All Alternatives articles – Page 106
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Dutch institutional real estate reaches €29bn
NETHERLANDS – Dutch institutions’ investment in the real estate sector have surged to €29bn, according to De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).
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Rentokil details asset revamp
UK – Pest control firm Rentokil Initial, which is the process of closing its defined benefit pension fund, has revealed more details about the scheme’s switch into bonds.
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IPE-QUEST: Three new searches on system
GLOBAL – There are three new searches by European pension funds for euro zone debt, pan-European equities and currency alpha on the IPE-Quest system.
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Nottinghamshire scheme makes real estate buy
UK – The £1.6bn (€2.6bn) Nottinghamshire County Council Pension Fund has bought an office building in the southern English town of Sutton for £13.33m.
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Clywd scheme goes unconstrained
UK – The £800m (€1.2bn) Flintshire County Council Clwyd Pension Fund has tendered a total of £145m in unconstrained fixed income and equities.
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Citigroup sets up pension solutions team
EUROPE - Citigroup has set up a European insurance and pensions structured solutions group in London under Wiltrud Heiss.
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BNP Paribas names global relationship manager
GLOBAL – BNP Paribas has appointed Scott Dickinson as global relationship manager in London covering the institutional investor and financial intermediaries client segment, focusing on alternative assets.
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IPE-QUEST: UK insurer tenders hedge funds
UK – A UK-based insurance company has tendered up to $100m (€77.7m) in long-short equity market neutral hedge funds via IPE-Quest.
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Ex-Schroders hedge CIO Parkin re-surfaces
UK - John Parkin, formerly chief investment officer of the fund of hedge fund team at Schroders, has re-surfaced at hedge fund group Aspect Capital.
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Pension funds offered multi-manager FX product
UK – Pension funds are being offered a new multi-manager foreign exchange product as a way to get exposure to the asset class.
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German institutions ‘still hedge fund sceptics’
GERMANY – German institutional investors are still very reluctant to put money into hedge funds, despite the 2004 liberalisation of the market, says FERI Institutional Advisors.
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UBS institutional AUM assets slip €9.5bn
SWITZERLAND – Institutional assets under management at UBS Global Asset Management slipped by CHF15bn (€9.5bn), or 3%, in the second quarter to CHF451bn due to currency and market effects.
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CalPERS names bond, real estate managers
US – California’s $205bn (€160bn) public pension giant CalPERS has named 16 managers for international fixed income, real estate equities and US global equities.
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Fidelity names German pensions sales head
GERMANY – Fidelity’s German arm has recruited Christof Quiring from rival Invesco for the new position of head of pensions sales, effective from October 1.
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UK coal scheme role for British Steel’s Debney
UK – LaSalle Investment Management has hired Richard Debney as European director and fund manager for the British Coal Schemes Pension Plan.
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Dresdner offers schemes new volatility funds
EUROPE – Dresdner is to launch two equity volatility funds aimed at pension funds and insurance companies next month.
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Schroders posts €6.8bn institutional outflow
UK – Schroders had a net outflow of institutional assets of £4.6bn (€6.8bn) and a decline in asset management profit in the first half.
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Deutsche suggests FX can save pensions
GLOBAL – Deutsche Bank says currencies can be the saviour for unfunded pension plans.
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East Sussex tenders up to €742m in FX
UK – The £1.18bn (€1.85bn) East Sussex County Council Pension Fund has tendered up to £500m in active currency overlay, a new move for the council.
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Ex-Mn Services’ Dijkhuis sets up own firm
NETHERLANDS - Jan-Willem Dijkhuis, former director of Dutch real estate investments at asset management firm Mn Services, has set up his own consultancy firm for the financial and real estate sector.
