All Alternatives articles – Page 105
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“Vast weight” of institutional real estate cash
UK – There’s a “vast weight” of institutional cash chasing commercial real estate in the UK, according to warehouse property firm Brixton.
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Big UK schemes warm to private equity
UK – Representatives of some of the largest UK pension funds have come out in favour of private equity as an asset class – though they say a “new professionalism” is needed.
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Clayton joins Pension Real Estate Association
REAL ESTATE – The Pension Real Estate Association has named James Clayton as its new Director of Research as of today (September 1).
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Bexley, Lincolnshire name new managers
UK – The Bexley and Lincolnshire local authority pension funds have separately named new asset managers.
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Insight floats real estate under Ross Goobey
REAL ESTATE - Insight Investment plans to raise £100m (€148m) in new capital when it floats its real estate fund management business, Invista, on the junior AIM market this month.
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Hedge funds - over the top?
In this month’s Off The Record, we look at the whether now or anytime is the right time for pension funds to be investing in hedge funds
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Sal. Oppenheim says it wins €60m hedge brief
GERMANY – Volkswagen Stiftung, a €2.4bn foundation that bears the German car giant’s name, has awarded German asset manager Oppenheim KAG with a €60m fund-of-hedge fund mandate, IPE has confirmed (Updates to name investor).
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ABP affiliate buys San Francisco office block
REAL ESTATE – A real estate firm co-owned by Dutch pension fund ABP and State Street has bought an office block in San Francisco.
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Alternatives make gradual headway
The take-up of alternatives as an asset class remains relatively weak despite one or two high profile exceptions to the rule, writes Gail Moss
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Knowing what lies behind hedge funds
Dutch pension funds’ growing interest in alternatives like hedge funds is having an impact on the middle and back offices of securities services providers, says Heather Mackenzie
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IPE-QUEST: Danish fund tenders currency overlay
DENMARK – A Danish pension fund has tendered up to $200m in currency overlay via IPE-Quest.
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Clwyd Pension Fund tenders GTAA
UK – The £800m (€1.2bn) Clwyd Pension Fund administered by Flintshire County Council has tendered a £40m Global Tactical Asset Allocation mandate.
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Dutch schemes ‘must keep check on hedge funds’
NETHERLANDS - New rules should be set under which pension funds can invest in hedge funds, says the largest labour union FNV Bondgenoten.
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LA Fire & Police to invest in pooled real estate
REAL ESTATE – The $13.6bn Los Angeles Fire & Police Pension System has approved an investment in a commingled fund and signed off on some emerging manager guidelines.
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Fortis sets up green venture capital fund
NETHERLANDS – Fortis Venturing has set up a new venture capital fund for sustainable so-called ‘technostarters’ in the Netherlands.
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Henderson posts €4.3bn institutional outflow
UK – Henderson Global Investors had a £2.9bn (€4.3bn) outflow of institutional assets in the first half of 2006, the company said in its first-half report.
