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06/04/2010

Goldman Sachs fund buys a stake in a hedge fund

Petershill Fund Offshore LP, a fund from Goldman Sachs with USD1bn in assets which invests in minority stakes in hedge funds, has acquired a minority stake in a hedge fund from David Ganek, entitled Level Global Investors LP. Bloomberg reports that Level Global, founded in 2003, has 64 employees, of whom 25 are investment professionals. Petershill also has stakes in three London firms: Capula Investment Management, Winton Capital Management, and Trafalgar Asset Managers, as well as in a firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, entitled Shumway Capital Partners LLC.
06/04/2010

Private equity fund buys a stake in a hedge fund

La Tribune reports that Petershill Fund Offshore LP, a private equity fund from Goldman Sachs, has announced that it has acquired a minority stake in a USD4bn hedge fund by David Ganek, entitled Level Global Investors LP. The business bank says that it will not take part in investment decisions, the newspaper adds.
06/04/2010

Bono's fund buys 1% stake in Facebook

Elevation Partners, an investment fund in which Bono, the singer for the group U2, is one of the shareholders, at the end of 2009 bought a 1% stake in the social network Facebook for USD90m, Cinco Días reports. Facebook has declined to comment. In early 2010, Elevation Partners went on to invest USD25m in Yelp, a social networking startup; the fund has since confirmed its plans to increase its investment in the firm to USD100m.
06/04/2010

Bankinter launches a guaranteed fund to bet on US economic recovery

Bankinter is releasing the Bankinter Consolidación América Garantizado fund for sale until 13 April. The product guarantees initial capital, plus a participation (limited to 2% per month) in any gains on the American S%P 500 index until 14 April 2015, Cinco Días reports. Minimal subscription is set at EUR600, and management commission totals 1.90%, while the depository bank charges 0.10%.
06/04/2010

Reputation of Berkshire Hathaway up, AIG and Citigroup down

According to a survey by Harris Interactive, the reputation of the business world is “not good” or “catastrophic” in the opinion of 81% of those surveyed. Agefi reports. At the top of the list of businesses with the worst reputations are AIG and Citigroup. At the other end of the spectrum is Berkshire Hathaway, whose head, Warren Buffett, is regarted as a man who effectively leads his business without excessive remuneration.
06/04/2010

Nationwide hands a new mandate to JP Morgan

Nationwide Funds Group (NFG), which includes the asset management activities of Nationwide Financial Services, has asked JP Morgan to provide it with more services. In addition to custody and securities lending, JP Morgan will take charge of accounting, administration and settlement. NFG manages about USD32bn in 92 mutual funds.
06/04/2010

Star managers striking out on their own

According to a study by Prince Associates, 48% of private banking clients in the United States withdrew their assets from their bank between September 2008 and January 2010. 40% of them opted for a multi-family office, while 26.4% chose an independent management firm, Expansión reports. This development coincides with an increase in departures of star managers to found their own businesses. For example, Joan David Grimá left Santander to create Tegri Asesoramiento, while Zoe Cruz, former co-president of Morgan Stanley, is launching the hedge fund management firm Voras Capital Management. Eric Brugel and Jeff Erber (formerly of Merrill Lynch) have gone into the wealth management business, with Grey Own Capital Management, while Erich Thurber, Fred Molfino and Mrett Sharkey (formerly of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney) have followed their example, founding Three Bridge Wealth Advisors. The four founders of Old Lane (Citigroup) and their executive director, Guru Ramakrishnan, at the end of 2009 launched the hedge fund Meru Capital Group (EUR200m in assets), while Justin Kennedy (formerly of Deutsche Bank) is preparing to launch a real estate fund. Florian de Sigy, director of structured products for Europe at Deutsche bank, has launched a hedge fund management firm, Gamma Finance, with Javier Rodriguez, a former director of Barclays Global Investors. Lastly, Andrew Bodner has joined his father Martin, also formerly of UBS, to found a firm in New Jersey, while Arié Assayag (formerly of SocGen) has joined 30 senior managers to launch a hedge fund.
06/04/2010

software-systems launches a “3D” fund ratings concept

The Austrian firm software-systems will on 5 May launch its new three-dimensional ratings concept, FER3D, at the Finance & Ethics (FER) conference. The components will include fund risk ratings according to European regulatory standards, performance in comparison with other funds in the same peer group, and ethical/dynamic EDA ratings (see Newsmanagers of 13 July 2009).
06/04/2010

ABP confirms interest in microfinance

ABP, the pension fund for Dutch civil servants, has invested USD30m (EUR22.3m) in a global private equity microfinance fund from Grassroots Capital, says IPE.com. It means ABP’s holding in microfinance debt and private equity has now grown to USD215m since it first invested $5m in this strategy with Dexia Asset Management in 2005.
06/04/2010

Coordinator appointed for joint ACP-AMF unit

Danièle Nouy, secretary general of the French pension regulatory body Autorité de contrôle prudentiel (ACP), and Thierry Francq, secretary general of its financial counterpart, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AFP), on 2 April announced the appointment of the deputy secretary general for pension control, Fabrice Pesin, as coordinator of the joint ACP-AMF unit for supervision of relations between professionals and their clients, created by an ordnance passed on 21 January 2010. His counterpart at the AMF is Natalie Lemaire, director of the office for relations with savings investors. The coordinator has been appointed for a period of two years, and the position will be held alternately by individuals from the ACP and the AMF. Pesin has been appointed until 31 December 2011. From 1 January 2012, Lemaire will succeed him. Pesin, a graduate of the École Polytechnique and of the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Économique (ENSAE), and director of INSEE, joined the ACP in March 2010 as deputy secretary general.
06/04/2010

Offshore funds now integrated into IMA classification system

The British investment management association (IMA) on 2 April announced that it has now integrated offshore funds into its classification system. 91 funds will be included in 17 existing classes.About 180 funds were candidates for integration into the IMA grid; the association says that 69 more are nearing approval.
06/04/2010

Threadneedle to offer two tech funds

According to Citywire, Threadneedle is planning to transfer two US technology funds from its sister company Seligman into its Sicav. The two funds, Threadneedle Global Technology and Threadneedle US Communication, will thus be opened to investors in Europe.
06/04/2010

Gartmore teams up with Hermes in private equity

Gartmore has announced the completion of the joint venture with Hermes Fund Managers Limited to combine Private Equity fund of fund businesses into a new vehicle, Hermes GPE LLP. At inception, Hermes GPE LLP will have combined assets under management of GBP4.1 billion.
06/04/2010

Former Rambourg fund under watch

Fund Strategy reports that Hargreaves Lansdown has withdrawn the Gartmore European Absolute Return Fund from its “Wealth 150” list of recommended funds, following the suspension of its manager, Guillaume Rambourg.
06/04/2010

Wave of redemptions hits Nevsky Capital

Nevsky Capital, the USD7bn London hedge fund manager, was hit last week by more than USD1bn of redemption requests from investors seeking to leave its flagship hedge fund, Nevsky Fund. The outflows follow the disclosure that Martin Taylor and Nick Barnes, the fund’s two star managers, were planning to step down next spring, says the Financial Times. In a letter to investors, the fund’s directors said the fund was unlikely to continue after the pair left.
06/04/2010

Marcel Herbst joins Weston Capital

Hedge Week reports that Weston Capital Management has appointed Marcel Herbst as a member of the board of directors. Marcel Herbst, who was previously managing director at Harcourt, will be in charge of development for international activities and the creation of strategic partnerhships.
06/04/2010

Guillaume Rambourg violated procedures which had been in place since May 2009

Jeff Meyer, CEO of Gartmore, says the manager Guillaume Rambourg, who controls a 4% stake in the management firm, was dismissed last week for continuing to give instructions to the trading floors about brokers to be used in specific transactions, which has been forbidden since 15 May 2009. To do this, he did not use the Gartmore IT system, but the Bloomberg instant messenger system, the Sunday Times reports. Meyer, however, says he is convinced that Rambourg did not do this for personal profit. All communications external to the manager (email, instant messaging, phone calls and other data) will now be analysed by the law firm Clifford Chance, which will take three weeks.
02/04/2010

Les fusions et acquisitions progressent de 13% au premier trimestre 2010

Les opérations de fusions et acquisitions dans le monde ont progressé au premier trimestre de 13% par rapport aux trois premiers mois de 2009 à 470,8 milliards de dollars, selon les données communiquées par mergermarket. Ce chiffre marque toutefois un recul de 19% par rapport au premier trimestre 2008.C’est la zone Asie-Pacifique (hors Japon) qui a été la plus dynamique en ce début d’année avec un montant record d’opérations de 103 milliards de dollars, en hausse de 122% par rapport au premier trimestre 2009.L’Europe et les Etats-Unis sont en revanche en retrait. En Europe, l’activité a reculé de 3,6% à 114,4 milliards de dollars pour 823 transactions (-6,5% en volume). Il s’agit du plus faible résultat trimestriel enregistré depuis 1998. Aux Etats-Unis, l’activité a totalisé 148,7 milliards de dollars, en recul de 25% par rapport au premier trimestre 2009. Avec 661 transactions, le volume d’activité a reculé de 16% par rapport au premier trimestre 2009 et de 15% par rapport aux trois derniers mois de 2009. Dans le private equity, les opérations de buyout se sont accrues de 7% à 32,3 milliards de dollars, l’Europe représentant 44% de ce total. A noter enfin que les opérations annoncées de faillite ont chuté de 69,4% en valeur au premier trimestre 2010 par rapport au premier trimestre 2009 et de 90% par rapport au sommet du deuxième trimestre de l’an dernier. L’activité en valeur est à son plus bas niveau depuis le troisième trimestre 2008.
02/04/2010

Changement de stratégie chez 3i

Le britannique 3i a décidé d’ouvrir son pôle de capital-développement à des investisseurs extérieurs, rapporte la tribune. Originaires d’Asie, d’Amérique du Nord, d’Europe et du Moyen-Orient, ces derniers ont apporté un tiers des capitaux collectés dans le véhicule que la société vient de lever (400 millions d’euros sur 1,2 milliard) tandis que 3i puisait jusqu’ici uniquement dans les fonds propres de son holding coté. 3i a motivé cette décision de faire appel aujourd’hui à des capitaux extérieurs par les opportunités que recèle le marché.
02/04/2010

Axa Private Equity s'intéresse de près à KBC Private Equity

Selon la Tribune qui cite le quotidien belge « De Standaard » jeudi 1er avril, Axa Private Equity devrait racheter la filiale de capital-investissement de la banque belge KBC. Pour cette opération, Axa se serait associé avec le groupe d’investissement Sofina pour présenter une offre commune sur KBC Private Equity, qui emploie une trentaine de personnes et gère un portefeuille d’environ 350 millions d’euros.
02/04/2010

Whitehall et Cerberus prévoient d'introduire GSW en Bourse

Selon deux proches du dossier cités par Reuters, les fonds Whitehall de Goldman Sachs et le capital-investisseur Carberus devraient décider juste après Pâques quelle proportion du capital de la société allemande d’immobilier résidentiel GSW ils vont faire introduire en Bourse, rapporte la Börsen-Zeitung. Il est question de 500 millions d’euros sur des fonds propres de 950 millions. GSW devrait percevoir à cette occasion 150 millions d’euros pour réduire son endettement et procéder à quelques acquisitions.
02/04/2010

Mercer se renforce en Asie

La firme de conseil Mercer a recruté Stephen Roberts au poste nouvellement créé de responsable de la gestion des investissements dans la zone Asie-Pacifique et annonce son intention de se développer sur le marché de la multigestion dans la région.Stephen Roberts, qui était précédemment chez Russell Investments, managing director des services d’investissement dédiés à la clientèle institutionnelle dans la zone Australasie, prendra ses fonctions le 19 avril prochain à Sydney.

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