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12/08/2010

Fortress rachète l’activité subprime aux particuliers d’AIG

American General Finance, la filiale de crédit subprime aux particuliers d’AIG, va passer sous le contrôle de fonds gérés par Fortress Investment Group, rapporte L’Agefi. Ce dernier détiendra 80% du capital, le solde restant la propriété d’AIG. Selon des sources citées par Bloomberg, Fortress verserait environ 130 millions de dollars, soit une petite fraction des actifs, chiffrés à 20 milliards de dollars.
12/08/2010

Nomura cible les fonds souverains

Nomura a recruté Henrik Melph au poste de directeur pour les ventes aux banques centrales et fonds souverains. Il occupait auparavant un poste similaire chez Royal Bank of Scotland, rapporte le site Internet de Asian Investor. Henrik Melph sera basé à Singapour, d’où il coordonnera les ventes aux fonds souverains avec les bureaux de Londres, New-York et les pays asiatiques.
12/08/2010

La Salle crée une société de gestion immobilière

LaSalle prévoit la création d’une société spécialisée dans la gestion de fonds immobiliers destinés aux institutionnels (Immobilien-Spezialfonds). Baptisée LaSalle Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH, la société sera une filiale à 100 % LaSalle GmbH et sera basée à Munich.
12/08/2010

Invesco launches a Latin America fund

Invesco has launched a Luxembourg-registered version of its Latin America fund, entitled Invesco Perpetual Latin American Fund, Citywire reports. The fund is managed by Dean Newman.
12/08/2010

Fortress acquires retail subprime activities of AIG

American General Finance, the subprime retail lending affiliate of AIG, will be taken over by funds managed by Fortress Investment Group, Agefi reports. Fortress controls 80% of capital, while the remainder remains the property of AIG. According to sources cited by Bloomberg, Fortress is said to have paid about USD130m, a tiny fraction of assets estimated at USD20bn.
12/08/2010

Increase in assets at Invesco

Invesco Ltd.has reported July 31, 2010 assets under management of USD580.3 billion, an increase of 4.1% month over month. Net long-term flows were positive during the month and largely driven by AUM excluding ETF, UIT and Passive assets. AUM excluding ETF, UIT and Passive assets were USD497.9bn.
12/08/2010

Eurekahedge index up in July

Hedge funds delivered strong positive results in July as the month saw rallies across most sectors and asset classes. The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 1.42% for the month, bringing the year-to-date July returns to 1.17%. The MSCI World Index also posted strong gains of 5.65%, with its year-to-date July measure at -2.94%.All hedge fund strategy indices ended July in positive territory, with event driven and long/short equity managers posting the highest gains. The Eurekahedge Event Driven Hedge Fund Index was up 2.67% while the Eurekahedge Long/Short Equity Hedge Fund Index rose by 2.03% as global equity markets rallied. Distressed debt hedge funds advanced 7.63% July YTD and are the most attractive strategy for capital with USD8.7 billion of inflows YTD (15.67% growth). In terms of regional allocations, managers investing in emerging markets posted excellent returns, with the Asia ex-Japan hedge funds standing with the strongest performance. The Eurekahedge Asia ex-Japan Hedge Fund Index gained 3.56% in July as the predominance of long/short equity funds in the region saw the index capture most of the upside in trending equity markets. North American and European managers also delivered strong results for the month, gaining 1.54% and 1.51%, respectively.
12/08/2010

ING IM had outflows in first half

Assets under management at ING Investment Management (ING IM) increased to EUR 376 billion from EUR 362 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2010. The growth in assets was driven by a positive exchange rate impact of EUR 17 billion as the euro depreciated. Market movements had little impact because negative equity market movements were compensated by decreasing yields. Net flows for AuM were EUR -3.7 billion due to outflows in the retail and institutional client segments. On the institutional side, acquired mandates in the US could not make up for the mandates lost in Asia/Pacific. In the second quarter, the general account assets (proprietary) increased to 39% of total AuM, becoming the largest client segment. Assets managed for retail and institutional clients fell slightly to respectively 38% and 23% of total AuM. The operating result decreased 13.2%, or 19.5% excluding currency impacts, to EUR 33 million from EUR 38 million in the second quarter of 2009. The underlying result before tax increased from EUR 10 million in the second quarter of 2009 to EUR 41 million.
12/08/2010

Net subscriptions up at Vontobel

In first half, net subscriptions at Vontobel totalled CHF3bn, the Swiss bank has announced in a statement. Subscriptions came to CHF0.8bn in first half 2009, and Chf1.3bn in the second half of the year. Private clients contributed CHF1.2bn to inflows, while institutionals brought in CHF1.8bn. As of 30 June 2010, assets under management at Vontobel totalled CHF75.9bn. For the asset management division, pre-tax profits totalled CHF22.9bn, up 32% year on year.
12/08/2010

Standard Life Investments scales up external activities

Assets under management at the British financial group Standard Life rose by GBP4.3bn to GBP143bn in first half. Of this total, assets under management for external clients reached a record GBP63bn, up from GBP56.9bn six months earlier. They now represent 44% of total assets. Subscriptions from outside the Standard Life Investments group, which recently announced plans to register its funds in France, increased 52% to GBP4.7bn.
12/08/2010

A streak of misfortunes at Man Group

Man Group has endured a run of bad news of late, says the Financial Times. The hedge fund manager is now facing accusations that AHL, its flagship fund, is “broken” following a period of poor performance. It has also experienced a number of staff departures and has seen its acquisition of GLG Partners criticised as too expensive. Man’s shares have fallen 31 per cent in 2010, making the company the subject of bid rumours.
12/08/2010

RBC GMA adds to London team

RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM), the asset management division of Royal Bank of Canada with CAD200bn of assets under management, has announced the latest hire to its London-based emerging markets equity team, headed by Phil Langham.Guido Giammattei has been appointed a portfolio manager on the RBC Emerging Markets Fund and will focus on the Latin American region. The RBC Emerging Markets Fund was launched in April 2010, following the establishment of the RBC GAM Emerging Markets Equity Team in January. Giammattei was previously at Rexiter Capital Management, where he was an equity analyst and then a portfolio manager focused on Latin American investments. He has also held positions at State Street and HSBC. “We look to continue enhancing our capabilities in Europe as part of our overall objective to bring high quality global debt and equity investment solutions to institutional and individual investors worldwide,” said Dominic Wallington, CEO and CIO of RBC Asset Management UK Ltd.
12/08/2010

Is Henderson interested in Gartmore?

The Daily Mail reports that rumours have been circulating that Gartmore, whose share price has been stagnating since its recent IPO, may be a potential acquisition target for another UK asset management firm. The British newspaper names Henderson as a potentially interested buyer.
11/08/2010
Fonds

Baisse des encours des sociétés de gestion chinoises

En juillet, les sociétés de gestion basées en Chine ont enregistré une croissance organique de leurs encours de 19,14 milliards de renminbi, des souscriptions aux nouveaux produits de 7,79 milliards, tandis que l’effet performance leur a permis de gagner 171,14 milliards, selon Z-Ben Advisors, cité par AsianInvestor. Malgré tout, les encours du secteur ont baissé de 13 % au deuxième trimestre 2010 par rapport au premier trimestre à 2.166 milliards de renminbi, dont 1.142 milliards pour les sociétés de gestion domestiques (-17,1 %) et 973,4 milliards pour les joint venture (-7,6 %). Pour Z-Ben, les sociétés de gestion chinoises, trop prudentes, ont raté le rally actions de juillet.
Fonds
11/08/2010

F&C rejette les accusations de ses anciens gérants de hedge funds

F&C Asset Management rejette les accusations de brimades portées contre la société par son ancien gérant de hedge funds François Barthelemy, rapporte Investment Week. La société de gestion s’est tournée vers la justice après que ce dernier et Anthony Culligan aient tenté de l’obliger à racheter leurs part d’un «limited liability partnership», F&C Partners, créé avant la crise. François Barthelemy et Anthony Culligan estiment que F&C était bien content de laisser le partenariat couler après ses fortes pertes en 2008 afin d’avoir éviter à racheter leurs parts.
11/08/2010

Axa IM recrute le CIO de Mercer

Axa Investment Managers vient de nommer Tim Gardener au poste de directeur des relations consultants (Global Head of Consultant Relations). Placé sous la responsabilité de Jon Bailie, directeur de la distribution et membre du comité de direction d’Axa IM, l’intéressé sera en charge du développement des relations avec les consultants. Basé à Londres, il prendra ses fonctions à l’automne 2010 et intégrera le comité exécutif d’Axa IM. Tim Gardener était directeur de l’investissement (CIO) de Mercer depuis 2008. Il a auparavant exercé les fonctions de Global Head of Investment Consulting de la société.
11/08/2010

KKR et TPG intéressés par l’immobilier de Morgan Stanley

Selon le Financial Times, qui cite des personnes proches du dossier, KKR et TPG ont approché Morgan Stanley concernant l’acquisition d’une participation dans son activité de gestion de fonds immobiliers, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund, actuellement en difficultés. Les deux sociétés de private equity n’ont pas d’activité immobilière importante.
11/08/2010
Fonds

KKR va lancer un fonds

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co a annoncé mardi sa décision de débuter le financement d’un nouveau fonds de leveraged buy-out (LBO) au cours des prochains trimestres, rapporte L’Agefi. Ce véhicule serait dédié à l’Amérique du Nord.
Fonds
11/08/2010

Thomas Fraenkel-Thonet quitte Fidelity

Thomas Fraenkel-Thonet quitte le desk actions européennes de Fidelity après y avoir passé 16 ans et confie son fonds Fidelity Funds European larger companies (464 millions de livres) à la star montante Matt Siddle, rapporte Money Marketing. Il abandonne aussi un mandat institutionnel de 595 millions de livres et divers autres mandats.
11/08/2010
Fonds

Hausse du nombre d'ETF sur NYSE Euronext

Fin juillet, NYSE Euronext recensait 487 ETF, cotés 535 fois, de 17 émetteurs, soit une hausse de 8,46 % depuis le début de l’année. Depuis janvier, 46 nouveaux ETF ont été introduits sur le marché, tandis que 8 ont été fusionnés ou absorbés. Fin juillet, les encours sous gestion de tous les ETF cotés sur les marchés européens de NYSE Euronext ressortaient à 118,6 milliards d’euros, ce qui représente une augmentation de 31,5 % par rapport aux 90,2 milliards d’euros de la fin juillet 2009.
Fonds
11/08/2010
Fonds

LGT Capital Management propose trois fonds durables

LGT Capital Management propose désormais trois fonds d’investissement durable sur le marché allemand, rapporte FONDS professionell. Il s’agit des fonds LGT Sustainable Impact Global Equity Fund (actions), LGT Sustainable Impact Global Bond Fund (obligations) et LGT Sustainable Impact Global Multi-Asset Class Fund.
Fonds
11/08/2010
Fonds

Les fonds suédois font le plein de souscriptions

En juillet, les fonds commercialisés en Suède ont enregistré des souscriptions nettes de 5,7 milliards de couronnes suédoises (0,6 milliard d’euros), selon les dernières statistiques de l’association suédoise des fonds d’investissement (Fondbolagens Förening). La collecte a été tirée par les fonds actions, qui recueillent à eux seuls 4,7 milliards de couronnes. Dans le détail, les investisseurs se sont notamment portés vers des fonds actions mondiales (1,7 milliard), des fonds Europe de l’Est (826 millions) et des fonds Asie (762 millions). Les fonds obligataires et diversifiés affichent eux aussi un solde positif en juillet, avec des entrées nettes de 1 milliard de couronnes pour chaque catégorie. En revanche, les fonds monétaires et les hedge funds voient sortir respectivement 0,4 milliard et 0,6 milliard de couronnes.Depuis le début de l’année, les fonds suédois enregistrent des souscriptions nettes de 49,4 milliards de couronnes. A la fin juillet, les encours du secteur ressortaient à 1.795 milliards de couronnes (190,8 milliards d’euros), dont 1.041 milliards en actions, contre 1.691 milliards fin février.
Fonds
11/08/2010

Strong inflows to Swedish funds

In July, net sales of funds sold in Sweden totalled SEK 5.7 billion. Equity funds had a net inflow of 4.7 billion. Also balanced funds and bond funds recorded net inflows of SEK 1 billion each, according to the Swedish investment fund association. Money market funds and hedge funds, on the other hand, recorded net outflows of SEK 0.4 and 0.6 billion respectively. So far in 2010, total net sales of funds amounts to almost SEK 50 billion. Total net assets of funds at the end of July amounted to almost SEK 1,800 billion.
11/08/2010

Rise in number of ETFs on NYSE Euronext

At the end of July, NYSE Euronext had 535 listings of 487 ETFs from 17 issuers. The number of ETFs increased by 8.46% YTD compared to the end of 2009. So far this year, 46 new ETFs have been listed, while 8 ETFs have been the subject of mergers by absorption. At the end of July, the combined assets under management of all ETFs listed on the NYSE Euronext European markets totaled EUR118.6 billion, an increase of 31.5% from the EUR90.2 billion at the end of July 2009.
11/08/2010

Four US banking regulators want to get rid of rating agencies

Les Echos reports that four banking regulatory entities in the United States have proposed changes to do without ratings agencies, qualified to evaluate the financial stability of banks. The United States central bank (Fed), the agency which guarantees US banking deposits (FDIC), and two branches of the Treasury concerned with regulating banks (OCC and OTS) published the proposed new reulgations, which are open to public comment as part of a 60-day consultation process. If the new regulations are passed, the agencies would be required to remove references to ratings from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, and to “replace them with uniform measures of financial reliability where feasible,” the newspaper reports.
11/08/2010

Thomas Fraenkel-Thonet leaves Fidelity

Fidelity’s Thomas Fraenkel-Thonet is quitting the group’s European equity desk after 16 years and handing over his GBP464m Luxembourg-based Fidelity Funds European larger companies fund to rising star Matt Siddle, says Money Marketing.He is also giving up an institutional mandate with GBP595m of assets under management, as well as various segregated mandates.
11/08/2010

One third of institutionals plan to increase investment in hedge funds

Nearly a third of institutional investors plan to increase their portfolio allocations to hedge funds over the next 12 months, according to a Survey conducted by Preqin, in spite of one of the industry’s worst quarters ever, says the Financial Times. Only 15 per cent of investors surveyed said they were looking to decrease the amount of money they invest with the industry.

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