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21/08/2009

John Wood leaves Artemis for Aviva Investors

Aviva Investors has hired John Wood, who will join the firm on October 1, to manage the Aviva Investors UK Growth Fund and to contribute to the development of institutional activities in UK equities. Wood joins from Artemis Asset Management, where he was senior fund manager covering the United Kingdom and Europe. He was previously head of UK equities at Deutsche Asset Management.
21/08/2009

Carlyle to launch a fund in Chinese yuan

Carlyle is in advanced talks to set up a fund in China denominated in local currency, with assets of several billion yuan, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources familiar with the matter. This would be Carlyle’s second Chinese fund. KKR is also actively planning to create a fund denominated in Chinese yuan.
21/08/2009

Sparinvest stands out for ethical funds

Finance & Ethics Research has examined 100 funds on sale in Austria which use ethical and environmental investment criteria, Das Investment reports. Only two funds appear to be 100% sustainable: Espa WWF Stock Climate Change, and Espa WWF Stock Umwelt, both from Erste Sparinvest.
21/08/2009

Volatility set to persist in emerging markets, says Mobius

“Even though we are optimistic about the potential for growth on emerging markets, it must be borne in mind that volatility is likely to stay and will persist for a while longer,” says Mark Mobius, a specialist in the sector at Franklin Templeton Investments, in the most recent monthly review of emerging markets from the asset management firm. “We should thus expect both rising and falling movements. Due to the significant increases we have already observed, we should remain attentive to valuations and to long-term growth outlooks for results in order to avoid buying or holding overvalued shares. Current valuations are not above five-year peak levels, and are therefore not excessive,” he adds.
21/08/2009

Ratings downgrade for debt from several banks

Citing a risk of increased delays in payments of coupons, the ratings agency Fitch has lowered its ratings of hybrid securities from European banks including BPCE, Natixis, Dexia, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, ING and ABN AMRO, Les Echos reports.
21/08/2009

Performance improves in second quarter for FRR

In the first six months of the year, the French national pension fund, the Fonds de réserve pour les retraites (FRR), has earned net returns of +3.3%. “This performance is largely the result of a strong rebound on equities markets since the second half of the month of March,” the FRR comments. In first quarter, the fund lost 6.5%, while it gained 10.5% between April and June. This “has allowed the fund to return to a slightly positive annualised performance,” the fund adds. Annualised performance for the FRR, net of all financial and administrative operating costs, since its operational launch (June 2004), is +0.9%. Given these developments, total assets for the FRR as of 30 June total EUR28.8bn, a slight increase compared with the EUR27.7bn it held as of 31 December 2008. As of 30 June 2009, these assets were 48% invested in performance assets (equities, real estate, and commodities), and 52% in bond assets and cash awaiting investment deployment, the FRR states.
21/08/2009

UBS scandal brings in less money than expected for Swiss government

According to the Swiss newspaper Le Temps, the Swiss federal government will pocket CHF1.8bn over two and a half years, for its loan of CHF6bn to UBS, which translates to annual returns of 12.5%. Eight months after the launch of the operation, the Swiss government will see a net gain of CHF1.2bn. UBS will ultimately pay CHF1.8bn, but from this a sum of CHF439m must be deducted for sales of equities yesterday, 20 August, and transaction costs. In annualised terms, this net gain of CHF1.2bn will bring in returns of about 8.6%, the newspaper reports.
20/08/2009
Fonds

Credit Suisse AM lance un fonds sur des marchés émergents

Credit Suisse Asset Management vient de lancer le Credit Suisse SICAV One (Lux) Equity Middle East & North Africa (MENA), un fonds actions de droit luxembourgeois investi au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord. Le nouveau produit sera géré par Farid Samji, qui affiche 5 ans d’expérience dans la gestion de fonds MENA au Moyen-Orient. «La stratégie d’investissement repose sur une gestion active, recourant à une analyse tant top-down que bottom-up», indique CSAM, qui ajoute que l’indice de référence est le MSCI Arabia ex Saudi Arabia (Domestic).
Fonds
20/08/2009
Fonds

Des fonds sectoriels en grande forme

Selon les données d’Europerformance-SIX Telekurs portant sur les performances des fonds au cours des quinze premiers jours du mois d’août, la catégorie investie sur des valeurs foncières et titres immobiliers a été sensiblement plus performante que les catégories dites généralistes (fonds «actions françaises - Général» ; fonds «actions européennes - Général, etc). Leur progression moyenne est de 11,11 % avec pour les meilleurs comme HSBC Immobilier (HSBC) ou Stratégie Indice Pierre (Legal & General France), des hausses respectives de 14,98 % et 14,94 %. A titre de comparaison, les fonds composés de grandes valeurs françaises ont enregistré une hausse moyenne de 1,90 %, les meilleurs parvenant néanmoins à flirter avec les 10 %. A l’image de UFF Actions France A (UFF) ou Echiquier Quatuor (Financière de l’Echiquier) dont les gains sont de 9,70 % et 9,03 % respectivement. Les fonds investis sur les petites et moyennes capitalisations font mieux, notamment la catégorie spécialisée sur le vieux Continent. Son gain moyen atteint 3,94 % et les meilleurs fonds comme Echiquier Agenor (Financière de l’Echiquier) ou Metropole Smallcap (Metropole Gestion) affichent des hausses respectives de 8,34 % et 5,81 %.
Fonds
20/08/2009
Fonds

Nouveau fonds monétaire chez Invesco

Invesco commercialise en France un nouveau fonds de type «américain», Euro Liquidity Portfolio. Lancé en juin 2006 à destination des trésoriers et des investisseurs pour y placer des liquidités à court terme, le portefeuille avec 719 millions d’euros d’actifs sous gestion est composé de deux poches. La première, qui représente jusqu’à 30 % du portefeuille, a vocation à assurer une liquidité permanente quelles que soient les conditions de marché. Pour cela, elle est constituée de titres à maturité de 1 à 3 jours. La seconde poche est investie dans des titres de première qualité avec une maturité résiduelle de 397 jours maximum. Ces titres sont conservés jusqu'à leur échéance. En pratique, la maturité pondérée du portefeuille est d’environ 35 jours. Une quarantaine d'émetteurs composent le portefeuille. Ce fonds bénéficie de la notation de crédit la plus élevée, AAA. Sa performance entre le 31 juillet 2008 et le 31 juillet 2009 a été de 2,62 % contre 2,13 % pour l’eonia, sa référence. Caractéristiques du fonds Code Isin : IE00B15FG88 (capitalisation)/ IE0004904748 (part institutionnelle)/ IE0008005567 (capitalisation, part libellée en dollars) Montant de la part constante (hors capitalisation) : 1 euro Total Expense Ratio : 0,15 % Montant minimum d’investissement 150 000 euros
Fonds
20/08/2009

Macquarie acquiert Delaware Investments

L’australien Macquarie Group a annoncé mercredi l’acquisition de Delaware Investments, la société de gestion d’actifs de l’américain Lincoln Financial Group, pour 428 millions de dollars. Cette opération aux Etats-Unis permet au groupe australien d'étoffer ses encours de 125 milliards de dollars US, pour les porter à plus de 300 milliards de dollars. Elle s’inscrit dans le cadre de la stratégie de Macquarie de développer son activité de gestion d’actifs. Delaware, qui emploie 580 personnes, fournit des services d’investissement à des investisseurs particuliers et institutionnels. Son siège restera à Philadelphie et son équipe de professionnels de l’investissement continuera à servir ses clients comme avant, précise le communiqué de presse. Mais désormais, ces derniers se verront aussi offrir les stratégies d’investissement de Macquarie. L’inverse sera aussi possible pour les clients de Macquarie.
20/08/2009
Fonds

Bob Doll abandonne la gestion du fonds US Growth

Selon Citywire, BlackRock a procédé a quelques changements de gérants pour un certain nombre de fonds de sa gamme BGF. Le changement le plus notable est le remplacement de Bob Doll, le CIO actions mondiales, qui cède le contrôle du fonds BGF US Growth Fund (100 millions d’euros) au duo composé de Jeff Lindsay et Ed Dowd. Il continuera néanmoins à gérer ses autres fonds, précise Citywire.
Fonds
20/08/2009

Hausse des encours de Fidelity

Fidelity Investments a annoncé lors d’une présentation à Boston que ses fonds avaient affiché des souscriptions nettes de 44,2 milliards de dollars au premier semestre, rapporte le Wall Street Journal. Ses encours sous gestion ont augmenté de 9 % à 1.360 milliards de dollars.
20/08/2009
Fonds

La Chine attire les hedge funds

Selon le Wall Street Journal et Financial News, la Chine supplante Londres comme le domicile préféré des gérants spécialisés sur l’Asie et remplace le Japon dans le domaine des hedge funds asiatiques. Hedge Fund Research montre que 24 % des hedge funds spécialisés sur l’Asie sont désormais basés en Chine, soit une hausse de plus de 5 % par rapport à l’année dernière.
Fonds
20/08/2009

M&G et Invesco en tête des souscriptions

Au Royaume-Uni, les souscriptions aux fonds dédiés aux particuliers ont atteint des niveaux record au deuxième trimestre 2009, grâce à la fois à la faiblesse des taux d’intérêt sur les dépôts et au rallye du marché actions, relève Lipper FMI dans son dernier UK Fund Flash. Le trait le plus marquant de la période est le regain d’intérêt pour les fonds actions : 3 milliards de livres ont été investis dans cette classe d’actifs, dont 2,5 milliards provenant d’investisseurs particuliers. En termes de souscriptions nettes, les sociétés de gestion gagnantes du trimestre sont M&G, avec 1,4 milliard de livres et Invesco Perpetual avec 1,09 milliard. L’australien First State se positionne à la troisième place avec 603,6 millions de livres, devant BlackRock (515,7 millions), Jupiter (499,9 millions), Neptune (479,7 millions), BNY Mellon (456,4 millions), Threadneedle (381,9 millions), Scottish Widows (343,6 millions) et HSBC (302,6 millions).
20/08/2009

Normura en délicatesse avec un cabinet de recrutement

Selon la Tribune qui cite le «Times», Hogarth Davies Lloyds (HDL), cabinet de chasseurs de têtes, a porté plainte contre l’antenne britannique de la banque japonaise Nomura. En cause, le recrutement de deux cent cinquante anciens employés de Lehman Brothers par le groupe japonais via HDL qui aurait dû être payé entre 47 et 105 millions d’euros, estime le cabinet.
20/08/2009

Emplois maintenus chez Lloyds Banking Group

En dépit d'énormes difficultés, précise la Tribune, Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) annule cependant son projet de fermeture des 164 agences de la filiale Cheltenham et Gloucester.
20/08/2009

Fitch attribue un M1 à Alcentra

Fitch Ratings a attribué la note asset manager de M1 à Alcentra pour ses activités de gestion d’actifs européennes, laquelle remplace la note CAM1 pour les CDO. Cela fait suite au changement de méthodologie de l’agence pour noter les gestionnaires crédit.
20/08/2009

Morgan Stanley vend un immeuble à Shangai

Le groupe immobilier chinois SOHO China a annoncé avoir conclu le rachat d’un immeuble de bureaux à Shanghai à la banque Morgan Stanley pour 2,45 milliards de yuans (358,7 millions de dollars), indique les Echos.Loué à environ 30%, Soho China a précisé qu’il allait le restructurer.En raison de la crise, le taux de vacance dans les bureaux de Shanghai a atteint un record.
20/08/2009

Managers return to equities

The optimism of investors worldwide about the global economy reached its highest level in six years in August, according to the most recent survey of portfolio managers undertaken by Merrill Lynch. 75% of those surveyed think the global economy will get stronger in the next 12 months, which represents the highest level since November 2003, and an increase from the 63% seen in July. 70% of respondents predict that profits will increase at businesses in the next year, compared with 51% last month. This regain of optimism may also be observed in asset allocations. Exposure to equities increased strongly in one month, as 34% of managers surveyed are overweight in this asset class, compared with 7% in July, while the proportion of cash has fallen from 4.7% to 3.5%. The Risk and Liquidity indicator from Merrill Lynch has also increased to 41, its highest level in two years. The survey covered 204 managers representing assets of USD554bn.
20/08/2009

Fitch rates Alcentra M1

Fitch Ratings has awarded an asset manager rating of M1 to Alcentra for its European asset management activities, replacing the rating of CAM1 for CDOs. The new rating follows changes to the agency’s methodology for rating credit managers.
20/08/2009

Agreement between UBS and the United States

Les Echos reports that UBS, which has faced a series of legal actions over a tax evasion scandal, signed a definitive out-of-court settlement with the US authorities on Wednesday, 19 August. The agreement states that the names of 4,450 account-holders at UBS will be handed over to the US tax authorities. The agreement between Switzerland and the United States also provides for “further requests for administrative cooperation relating to approximately 4,450 accounts,” less than the 52,000 accounts initially claimed by the United States authorities, a press statement from the Swiss government points out.
20/08/2009

Agreement between UBS and US tax authorities unveiled

An agreement with the US tax authorities has been announced, which will free UBS from having to pay another fine, Le Temps reports. Swiss legal procedure has also been respected, and taxpayers’ right to hearing in a court of law has been maintained. Ultimately, the names of about 4,450 account-holders will be disclosed to the United States, though the IRS, the US tax authority, was seeking 52,000 names. It will certainly get 4,500, and may get as many as 10,000 names, the newspaper reports. According to the IRS, total assets held in Swiss bank accounts by the 4,450 people whose names will be handed over to the tax authorities may at some times have totalled “over USD18bn.” The IRS says it is pleased that “the Swiss government has undertaken to examine and handle other demands for information about account-holders at other banks,” in cases “equivalent” to those at UBS. The Swiss confederation, for its part, has decided to sell its CHF6bn stake in UBS. The convertible bonds held by the Swiss federal government will be converted into equities, probably on 25 August, and then sold to institutional investors, UBS says. A further issue of 332 million new shares (for a total value of CHF5.56bn currently) will also be held.
20/08/2009

Bob Doll replaced as manager of US Growth fund

Citywire reports that BlackRock has made some changes to its line-up of managers for several funds of the BGF range. The most notable change is that Bob Doll, CIO for global equities, will now hand over control of the BGF US Growth Fund (EUR100m) to a two-man team composed of Jeff Lindsay and Ed Dowd. He will nonetheless continue to manage his other funds, Citywire reports.
20/08/2009

Invesco releases a money market fund

Invesco is releasing a new “American-style” fund in France, called Euro Liquidity Portfolio. The fund, launched in June 2006, is aimed at corporate treasurers and investors, and allows them to invest short-term liquidities. The portfolio, totalling EUR719m, is composed of two parts. One of them, which represents up to 30% of the portfolio, aims to provide continual liquidity, regardless of market conditions. To achieve this, it is composed of securities with maturity dates of 1 to 3 days. The second part is invested in top-quality securities, with residual time until maturity of up to 397 days. These are retained until they mature. In practice, the average time to maturity for the entire portfolio taken together is about 35 days. Securities in the portfolio come from 40 issuers. The fund carries the highest possible credit rating, AAA. Its performance between 31 July 2008 and 31 July 2009 was 2.62%, compared 2.13% for the Eonia, its benchmark index.
20/08/2009

China attracts hedge funds

The Wall Street Journal and Financial News report that China is replacing London as the preferred place of domicile for managers specialised in Asia, and that it is replacing Japan as home to Asian hedge funds. Hedge Fund Research finds that 24% of hedge funds specialised in Asia are now based in China, an increase of more than 5% compared with last year.

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