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21/06/2010

Fisch launches an emerging markets corporate bond fund

The Swiss asset management firm Fisch Asset Management, which has previously specialised in convertible bond funds, on 31 May launched a corporate bond fund investing in liquid and investment grade emerging market bonds denominated exclusively in Euros or US dollars, entitled Fisch Bond Value Investment Grade, and managed by Philipp Good and Kurt Fisch. The objective for the product, which offers daily liquidity, is to outperform the JP Morgan Corporate Emerging Market Bond Index Broad Investment Grade index. To date, the fund has sales licenses only in Luxembourg and Germany. Characteristics Name: FISCH Bond Value Investment Grade Fund ISIN: LU0504482315 Management commission: 1.2% (retail shares), 0.6% (institutional shares) Minimal subscription: EUR100/CHF100/USD100
21/06/2010

Foreign hedge funds short Spanish firms

Since 10 June, investors are required to disclose short positions exceeding 0.2% of capital in any Spanish corporation to the CNMV, and when these short positions exceed 0.5%, the regulator renders the information public. Cinco Días reports that several firms have declared short positions on 15 Spanish firms totalling EUR1.218bn. The most heavily shorted firms by percentage of capital are BME (3.9%), Grifols (3.4%), and Banco Popular (3.2%). Deutsche Bank has bet the most (EUR750m) against the Spanish firms BBVA, Banco Popular, Gamesa and Grifols. The US-based hedge fund management firms Amber Capital, Morton Holdigns and Eminence Capital also have large short positions; others include Mason Capital Management, John A. Griffin, and Marshall Wace.
21/06/2010

Georges Zecchin appointed director of Crédit Agricole (Switzerland) private bank for Asia

Georges Zecchin has been appointed as director of the Crédit Agricole (Switzerland) private bank in Asia, based in Hong Kong. Zecchin will be in charge of teams based in Singapore and Hong Kong, and will oversee development of their activities in the region. His experience and expertise will allow him to consolidate and develop the position of Crédit Agricole Switzerland in this part of the world in the field of private banking. Zecchin joined Crédit Agricole in Switzerland in 2001, where he served as head of compliance. He was then appointed secretary general, then a member of the executive board, and then a member of the general direction committee.
21/06/2010

JP Morgan Private Bank appoints a CEO for Asia

Asian Investor reports that Andrew Cohen has been appointed CEO for wealth management activities at JP Morgan Private Bank for the Asia-Pacific region. In his new role, he replaces Paul Scibetta, who has been promoted within the firm. Cohen, currently head of Southern Californian activities at JP Morgan Private Bank, will move to Hong Kong in the next few months.
21/06/2010

CalPERS buys a stake in Gatwick airport

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced on 18 June that it has acquired a 12.7% stake in London’s Gatwick airport for GBP106m (USD155m) from the infrastructure fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). GIP led the acquisition of Gatwick from BAA in December 2009 for about GBP1.5bn. The acquisition of the stake represents a first direct investment by CalPERS as part of its infrastructure program, launched in 2007, which aims to invest 1.5% of the pension fund’s total assets in infrastructure.
21/06/2010

Several hedge funds suffocated by rising natural gas prices

In January-May, the price of natural gas in the United States fell 22%, and many market trend-oriented hedge funds were then caught off-guard when the trend suddenly reversed, with gains of 15% in natural gas prices since the beginning of June, the Wall Street Journal reports. Among the funds which have lost out on the market are five funds from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, which lost more than USD120m out of USD640m it had invested. The same fate awaited the Bristol Energy Fund (which had USD500m invested) and several smaller funds from SandRidge Capital, which lost 19%, 15% of it in the first 15 days of June. Superfund USA also lost money on its bets on natural gas, which represented 1% of its assets of Usd1.25bn. However, Auspice Capital Advisors made money on natural gas, via a specialised ETF and a diversified commodities fund. The Claymore Natural Gas Commodity ETF has gained 7.4% since the end of May, and the London-based BlueCrest Capital Management has also posted returns of 2% in the first half of June, as its USd10bn BlueTrend Fund made gains on natural gas trading. The fund had lost 8% in May.
21/06/2010

Russell and RepuTex to offer environmenal indices

Russell Investments and RepuTex, a consulting firm specialised in the analysis of risks on global carbon trading markets, have announced that they have signed an agreement to launch environmental indices, dedicated to businesses which actively manage their carbon emissions-related financial risks. RepuTex will use its in-house methodologies to analyse the 2,500 shares of the Russell Global Developed Large Cap index on the basis of their carbon emissions, and to identify businesses which are engaging with clean technologies and alternative energies. The new range of indices will be launched in fourth quarter 2010.
21/06/2010

Qatar sovereign fund eyes AgBank

Agefi reports, citing Bloomberg, that the Qatar sovereign fund is planning to invest USD2.8bn in the initial public offering by the Agricultural Bank of China.
21/06/2010

Sal. Oppenheim does not see a return to profitability in the near future

In its annual report, published on the website of the Bundesanzeiger (official gazette), Sal. Oppenheim states that it lost EUR1.27bn in 2009, compared with EUR163m the previous year. The private bank, which has been taken over by Deutsche Bank on 15 March 2010, says that it will be necessary to create new structures to generate growth and to return to profitability, which will involve a re-examination of back-office functions, in order to create synergies with Deutsche Bank. In particular, savings will be necessary in IT. The firm will now concentrate on wealth management for private clients, institutional management, and management of retail and institutional funds. Sal. Oppenheim predicts that it will return to profitability in two to three years. The 2010 accounts will be dragged down by one-time costs related to restructuring and the sale of assets owned directly by the bank. Further write-downs may be necessary for some credits, as well as investments in real estate. Operating profits, however, are expected to increase to a satisfactory level this year.
21/06/2010

F&C in legal battle with two hedge fund managers

F&C is embroiled in a legal battle with two hedge fund managers - Francois Barthelemy and Anthony Culligan -, says the Financial Times. The case centres on a limited liability partnership set up in 2004 between the asset management company and the two men. The two men, who hold 20% each in the partnership, allege that after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, F&C, which has a 60% interest, «wanted to shut down the LLP» and «recognised they could not do that under the agreement without buying the individual partners out under the options». They claim that F&C «started to run the business down without even informing the individual partners» and from mid-December 2008 «they sought to impose . . . cuts that would . . . have undermined the business altogether», according to the FT.
21/06/2010

Six Gartmore chiefs buy stakes in the firm

Six managers and directors at Gartmore, including chief executive Jeff Meyer, have bought GBP557,162 worth of shares, says Financial News. But one prominent name has not joined in the buying spree - star manager and major shareholder Roger Guy.
21/06/2010

Collins Stewart and Corazon merge funds of funds

Fund Strategy reports that Collins Stewart Fund Management and Corazon Capital are planning to merge their funds of funds, in the wake of the acquisition of Corazon by Collins Stewart in March of this year. The time-frame has not been set in stone, say sources at Collins Stewart, adding that the operation will not involve any layoffs.
21/06/2010

Inflexion and F&C sell ICS to Blackstone

The private equity investor Inflexion and F&C Private Equity Trust have sold their stakes in ICS to the US management firm Blackstone, for a total of GBP110m-GBP125m. F&C says that it received GBP6.3m in cash and GBP0.5m in loan notes, which, along with subsequent payments, will bring the internal return rate to 73% after 22 months.
21/06/2010

Henderson funds buy Jupiter shares

Graham Kitchen, who manages several equities funds at Henderson, says that several fund managers at the firm bought a total of 2% of the shares in Jupiter released as part of its IPO, as they considered the issue price of 165 pence per share highly attractive, Investment Week reports. Since Thursday, the shares have been trading at about 190 pence per share. The first listing will take place this Monday. Jupiter, whose share offering was more than 2.5 times oversubscribed, has not posted a single quarter of net redemptions in the past 10 years.
18/06/2010
Fonds

Pictet commercialise son Corto Europe en Espagne

Pictet Funds a lancé sur le marché espagnol son hedge fund long/short coordonné Corto Europe, rapporte Expansión. La commission de gestion ressort à 1,6 % pour les particuliers et à 1,1 % pour les investisseurs institutionnels, ce à quoi s’ajoute une commission de performance de 20 % (lire nos articles du 4 avril et du 1er juin).
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18/06/2010

Le secteur espagnol de la gestion a besoin d'une sérieuse restructuration, selon l'AFI

Pour Analistas Financieros Internacionales (AFI) qui a été chargée par l’association Inverco des sociétés de gestion d’une étude sur les causes de la fonte des encours, les fonds espagnols sont assez défensifs, si bien que l’hémorragie au début de la crise a été moins imputable à la baisse des actions qu'à la «guerre des dépôts», les banques cherchant à attirer des épargnants au détriment des fonds, rapporte Cinco Días.Depuis le milieu de 2009 jusqu'à février 2010 (date de l'étude), les sorties ne sont cependant plus liées à cette concurrence mais au fait que les épargnants cherchent à compenser à la fois leur endettement et les pertes de salaire.D’après, Emilio Ontiveros, président d’AFI, le secteur de la gestion d’actifs doit se restructurer parce qu’il est affligé par un excédent de capacités, avec 122 acteurs dont 39 ont subi des pertes en 2009.
18/06/2010

Morningstar Europe acquiert les 75 % de Morningstar Danmark qui lui manquaient

Le néerlandais Morningstar Europe BV, filiale de Mornngstar Inc, achète à Phosphorus A/S ses 75 % dans Morningstar Danmark A/S pour 15,2 millions de dollars plus la part de Phosphorus aux bénéfices de la société pour le premier semestre 2010.Désormais, Morningstar Europe détient ainsi la totalité des parts de sa filiale danoise qui emploie 11 personnes. La transaction devrait être bouclée en juillet.
18/06/2010

Renta 4 recrute une directrice du marketing

Maria Alonso Alcaide quitte le département du marketing stratégique chez Adesla pour devenir directrice du marketing de Renta 4. Elle a pour mission de développer la clientèle de particuliers et d’adapter l’offre commerciale à cette catégorie d’investisseurs.
18/06/2010
Fonds

Le Santander lance un fonds coordonné de performance absolue

Au travers d’Allfunds Alternative, filiale de conseil de fonds de hedge funds d’Allfunds Bank, Santander Asset Management lance le Santander Absolute Strategies UCITS, un fonds de performance absolue conforme à la directive OPCVM III. Ce produit sera investi dans une vingtaine de fonds alternatifs domiciliés au Luxembourg, mais il sera aussi enregistré en Espagne pour être distribué auprès des clients de la banque privée, indique Expansión.L’encours de la filiale luxembourgeoise atteint à présent 1,3 milliard d’euros contre 600 millions début 2009. En dehors de celui pour l’Absolute Strategies UCITS, le gestionnaire a sollicité l’agrément de commercialisation pour cinq autres produits.
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