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Two third of investors expect to reach private equity allocations
Fears over fundraising and commitment defaults look set ... A survey of 107 investors by secondaries firm ... The study showed 28% of North American investors ... In 2004 Coller conducted the same survey and ... Jeremy Coller, founder of Coller Capital, said private ... In the boom period before last summer's credit...
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Property developer launches rights issue for expansion
French property group Klepierre has become the latest ... Klepierre announced today that it will raise €356m ... The capital will be used to finance its ... The issuance is fully underwritten by its main ... This follows the news that UK energy company ... Daniel Stillit, a special situations analyst at UBS,...
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Employee suspended as Caisse d'Epargne quits prop trading on €600m loss
French mutual bank Groupe Caisse d'Epargne today suspended ... A spokeswoman for the bank said this afternoon ... She added that the bank has suspended its ... Dow Jones Newswires earlier today reported that Caisse ... The bank said in a statement this morning: ... Caisse d'Epargne said that the loss won't affect...
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Ex-SG investment bank chief takes helm of €3 trillion funds arm
The former head of Société Générale's investment banking ... Jean-Pierre Mustier has been appointed head of global ... The appointment comes three months after Michel Pérétié ... Mustier replaces Alain Clot as head of SGAM ... Sylvie Rucar, the chief operating officer of global...
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French hedge fund hit by Lehman losses
ADI, one of France’s oldest and best known ... Although a large number of hedge funds that ... ADI, which stands for Alternative Derivatives & Investments, ... The suspension and closure to redemptions of five ... The affected funds incurred losses from direct exposures...
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Philippe boutique scoops family mandate
Pan-Holding, one of Europe's oldest mutual funds, has ... Pan-Holding, a $271m (€191m) global equities fund, was ... The hiring of Philippe Investment Management to run ... The two had previously worked together managing the ... Béatrice now takes charge alongside her co-chief investment...
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UBS appoints new head of wealth in France
UBS has appointed a new head of wealth ... Thierry de Chambure has been appointed as chairman ... De Chambure had been head of small and ... He takes over from Gabriel Castello, who has ... The Swiss bank also said today that it ... It now has a presence in 10 French ... -- Write to Dawn Cowie at dcowie@efinancialnews.com...
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France ponders professional investment exams
Asset managers and buyside analysts in France may ... An advisory group led by AMF board member ... The AMF will now consult the asset management ... Pinatton's report noted: "In international markets, and in ... It added: "With respect to the Paris financial ... Representatives from the main French investment services trade...
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SGAM takes an alternative view
Alain Clot, chief executive of Société Générale Asset ... Hedge funds and other alternatives are central to ... Last month, the division came under new leadership. ... He said: “Last year was a horrible year ... One investment consultant said he liked Société Générale’s...
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Money market funds recover appeal in first quarter
Money market funds, low-risk investment products that are ... There was a net inflow of €82bn ($127bn) ... That followed the decision by BNP Paribas Investment ... Bernard Delbecque, director of economics and research at ... "Money market funds played a big role in...
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Edhec finds growing interest in ETFs
European investors are increasingly keen on low cost ... The French business school Edhec asked 111 asset ... Across all four types of passive products - ... The Edhec researchers led by Professor Noël Amenc ... It can be seen that exchange traded funds ... Only 11% of the investors canvassed by Edhec...
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EFG International buys French wealth manager
EFG International has bought the Paris-based wealth manager ... SGP was founded in 2004 by Fabrice Moulle-Berteaux ... EFG International said in a statement that both ... “SGP benefits from strong forward momentum, from start-up...
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French private bank ends family dynasty with outside appointment
Banque Martin Maurel is to appoint Patrice Henri ... Henri is to replace Bernard Maurel, 76, who ... The Marseilles-based bank, which can trace its origins ... Henri was promoted within the bank from his ... The former head of private investment management for ... In an interview L'agefi, Henri said the bank...
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Private bank takes stake in multi-family office
Banque Degroof, the Brussels-based private bank, has bought ... As part of the deal, Aforge will take ... The two groups will continue to remain completely ... In a statement, both Aforge and Degroof said ... Aforge was set up in 1995 by Damien ... Degroof already has a presence in the French...
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BNP Paribas Private Bank launches philanthrophy service
BNP Paribas Private Bank has launched a new ... The new service - the BNP Paribas Foundation ... A spokeswoman at the bank said: "We ... Since the foundation's launch, the bank said it ... As part of the launch, BNP Paribas inaugurated ... Dr Ibrahim was awarded the Grand Prix for...
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SocGen finds over 1,000 rogue trades in Kerviel probe
An internal investigation at French bank Société Générale ... The revelations were published today by SG as ... SG’s general inspection department confirmed in its findings ... The report highlighted 947 transactions by Kerviel that ... It also referred to 115 occasions that involved...
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Comment: Untapped millionaires in Europe’s postal banks
Various knowledgeable people in wealth management often point ... This is shown most vividly by the differences ... Normally the gap is somewhere around the couple ... Even allowing for any statistical disparities in the ... Some very rich people actively avoid wealth managers,...
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BNP Paribas may take fresh look at SG
French bank BNP Paribas may revive its interest ... Bouton’s decision to step down and the fact ... BNP Paribas shelved plans for a takeover on ... They added that his successor, Frederic Oudéa, may ... Oudéa was responsible for overseeing Société Générale’s €5.5bn...
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