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21/04/2011

Assets under management up at BNY Mellon

In first quarter, BNY Mellon earned net profits of USD625m, compared with USD690m in October-December, and USD601m in the corresponding period of last year.Assets under custody, administration and management set a new record as of the end of March. For custody and administration, assets totalled USD25.5trn as of 31 March, which represents a 2% increase since the end of December, and 14% year on year.Assets under management, for their part, totalled USD1.2trn as of the end of March, 5% more than at the end of 2010; the increase since 31 March 2010 comes to 11%. This increase is a result of both net subscriptions and market appreciation.
21/04/2011

BlackRock recruits a head for real estate

BlackRock has announced the arrival of Jack Chandler as global head of real estate. He will report to Matthew Botein, head of the alternative investors division at the US management firm, and will be in charge of all real estate investments, in the form of equities or bonds. Chandler was previously global chief investment officer and executive chairman for Asia at LaSalle Investments.
21/04/2011

M&G to sell 14 retail funds in the Netherlands

On 15 October 2010, the British asset management firm M&G Investments obtained a sales license for the Netherlands for 14 of its open-ended funds (M&G American Fund, M&G Asian Fund, M&G Global Basics Fund, M&G Global Leaders Fund, M&G Global Growth Fund, M&G Japan Smaller Companies Fund, M&G Pan European Fund, M&G European Corporate Bond Fund, M&G Global Convertibles Fund, M&G European Strategic Value Fund, M&G Pan European Dividend Fund, M&G Global Emerging Markets Fund, M&G Global Dividend Fund and M&G Optimal Income Fund). A team of three people based in Frankfurt will now actively distribute the products. The team is led by Volker Buschmann, managing director and head fo Northern Europe sales, assisted by Andrea Below, business development manager, and Helen Oeij, sales support.The targets will be managers of funds of funds, wealth managers, family offices, insurers and banks. Since 2005, M&G has focused on institutional clients in the Netherlands, particularly pension funds.The British asset manager says that of EUR40.8bn in assets in its retail funds. EUR7.96bn, or 19.5%, come from continental Europe.
21/04/2011

Generali wants to grow in asset management

Asset management is becoming increasingly strategic for Generali, Il Sole – 24 Ore reports. In 2010, the business made operating profits of EUR354m, 10% of the total, which remains modest compared with Axa and Allianz (20-25%). But Giovanni Perissinotto, CEO of Generali, is planning to increase operating profits from asset management by 25% per year in the next few years, largely due to Asia and Russia. In China, the Italian group would like to increase its stake in the asset management firm Guotai from 30% to 50%. And it is planning to create a joint venture with the same entity in Hong Kong.
21/04/2011

Hedge funds earned 0.33% in March, according to BarclayHedge

On the basis of results for 2,380 funds available as of 20 April, BarclayHedge calculated that hedge funds posted an average gain of 0.33% in March, and 1.94% in first quarter. Seven sub-indices out of 17 finished the month of March in the red, with the heaviest losses for the seven equity short bias funds, at 1.85%, and 1.17% for the 69 Pacific Rim funds. Emerging markets funds (373 funds) posted the strongest returns of the month, with gains of 2.33%.In January-March, equity short bias has lost 5.63%, and global macro (138 funds) has lost 0.39%. All other strategies show gains, with the largest for convertible arbitrage (29 funds) with 4.20%, and 3.58% for distressed securities (43 funds).
21/04/2011

Institutional investors plan to redeploy portfolios

Among the 150 European institutional investors with EUR926.1bn in assets in total who responded to a survey by Allianz Global Investors in March and April, 96% estimate that the increase in interest rates presents a risk to achieving their financial objectives, and nearly one quarter estimate that in the next 12 months risk will be highest. The survey was conducted before the recent increase in the interest rate by the European Central Bank last week.Insofar as a long duration in such an environment does not guarantee a satisfactory return, investment strategies need to be adapted. According to respondents to the survey, this will require more active management, with a shorter duration, and investments in equities and in commodities and real estate, says Thomas Wiesemann, chief market officer at Allianz Global Investors Europe Holding GmbH.
21/04/2011

Average correlation of funds with their benchmark index has dropped steeply since the crisis

According to a study by German Capital Management (Gecam), covering 9,404 equities, bond, money market, diversified and funds of funds distributed in Europe, only 71% of all products have a correlation of 0.7 with their benchmark index, compared with 86% in 2008. For equities funds, the average correlation has held stable since 2007, at more than 0.9 (currently 0.92), while since the crisis it has fallen to 0.68 for mixed funds, and 0.69 for bond funds, compared with levels of near 0.8 in 2007 and 2008.Gecam also notes that, despite a correlation of 0.96 with the MSCI Germany index, 87% of German equities funds have managed to outperform that index in the past three years, compared with 14% in 2007. The surprising fact is that it was mostly larger funds which beat the MSCI Germany index, while in the past that outperformance was the province of small and midcaps funds. The top five German equities funds, on average beat the index by about 9%, with lower volatility than the index.However, only 24% of global equities funds outperformed their index, compared with 33% in 2007. Among the top decile of funds with the most assets, 48% outperformed their benchmarks, compared with 70% in 2007.
21/04/2011

HSBC Global AM Germany launches a multi-asset class fund

With the Luxembourg-registered, UCITS-compliant HSBC GIF Flex Allocation fund (LU0558996145), HSBC Global Asset Management (Deutschland) has launched a new fund which is authorised to invest in bonds, equities and currencies from developed and emerging countries. The manager, Gaël de la Fouchardière, and his team may allocate 50% to 100% of assets to bonds or money market products, and will focus on government bonds or European investment grade corporate bonds. They may also invest in high yield bonds or bonds from emerging markets. Allocation to equities may not exceed 50%. This allocation will be largely dedicated to shares in companies from industrialised countries, but these may be complemented by emerging markets equities.
21/04/2011

Foreign asset management firms highly active in Spanish market

In first quarter, the number of funds launched in Spain by Spanish management firms increased 68%, to 46. 60% of these products are guaranteed funds, according to figures from VDOS Stochastics, reported by Expansión.However, foreign management firms in that time registered 98 funds with the CNMV. They largely added emerging markets bond funds (20), international bonds (18) and emerging markets equities (16) funds to their ranges. The most active were JP Morgan, MFS International, BNP Paribas, Schroders, and UBS.
21/04/2011

Santander Asset Management UK launches two funds

Santander Asset Management UK has announced the launch of two funds. The Global Emerging Equity fund, a fund of funds, will be managed by the multi-management team, led by Tom Caddick. The Dividend Income fund will be managed by Hak Salih, also manager of the Santander Equity Income fund, and will invest as a top priority in UK and European equities.
21/04/2011

F&C launches an emerging markets long/short fund

The F&C Group is to launch a UCITS III fund which will bring together its scale and pedigree in emerging market investments with the absolute return expertise of Thames River, the boutique asset manager acquired by F&C in 2010. The Thames River Global Emerging Markets Absolute Return Fund will have daily liquidity, access to the full range of UCITS III investment powers and will contain a mix of long and short positions. The Fund, which is planned to launch on 1 June, will be managed by Kristof Bulkai and Hugo Rogers, co-managers of the Thames River Water & Agriculture Absolute Return Fund and Thames River Isis Fund, a global emerging markets long/short fund. Bulkai and Rogers will join the F&C Emerging Equities team led by Jeff Chowdhry.
21/04/2011

Source and Nomura launch a volatility ETF

Source and Nomura announced on 20 April 2011 that they have launched an ETF, the Nomura Voltage Mid-Term Source. Its objective is to replicate the Nomura Voltage Strategy Mid-Term 30-day USD TR index. The ETF adopts a tactical approach to volatility, in order to gain from peaks in volatility, while attenuating the costs of hedging related to holding a systematically risk-short position. The launch of the new fund brings the number of ETF and ETC products available from Source dedicated to equities, bond and commodities indices to 91. Characteristics ISIN : IE00B3LK4075 Currency of the fund and listing: USD Location of listing: London Stock Exchange Annual management fees: 0.30%
21/04/2011

db X-ETC launches three new ETC funds in pounds sterling hedged for currency risks

Following the recent launch of the db Physical Gold GBP Hedged ETC (see Newsmanagers of 18 April), db X-ETC on 20 April announced that it has listed three more currency-hedged ETCs in pounds sterling on the London Stock Exchange: the db Physical Silver GBP Hedged ETC, db Brent Crude Oil Booster GBP Hedged ETC, and db Agriculture Booster GBP Hedged ETC.The physical gold fund charges 0.69%, while the physical silver fund has a TER of 0.85%, and the oil and agriculture funds, which use synthetic replication, charge fees of 0.45%.Assets in ETCs on the db X-ETC platform as of 19 April totalled EUR1.4bn.
21/04/2011

MLP confirms acquisition, Feri management

In a statement released on 20 April, the German financial services provider MLP confirmed that it has acquired the remaining 43.4% of Feri Finance for EUR50.6m. MLP first acquired 56.6% of Feri in autumn 2006.Arnd Thorn, a board member at Feri since 2005 and a member of the executive board at MLP since 2009, has been appointed as vice-chairman of the board, with an extended 5-year term. Next month, he will become chairman of the board, replacing Michael Stammler, who has announced that he wants to retire from day-to-day management of the firm, but will remain as an advisor to the management of Feri.Helmut Knepel, a board member at Feri, will retire in September, but will remain as chairman of the supervisory board at the ratings agency Feri EuroRating.The terms of the board members Heinz-Werner Rapp (asset allocation and investment strategy) and Matthias Klöpper (finance) have also been extended for five years, and “virtually all” partners at Feri have announced that they plan to stay with the company.
21/04/2011

Fitch suggests Deutsche Bank will have to clean up BHF

Now that the sale of BHF-Bank to LGT has fallen through, Deutsche Bank will have a lot of work to do, as it will need to completely restructure the affiliate, Fitch Ratings says, reported by Handelsblatt. On the one hand, Deutsche Bank already has two private banking brands; on the other, BHF also has other divisions and some inefficient structures.The ratings agency estimates, however, that BHF is well-protected within the Deutsche Bank family, as its default risk rating (IDR) has been raised to A, from A- previously.
21/04/2011

First State awards a custody mandate to State Street

First State Investments, an affiliate of Colonial First State Global Asset Management, has awarded a mandate to State Street Corporation to provide custody and fund administration services for its British Sicav and its 16 sub-funds (GBP11bn in assets).
21/04/2011

Operating margin up and net profits down at Martin Currie

The Scottish asset management firm Martin Currie has announced that in 2010, before taxes and taking into account the suspension of bonuses in 2009, it earned profits of GBP14.1m, up 25% compared with 2009 (GBP11.3m). Based on these results, the operating margin is up to 17% from 16%. Earnings increased to GBP81.6m, from GBP70.3m. Revenues came 34% from the retail segment (compared with 32% in 2009), 20% from hedge funds (compared with 18%), and 46% from institutional clients (compared with 50%). Geographically, the United States and the United Kingdom respectivelyl generated 31% and 30% of earnings, compared with 26% and 34% the previous year.However, pre-tax profits and net profits, excluding one-time elements, fell to GBP14.1m and GBP8.9m, respectively, compared with GBP20.8m and GbP14.5m in 2009.Assets were down to GBP11.9bn as of the end of December, compared with GBP11.8bn twelve months earlier. The best-performing asset class was Chinese A-class equities, at 28.4%, followed by Chinese small and midcaps (11.11%), and global commodities (6.7%). Losses of 4.1% affected global portfolios outside the United States and EAFE (Europe, Australasia, and the Far East).
21/04/2011

Head leaves F&C

Paul Grice, head of UK and international bonds at F&C Asset Management, has left the firm, Financial News reports. He spent five years at the company.
21/04/2011

HSBC Trinkaus IM recruits Christian Klein

The Luxembourg asset management firm HSBC Trinkaus Investment Managers has announced that it has recruited Christian Klein from IP Concept Fund Management, to develop its white label fund management activities. His job title is director of the sales department for institutional clients. He will report to the two co-CEOs, Thies Clemenz and Ralf Funk.
21/04/2011

Moody's confirme la note de la dette souveraine islandaise

Moody’s Investors Service a confirmé mercredi la note Baa3 que l’agence attribue à la dette souveraine islandaise en dépit du référendum par lequel la population de l'île a rejeté l’accord Icesave. Le «non» l’a emporté pour la deuxième fois en Islande début avril lors d’un référendum sur l’accord conclu par le gouvernement pour rembourser la Grande-Bretagne et les Pays-Bas à la suite de la faillite en 2008 de la banque en ligne.
21/04/2011

La hausse des taux d’intérêt, bête noire des investisseurs institutionnels

D’après une enquête conduite par Allianz Global Investors Europe auprès de plus de 150 investisseurs institutionnels européens, près d’un sondé sur quatre estime même que la hausse des taux constitue le risque le plus significatif qui devrait peser sur les 12 prochains mois. L’enquête a été réalisée en mars et en avril de cette année, avant la hausse anticipée du taux directeur de la Banque Centrale Européenne (BCE).
21/04/2011

Les reventes de logements rebondissent aux Etats-Unis

Selon les chiffres de la Fédération des agents immobiliers américains (NAR), les reventes de logements aux Etats-Unis ont dépassé les attentes en mars, rebondissant de 3,7% sur un mois après une contraction de 8,9% (révisé de 9,6%) en février. Elles ont atteint 5,1 millions d’unités le mois dernier après 4,92 millions (révisé de 4,88 millions) le mois précédent.
21/04/2011

Nasdaq OMX affiche un profit en hausse de 70%

Le bénéfice de Nasdaq OMX Group, qui a lancé avec ICE une offensive sur Nyse Euronext pour contrer l’offre amicale de Deutsche Börse, a bondi de 70% au premier trimestre porté par l’activité en Europe et sur les dérivés. Nasdaq OMX Group a dégagé 104 millions de dollars de profits au premier trimestre, soit 57 cents par action, contre 61 millions de dollars (28 cents) sur la même période de 2010. La hausse des coûts d’exploitation de 12% a été compensée par une progression de 26% des revenus liés aux transactions. Le chiffre d’affaires a augmenté de 15% à 415 millions de dollars. L’opérateur s’attend à des coûts opérationnels de 895 à 915 millions de dollars cette année. Le PDG, Robert Greifeld, a fait savoir que Nasdaq OMX Group était disposé à se battre pendant encore un an si nécessaire et a précisé qu’une nouvelle offre était envisageable si les états financiers du groupe cible lui étaient dévoilés.
21/04/2011

Nouvelle hausse des taux au Brésil

La Banque centrale du Brésil a relevé mercredi d’un quart de point son taux directeur, à 12%. L'établissement a pris cette décision en tenant compte de l'évaluation des risques d’inflation qui a atteint 5,9% en 2010, bien au-dessus de la prévision officielle de 4,5%, du rythme encore incertain de l’activité domestique et de la complexité de l’environnement international.

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