All Alternatives articles – Page 163
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UK pension trustees set to challenge managers
UK - A survey of pension funds has found that trustees are becoming more likely to question their investment managers over transaction costs and activism.
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Unigestion swings to profit, goes private
SWITZERLAND - Swiss alternative investments firm Unigestion – reporting a swing to profit in 2002 - is to take itself into private ownership.
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Germany to end fund discrimination
GERMANY – German finance minister Hans Eichel announced today that as of 2004 foreign funds will no longer be discriminated against, following pressure from asset managers, organisations and the European Parliament.
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Pioneer to offer hedge funds in UK
UK – Pioneer Investments, UniCredito’s fund management arm, is to offer its range of hedge funds to UK institutional investors.
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Io Investors makes hires in UK push
UK – Manager of managers firm Io Investors, part of South African financial services group Sanlam, has hired Old Mutual’s head of research as part of a UK push.
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EVCA launches 'good practice' for investor relations
“The success of any private equity and venture capital initiative depends on the establishment of a good relationship between the investors in the initiative and those establishing and managing it.” So opens the summary to the EVCA draft consultation paper on private equity good practice launched this month. The paper ...
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Why outperformance will continue
For many institutional investors, an Asset Liability Management (ALM) analysis forms the basis of their strategic investment policy. The investment policy is aimed at matching the growth in value of future assets relative to the growth of future liabilities. In that respect there are two important criteria: (a) the average ...
