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28/10/2010

Morningstar in share buyback

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The board of directors at Morningstar Inc on 27 October approved the payment of a quarterly dividend of 5 cents per action in cash from 14 January 2011 for shareholders registered by 31 December 2010. Meanwhile, directors approved an equities buyback program to buy back ordinary shares for up to USD100m.
28/10/2010

CalPERS strengthens transparency policies

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Californian pension fund CalPERS on 27 October announced that it has decided to strengthen its transparency policy, and has published several key documents on its website, including transportation costs for members of the board of directors and top executives. The moves comes as part of new measures initiated 18 months ago by the Californian fund to win back investor confidence. Assets under management by the fund now total about USD218bn.
28/10/2010

Very good quarterly results for asset management at Lazard

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Assets under management at Lazard totalled USD143.6bn as of 30 September, up 16% from 30 June and 19% compared with their levels one year ago.Lazard says in a statement released on 27 October that net inflows totalled USD1.1bn in third quarter, and USD6.2bn in the first nine months of the year.Revenues for the asset management unit were up 32% in third quarter, at USD208m. In the first nine months of the year, revenues increased 48% to a record USD578.9m.The group has announced net profits up 18% year on year, at USD62.1m.
28/10/2010

Major increase in profits at AMG

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), which controls 27 investment boutiques, has announced net profits for third quarter of USD34m, compared with USD17.8m in the corresponding period of last year, bringing the total for the first nine months of 2010 to USD76.6m, compared with USD34.9m. Assets as of 30 September totalled about USD294bn, and net subscriptions in third quarter represented USD5.5bn, of which USD4.2bn were for institutional clients, USD1.1bn for mutual funds, and USD0.2bn for high net worth retail clients. Meanwhile, AMG has announced that as of 1 January 2011, Sean M. Healey, president & CEO, will succeed the founder, William J. Nutt as chairman. Bill Nutt, who had been chairman since 1993, will remain on the board as an independent director.
28/10/2010

AMF publishes a guide to sukuks

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Following discussions with various market actors, in an effort to produce a pedagogical document for professionals, the French financial market authority, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) announced on 27 October that it has published a frequently-asked questions document representing the AMF’s position of 2 July 2008 on the admission to trading of Islamic bonds on a regulated French market, including precision on the practical details of obtaining a product visa.The guide to the composition of sukuk prospectuses and the practical details of obtaining a visa to admit the products to trading on a regulated market is available on the AMF website, under Publications > Guides > Professional Guides.
28/10/2010

AG2R La Mondiale soon to launch first multi-manager SRI bond fund

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Via Agicam, AG2R La Mondiale (about EUR1bn in best-in-class assets) is planning to launch a multi-manager SRI bond fund “in close collaboration with Mercer,” pending approval from the AMF. The fund will have initial assets of EUR175m.The product will be organised around three mandates: one government bonds mandate, granted to BNP Paribas Asset Management, one corporate bond mandate managed by Standard Life Investments (SLI), and one mixed government bond and corporate bond mandate, which will be handled by Groupama Asset Management. In this context, Agicam will manage allocation to the three mandates, and more generally global risk for the fund, which will comply with regulations defined by the Agirc-Arrco Federations and will thus be eligible for subscriptions from complementary retirement institutions.The three managers of the mandates were selected after a request for proposals by Mercer. More than 20 European management firms known for their expertise were invited to offer their expertise in the area of SRI bond management.Philippe Dutertre, chairman of the board at Agicam, has told Newsmanagers that the SRI unit has attracted about EUR100m in investment since the beginning of the year, and now has about EUR1bn in assets, including an equities multi-management fund with EUR200m and two directly-managed funds, AG2R Actions ISR (EUR300m) and AG2R Obligations (about EUR500m).Exclusion is contrary to the values of Agicam and AG2R, says Dutertre, who argues that the best formula is to use a best-in-class approach in dialogue with issuers.
28/10/2010

PGGM launches managed accounts platform with Lyxor

PGGM, which manages around EUR 100 billion of pension assets of over 2.2 million current and former health and welfare employees in the Netherlands, launches its own dedicated managed account platform for hedge fund investments. It has entered a partnership with Lyxor Asset Management to facilitate the operations, technology and infrastructure of the managed accounts.The platform is private and exclusively accessible for clients of PGGM. It enables the organisation «to offer its clients access to hedge fund strategies in a responsible, transparent and liquid structure», says a press release. «In addition significant cost reductions can be achieved by omission of the common fund of fund structure for hedge funds». Jan Soerensen, head of hedge funds of PGGM, says: “This development fits within our strategy to have more direct control and oversight on investments as a leading responsible investor. Hedge funds have an attractive risk return but show little transparency as well. Now we can achieve full transparency and invest in hedge funds in accordance with our Responsible Investments Policy.”
28/10/2010

Mixed results at BBVA

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Though net profits at BBVA fell in the first nine months of the year by 12.2% to EUR3.67bn, profits for the Wholsale Banking & Asset Management division increased 9.2% to EUR730m. In third quarter, the BBVA launched eight investment funds, two dynamic management funds, and among guaranteed funds, four bond and two equities products. On 26 October, BBVA Asset Management also launched its eighth guaranteed fund of the year, the BBVA Solidez VIII BP, which guarantees 109.069% of its net asset value as of 22 December 2010 at maturity on 14 October 2014. Two new funds of funds were launched by Quality Funds (multi-management), the Quality Valor and Quality Selección Emergente. On 30 September, total assets under management in Spain represented slightly over EUR42.59bn, of which EUR25.57bn were for investment funds (a decline of 8.6% for the quarter) and EUR17.02bn for pension funds (+1.9%).
28/10/2010

King of Spain holds audience with Larry Fink

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Cotizalia reports that King Juan-Carlos of Spain on 27 October received Laurence Fink, president & CEO of BlackRock, for a private audience. The meeting was justified by the Palace by the significant investments the American investor has made in Spanish businesses, with sizeable stakes in groups such as Telefónica, Santander, BBVA, Repsol, Iberdrola, Sabadell, Abengoa, Técnicas Reunidas and Gamesa.
28/10/2010

RBC Dexia recruits a new director of relationship management in Italy

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } RBC Dexia has appointed Cristiano Moruzzo as its new director of relationship management in Italy. He will be in charge of strengthening existing ties with management firms, pension funds, insurers and financial institutions in securities services, and developing the network of contacts. He will report to Paride Amiotti, managing director of RBC Dexia Italia.
28/10/2010

T. Bailey becomes first multi-manager to integrate GARS funds

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Investment week reports that T. Bailey has become the first multi-manager to adopt a position on the global absolute return strategies (GARS) from Standard Life, whose assets under management total about GBP5.6bn. Standard Life modified the prospectus for GARS funds last September, introducing a limit of 10% for investments in other funds, and allowing multi-managers to invest in them.
28/10/2010

Man planning severe staff cutbacks

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to a source familiar with the matter cited by the Wall Street Journal, the London-based hedge fund manager Man Group is planning to lay off 200 people in the next six months, which is several times worse than expected at the time of its acquisition of GLG Partners in May. Currently, the new Man-GLG ensemble has about 1,800 employees.
28/10/2010

30% of funds have less than GBP30m in assets

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Based on data from Morningstar, 733 of about 2,450 British funds in the categories of the Investment Management Association (IMA) manage less than GBP30m, which is generally considered the lower limit beneath which operation of a fund is no longer economically profitable, Fund Strategy reports. In addition, Morningstar suspects that the number of small funds is actually even higher, as many of them do not disclose their asset levels.
28/10/2010

Redistribution of responsibilities for Schroders income funds

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In December, Sonja Schemmann will take maternity leave. At that time, she will permanently hand over management of the Schroder ISF European Equity Yield and Schroder ISF European Dividend Maximiser funds to Rory Bateman, head of European equities, and Ian Kelly, manager of European and international equities funds, Fund Strategy reports. The two specialists will also take over the Schroder Global Equity Income, Schroder ISF Global Dividend Maximiser and Schroder ISF Global Equity Yield funds until Schemmann’s return. The Schroder Income Growth Investment Trust will be temporarily managed by Sue Noffke.
28/10/2010

Lyxor registers an ETF in Spain

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 25 October, the CNMV registered the Luxembourg fund Lyxor ETF S&P 500 (LU04967865740), for which the distributor is the local affiliate of Société Générale, for sale in Spain. Management commission is 0.25% and assets in the fund already total EUR70m. The fund is the 36th Lyxor ETF to be listed in Spain, and the first in SICAV format since the liberalisation of the sector.
28/10/2010
Gestion d'actifs

AG2R - La Mondiale attribue trois nouveaux mandats ISR

Avec l’assistance de Mercer, AG2R - La Mondiale vient de sélectionner trois sociétés de gestion pour gérer des mandats obligataires ISR pour un encours total de 175 millions d’euros réparti de la manière suivante: Un premier mandat porte sur les Obligations d’Etat Zone Euro ISR pour un montant de 75 millions d’euros, le second porte sur les Obligations d’Entreprises ISR pour 50 millions d’euros, de même que le troisième mandat (50 millions d’euros) sur l’obligataire mixte. Les sociétés de gestion retenues sont les suivantes:
Gestion d'actifs
28/10/2010

L'efficacité des politiques monétaires peut être discutée

La politique monétaire du monde est fortement expansionniste. Dans le G7, les taux sont très faibles (inférieurs à 1%) pour stimuler la demande domestique et soulager le désendettement. Fed et Banque d’Angleterre (BoE) financent les déficits publics par des achats directs de bons du Trésor. Du côté des émergents, asiatiques surtout en raison de la dépendance des économies aux exportations, les banques centrales freinent l’appréciation des devises en emmagasinant les réserves de change (de 250 à 2.500 milliards de dollars en Chine en moins de dix ans). Avec des taux directeurs nettement supérieurs au G7, l’afflux de capitaux vers les émergents est à nouveau aussi fort qu’avant la crise.
28/10/2010

BlueCrest ferme un fonds ouvert

Le gestionnaire alternatif s’apprête à liquider le 30 novembre un fonds ouvert lancé l’an passé et dont les actifs s’élèvent à 630 millions de dollars, BlueCrest Blue Trend Ucits. Une déconvenue de référence pour les hedge funds sur le terrain des fonds coordonnés, le fonds étant le plus important lancé sur ce segment au cours des dix huit derniers mois.
28/10/2010

Bonne surprise pour l’IPO d’AZ Electronic Materials

Le quotidien croit savoir que les propriétaires du groupe chimique, à savoir les fonds de private equity Carlyle et Vestar Capital Partners, ont relevé leurs ambitions quant au montant de son introduction en Bourse. Ils en espèrent désormais 400 millions de dollars de la vente de nouveaux titres et 100 millions de celle de titres existants.
27/10/2010

Echec des négociations sur le budget au Portugal

Les négociations au Portugal sur le projet de budget 2011 entre le gouvernement minoritaire socialiste de José Socrates et le Parti social-démocrate (PSD), principale formation de l’opposition, n’ont pas permis d’aboutir à un accord, a annoncé un responsable du PSD mercredi. L’absence de compromis pourrait inciter l’opposition à voter contre le texte budgétaire. Un tel scénario présente le risque d’une crise politique et d’une forte hausse pour le pays de ses taux d’emprunt.
27/10/2010

La consommation des ménages en hausse de 1,5% en septembre

La consommation des ménages français en produits manufacturés a augmenté de 1,5% en septembre, trois fois plus que prévu, montrent les statistiques publiées par l’Insee. Sur l’ensemble du troisième trimestre, ces dépenses de consommation affichent une progression de 1,2% après un recul de 0,8% sur la période avril-juin.
27/10/2010

Standard Life Investments recrute un ancien de BlackRock

Standard Life Investments vient de nommer Seiichi Fukuyama au poste de «chairman» pour l’Asie. Il vient de BlackRock, où il s’occupait des marchés Asie Pacifique.Dans le cadre de ses nouvelles fonctions chez SLI, Seiichi Fukuyama fournira des conseils stratégiques concernant le déploiement de la société de gestion en Asie. Il sera notamment chargé de développer l’alliance stratégie avec Chuo Mitsui Asset Trust and Banking (Chuo Mitsui) au Japon.
27/10/2010
Fonds

Jyske Invest lance un fonds en livres

Le gestionnaire danois Jyske Invest annonce pour le 10 novembre le lancement du fonds en livres Jyske Invest Balanced Strategy (GBP) dont l’objectif est de générer une performance au moins égale à celle d’un indice de référence (60 % d’obligations, 40 % d’actions) composé comme suit :50 % JP Morgan Hedged ECU Unit GBI Global40 % MSCI AC World Daily, dividende nets inclus5 % JP Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index (EMBI) Global Diversified2,5 % Merrill Lynch Global High Yield Index, BB-B constrained1,25 % Merrill Lynch Global Broad Market Corporate Index, BBB rated1,25 % Merrill Lynch Euro High Yield Index, BB-B rated constrained Index.La souscription est ouverte jusqu’au 5 novembre inclus.Ce produit (DK0060238194), un compartiment de Investeringsforeningen Jyske Invest International, s’adresse à des investisseurs disposant d’un horizon de placement d’au moins trois ans.Le prix initial de la part sera de 100 livres sterling.
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