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04/02/2011

Bank of New York Mellon accusée de faux

Une plainte aurait été déposée contre la banque, selon le quotidien qui cite des sources proches du dossier. Certains de ses traders sur devises auraient utilisé un système du nom de «Charlie» visant à créer de fausses transactions et à prendre des commissions fantômes aux fonds de pension de l’Etat de Virginie pour un montant total de fraude de 20 millions de dollars.
04/02/2011

Butler Capital mise sur Partouche

Butler Capital Partners, qui va prendre près de 15% du capital de Groupe Partouche par le biais d’une augmentation de capital annoncée mercredi, parie sur une rapide réduction des pertes de la société familiale de casinos à qui il veut donner un nouvel élan. Dans un entretien accordé à la chaîne télévisée, Walter Butler a estimé que les problèmes de surendettement de l’entreprise avaient été réglés par une renégociation avec les banques.
04/02/2011

De l’activisme sans ménagement d’un hedge fund

Le gestionnaire alternatif Elliott Associates, principal actionnaire de la biotech suisse Actelion, avec 6% du capital, a écrit aux membres du conseil d’administration pour leur réclamer le départ du président Robert Cawthorn et du directeur général Jean-Paul Clozel. Le hedge funds souhaite la création d’un comité stratégique destiné à étudier les différentes options face aux rumeurs d’offre d’achat visant Actelion. La direction actuelle se montre bien incapable d’agir, selon Elliott Associates, qui estime que le cours boursier pourrait être deux fois plus élevé. «Cela ne nous laisse pas d’autre choix que de clamer publiquement notre inquiétude» indique l’actionnaire mécontent.
04/02/2011

Les Vingt-Sept planchent sur l'euro

La réforme de l’EFSF, discutée aujourd’hui, est suspendue aux progrès de la gouvernance économique. Berlin plaide pour un pacte de compétitivité.
03/02/2011

L'indice PMI des services a accéléré en janvier dans la zone euro

La croissance dans le secteur des services de la zone euro a accéléré à un rythme plus rapide que prévu en janvier mais ces chiffres ne reflètent pas les différences persistantes entre les pays membres. L’indice PMI des services est ressorti à 55,9 contre 54,2 en décembre et est supérieur à l’estimation flash de 55,2. Les nouveaux contrats ont progressé à leur rythme le plus rapide depuis août 2007, l’indice passant à 55,9 en janvier contre 53,9 en décembre.
03/02/2011

Nyse Euronext réorganise les indices CAC et SBF pour promouvoir les PME

L’opérateur historique a annoncé la rationalisation de ses onze indices à Paris afin d’apporter au marché plus de visibilité et de liquidité. La réorganisation, qui prendra effet le 21 mars, se traduira, entre autres, par l’introduction du CAC Large 60 et l’application des règles de gestion du CAC40 à l’ensemble des indices globaux français et mettra mieux en valeur les segments des petites, moyennes et grandes capitalisations.
03/02/2011

France Trésor adjugera 8 milliards d'euros de BTF

L’Agence France Trésor annonce l’adjudication, le lundi 7 février, d’un montant global de 8,0 milliards d’euros de bons du Trésor (BTF). Cette opération portera sur 4,0 milliards d’euros de bons à 13 semaines qui arriveront à échéance le 12 mai 2011, sur 2 milliards d’euros de bons à 26 semaines, à échéance le 11 août 2011, et sur 2 milliards d’euros de bons à 52 semaines, à échéance du 9 février 2011.
03/02/2011

Le marché au comptant du CO2 se dégèle

Cinq registres de quotas de CO2 vont rouvrir vendredi matin, a annoncé la Commission européenne. Il s’agit des registres français, allemand, britannique, slovaque et néerlandais. Bruxelles avait fermé l’ensemble des registres nationaux le 19 janvier à la suite de vols de quotas, interrompant de fait les transactions sur le marché au comptant du carbone.
03/02/2011

Swiss Life AM releases a solid income fund

On 2 February, Eric Bourguignon, deputy CEO of Swiss Life Asset Management (France), announced with Gilles Frisch, senior portfolio manager, that the firm is releasing the French-registered FCP fund SLF(F) Rendement, which was launched on 15 December 2010, and which had assets as of the end of January of EUR25.91m, from the private bank of the group and funds of funds, to institutional and retail investors.The concept for the new product is simple: due to the risks which are now weighing down government bonds, and concerns about the evolution of equities, although these appear to be attractively priced, Swiss Life AM has created a product which aims at annual returns 300 basis points higher than the Euribor 3-month capitalised for a period of 4 years, after the deduction of management fees.The fund, which will have 100 positions (currently 60), has three allocations: corporate bonds, with a maximum of 40% high yield, 10 to 15 points of which are for hybrid corporates (rated from A to BBB), up to 40% (currently 25%) for subordinated bank debt (tier 1 and tier 2), and at most 25% for equities in companies which pay high dividends, and or strategies related to equities (particularly volatility arbitrage).CharacteristicsName: Swiss Life Funds (F) RendementISIN codes:Retail:FR0010962910 P capitalisation sharesFR0010967539 P distribution sharesInstitutional:FR0010967794 I capitalisation sharesFR0010967802 I distribution sharesBenchmark index: Euribor 3 month + 3%Front-end fee: 1% maximumManagement fee: 0.6%Performance commission: 20% of performance exceeding the benchmarkMinimal initial subscription:EUR10,000 (P shares)EUR100,000 (I shares)
03/02/2011

Brandes launches an emerging markets equities fund

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } «Value» asset manager Brandes Investment Partners (USD47.8bn as of the end of 2010) on 1 February announced that it is launching a mutual fund, Emerging Markets Equity Fund, which will invest, as its name indicates, in emerging markets.The product, focused exclusively on valuations, is aimed at investors with a long-term horizon, with the objective of not overpaying for growth potential in emerging markets.In addition, the seven-member management team is authorised to overweight particularly promising countries or sectors, or to abstain from investing in countries or sectors which lack a convincing outlook.Management fees are 1.12% for I-class shares, and 1.37% for S class shares.
03/02/2011

Two lawsuits filed against BNY Mellon

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } BNY Mellon has been named in two different lawsuits, filed by South Carolina and Virginia, which accuse the bank of poor management of investment and false reporting, the Financial Times reports. The State of South Carolina is seeking about USD200m in damages and interest.
03/02/2011

Team of Mizuho traders launches a hedge fund

Curtis Adams, the head of Mizuho’s London proprietary trading team, has left the bank with a team of traders to launch a hedge fund, Ovington Capital Management, according to the Financial Times. The start up began trading with circa USD55m under management, including a seed investment from a Luxembourg-based fund run by Sweden’s SEB bank.
03/02/2011

Henderson rationalises multi-manager range

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 2 February, Henderson Global Investors announced plans to merge five funds from its multi-manager range, pending approval from the FSA and shareholders. The announcement led to the departure of managers Mark Harris and Craig Heron, who joined Henderson with its acquisition of New Star in 2009. The mergers are slated to be completed by mid-May.The funds managed by the two outgoing managers (Henderson Multi-Manager Tactical and Balanced) have been taken over by Bill McQuaker, who becomes head of multi-manager, and remains deputy head of equities. The funds will become known as Henderson Multi-manager Active and Managed, respectively. In addition, McQuaker is taking over management of the Henderson Cautious Portfolio Unit Trust, which was previously managed by Heron. The fund will become known as Henderson Multi-Manager Income & Growth from 25 February.The three regional multi-manager funds (American, Asia and European Portfolios) will be absorbed into funds which are not multi-managed: Henderson North American Enhanced Equity (managed by Robert Villiers), Asia Pacific Capital Growth (Anderw Beal), and European Growth (Richard Pease).
03/02/2011

M&G releases European Inflation Linked Corporate Bond fund in Spain

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Spanish affiliate of the British management firm M&G Investments has announced the release in Spain of the European Inflation Linked Corporate Bond fund (GB00B3VQKJ6), which aims to outperform the European harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP).The product was released in the United Kingdom on 16 September (see Newsmanagers of 13 December).
03/02/2011

Deka invests in Reutlingen

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Deka Immobilien has acquired the office and retail complex RTW 1 / RTW 3, at the centre of Reutlingen, which has 3,000 square metres in area, completed in autumn 2010, from ZGV Grundstücks- und Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, for about EUR19m. The property will be added to the portfolio of an institutional real estate fund.
03/02/2011

Assets in Riester funds up by half in 2010

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As of the end of December, assets invested in shares in investment funds from Riester subsidized retirement savings plans totalled EUR7.4bn, compared with EUR4.9bn one year previously.The number of policies has increased by only 0.2 million, to 2.8 million; the increase in assets observed by the German BVI association of asset management firms is largely due to the performance of equity markets.
03/02/2011

HSBC suspends activities of its MENA fund

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In a notice to the Spanish CNMV dated 2 February, the Spanish branch of HSBC Global Asset Management (France) announced the suspension of calculation of net asset value, subscriptions and redemptions for the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) sub-fund of the HSBC Global Investment Funds, due to events in Egypt and the closure of the country’s main stock market.
03/02/2011

Deutsche Bank and Traxis launch a UCITS fund

Deutsche Bank and Traxis Partners have launched a UCITS compliant version of the Traxis Global Equity Macro fund. The UCITS fund, called DB Platinum Traxis Global Equity Macro, was launched on Deutsche Bank’s DB Platinum platform on 1 February 2011. The fund will be managed by Traxis in accordance with the strategy managed by Barton Biggs in a similar way to the Traxis Global Equity Macro fund, modified where needed to comply with UCITS regulations. The fund’s investment process is discretionary in nature and leverages the global insight and experience Barton Biggs has developed over 40 years of investment management. Traxis was formed in June 2003 by Barton Biggs, former chairman and chief investment officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Madhav Dhar and Cyril Moullé-Berteaux. Traxis currently manages more than USD 1bn.
03/02/2011

Principal acquires Border AM

Principal Investment Management has announced its immediate parent company, Principal Holdings, has acquired Border Asset Management in a transaction which brings together two specialist discretionary investment management businesses.The combined business will manage circa GBP1.5 billion of assets. It will have 130 staff and will operate from Principal’s existing offices in London, Sevenoaks and Bath, and from Border’s existing offices in Kirkby Lonsdale and Harrogate.
03/02/2011

Asset management drives results at Nomura

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Japanese financial services group Nomura Holdings on 2 February announced a 31% increase in its net profits in the third quarter of its 2010/2011 fiscal year to JPY13.4bn (EUR122m), due to the good performance of its asset management activities.“Assets under management increased to JPY24.1trn, due to an increase in funds received at our investment management firms,” the group says in a statement.
03/02/2011

Marco Sebastian Arteaga joins Zurich Germany

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Marco Sebastian Arteaga, a German-born US citizen, and CEO for Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the brokerage and consulting firm Aon Jauch & Hübener Consulting, was on 1 February 2011 appointed CEO for the corporate retirement planning (bAV) of the German arm of the Zurich group.The position is newly created, and Arteaga will be in charge of developing corporate retirement savings schemes and distribution activities. Zurich’s objective is to reach major brokers, intermediaries specialised in corporate retirement savings, and multinational groups. Before joining Aon Jauch & Hübener, Arteaga was chairman of the executive board at Mercer.
03/02/2011

Las Vegas adventure costs Deutsche Bank its green image

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The acquisition of the Cosmopolitan hotel and casino in Las Vegas by Deutsche Bank for USD4bn last week led to the removal of shares in the German bank from 7 sub-indices of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices series, the magazine Börse-Online reports, relayed by Das Investment.The engagement in the gambling industry has also led several fund managers to liquidate their Deutsche Bank shares. These managers include MEAG (Munich Re), DZ Privatbank and SEB Asset Management.
03/02/2011

ING IM Italy has a new head of marketing

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Gerardo Galvano has been appointed marketing & communication manager at ING IM Italia. He was previously head of marketing and communication at Banca Intermobiliare. Galvano will report directly to managing director Fabrizio Meo. He will be in charge of defining the marketing and communication strategies for the asset management firm in Italy.
03/02/2011

Philippe Setbon appointed as CIO of Generali

Philippe Setbon has been appointed to the post of chief investment officer of Generali. He will hold the rank of assistant general manager and will report to the general manager and CFO, Raffaele Agrusti.Philippe Setbon, 45, joined the Generali Group in 2004. He was chief investment officer at Generali Investments France, where he was subsequently appointed chief executive officer. Today, Setbon is CEO of Generali Investments and holds senior posts in Generali Investments Sicav (Luxembourg), Generali Investments Deutschland and Generali Investments Italia Sgr. He has also been a member of the board of directors of China’s Guotai AMC since 2010.

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