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17/05/2010

Deutsche Bank seeks buyers for BHF

According to sources in Frankfurt financial circles, Deutsche Bank will be announcing in the next few days that it is putting the Sal. Oppenheim affiliate BHF-Bank up for sale, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. This may interest foreign banks from Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France and Russia. But Deutsche Bank has already stated that it is not prepared to sell the business at a cut price.
17/05/2010

Inflows continue for Swedish funds

In April, net sales of Swedish funds totalled SEK 12.8 billion (EUR1.33bn), according to the Swedish investment funds association. Balanced funds had a net inflow of 9.4 billion. Also bond funds and equity funds recorded net inflows 3.4 and 2.4 billion respectively. Money market funds and hedge funds, on the other hand, recorded net outflows of SEK 1.8 and 0.5 billion. Total net assets of funds at the end of April amounted to SEK 1 834 billion, which is the highest fund asset figure ever recorded. More than 1,100 billion were invested in equity funds.
17/05/2010

UBS hires a CEO for its new MTF platform

UBS Investment Bank has appointed Robert Barnes as head of its new multilateral trading platform UBS MTF, dedicated to European equities. Barnes has been working at UBS for over 16 years. After Nomura, UBS is the second investment bank to launch its own MTF platform.
17/05/2010

S&P revises ratings for European RMBS

As of 31 March this year, a revision undertaken by Standard & Poor’s since May 2009 of all its ratings of European RMBS (commercial mortgage-backed securities), with assets of about EUR120bn involved in 188 transactions, resulted in downward revisions for a total of 452 tranches out of 876, in 103 transactions out of 169, which were revised down by an average of 4.15 crans. 64.5% of these downward revisions affected ratings below A grade. Ratings confirmations were granted for 420 tranches in 122 transactions. Transactions in 2006 and 2007 represented 83.4% of all downward revisions.
17/05/2010

Jean-Paul Gauzès defends AIFM directive

Jean-Paul Gauzès, the French MEP, insists that most hedge funds and private equity groups have little to fear from the AIFM directive. He insists that the aim of the law on alternative investment fund managers is to eradicate the excesses of these industries, not to drive them out of Europe. “We want to avoid activities that are purely speculative and have no economic or social benefit, such as naked short selling,” he said to the Financial Times.
17/05/2010

Draft AFM directive approaching final hurdle?

La Tribune reports that, barring any last-minute surprises, the planned European alternative management directive known as AIFM is expected to be passed by the Econ commission in Strasbourg this Monday, and the subject is also expected to be discussed by the Ecofin commission on 18 May. A statement from the office of the new UK prime minister David Cameron is expected to better prepare participants for that meeting, the newspaper reports.
17/05/2010

Open-ended real estate funds: professionals in collective proposal

Open-ended real estate fund professionals belonging to the German asset management association BVI have laid out a series of joint proposals to improve and strengthen the regulatory framework governing their products. A statement released by the professional association suggests that a minimal 12-month retention period be imposed for new investors in open-ended real estate funds. This measure would increase the long-term character of this type of investment, BVI states; the association also proposes that a 12-month advance notice period be required for withdrawal of institutional investors. The BVI also emphasizes the need to maintain daily liquidity for fund shares, which the German government’s proposed legislation would put in jeopardy. To increase investor confidence, professionals recommend a valuation of real estate properties not merely once per year, as is presently the general practice, but twice per year. The professional association also claims that the planned reforms now being developed should bring greater flexibility for management firms to meet a need for greater differentiation of products to target various groups of investors.
17/05/2010

Toscafund launches a UCITS version of its Cayman Islands fund

Citywire reports that Toscafund has launched a UCITS III-compliant version of its offshore fund registered in the Cayman Islands. The Tosca Midcap long/short fund will be managed by the founder of Toscafund, Martin Hughes, and Paul Compton, a former Collins Stewart manager. The objective will be to take advantage of investment opportunities in the part of the British equities market least monitored by analysts. “We will invest in a part of the market which is spectacularly under-analysed. Our investment universe runs to 1,000 companies, and when you get down to small caps, coverage becomes severely unequal. More than one third of these firms, with market capitalisation of under GBP400m, are not at all monitored by analysts. Due to the considerable number of companies which are unknown to analysts, we treat the United Kingdom as an emerging market,” says Matthew Siebert, a partner at Toscafund. Gross exposure to the market will not exceed 150%, and the number of positions will be 30 long and 30 short. Due to the size of these businesses, the fund’s objective is GBP300m-GBP400m. The Cayman Islands fund on which the product is based, launched in February 2008, posted returns of over 100% in 2009.
17/05/2010

Claren Road returns to London with recruitment of a Deutsche Bank head

Bloomberg reports that the New York management firm Claren Road Asset Management LLC has recruited John Aylward, head of high yield trading at Deutsche Bank, to reopen the firm’s City office, closed last year. A spokesperson for Deutsche Bank in London confirms the departure of Aylward. Aylward will be based in London, and will oversee the debt investments of Claren Road, which manages about USD3.7bn. Claren Road’s return to London comes as a surprising move at a time when the European Union is putting the finishing touches to its AIFM directive, which is leading some City hedge fund management firms to consider moving to Switzerland, Singapore and Hong Kong.
17/05/2010

Gartmore hit by net redemptions due to suspension of Guillaume Rambourg

Between 1 January and 30 April 2010, Gartmore has suffered net redemptions of GBP708m, of which GBP634m were in the month of April alone. Net outflows in the period from 31 March to 4 May were largely a result of the temporary suspension of the fund manager Guillaume Rambourg, due to an internal investigation by the UK asset management firm. As of the end of March, assets at Gartmore totalled GBP23.5bn, a 6% increase compared with the end of 2009. But as of the end of April, assets had fallen back to GBP22.4bn, in the wake of redemption demands in the month of April. The asset manager had seen outflows of GBP380m from its hedge funds as of 4 May.
17/05/2010

F&C marketing chief departs

F&C head of marketing and global wholesale Scott Stevens has resigned from the firm, says Money Marketing. He joined F&C in November 2005 from Deutsche Asset Management. It is understood he will be taking on a sales role at a hedge fund firm.
14/05/2010

Esther Heer quitte RBS Coutts

Selon Asian Investor, Esther Heer, responsable du private banking en Asie du nord pour RBS Coutts a quitté la filiale de gestion privée de RBS. C’est Ignatius Cong qui doit la remplacer et qui sera en charge du développement des activités de Coutts en Chine, à Hong Kong, à Taiwan et dans les Philippines.Ignatius Chong travaille pour RBS Coutts depuis plus de quinze, dernièrement en tant que responsable du marché de Hong Kong.
14/05/2010

Le fonds souverain norvégien ouvre un bureau à Singapour

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), qui gère les investissements du fonds de pension du gouvernement norvégien, a annoncé l’ouverture d’un bureau à Singapour afin de développer ses activités dans les marchés en forte croissance de l’Asie. NBIM est déjà présent à Oslo, Londres, New York et Shanghai.
14/05/2010
Fonds

EDRIM fait enregistrer le Multigest Select Alpha en Espagne

>>>>Vendredi, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Managers (EDRIM) a obtenu de la CNMV l’agrément de commercialisation en Espagne pour son fonds de hedge funds multistratégies coordonné Multigest Select Alpha. Cela porte à 12 le nombre de produits de la gamme distribués en Espagne.
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14/05/2010

L'agence de l'environnement britannique a remercié Swip

Le fonds de pension de l’agence britannique pour l’environnement a mis fin à un mandat portant sur les marchés émergents confié à Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (Swip) après le départ de son équipe spécialisée (Andrew Ness, Jeff Casson, Divya Mathur, Mohammed Zaidi, Kim Catechis et Alastair Reynolds) chez la société concurrente Martin Currie.Selon responsable investor, le fonds de pension se propose d’allouer entre 50 et 150 millions de livres à un ou plusieurs gérants spécialisés sur les marchés émergents ayant une bonne connaissance des principes ESG.Le fonds est favorable à un processus de sélection sur la base de critères financiers et extra-financiers plutôt qu'à une approche par l’exclusion.
14/05/2010

Le patron des actions européennes de Schroders rejoint JPMorgan

Gary Clarke, le patron des actions européennes de Schroders, a rejoint l’équipe actions mondiales de JPMorgan où il sera co-responsable des portefeuilles thématiques et retail aux côtés de Peter Kirkman, rapporte Citywire. Chez Schroders, Gary Clarke a laissé la gestion du fonds European Equity Alpha à Jamie Lowry. Il gérait aussi le Schroder ISF EURO Equity, repris par Martin Skanberg.
14/05/2010
Fonds

Harewood Solutions lance un fonds de rendement

La filiale de BNP Paribas, Harewood Solutions, devrait lancer le 17 mai un fonds de rendement qui vise un rendement de 8% par an assorti d’une volatilité beaucoup moins importante que le FTSE 100. Le UK Enhanced Income Fund est une version au format OPCVM III d’un fonds fermé phare de Harewood Solutions. Ce véhicule lancé en octobre 2006 a produit une surperformance de 20% par rapport à l’Eurostoxx 50. Pour la partie retail, l’investissement minimum a été fixé à 1.000 livres, assorti d’une commission d’entrée de 4% et de frais de gestion de 1,5% par an. Pour la partie institutionnelle, les frais d’entrée sont de 1%, les frais de gestion de 0,75%par an.
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14/05/2010
Fonds

First State présente son fonds "agribusiness"

Annoncé voici près d’un mois (lire notre dépêche du 21 avril), le fonds Global Agribusiness fait à présent l’objet d’une communication plus large de la part de First State, qui précise entre autres que l'équipe de gestion composée de Renzo Casarotto (gérant du portefeuille) et de Skye Mcpherson (analyste) se distingue par le fait qu’elle ne cherche pas à prévoir l'évolution à court terme des prix des matières premières et qu’elle recherche les meilleures sociétés dans le plus grand nombre possible de secteurs ou de matières premières.Le portefeuille, principalement investi en actions, comportera entre 20 et 75 lignes, la moyenne se situant aux alentours de 50 positions. L’indice de référence de cet OEIC de droit irlandais s’appuie à 75 % sur le DAXglobal Agribusiness et à 25 % du le S&P Global Timber & Forestry. Caractéristiques Dénomination : First State Global Agribusiness FundISIN : IE00B3D8LW07 (part retail ou A)Devises des parts : GBP et EURSouscription initiale minimale : GBP 1.000Droit d’entrée : 4 %Commission de gestion : 1,5 %
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14/05/2010

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing sélectionné par la China Construction Bank

Le fournisseur international de services d’investissement BNY Mellon Asset Servicing a été sélectionné par la China Construction Bank (CCB) en tant que conservateur international pour le fonds QDII (investisseur institutionnel domestique qualifié) qui doit être lancé par ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management (ICBCCS) sous l’appellation ICBCCS Global Selected Equity Fund.ICBCCS est une joint venture initiée par CCB, Credit Suisse et China Ocean Shipping qui détiennent respectivement 55%, 25% et 20% de la société.ICBCCS sera ainsi la première société de gestion à proposer deux produits QDII. Le premier fonds QDII, le ICBCCS Global China Opportunity Equity Fund, a été lancé en 2008.
14/05/2010

L’introduction en Bourse de KKR se rapproche

KKR a fait un pas de plus vers une introduction à la Bourse de New York, après avoir publié un bénéfice record de 674 millions de dollars au titre du premier trimestre, rapporte le Financial Times.
14/05/2010
Fonds

Paulson ferme deux fonds aux nouvelles souscriptions

Paulson & Co, le deuxième plus gros hedge fund au monde, va fermer ses deux fonds vedette aux nouveaux investisseurs, rapporte le Financial Times. Ainsi, les fonds Advantage, qui représentent tous les deux environ 20 milliards de dollars d’encours, seront fermés d’ici à la fin de l’année.
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