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13/04/2010

Morningstar UK se renforce outre-Manche

Morningstar UK, la filiale britannique de Morningstar, a annoncé le 12 avril l’acquisition du fournisseur britannique de recherche indépendante, de notation et de conseil sur les fonds, OBSR (Old Broad Street Research), pour un montant de 11,95 millions de livres.L'équipe du fournisseur britannique (une trentaine de personnes), renommé «OBSR, a Morningstar company», analyse et recommande quelque 500 fonds domiciliés ou non au Royaume-Uni, ainsi que de nombreux autres produits comme les produits de retraite.
13/04/2010
Fonds

Skandia commercialise son fonds European Best Ideas au Royaume-Uni

Lundi, Skandia a annoncé qu’il va désormais distribuer son Skandia European Best Ideas Fund (240 millions d’euros) sur le marché britannique au travers de sa plate-forme Skandia Investment Solutions. Ce produit de droit irlandais géré par Skandia Investment Group (SIG) est confié à dix gérants stars externes qui investissent chacun dans dix lignes correspondant à leurs «meilleures idées» (lire notre article du 31 mars). Le lead portfolio manager est Lee Freeman-Shor et la performance du fonds a été de 5,41 points supérieure sur deux ans à l’indice MSCI Europe.
Fonds
13/04/2010

SG Private Banking renforce son dispositif dédié au Moyen-Orient

Société Générale Private Banking a annoncé lundi 12 avril l’ouverture d’un département «Moyen-Orient» à Genève et le recrutement de 5 conseillers privés exclusivement dédiés à la clientèle fortunée du Moyen-Orient. Christopher Urwick est nommé directeur du département composé de Claude Tendon, Amr Barakat, Sandra Bavaud et Nathalie Wyss, précise la banque dans un communiqué.Cette équipe est placée sous la responsabilité d’Eric Lorentz, directeur de la clientèle Moyen-Orient basé aux Emirats Arabes Unis, en charge de la coordination internationale de l’offre commerciale dédiée à cette clientèle.Avant de rejoindre Société Générale Private Banking en 2010 avec son équipe pour développer les activités de gestion de fortune de la banque privée vis-à-vis de la clientèle arabe, Christopher Urwick, 47 ans, était responsable depuis 1993 du département Moyen-Orient au sein de la Lloyd’s Bank.
13/04/2010

Cerberus acquiert DynCorp

Le conseil d’administration de DynCorp International a accepté lundi une offre d’acquisition émanant de fonds du capital-investisseur Cerberus Capital Management et portant sur environ 1,5 milliard de dollars, dette comprise. Les actionnaires percevront 17,55 dollars par action, ce qui représente une prime d’environ 49 % sur le cours de clôture de 11,75 dollars le 9 avril et d'à peu près 50 % sur la moyenne du cours de clôture sur les 90 dernières séances. L’acquisition du groupe de défense sera autofinancé en partie par Cerberus qui contractera en complément des prêts de Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets, Barclays Bank et Deutsche Bank Securities.La transaction devrait être bouclée au troisième ou au quatrième trimestre, mais DynCorp conserve la faculté de solliciter d’autres offres de tierces parties pendant 28 jours. Le dédit serait de 30 millions de dollars.
13/04/2010

Nominations chez CalPERS

CalPERS (California Public Employees’ Retirement System) a annoncé le 12 avril plusieurs nominations, notamment celle de Larry Jensen au poste de Assistant Executive Officer des services administratifs du fonds de pension californien. Depuis 15 ans chez CalPERS, Larry Jensen était chief auditor depuis 2002.Kim Malm est nommée Interim Assistant Executive Officer pour la division Health Benefits, Alan Milligan devient actuaire en chef de CalPERS, tandis que Danny Brown prend la direction du bureau des affaires gouvernementales.
13/04/2010

Henderson confirme s'intéresser à RidgeWorth

Lundi 12 avril, Henderson Group, prenant en compte les rumeurs qui circulent dans les médias, a confirmé être en pourparlers au sujet de l’acquisition potentielle de certaines des activités de l’américain RidgeWorth Capital Management Inc (63,1 milliards de dollars d’encours), filiale de SunTrust Banks Inc. Le gestionnaire britannique souligne toutefois que les négociations sont toujours en cours et qu’il n’y a aucune certitude qu’elles aboutiront.
13/04/2010
Fonds

Van Eck lance un ETF de petites capitalisations latino-américaines

Jeudi soir, Van Eck Global a annoncé le lancement du Market Vectors Latin America Small-Cap Index ETF (acronyme LATM sur NYSE Arca), qui se veut le premier ETF ouvert coté aux Etats-Unis permettant aux souscripteurs d’investir dans les petites capitalisations latino-américaines qui font partie du Market Vectors Latin America Small-Cap Index. Ce dernier comporte actuellement 81 valeurs de sociétés affichant une capitalisation boursière d’au moins 150 millions de dollars et un volume de transactions journalier minimum d’un million de dollars sur trois mois. Actuellement, les trois secteurs les plus importants sont les matériaux (26 %), les biens de consommation discrétionnaires (23 %) et les industrielles (14 %).Le taux de frais ressort à 0,63 % en net.Le LATM est le 25ème ETF de la gamme Market Vectors de Van Eck, une gamme qui pèse environ 13,5 milliards de dollars d’encours.
Fonds
13/04/2010
Fonds

Les ETF de Schwab franchissent la barre du milliard de dollars

Charles Schwab Corp a indiqué que l’encours de ses huit ETF a désormais franchi la barre du milliard de dollars, alors que les actifs sous gestion au 3 février se trouvaient encore à 570 millions de dollars, rapporte The Wall Street. Les quatre premiers produits ont été lancés voici tout juste cinq mois, les quatre autres ont suivi en décembre et janvier.
Fonds
13/04/2010

La Deutsche Bank crée une coentreprise en Arabie saoudite

Lundi, la Deutsche Bank a annoncé la création de Deutsche Gulf Finance, une coentreprise dans laquelle sa succursale de Riyad détient 40 % et dont les 60 % restants sont contrôlés par un groupe d’investisseurs saoudiens animé par Fahad Abdullah Abdulaziz Al Rajhi. Cette société a pour objet un financement de logements conforme à la charia. Initialement, Deutsche Gulf Finance aura un capital de 110 millions de dollars et se limitera au financement immobilier en Arabie saoudite. Ensuite, l’activité sera étendue à Bahreïn, au Qatar et au Koweit.
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

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

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

Aurel BGC cautious about bond markets

Jean-Louis Mourier, an economist at Aurel BGC, says in an interview with Agefi that several factors argue in favour of a continued rise in long-term interest rates, particularly in the UK and the US. The recovery may prove surprisingly strong, and inflation may remain higher than anticipated when basic effects fade away, despite the persistence of large amounts of unused production capacities, he says.
12/04/2010

LCH.Clearnet extends its SwapClear service to Ireland and Switzerland

The specialist group LCH.Clearnet on 8 April announced that it has been granted permission by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to extend its settlement service for swaps and fixed income assets, SwapClear, to Ireland and Switzerland. The change in the area covered by the service will allow institutional investors to process their transactions via member agencies in the United States, France, Germany, Ireland, and Switzerland. SwapClear handles about 40% of the global market in swaps and fixed income assets.
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

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

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

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

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.
12/04/2010

New contract for BNY Mellon

The University of Ohio has contracted BNY Mellon Asset Servicing to provide custody services for its long-term fund, the Ohio State Endowment Fund. The fund has nearly USD2bn in assets. BNY Mellon succeeds State Street in this role.
12/04/2010

Small Wall Street businesses facing rising tide of cyber-attacks

Les Echos reports that a growing number of US businesses are falling victim to market manipulations initiated by spam emails which spread false information about them. The spam messages target small companies with low liquidity and low daily trading volumes in particular, especially companies whose share prices are low, which are not listed on the major organized markets (NASDAQ or NYSE), and which generally release limited amounts of public information to the markets.
12/04/2010

Eurazeo considering capital increase

Les Echos reports that the investment holding company Eurazeo is currently considering a capital increase, in order to regain some manoeuvering room when the LBO markets recover. It may raise as much as EUR500m.
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.

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