All Alternatives articles – Page 134
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Features
European private equity: is there too much money being raised?
2005 will see significant capital raised in private equity with forecasts of some $230b to be raised globally and within this, Europe’s share is forecast to be $60b. The significant increase in Funds raised naturally leads investors to question whether this is a bubble with subsequent returns for private equity ...
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Clwyd strikes the right risk/return balance
Clwyd Pension Fund, currently valued at £611m (e884m), is one of a growing number of local government pension funds in the UK that have made substantial allocations to alternative investments. Alternatives now represent 22% of the fund’s total portfolio. Of this 4% is allocated to currency funds, 4% to private ...
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Infrastructure's class act
For pension funds the attraction of investing in infrastructure projects – roads bridges and airports – is that they can provide stable long-term returns and a good match for long-dated liabilities. However the drawback is that few pension funds have the expertise to assess the risk and returns of individual ...
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Commodities now the only ‘pure bull market’
GLOBAL - The only place where there is currently a pure bull market is in commodities, investment guru Jim Rogers told the SuperHedge conference today.
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German hedge fund market seen doubling
GERMANY - Hedge funds in Germany are set to double from an investment of currently €15bn to €30bn euros by 2007, the SuperHedge conference was told today.
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UBS could lose €915m AP1 emerging market assets
SWEDEN – AP1 may pull up to SEK8.3bn (€915m) in emerging market assets from a UBS structured product and award them to new managers.
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ABP outlines post-Frijns board composition
NETHERLANDS – The €168bn,Dutch civil service scheme Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has announced the composition of its board when Roderick Munsters takes over from Jean Frijns.
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Non-domestics pile into French 50-year bond
FRANCE – Non French investors accounted for 88% of those who bought France’s new 50-year bond, demand for which exceeded the French debt agency’s forecast three-fold.
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Fortis nabs E&Y’s Collins for client role
EUROPE – Fortis Bank has appointed Ernst &Young’s Andrew Collins to the role of head of European client relationships.
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South Yorkshire invests in Hermes hedge funds
UK - The £2.7bn (€3.91bn) South Yorkshire Pensions Authority has made “an initial investment” in the Guernsey-domiciled fund of hedge funds vehicle launched by Hermes Pensions Management.
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Gartmore’s Frankfurt sales director steps down
GERMANY - UK asset manager Gartmore has confirmed that Anke Frémion will step down as sales director in its Frankfurt office, effective March 31 2005.
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DeAM, SSGA, BGI lose Shropshire mandates
UK – Deutsche Asset Management, State Street Global Advisers and Barclays Global Investors have lost equity mandates worth a combined £160m (€231m) after a shake-up at Shropshire County Council Pension Fund.
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Union Investment posts rise in 2004 AUM
GERMANY -- German institutional fund provider Union Investment has recorded €3.7bn in net investor inflows last year.
