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02/10/2009
Fonds

Les garantis ont plombé le résultat de septembre

Marcelo Casadejús, directeur du marketing d’Ahorro Corporación, estime que si les fonds espagnols ont accusé des remboursements nets en septembre (de 1,2 milliard d’euros) après des souscriptions nettes en août, cela s’explique principalement par l’arrivée à échéance des fonds garantis. Cinco Días indique que le BBVA a ainsi remboursé 900 millions d’euros et Ahorro Corporación, près de 160 millions.
Fonds
02/10/2009
Fonds

Les Del Pino retirent les trois quarts des fonds d'une de leurs sicav

Cinco Días rapporte que Casa Grande de Cartagena, le family office de la famille Del Pino (qui contrôle Ferrovial), a fait retirer le 27 septembre par sa filiale Pactio Gestión un montant de 107,3 millions d’euros de la sicav Keeper Inversiones. Cela représente 75,34 % de l’encours de cette dernière à fin juin. Keeper Inversiones avait accusé une perte de 174 millions en 2008.
Fonds
02/10/2009
Fonds

Un fonds infrastructures de Henderson perd 2/3 de sa valeur

Selon Financial News Online, Henderson Group négocie avec des investisseurs et des banques en vue de refinancer le fonds infrastructures, Henderson PFI Secondary Fund II, qui a perdu 66 % de sa valeur, entre sa levée en 2006 et la fin juin. Cette chute est attribuable à un investissement réalisé il y a trois ans dans John Laing, précise Financial News, qui a lu ces informations dans un rapport envoyé aux investisseurs.
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02/10/2009
Fonds

Un fonds d’investissement porte plainte contre Cadbury

Le Steward International Enhanced Value Index Fund, qui est investi selon des principes bibliques et chrétiens, a porté plainte aux Etats-Unis contre Cadbury, dont il détient 6.720 actions, rapporte le Financial Times. Le fonds américain avance que le conseil d’administration du groupe britannique a enfreint ses devoirs fiduciaires en rejetant l’offre de 10,2 milliards de livres de Kraft.
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02/10/2009

SLI recrute chez BlackRock sa directrice du marketing

Nuala G. Walsh a été nommée responsable marketing (head of marketing) chez Standard Life Investments (SLI). Elle sera subordonnée à Rod Paris, directeur des investissements. Depuis 2000, elle était managing director, responsable du marketing international chez BlackRock.
02/10/2009

PA Pension Trustees choisit BlackRock

Le fonds de pension britannique PA Pension Trustees Ltd (410 millions de livres) a sélectionné BlackRock comme gestionnaire fiduciaire. Les deux protagonistes ont développé ensemble une stratégie d’investissement «holistique» correspondant aux préoccupations spécifiques des administrateurs.
02/10/2009
Fonds

EFG lance un fonds obligataire

EFG Private Bank, la filiale basée à Londres d’EFG International, a lancé un fonds obligataire en partenariat avec Stratton Street Capital. Le New Capital Wealthy Nations Bond Fund est un fonds Ucits III domicilié en Irlande qui vise une rentabilité de l’ordre de 8 % et le maintien d’une qualité de crédit moyenne de single A.
Fonds
02/10/2009

Impax change de nom

La société de gestion cotée sur l’AIM Impax et spécialisée dans le secteur de l’environnement a décidé de changer de nom pour s’intituler Impax Asset Management Group plc. Cette modification reflète la priorité donnée par la société à la gestion d’actifs. Les actifs sous gestion s'élevaient au 31 août à 1,13 milliard de livres.
02/10/2009

"Les dérivés sont pour nous un moyen d'accéder au risque"

Avec trois autres professionnels de l'investissement au sein de l'équipe dérivés, elle-même logée dans la partie gestion alternative de F&C Management, Christopher (Chris) Childs est responsable d'environ 1,1 milliard d'euros. Le gestionnaire britannique se distingue avec un fonds de performance absolue combinant le "cash" et les dérivés, un produit luxembourgeois conforme à la directive OPCVM III qui est déjà commercialisé en Allemagne.
02/10/2009
Fonds

Obligations convertibles : la base d’investisseurs s’est accrue aux dépens des hegde funds

Sur le marché des obligations convertibles les entreprises non financières et les investisseurs à l’horizon de placement long-terme exercent désormais une influence bien plus importante au détriment des hedge funds, note L’Agefi suisse. «En effet, l’an dernier, principales victimes de la crise, les fonds spéculatifs n’ont pas eu d’autre choix que de se délester à prix bradés de la plupart de leurs positions, pressées par le besoin urgent de liquidités. Ce qui a eu pour résultat de stabiliser le marché, d’élargir la palettes d’investisseurs et, ainsi, d’accroître les liquidités», explique Hart Woodson, directeur général de Advent Capital Management (ACM).
Fonds
02/10/2009

Hester Borrie membre du directoire de Robeco

Hester Borrie a été nommée membre du directoire du groupe Robeco. Issue de Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) où elle est restée plus d’une dizaine d’années et où elle occupait dernièrement le poste de managing director for sales, elle sera responsable des pôles Global Distribution et Marketing. Parallèlement, Roderick Musnters, CEO, va assurer durant les prochains mois l’intérim pour la direction du pôle Mainstream Investments .
02/10/2009
Fonds

3A lance un fonds de hedge funds 100 % Ucits III

Alternative Asset Advisors (3A), la division d’investissements alternatifs de Syz & Co Group, annonce le lancement d’un nouveau fonds de hedge funds, 3A Dynamic Ucits III. Ce produit, qui est un compartiment de la Sicav luxembourgeoise Oceano, présente la particularité d’investir uniquement dans des fonds Ucits III, un univers qui grandit rapidement, selon 3A, et se compose désormais d’environ 200 hedge funds. Le fonds, qui est lui aussi conforme à la directive Ucits, III, sera investi dans 18 à 25 sous-jacents. Destiné à une clientèle exclusivement professionnelle, 3A Dynamic Ucits III vise un objectif de rendement de 6-8 % par an, avec une volatilité limitée à 2-4 %. Il sera disponible en 3 devises (dollar, euro et franc suisse) et se composera de plusieurs classes d’actions. Il offre une liquidité bi-mensuelle, en ligne avec la liquidité des sous-jacents.
Fonds
02/10/2009

Skandia s’associe avec EFG en Suisse

Skandia Vie Suisse s’associe avec EFG Financial Products, concepteur de produits financiers et structurés du groupe de gestion de fortune zurichois EFG International, dans le but de se renforcer dans le domaine de la prévoyance, rapporte L’Agefi suisse. Ils proposeront ensemble un produit structuré baptisé Safety Plan 3a , destiné à une clientèle grand public dans la tranche d’âge des 25-40 ans.
02/10/2009

Old Mutual launches a bond fund

Old Mutual Asset Managers is to launch a bond fund domiciled in Dublin for the head of fixed income Stewart Cowley. The fund will be launched in December, and will be based on the same investment strategy as the Global Strategic Bond fund, domiciled in the United Kingdom, and also managed by Cowley. The fund will be attentive to its benchmark, without being dependent on the benchmark. In other words, it will not adopt positions for the simple reason that they are found in the index.
02/10/2009

Henderson infrastructure fund loses 2/3 of its value

According to Financial News Online, Henderson Group is in talks with investors and banks in a bid to refinance an infrastructure fund, Henderson PFI Secondary Fund II, whose value fell by 66% between 2006 and the end of June. The drop is linked to an investment made 3 years ago in John Laing, adds Financial News, which obtained a report sent to investors.
02/10/2009

EFG launches a bond fund

EFG Private Bank, the London-based affiliate of EFG International, has launched a bond fund in partnership with Stratton Street Capital. New Capital Wealthy Nations Bond Fund is a UCITS III fund domiciled in Ireland, which aims for returns of about 8%, and which maintains an average credit quality of single A for bonds in the portfolio.
02/10/2009

Funds will take 3-4 years to regain their levels at the end of 2007

According to Mariano Rabadán, president of the Inverco association of asset management firms, investment and pension funds will need three to four years to regain the asset volumes of EUR415bn seen at the end of 2007, when the crisis set in, Expansión reports. They are expected to finish 2009 with assets under management of EUR315-320bn.
02/10/2009

3A launches a 100% UCITS III fund of hedge funds

Alternative Asset Advisors (3A), the alternative investment division of the Syz & CO Group, announced on Thursday the launch of a new fund of hedge funds, 3A Dynamic UCITS III. This product, a sub-fund of the umbrella Luxembourg Sicav Oceano, invests in UCITS III hedge funds, a universe which is increasing rapidly, according to 3A. At present there are approximately 200 such hedge funds. The fund, which is itself also compliant with the requirements of the UCITS III directive, comprises between 18 and 25 positions. 3A Dynamic UCITS III, aimed at professional clients only, seeks to achieve a low volatility of 2-4% with a return objective of 6-8% p.a. The fund will be available in three different reference currencies (USD, EUR and CHF) and will include several share classes. It offers bi-monthly liquidity.
02/10/2009

Mediobanca pulls out of talks with Sal. Oppenheim

Mediobanca announced on Thursday that it is abandoning talks to acquire the originally German and Luxembourg-domiciled bank Sal. Oppenheim. The acquisition of these activities would have been possible only at the price of cost reductions impossible to put into action in the current environment, a spokesperson for Mediobanca explained to Reuters. According to sources close to the situation, other potential acquirers are said to be interested, including the UK bank Barclays and the Australian group Macquarie, which would seek to take control of all investment banking activities, an option which would be favoured by Sal. Oppenheim. Deutsche Bank, which dropped out of negotiations after its due diligence procedure, is said to be in discussions to buy a stake in the wealth management segment.
02/10/2009

MEAG places institutional and retail management under a single command

MEAG Munich Ergo Asset Management (EUR186bn in assets), a joint venture from Munich Ré and the primary insurer Ergo, announced on Thursday that it is placing its institutional management and its management on behalf of retail investors under the single direction of Robert Helm, who since 2003 had been head of the institutional clients division. For his part, Max Plank, who was director of retail distribution, becomes general director of the asset management firm MEAG KAG, the operational affiliate of MEAG AM.
02/10/2009

KKR-KPE merger completed

KKR Private Equity Investors (KPE) and KKR & Co on Thursday announced that they have completed their merger, and that KPE will now become known as KKR Guernsey. Shares in the merged firm will be listed from this Friday on Euronext Amsterdam. Citi was the sole financial advisor to KPE in the deal, while Lazard was the financial advisor to the independent directors of KPE.
02/10/2009

Bank of America chief to depart

Kenneth Lewis, CEO of Bank of America (BofA), will be leaving his job at the end of 2009, La Tribune reports, after announcing in a letter to his colleagues that the mergers with Merrill Lynch and Countrywide [the insurer the bank acquired in 2008 -ed] were near completion and already profitable. The decision comes as judge Rakoff has rejected an agreement between the bank, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the US market regulator (SEC) over USD5.8bn in bonuses paid by Merrill Lynch after it was acquired, with the approval of BofA, the newspaper reports.
02/10/2009

Invesco favourite to acquire Van Kampen

StartFragment--> Invesco has emerged as the front-runner to buy Morgan Stanley’s Van Kampen fund business, according to people familiar with the matter quoted by the Wall Street Journal. The deal, estimated to be worth USD1 billion to USD2 billion, would likely increase Invesco’s assets under management to about USD550 billion and leave Morgan Stanley with a minority stake in Invesco.
02/10/2009

Fast times for SRI funds

According to Wim Vermier, a member of the executive board at Dexia Asset Management in charge of investment management, European SRI funds posted net subscriptions last year corresponding to 5.6% of their assets as of the end of 2007, while conventional funds have undergone net redemptions of 6% in the same period. This trend continued in first half 2009, when net inflows to SRI funds were higher than those to traditional funds. As of the end of July, SRI assets at Dexia AM totalled EUR17.5bn, of which EUR4.6bn were in the form of funds, and EUR12.9bn in custom SRI solutions.
02/10/2009

Gains of over 60% in 2009 for the best funds invested in French equities

From the beginning of the year to 25 September, according to data from Teleperformance SIX telekurs, the category of funds invested in French equities has posted average returns of 24.15%. Pluvalca France, managed by La Financière d’Arbevel, tops the rankings, with gains of 63.82%. It is true that in the fund from La Financière d’Arbevel small and midcaps represent 15% to 20% of the portfolio. On average, funds invested in this asset class have gained 34.42% since the beginning of the year, and the fund at the top of the rankings in this category is the Pluvalca France Small Caps fund, which has gained 67.01%.
02/10/2009

Espa closes subscriptions to New Europe Basket 2014 a week early

Erste Sparinvest (Espa) announced on Thursday that on 2 October, rather than 9 October, it will be closing subscriptions to its new fund of government bonds from countries of central and eastern Europe, entitled Espa New Europe Basket 2014 (see Newsmanagers of 15 September). According to the product manager, Edwin Triebling, the move comes as a result of high demand and a strong rise in the price of government bonds from central and eastern European countries recently. On the basis of current data, the fund is expected to return a minimum of 5% (it had initially aimed for returns of 5.25%). In light of the scale of demand, Espa is proposing to launch a new fund which will use the same investment strategy, with subscriptions to open for the new product on 9 November 2009.
02/10/2009

Cadbury sued by a fund

Steward International Enhanced Value Index Fund, which invests according to biblical and Christian principles, filed a legal complaint in the US alleging that Cadbury’s board breached its fiduciary duties by rejecting Kraft’s GBP10.2bn takeover approach. The US mutual fund holds 6,720 Cadbury shares.
02/10/2009

Hearings in US class action suit against Vivendi open 5 October in New York

The opening of a class action lawsuit against Vivendi will take place on 5 October in New York, in the presence of Frédéric-Karel Canoy, who initiated the suit in France, and who will represent French shareholders in the case, with the assistance of an American lawyer. French shareholders represent nearly 67% of shareholders in Vivendi, excluding French and foreign institutional investors. In a verdict in 29 September 2009, the high court in Paris ruled that information diffused by Vivendi was misleading and false. In addition, it appears that Jean-Marie Messier may soon face a prison sentence.

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