/2011

Temasek investit 2,8 milliards de dollars dans la banque chinoise CCB

Le fonds souverain de Singapour Temasek a indiqué en début de semaine dans un document remis à la Bourse de Hong Kong avoir acquis un tiers environ de la participation de Bank of America Merrill Lynch dans China Construction Bank, soit environ 2,8 milliards de dollars.Cette opération porte la participation de Temasek dans la banque chinoise à 8,1% contre 6,27% précédemment.
08/09/2011

Alceda recruits Manuela Fröhlich

The former head of the German and international sales support team at F&C Asset Management, Manuela Fröhlich, has concluded the sabbatical which she bagan in November 2010. On 1 October, she will join the new London office of the Luxembourg-based Alceda Fund Management (EUR4.5bn in assets under administration) as managing director, head of global fund sales. In this role, she will be in charge of development for an international network of third-party distributors for open-ended funds from Alceda.
08/09/2011

Strong increase in ETF trading on NYSE Euronext in August

Last month, with the increased market volatility, the European markets of NYSE Euronext posted an average of 14,658 on-book trades of ETFs, 90.7% more than in August 2010. As a result, the number of trades in the first eight months of 2011 are now up 10.6% compared with January-August last year. The previous all-time record for trading activity, set in May 2010, with 295,888 trades, was beaten by far, with a total of 337,862 trades.The average trading volume per transaction in August came out to EUR618.2m, 108% higher than in August 2010. For January-August, the total comes to EUR14.2bn, while the previous record in January 2008 was EUR14.8bn.As of 31 August, total assets in all ETFs listed in European markets of NYSE Euronext totalled EUR126bn, 6.8% more than one year previously.On 31 August, these markets had 572 ETF funds, listed 670 times. Since the beginning of 2011, 131 ETFs have been launched, of which 103 were primary listings, and 28 were secondary listings.The average spread for all ETFs listed in August was 28.5 basis points.
08/09/2011

BlackRock appoints a managing director

BlackRock has announced that Mark Taborsky has been appointed as managing director and senior manager in the multi-asset client solutions (BMACS) division, focusing on fiduciary solutions aimed at institutionals. Taborsky was previously executive vice president at Pimco. As of 30 June, the BMACS division of BlackRock managed USD126bn in assets, of which USD50bn were in fiduciary mandates.
08/09/2011

Raiffeisen poaches a portfolio manager from East Capital

András Szálkai joined at the beginning of August the Emerging Markets Equities team at Raiffeisen Capital Management. He will be applying his experience primarily to cover Central Europe on Angelika Millendorfer’s team. András Szálkai was a fund manager at Vontobel Asset Management in Vienna for several years, and then changed to the Portfolio Management Team at East Capital in Stockholm and Vienna in 2006.
08/09/2011

Changes at the top at iShares

iShares, the ETF arm of BlackRock, has a new global head, Mark Wiedman. He replaces Mike Latham, who becomes chairman of the entity, a newly-created position, according to reports in the US and UK press which have been confirmed by BlackRock.Latham will remain a member of the operational committee at BlackRock and co-head of its San Francisco office.Wiedman was previously head of strategy at BlackRock.According to the UK and US press, citing an internal memo, the change is a result of a desire on the part of Latham to reduce his day-to-day responsibilities, and the frequency with which he travels, in order to take on a more strategic role at iShares.
08/09/2011

Pimco adds to active equities management team

Three former managers from Thornburg Investment Management make up the third active equity management team at Pimco (Allianz group) to be recruited since the launch of its equities platform in April 2010. The team includes Brad Kinkelaar and Cliff Remily, who become executive vice presidents and global equity portfolio managers, and Matt Burdett, who is appointed vice president and research analyst. The three will all be based at Pimco’s headquarters in Newport Beach.The US asset manager on 7 September also announced the appointment of Neel Kashkari as Head of Global Equities. Kashkari, a managing director, joined Pimco in December 2009 and previously served as Head of New Investment Initiatives.Active strategies in the area of equities at Pimco account for more than USD4bn in assets. The unit employs five senior portfolio managers, nine research analysts, six traders and six product managers.
08/09/2011

Bank of America will not change pay scales for wealth management unit

David Darnell, the new COO of Bank of America (BofA), has told the heads of the wealth management unit, which includes Merrill Lynch, that he intends to preserve the pay scales for financial advisers as they are, and to retain senior management in their current positions, the Wall Street Journal reports.The new right-hand man of CEO Brian Moynihan has said in several conference calls that advisers will continue to earn a percentage on the commissions they generate, and that they will continue to be rewarded for achieving certain asset-based goals.
08/09/2011

Copper market has taken a direction not foreseen by JPMorgan and BlackRock

The Wall Street Journal reports that JP Morgan Chase and BlackRock have told US regulators that copper production outstripped demand last year. In October last year, however, the firms submitted applications for licenses to launch the first physical ETFs trading the metal in the United States, claiming that a shortage in supply and growing demand would lead to rising prices.
08/09/2011

SSgA adds to SPDR team in Frankfurt

Michael Geister, who for four years had been head of marketing and distribution for the German-speaking countries for ETP (ETFs and ETCs) products at ETF Securities (ETFS) in London, has been recruited by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) for its Frankfurt office, specialised in ETF products under the SPDR brand name. He joins the team as Director Sales for Germany and Austria.
08/09/2011

UFG-LFP launches a fund investing in French premium wineyards

UFG-LFP has announced the launch of the LFP Grands Vignobles de France fund, which aims to create long-term value through two drivers of performance: expected appreciation in the value of vineyard real estate, the operation of the selected properties.The economic environment is highly favourable for wine makers, a statement says, due to the development of emerging economies and an increase in the more leisured social classes there, with, as a corollary, the development of new consumption habits that privilege high-end or luxury products. The fund’s investments will concentrate on French “premium” wine regions, including Bordeaux, the Rhône valley, Burgundy and the Loire valley.The product, a closed fund with an expected duration of 15 years, will be managed by UFG-REM, the real estate affiliate of the UFG-LFP group.The LFP Grands Vignobles the France fund is primarily aimed at institutional investors, but also at high net worth private investors.CharacteristicsLegal format: French-registered contractual SicavInvestors concerned: Authorised investors under article 413-25 of RGAMFClassification: Diversified OPCVMValuation frequency: monthly, until 31/12/2012, and quarterly thereafterRecommended investment duration: 15 yearsFund Manager: UFG REMDepository: BNP Paribas Securities ServicesSales outlet: UFG-LFP FranceMinimal initial subscription: EUR250,000Management fee: Maximum 1.20% net of taxes of net AUM in the fund
08/09/2011

ICGN to debate sustainable development recommendations

The members of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) will next week hold their annual conference in Paris, from 12 September. At the conference they will debate a series of recommendations for risk management, management fees, remuneration structures, integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, voting rights, and commission issues, which may in the future be included in investment mandates. If the recommendations are ratified, they may lead members of the network, which represents total assets of about USD12trn, much of it in pension funds, to integrate at least a part of the recommendations into their investment contracts. In risk management, the recommendations would have managers disclose details of their portfolio and management risks. In response to the financial crisis, the ICGN suggests that managers should also deploy a “systemic responsibility” policy, with information about the impact of risks on the stability of the markets, and on particular asset classes. In the chapter on integration of ESG criteria, the ICGN claims that better organisation of remuneration programs, and deployment of integrity standards for the conduct of personnel and/or for financial information, may have a long-term influence on the performance of assets. The ICGN points out that these recommendations come as additions to existing recommendations, such as the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN-PRI), or other specific dispositions for certain asset classes (private equity, hedge funds).
08/09/2011

Credit Suisse plans to relaunch private banking activities

Credit Suisse is launching a new growth initiative entitled “FuturePB” for its Private Banking division. According to a memo of which the AWP news agency obtained a copy, from the new head of the division, Hans-Ulrich Meister, to employees in the division, the bank has set three objectives: revise the commercial portfolio; evaluate new ways to improve potential profitability, and to further increase efficiency.Due to a market environment that remains difficult and a weak level of client activity, as well as low interest rates and unfavourable evolution of currency rates, the profitability of the division has suffered. Rising costs related to toughening regulations and other factors are further weighing on profits. In addition, the bank is facing the bottom of the cycle, and needs to operate on the assumption that the market environment will not improve in the near future. It is thus indispensable to orient business appropriately, the memo says.The bank will carefully examine what growth vectors the market currently offers, the memo continues. A more marked orientation to clients will be one of the most effective ways to increase growth and performance.
08/09/2011

SWIP recruits CRO

Scottish Widow Investment Partnership (SWIP) has recruited Bindesh Savjani as chief risk officer. He will be based in Edinburgh, and will report to Dean Buckley, managing director of SWIP. Savjani previously worked as global chief risk officer at Aviva Investors.
08/09/2011

Switzerland refuses to hand over banking data to United States

Switzerland will not transmit any confidential banking information to the United States, Micheline Caly-Rey confirmed on 7 September, in response to rumours of an ultimatum from Washington. Any potential exchange of information could take place only within a legal framework under the double taxation convention.The president of Switzerland sought to put an end to speculation about a potential disclosure of the names of US banking clients suspected of tax fraud with accounts in Switzerland, many of them at Credit Suisse.“There have been talks exclusively about statistical questions,” Calmy-Rey told the press on Wednesday, at a press conference to announce her decision to step down at the end of this year. The talks have not covered the issue of banking confidentiality, she announced, but would answer no further questions.
08/09/2011

Schroders continues recruitments of sales staff in Germany

Frankfurt-based Schroders Investment Management is continuing to recruit in Germany. It has recently announced the recruitment of Bianca Eleonore Käs, educated as an economist, as a sales assistant in charge of wholesale clients (funds of funds and wealth managers) in Germany and Austria. She will report to Alexander Prawitz, director of distribution. Käs previously worked for a financial adviser.The recruitment follows those of Daniela Euchner as sales assistant for sales of open-ended funds in Germany (see Newsmanagers of 1 August), who joins the firm from Hartford Life; Alexander Wiss, as director of sales for retail, intermediaries, and regional banks in central Germany (see Newsmanagers of 8 July), and Tania Engel (ex American Express), who joined the firm as COO (see Newsmanagers of 5 July).
08/09/2011

Tobias Schmidt becomes chairman of the management board at Feri EuroRating Services

Helmut Knepel, the longstanding manager of the German ratings agency Feri EuroRating Services (MLP group), is leaving his position as chairman of the management board, to become chairman of the supervisory board. He will be replaced by Tobias Schmidt, who had already been a member of the management board since 2008, and who joined Feri more than 12 years ago.As has been planned for a long time, Eberhard Weiß, a very longstanding shareholder in Feri, will be leaving his role as a board member, but will remain as an adviser to the business. He will be replaced by Matthias Klöpper, who is also a management board member at the parent company, Feri Finance AG.Feri EuroRating Services (50 employees, about 1,000 clients), which has recently received a European ratings agency license from BaFin (see Newsmanagers of 9 May), is enlarging its board of directors (Geschäftsführung). Wolfgang Kubatzki, director of the real estate unit, will be joined on the board by Axel D. Angermann (economic research unit), and Daniel Burgmann (operations unit).
08/09/2011

Temasek invests USD2.8bn in China's CCB bank

The Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek announced earlier this week in a document submitted to the Hong Kong stock exchange that it has acquired about one third of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s stake in China Construction Bank, valued at about USD2.8bn. The deal brings Temasek’s stake in the Chinese bank to 8.1%, up from 6.27% previously.
08/09/2011

La Suisse résiste à l’ultimatum américain

Démentant des informations du Tagesanzeiger, le gouvernement helvète a affirmé n’avoir livré aucune donnée relative à des clients américains détenant des comptes en Suisse, résistant à une injonction des Etats-Unis. «Nous ne donnerons pas d’autres détails sur les négociations en cours», a déclaré la ministre des affaires étrangères Micheline Calmy-Rey.

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