All Alternatives articles – Page 154
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PGGM names new equities and fixed income heads
NETHERLANDS – The 49.7 billion-euro Dutch healthcare pension fund PGGM, which recently named a new chairman, has named new heads for equities and fixed income.
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Flexibility in matching pension liabilities
“Pension funds worldwide are in big trouble.” This bleak sentence starts a working paper on ‘How derivatives can help solve the pension fund crisis’, written by the Cass Business School1. Factors such as increasing life expectancy and changes in accounting rules have made it difficult for many pension fund managers ...
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Fund of funds gives focus to private equity investment
ATP Private Equity Partners was set up two and a half years ago to manage the global private equity investments on behalf of ATP and SP, the Danish supplementary pension arrangements. ATP Private Equity Partners combines the private equity incentive and co-investment model with the long-term capital source from an ...
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Alternative investments shifts efficiency frontier
In 2002 the Seventh Swedish National Pension Fund (AP7) added hedge funds and private equity to its portfolios. Prior to this decision, however, together with Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting, AP7 built a model that captures the key features of the Swedish pension system. In particular, the model takes into account ...
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Finland’s OP hires Nordea’s Backstrom as CIO
FINLAND – Magnus Backstrom has been appointed as chief investment officer for the OP Bank Group Insurance and Pensions.
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ABP wins IPE Gold Award for best European fund
EUROPE – The 144 billion-euro Dutch civil service pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has won the Gold Award for best European pension fund at the 2003 IPE Awards.
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Funds should manage core internally - IPE panel
NETHERLANDS - European pension funds should manage the core of their business internally, and outsource only the specialist areas of asset management to external managers.
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Schroders loses E2.6bn in institutional business
UK – Schroders said it lost 1.8 billion pounds (2.6 billion euros) of institutional business in the third quarter – although asset management has swung into profit.
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ABP says it's monitoring Alliance Capital situation
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP says that Alliance Capital, caught up in the US improper trading probe, will continue to manage money for the fund for now – though it would continue to monitor the situation closely.
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Janus says international chief Garland resigns
GLOBAL – Richard Garland has resigned as chief executive of Janus International and managing director of Janus Global Adviser, the company said.
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Standard AM hires 3-strong Invesco bond team
UK – Standard Asset Management has added to its emerging market bond team, hiring three of Invesco’s emerging market bond team.
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Baring AM hires Edgington as product head
UK – Baring Asset Management has hired Andrew Edgington from Northern Trust Global Investments to be head of product development.
