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22/08/2011

Invista confie à Schroders la gestion de son portefeuille

D’après Fundweb, Invista Foundation Property Trust a transféré la gestion de son portefeuille d’Invista Real Estate Investment Management (IREIM) à Schroder Property Investment Management à compter d’octobre, rapporte FundWeb.D’autrre part, Invista indique avoir été saisie le 29 juillet d’une offre d’achat de la part de Picton Property Income, l’ancienne ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Limited.
22/08/2011

Jupiter augmente ses encours

Au premier semestre 2011, Jupiter a enregistré des souscriptions nettes de 700 millions de livres, ce qui représente un ralentissement par rapport à la collecte nette de 800 millions de livres de la période correspondante de l’an dernier et celle de 1,5 milliard au second semestre 2010. Cela a néanmoins permis à la société de gestion britannique de porter ses encours à 24,8 milliards de livres au 30 juin 2011, soit une hausse de 3 % par rapport au 31 décembre 2010. Un an plus tôt, les encours ressortaient à 19,8 milliards.Son Ebitda a augmenté de 18 % à 71 millions de livres par rapport aux six premiers mois de 2010, tandis que les revenus passaient de 111,7 millions à 128,3 millions de livres. Le bénéfice avant impôts s’élève à 37,3 millions contre 15,6 millions un an plus tôt. Dans ce contexte, Jupiter annonce un dividende intérimaire de 2,5 pence par action. La société de gestion précise par ailleurs qu’elle vient d’enregistrer sa Sicav en Belgique, en plus des Pays-Bas et du Portugal, dans le cadre de son développement en Europe continentale.
22/08/2011
Fonds

Le GAMCO US Equity Fund arrive en version coordonnée

Hedgeweek a rapporté dimanche que GAM a lancé une version coordonnée de son GAM GAMCO US Equity Fund américain qui pèse 55 millions de dollars et a été lancé le lendemain du lundi noir de 1987, le 20 octobre 1987.Le nouveau produit, destiné pour l’instant aux investisseurs retail britanniques, est géré par Mario Gabelli et il alimentera directement le fonds américain.La souscription minimale est fixée à 10.000 dollars, selon Investment Week.
Fonds
22/08/2011

PwC recrute chez Ernst & Young

L’ancien responsable de la gestion d’actifs pour l’Extrême-Orient chez Ernst & Young, Carlyon Knight-Evans, va rejoindre la firme d’audit rivale PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), rapporte Asian Investor.Depuis plus de vingt ans chez Ernst & Young, Carlyon Knight-Evans, qui restera à Hong Kong, devrait prendre ses nouvelles fonctions en décembre. Il a quitté Ernst & Young le 31 mai dernier.Le successeur de Carlyon Knight-Evans chez Ernst & Young est Roy Stockwell, précédemment responsable de la gestion d’actifs pour l’Europe, le Moyen-Orient et l’Afrique.
22/08/2011
Fonds

Le fonds souverain d’Abu Dhabi crée deux nouveaux départements

Le fonds souverain d’Abu Dhabi, l’Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, a promu Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, l’un des fils du président des Emirats Arabes Unis, en tant que responsable d’un nouveau département dédié aux fonds indiciels, rapporte le Financial Times. L’Adia, dont les encours sont estimés à 342 milliards de dollars, alloue 60 % de son portefeuille à des fonds indiciels gérés par des tiers. Un second département a été créé pour superviser les fonds gérés par des tiers qui ne sont pas indiciels. Ces deux pôles remplacent quatre anciens départements basés sur un découpage géographique du monde.
Fonds
22/08/2011

BNY Mellon AM se voit confier un mandat par MTAA Superannuation Fund

Ankura Capital, filiale de BNY Mellon Asset Management spécialisée dans les actions australiennes, a annoncé le 19 août avoir été sélectionnée pour gérer un mandat de 440 millions de dollars australiens pour le compte du fonds de pension MTAA Superannuation Fund.
22/08/2011

Elliott CA se renforce chez Demag Cranes

Lors du bouclage de l’OPA fin juillet, l’américain Terex avait indiqué détenir 81,8 % du capital de l’allemand Demag Cranes.Ce dernier a cependant annoncé le 19 août à la Deutsche Börse avoir reçu le 15 août notification par Paul E. Singer de ce que, avec ses filiales, le gestionnaire alternatif Elliott Capital Advisors a franchi le seuil des 10 % du capital pour détenir 10,08 % des droits de vote.Il est probable qu’Elliott compte réaliser une plus-value si Terex parvient à faire jouer la clause d'éviction (squeeze-out).
22/08/2011
Fonds

Aquila Capital commercialiste son Spectrum Fund

L’allemand Aquila Capital (2,8 milliards d’euros) vient d’obtenir de la BaFin allemande et de la FMA autrichienne l’agrément de commercialisation pour son produit de droit luxembourgeois AC Spectrum Fund (LU0614925856), un fonds conforme à la directive européenne OPCVM III offrant une liquidité journalière. Ce produit combine une formule de suivi de tendance avec des indicateurs de portage (carry) et de corrélation. Le fonds s’appuie sur le concept développé principalement par le professeur Harry M. Kat. Il est géré par Jan Auspurg et l'équipe quantitative d’Aquila Capital.Le Spectrum vise une volatilité de 15 % et une corrélation faible à négative avec les marchés traditionnels. La commission de gestion se situe à 1,75 %.
Fonds
22/08/2011

Direxion nomme un responsable des investissements alternatifs

La société de gestion américaine Direxion annonce avoir recruté Edward Egilinsky au poste de managing director, responsable des investissements alternatifs. L’intéressé devra définir la stratégie de lancement de produits de la société ainsi que la formation interne et externe aux produits. Edward Egilinsky était auparavant managing director en charge de la distribution de produits chez Price Asset Management.
22/08/2011

Ameriprise Financial cède Securities America

Le groupe de services financiers Ameriprise Financial a annoncé la signature d’un accord définitif pour la cession de son broker-dealer Securities America Financial Corporation et de ses filiales à Ladenburg Thalman Financial Services.Le montant de la transaction, qui devrait être bouclée d’ici à la fin de l’année, s'élève à 150 millions de dollars.
22/08/2011

Carlyle met la main sur le français Sagemcom

L’Agefi rapporte que le fonds d’investissement Carlyle a annoncé samedi avoir acheté le groupe de haute technologie français Sagemcom à l’autre fonds Gores Group, sans détailler les conditions financières de l’opération. Carlyle a indiqué qu’il reprendrait 70% du capital de Sagemcom, aux côtés de l'équipe de direction et des salariés qui en posséderaient 30%, précise le quotidien.
22/08/2011
Fonds

Les fonds investis dans des produits de taux ont enregistré des gains en juillet

Les fonds monétaires et les fonds obligataires sont les seules catégories de fonds commercialisés en France dont la performance a crû en juillet, selon les données compilées par Lipper, filiale de Thomson Reuters, rapporte l’agence Reuters.La tendance, soutenue notamment par le regain d’aversion au risque des investisseurs, s’est encore accentuée depuis le début du mois d’août dans le sillage de la chute des marchés d’actions aux Etats-Unis, des craintes de contagion de la crise de la dette en zone euro, du ralentissement économique mondial et d’une série de rumeurs. Les fonds monétaires ont progressé de 0,06% sur un an à fin juillet et les gérants obligataires ont vu leur performance annuelle atteindre 1,09% - malgré la chute des performances des fonds d’obligations d’entreprises à haut rendement européens.Les fonds actions ont gagné 6,2% sur un an fin juillet, contre un gain annuel de 10,3% à fin juin, et l’ensemble des fonds enregistrés à la vente en France a pris 3,6% (+5,7% à fin juin). Dans le même temps, la performance annuelle de l’indice SBF 120 a chuté à 3,2% à la fin du mois dernier, contre +17,5% à fin juin.
Fonds
22/08/2011

Hedge funds increase short positions

Hedge funds are increasingly preparing for falls on the stock market, the Financial Times reports. According to the Data Explorers Long Short Ratio for US equities, investors have been increasing their short positions since May, when the comparative level of short positions was at its lowest level since 2005. The ratio now stands at 11.71, which means that long positions are 12 times larger than short positions. In May, the ratio was 13.19.
22/08/2011

Equity funds favour high dividend stocks

In the third week of August, weak economic outlooks dominated investors’ strategies. Most categories of funds saw redemptions. According to EPFR Global, the week to 17 August ended with outflows from high yield bond funds and commodity funds of over USD2bn. However, investors are increasingly hungry for high dividend equities. Since the beginning of the year, equity funds which focus on high-dividend shares had inflows of nearly USD13bn, while equity funds overall saw outflows of over USD45bn. Bond funds finished the week under review with net outflows of USD4.1bn, while equity funds, for their part, saw outflows of USD5.81bn, which is, however, less than one quarter of the total observed the previous week. Money market funds, which had recently attracted record inflows, posted net outflows of only USD1.93bn. Outflows from equities funds slowed, to USD2.77bn, half of which went to Asia ex Japan equity funds, as investors were doubtful that a high level of exports from the region would be maintained. In Europe, in a market environment devastated by the recent turbulence, German equity funds nonetheless remained in positive territory with inflows of over USD1bn.
22/08/2011

PwC recruits a head from Ernst & Young

The former head of asset management for the Far East at Ernst & Young, Carlyon Knight-Evans, will be joining the rival auditing firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Asian Investor reports. With more than 20 years of experience at Ernst & Young, Knight-Evans, who will remain in Hong Kong, will begin in his new position in December. He left Ernst & Young on 31 May. Knight-Evans’ successor at Ernst & Young is Roy Stockwell, who was previously head of asset management for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
22/08/2011

JO Hambro debuts in Spain

Funds People reports that the British asset management firm JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) has registered the Irish Sicav J O Hambro Capital Management Umbrella Fund PLC, which has eight sub-funds, two of which are absolute return funds, with the Spanish CNMV. The London-based company was recently acquired by the Australian BT Investment Manaegment (see Newsmanagers of 20 July).
22/08/2011

GAMCO US Equity Fund released in UCITS-compliant version

Hedgeweek on Sunday reported that GAM has launched a UCITS-compliant version of its GAM GAMCO US Equity Fund, which has USD55m in assets, and was launched on 20 October 1987, the day after 1987’s Black Monday.The new product, which is currently aimed at British retail investors, is managed by Mario Gabelli, and will directly feed the US fund.Minimal subscription is set at USD10,000, Investment Week reports.
22/08/2011

Morgan Stanley launches a health fund with Perella Weinberg

A new sub-fund of the Irish UCITS III-compliant platform from Morgan Stanley, FundLogic Alternatives PLC, has been created. The MS Perella Weinberg Partners Tōkum Long/Short Healthcare UCITS Fund will be managed by Perella Weinberg Partners (USD8.2bn in assets as of 1 August). As its name indicates, it is a long/short UCITS-compliant fund focused on the health sector (including biotech, pharmaceuticals, and medical equipment and services). The manager of the portfolio is Emile Westergaard. The fund will offer weekly liquidity; custody and administration will be provided by Northern Trust.
22/08/2011

Abu Dhabi sovereign fund creates two new departments

The Abu Dhabi sovereign fund, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, has promoted Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, one of the sons of the president of the United Arab Emirates, as head of a new department dedicated to index funds, the Financial Times reports. The ADIA, whose assets are estimated at USD342bn, allocates 60% of its portfolio to index funds managed by third parties. A second department has been created to oversee non-index funds managed by third parties. The two units replace four former departments, based on a division of the world by geographical regions.
22/08/2011

Direxion appoints a head of alternative investments

The US management firm Direxion has announced the recruitment of Edward Egilinsky as managing director in charge of alternative investments. Egilinsky will be responsible for defining product launch strategy for the firm, and internal and external product training. Egilinsky was previously managing director in charge of product distribution at Price Asset Management.
22/08/2011

Nicolas Claquin leaves HSBC for Unigestion

According to information received by Newsmanagers, Nicolas Claquin has left HSBC Private Wealth Managers, the asset management firm for HSBC Private Bank France, where he was a senior manager in the multi-management team, to join the Swiss management firm Unigestion. There, he will join Pierre Bonard, head of investments at the family office in Geneva, with whom he has already worked in the past, and who was vice-CEO of HSBC Louvre Gestion (which became HSBC Private Wealth Managers), in charge of multi-management. The departure comes as the multi-management arm of HSBC Private Bank prepares to be merged with the asset management arm of the HSBC group, HSBC Global Asset Management.
22/08/2011

CBT asset volumes remain above EUR100m

Christian Bito, chairman of CBT Gestion, has told Newsmanagers that since 14 July, all of its portfolios have been reducing their allocations, so as to arrive their lowest permitted legal levels as of 5 August (the date on which the United States credit rating was downgraded by S&P). However, despite market effects, and thanks to ongoing net subscriptions, total assets have fallen only to EUR102m, as of 19 August, from EUR115m as of the beginning of July.
22/08/2011

Ameriprise Financial sells Securities America

The financial securities group Ameriprise Financial has announced that it has signed a final agreement ot sell its broker-dealer Securities America Financial Corporation and its affiliates to Ladenburg Thalman Financial Services. The sale price totals USD150m; the transaction will be concluded by the end of this year.
22/08/2011

Performance of lower-risk funds rebounds in July

Money market funds and bond funds were the only categories of funds on sale in France whose performance increased in July, according to data from Lipper, an affiliate of Thomson Reuters, the Reuters news agency reports. The trend, which was driven by increased aversion to risk on the part of investors, has been accentuated since the beginning of August, in the wake of drops on the equities markets in the United States, fears that the euro zone debt crisis will spread, concerns about a potential global economic slowdown, and a variety of rumours. Money market funds had gained 0.06% year on year as of the end of July, and bond managers saw their annual returns reach 1.09%, despite a fall in returns from European high yield corporate bond funds. Equities funds had gained 6.2% year on year as of the end of July, compared with an annual gain of 10.3% as of the end of June, and all funds registered for sale in France had gained 3.6% (+5.7% as of the end of June). At the same time, the annual performance of the SBF 120 was down, to 3.2% as of the end of last month, compared with +17.5% as of the end of June.
22/08/2011

QS Investors plans to launch an inflation protection fund

The management firm QS Investors, which until last year was owned by the institutional management unit of Deutsche Bank, and which was subsequently bought out by its employees, is planning to launch an inflation protection fund with USD1bn in assets by the end of the year, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm, based in New York, with assets under management of USD13.4bn, says that the fund, the Liquid Alpha Fund, will be a UCITS-compliant vehicle, with daily liquidity.
22/08/2011

State Street hopes to develop fund administration activities in Asia

State Street has recruited John Sin as head of sales and development of activities for the group in Northern Asia (excluding China), Asian Investor reports. Sin will be based in Hong Kong, and will be responsible for Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan. Sin previously worked at BNY Mellon in Hong Kong, but began his career at State Street. State Street is also planning to scale up its workforce in find administration activities in Asia in pursuit of its objective to doubling earnings outside the United States by the end of 2014.
22/08/2011

UBS appoints a head of philanthropy for Asia-Pacific

The Swiss UBS group has appointed David Hayward Evans as head of philanthropy and responsible investment for the Asia-Pacific region, Wealthbriefing reports. Hayward-Evans will be based in Singapore, and will work in close collaboration with Christina Tung and Jenny Santi, heads of philanthropic activities in Hong Kong and Singapore, respectively. Hayward-Evans previously worked at the United Nations, for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS.
22/08/2011

Invista retains Schroders to manage a portfolio

Fundweb reports that Invista Foundation Property Trust has transferred management of its portfolio Invista Real Estate Investment Management (IREIM) to Schroder Property Investment Management, effective from October. Invista also announces that on 29 July it received an offer to buy the portfolio from Picton Property Income, formerly known as ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Limited.
22/08/2011

Jupiter increases assets

In first half 2011, Jupiter had net inflows of GBP700m, a slowdown compared with the GBP800m recorded in the corresponding period of last year, and of GBP1.5bn in second half 2010. Those subscriptions, however, allowed the British asset management firm to increase its assets under management to GBP24.8bn as of 30 June 2011, a 3% increase compared with 31 December 2010. One year earlier, assets totalled GBP19.8bn. Jupiter’s EBITDA increased 18% compared with the first six months of 2010, to GBP71m, while earnings increased from GBP111.7m to GBP128.3m. Pre-tax profits totalled GBP37.3m, compared with GBP15.6m one year earlier. In this context, Jupiter has announced an interim dividend of 2.5 pence per share. The asset management firm has also announced that it has registered its Sicav in Belgium, in addition to the Netherlands and Portugal, as part of a development drive in continental Europe.

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