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12/04/2010

Sciens rachète la plate-forme de comptes gérés de Partners

Le suisse Partners Group a bouclé la vente de sa plate-forme de comptes gérés à Sciens Capital Management, une société de gestion alternative indépendante basée à New York et Londres. Cela permet au groupe helvétique, qui gère 25 milliards de francs suisses d’encours, de se concentrer sur le non coté (private equity, dette privée, immobilier privé et infrastructures privées), indique un communiqué de presse.D’après un article du Financial Times du 12 avril, la plate-forme vendue gérerait 700 millions de dollars d’encours. Sciens, qui affiche pour sa part un encours de 6 milliards de dollars, prévoit de migrer 3,4 milliards de dollars de son activité de hedge funds (représentant 4,5 milliards) sur la plate-forme, précise le FT.
12/04/2010
Fonds

Eaton Vance lance un fonds matières premières piloté par Armored Wolf

Eaton Vance Management, filiale d’Eaton Vance Corp (161,6 milliards de dollars d’encours fin janvier), a annoncé jeudi la lancement du fonds Eaton Vance Commodity Strategy dont le benchmark est l’UBS Commodity Index Total Return. L’objectif initial est de générer une performance comparable à celle de l’indice, mais avec une volatilité inférieure, la surperformance devant venir de produits dérivés liés aux matières premières, d’obligations indexées sur l’inflation et d’obligations émises dans des pays émergents.Le sub-adviser du fonds est Armored Wolf LLC, un spécialiste du global macro focalisé sur les actifs «réels». Les deux gérants du fonds seront John B. Brynjolfsson, CIO et managing director d’Armored Wolf et Paul Dickson, managing director et gérant de portefeuille marchés obligataires émergents chez Armored Wolf.Le taux de frais se situe à 1,25 % pour les parts I, à 1,50 % pour les parts A et à 2,25 % pour les parts C.
Fonds
12/04/2010

Deutsche Bank renforce ses activités de conseil aux hedge funds

La Deutsche Bank a annoncé que Doug Kline venait de rejoindre l’activité Global Prime Finance au sein de la division Global Markets en tant que managing director et responsable du conseil auprès des hedge funds.Doug Kline travaillait précédemment chez Viking Global Investors, où il était associé et chief information officer. Doug Kline est basé à New York où il est directement rattaché à Pam Kieman, managing director et responsable mondial du développement, et Scott Carter, managing director et responsable Global Prime Finance Sales et Capital Introduction pour l’Amérique du Nord.
12/04/2010

BNY Mellon glane un nouveau contrat

L’Université de l’Ohio a délégué les services de conservation de son fonds à long terme, le Ohio State Endowment Fund, à BNY Mellon Asset Servicing.Ce fonds pèse près de 2 milliards de dollars. BNY Mellon prend la succession de State Street.
12/04/2010
Fonds

ProFunds lance deux ETF à effet de levier sur les biotechnologiques

Jeudi, le Nasdaq a admis à la négociation deux ETF de ProFunds Group, les fonds ProShares Ultra Nasdaq Biotechnology (acronyme : BIB) et UltraShort Nasdaq Biotechnology (BIS) qui répliquent tous deux l’indice des biotechnologiques du Nasdaq mais avec un effet de levier de deux, tant en long pour le BIB qu’en court pour le BIS. Ces deux produits sont chargés à 0,95 %. Avec les deux nouveaux fonds, la gamme ProShares compte désormais 105 ETF.
Fonds
12/04/2010
Fonds

Le Connecticut reconduit TIAA-CREF comme gérant d'un fonds d'épargne universitaire

Tuition Financing Inc (TFI), filiale du fonds de pension TIAA-CREF (414 milliards de dollars d’encours), a été reconduite par l’Office of the Connecticut State Treasurer comme gérante du plan d'épargne 529 de l’Etat pour les étudiants, le Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET). Cela représente 93.000 comptes et un encours de 1,2 milliard de dollars.TFI a initialement été chargée de la gestion du CHET en janvier 2000. A l'époque, cela représentait 4.000 comptes et un encours de 18 millions de dollars.
Fonds
12/04/2010
Fonds

AMP Capital Investors va lancer un fonds "infrastructures"

Selon Bloomberg, AMP Capital Investors, qui gère environ 90 milliards de dollars, s’apprête à lancer un fonds infrastructures investissant dans des actifs tels que les satellites de communication et les aéroports afin de profiter de la demande pour les fonds de cette nature et de diversifier son portefeuille de titres.
Fonds
12/04/2010

Un ancien de Fortis IM rejoint Investec

Avec la fusion BNP Paribas/Fortis, Juan Marín, directeur des ventes de Fortis Investments pour la péninsule ibérique, a rejoint Investec comme directeur commercial pour la France, le Luxembourg, l’Italie, l’Espagne et le Portugal, rapporte Funds People. Les gestionnaire anglo-sud africain a fait enregistrer en novembre sa sicav luxembourgeoise Investec Strategy Fund (32 compartiments) auprès de la CNMV, mais ses produits n'étaient jusqu'à présent distribués qu’au travers d’Allfunds Bank.
12/04/2010
Fonds

Les souscripteurs privilégient les actifs sans risque

A fin 2009, l’encours des fonds espagnols se composait à 75 % de fonds monétaires, de fonds obligataires à court terme et de fonds garantis à majorité d’actions ou d’obligations contre 66,6 % fin 2006 et 80 % fin 2008, rapporte Cinco Días. La moyenne historique (76 % sur les 19 dernières années) montre cependant que l’investisseur espagnol a toujours été très conservateur, sauf en 2000, lors de la bulle technologique, où la proportion était tombée à 56 %.Sur les trois années 2007, 2008 et 2009, les remboursements nets ont atteint 89,47 milliards d’euros, ce qui représente à 97,5 % de la baisse des actifs sous gestion, qui se sont contractés de 31 % pendant que les recettes de commissions chutaient de 48 %.Sept des plus grands gestionnaires affichent plus de 80 % de leurs encours en actifs peu risqués, l’exception étant Ibercaja avec 57 %. En revanche, Gesmadrid et Ahorro Corporación ont plus de 87 % de leur encours investis en monétaire, obligataire court terme et produits garantis.
Fonds
12/04/2010
Fonds

La CNMV se veut en principe optimiste pour la collecte des fonds conservateurs

Dans son dernier rapport trimestriel, la CNMV estime que les produits d'épargne et notamment les fonds d’investissement les plus conservateurs ont de bonnes chances d’attirer les souscripteurs espagnols maintenant que le taux d'épargne des ménages atteint son niveau le plus élevé avec 13 % du revenu et 18,8 % du revenu disponible, rapporte Cinco Días. Cependant, le régulateur reconnaît que les résultats provisoires des premiers mois de 2010 ainsi que la remontée de la volatilité sur les marchés financiers ces derniers temps ont introduit une dimension d’incertitude dans ces perspectives.
Fonds
12/04/2010

LCH.Clearnet étend son service SwapClear à l'Irlande et à la Suisse

Le groupe spécialisé LCH.Clearnet a annoncé le 8 avril qu’il avait obtenu le feu vert de la Financial Services Authority (FSA) pour étendre son service de compensation sur les swaps de taux d’intérêt, SwapClear, à l’Irlande et à la Suisse.Ce changement de périmètre va ainsi permettre aux investisseurs institutionnels de compenser leurs transactions par l’intermédiaire de membres installés aux Etats-Unis, au Royaume-Uni, en France, en Allemagne, en Irlande et en Suisse.SwapClear traite environ 40% du marché mondial des swaps de taux d’intérêt..
12/04/2010

Lyxor Hedge Fund Index up 2.12% in March

The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index posted gains of 2.12% in March 2010. For the month, the best-performing alternative strategies were: Term Index (+4.84%), L/S Credit Arbitrage Index (+3.85%), and Arbitrage Index (+2.73%). The only strategy to post losses in March was L/S Equity Short Bias Index (-6.58%). In first quarter, the Lyxor Hedge Fund Index gained 2.03%.
12/04/2010

Gains for hedge funds in March

Hedge Fund Research reports that hedge funds in March posted their strongest results since September, with a gain of 2.7%, and that they earned 2.56% in first quarter. According to Hennessee, funds gained 3.05% in March, after gains of 0.99% in February, and losses of 0.55% in January, putting returns for January-March at 3.50%. In March, according to Hennessee, only the short bias strategy posted losses (of 5.24%), while all others were in positive territory, including emerging markets, with gains of 5.47%. In first quarter, the best-performing strategy was financial sector equities, with gains of 6.83%, followed by event-driven (6.20%).
12/04/2010

Seven new ETF funds from db x-trackers listed in Frankfurt

Deutsche Börse announced on Friday that it has admitted seven new “strategy” ETF funds from db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank) to trading on the XTF segment of its Xetra electronic platform, all of them registered in Luxembourg. Management commissions for the product vary from 0.35% for the Daily LevDax, and 0.70% for the S&P 500 Daily 2x Investor. Four of the funds invest with double leverage in the Euro Stoxx 50, SevDax, FTSE 100 and S&P 500 funds, while three others provide short, and also double leveraged, replicas of the Euro Stoxx 50, Dax and S&P 500 indices. With these seven funds, the XTF segment now includes 651 products. The launch of the new “daily leveraged” ETFs adds to the range of products from db x-trackers, which now includes 16 short products. db x-trackers states that the new daily leveraged ETFs are mostly aimed at “discerning” institutional investors. The funds are intended to be used for short-term trading or to deploy real-time hedging strategies in order to react to market fluctuations within a single day. Shares in the funds may be used as substitutes for other short-term derivatives such as futures, CFD, or swaps. The seven ETFs will be listed in Milan on the Borsa Italiana from 14 April, and on the London Stock Exchange from 26 April. db x-trackers Euro Stoxx 50 Leveraged Daily ETF Isin LU0411077828 management fees 0.35% db x-trackers LevDAX Daily ETF LU0411075376 0.35% db x-trackers FTSE 100 Leveraged Daily ETF LU0412625088 0.50% db x-trackers S&P 500 2x Leveraged Daily ETF LU0411078552 0.60% db x-trackers Euro Stoxx 50 Double Short Daily ETF LU0417510616 0.50% db x-trackers ShortDAX x2 Daily ETF LU0411075020 0.60% db x-trakcers S&P 500 2x Inverse Daily ETF LU0411078636 0.70%
12/04/2010

Connecticut renews contract for TIAA-CREF as manager of a university savings plan

Tuition Financing Inc (TFI), an affiliate of the pension fund TIAA-CREF (USD414bn in assets) has seen its contract renewed by the Office of the Connecticut State Treasurer, as manager of the state’s 529 savings plan for students, the Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET). The trust has 93,000 accounts and assets of USD1.2bn. TFI was initially retained as manager of the CHET in January 2000. At the time, the scheme had 4.000 accounts and assets of USD18m.
12/04/2010

ProFunds launches two leveraged biotech ETF funds

On Thursday, the NASDAQ admitted two ETFs from ProFunds Group to trading, including the ProShares Ultra Nasdaq Biotechnology (acronym: BIB) and the UltraShort Nasdaq Biotechnology (BIS), both of which replicate biotech indices from NASDAQ with double leverage, on long positions for the BIB, and short for the BIS. The two products charge fees of 0.95%. With these two new funds, the ProShares range now includes 105 ETFs.
12/04/2010

Eaton Vance launches commodities fund managed by Armored Wolf

Eaton Vance Management, an affiliate of Eaton Vance Corp (USD161.6bn in assets as of the end of January) on Thursday announced the launch of the Eaton Vance Commodity Strategy fund, whose benchmark is the UBS Commodity Index Total Return. The initial objective is to earn returns comparable to the benchmark, but with lower volatility, while outperformance will come from commodities derivatives, inflation-linked bonds and emerging market bonds. The sub-adviser for the fund is Armored Wolf LLC, a specialist in global macro focused on “real” assets. The two managers of the fund will be John B. Brynjolffson, CIO and managing director of Armored Wolf, and Paul Dickson, managing director and emerging markets bond portfolio manager at Armored Wolf. Management fees total 1.25% for I-class shares, 1.50% for A-class shares, and 2.25% for C-class shares.
12/04/2010

Russell Investments adds to staff in Asia

Russell Investments has added to its workforce in Singapore and South Korea to meet growing demand in the region. Asian Investor reports that the firm is also planning to apply for a license to begin operating in Seoul, and is hoping to open a representative office in China in second half, and to obtain QFII (qualified foreign institutional investor) status in the country. The Korean team, which was reduced to two people last year, has been rebuilt, with the appointment of Kim Dong Ki as chief representative at the Seoul office. Kim was previously at Korea Life.
12/04/2010

Subscribers prefer low-risk assets

As of the end of 2009, assets in Spanish funds were 75% invested in money market funds, short-term bond funds and guaranteed funds invested primarily in equities or bonds, compared with 66.6% at the end of 2006, and 80% at the end of 2008, Cinco Días reports. The historical average (76% over the past 19 years) reveals that Spanish investors have always been highly conservative, except in 2000, during the internet investment bubble, when the proportion fell to 56%. In the three years of 2007, 2008 and 2009, net redemptions totalled EUR89.47bn, which represents 97.5% of declines in assets under management, which fell by 31%, while commission revenues fell by 48%. Seven of the largest management firms had more than 80% of their assets in lower-risk investments, excepting Ibercaja, for which the figure was 57%. However, Gesmadrid and Ahorro Corporación had more than 87% of their assets in money market instruments, short-term bonds and guaranteed products.
12/04/2010

Fidelity achieves three quarters of objective in China Special Sits fund IPO

Although Fidelity International claims that the initial public offering (IPO) of shares in its China Special Situations has been its largest success since 1990 for an equities product, the total of GBP460m raised for the most recent product from Anthony Bolton represents less than three quarters (73%) of the GBP630m which the asset management firm had set as its objective for the high-profile operation, which was heavily covered by the media. The fund, which becomes the largest China fund listed in London, will officially be launched on 19 April on the London Stock Exchange. Bolton says that he himself has bought 2.5 million shares.
12/04/2010

Gérard Piasko leaves Julius Bär for Sal. Oppenheim Switzerland

Christian Camenzind, CEO of Sal. Oppenheim Switzerland, on Friday announced the appointment of Gérard Piasko as chief investment officer (CIO). Piasko has in the past few years served in the same role at Julius Bär, after ten years as a global strategist at Credit Suisse in London, New York and Zurich.
12/04/2010

UBS estimates pre-tax quarterly profits at CHF2.5bn

UBS is projecting pre-tax profits of CHF2.5bn for first quarter 2010, the bank announced in a statement published on 12 April, slightly ahead of its general shareholders’ meeting to be held on 14 April. The bank has also registered net outflows from all sectors, though these were “considerably lower” than in fourth quarter 2009. “In first quarter 2010, UBS estimates that it has reached assets of about CHF8bn for Wealth Management & Swiss Bank, CHF7bn for Wealth Management Americas, and CHF3bn for Global Asset Management,” the bank says.
12/04/2010

Juan Marín (Fortis) joins Investec

With the merger of BNP Paribas and Fortis, Juan Marín, head of sales for the Iberian peninsula at Fortis Investments, has joined Investec as director of sales for France, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain and Portugal, Funds People reports. The British-South African management firm in November registered the Luxembourg Sicav Investec Strategy Fund (32 sub-funds) with the CNMV, but its products have not yet gone on sale in Spain, except via Allfunds Bank.
12/04/2010

Blackstone interested in bank branches put up for sale by RBS

La Tribune reports that Blackstone on Tuesday made an indicative offer to buy 318 bank branches which have been offered for sale by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). RBS has already received 4 bids from Santander, BBVA, Virgin Money and National Australia Bank, the newspaper reports.
12/04/2010

L&G head joins Fidelity

Fidelity has recruited Ben Waterhouse as head of wholesale sales for the United Kingdom, Investment Week reports. Waterhouse previously worked at L&G Investments, as director of sales. He will begin in his new position in the next few months, and will consolidate and develop activities with wealth managers in particular.
12/04/2010

Martin Currie closes a China hedge fund

Investment Week reports that Martin Currie has closed a hedge fund dedicated to China which had assets under management of USD203m. The fund, launched seven years ago, has earned annualised returns of 16.2%. In the past two years, the fund has earned returns of 22.8%, compared with losses of 15.4% for the MSCI Golden Dragon index in the same period.
12/04/2010

GBP1bn bonus for F&C chief

The chief executive of F&C Asset Management collected a GBP1 million bonus last year, according to the Times, which cites F&C’s annual report. Alain Grisay received GBP700,000 in cash and GBP300,000 in shares deferred for three years. The bonus came on top of Mr Grisay’s GBP325,000 salary. It will rise by 7.7 per cent to GBP350,000 this year.
12/04/2010

Departures continue at Sal. Oppenheim

Though the four client advisers who are joining Credit Suisse in Berlin are not necessarily big names, it has been confirmed that six people have quit their jobs at the Cologne headquarters of the private bank, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. The newspaper also states that a major client of Sal. Oppenheim is seeking to recruit several people to create a family office. The newspaper also points out that in Berlin it is not known whether the rest of the local Sal. Oppenheim team will be joining Berenberg, but the Hamburg-based private bank is expecting to take on two well-established advisers from Sal. Oppenheim, one in Frankfurt, and the other in Düsseldorf.
12/04/2010

Deutsche Bank builds hedge fund advising activities

Deutsche Bank has announced that Doug Kline has joined the Global Prime Finance activity of its Global Markets division as managing director and head of hedge fund advising. Kline previously worked at Viking Global Investors, where he was a partner and chief information officer. Kline is based in New York, where he reports directly to Pam Kieman, managing director and global head of development, and Scott Carter, managing director and head of Global Prime Finance Sales and Capital Introduction for North America.
12/04/2010

Sciens acquires Partners managed accounts platform

The Swiss asset management firm Partners group has concluded the sale of its managed accounts platform to Sciens Capital Management, an independent alternative management firm based in New York and London. This will allow the Swiss group, which manages CHF25bn in assets, to focus on private investments (including private equity, private debt, private real estate and private infrastructure), a press release states.

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