All Alternatives articles – Page 164
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Ex-Watson Wyatt consultant joins Paamco
EUROPE – Stephen Oxley, former senior investment consultant at Watson Wyatt is to head up Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company’s (Paamco) new European hedge fund of funds operations in London.
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Ansbacher in European multi-manager push
EUROPE – Ansbacher is making a push into the growing European multi-manager market and has hired Jeremy Beswick to spearhead the offensive.
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Sweden's AP1 announces double-digit loss for 2002
SWEDEN – AP-1, the 117.1 billion Swedish krone (12.8 billion euro) first Swedish national pension fund, has posted a loss of 13.8% for 2002, and has announced changes to its asset allocation following an ALM study....
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GSAM names European equity heads
EUROPE – Goldman Sachs Asset Management has named Hywel George and Stuart McPherson as its new co-chief investment officers for its European equity business.
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European CIOs see assets rising in 2003
EUROPE – Eighty percent of European chief investment officers surveyed by US risk measurement firm Barra are positive that assets under management will increase over 2003.
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Calpers seeks hedge fund boost
US – Investment staff at Calpers, the world’s second largest pension fund, are to recommend that the fund raise its one billion dollar (930 million euro) allocation to hedge funds when the fund’s investment committee meets in June.
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Pension funds rate Pictet top for custody
EUROPE – Pension funds have again rated Pictet as the best global custodian in the latest survey of the custody business by UK firm R&M Consultants.
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Odey launches pan-European UCITS
EUROPE – Odey Asset Management has launched a pan-European Dublin-registered UCITS targeting international and offshore investors.
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40% of PE fund of funds managers under threat
GLOBAL – Rapid growth in the private equity market may spell good news for fund of funds managers, but only those offering distinct strategies will last the duration, according to a report by London-based private equity research firm AltAssets.
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ABP hails “very rewarding” tie with SSgA
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioen Fonds ABP, Europe’s largest pension fund, says its two-year partnership with State Street Corp. in the State Street Global Alliance has proved “very rewarding”.
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Martin Currie hires private equity head
UK – Martin Currie has recruited Paul Murray of Deutsche Capital Partners to head up its private equity team.
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CDC tops French asset management survey
FRANCE – CDC Ixis Asset Management has been voted the top French asset manager by France’s largest institutional investors, according to a survey conducted by consultants Amadeis.
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Hedge fund seeding
Growth in the hedge fund world is unprecedented and the future remains promising. After a decade of growth averaging 20% a year, analysts now predict that the annual growth rate for the next 10 years could exceed 25%. According to a recent study by Oliver, Wyman & Co and UBS ...
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Credit Suisse AM revamps European management
EUROPE – Credit Suisse Asset Management Europe has announced its pan-European management structure and executive board members.
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e10bn Dutch scheme to treble private equity assets
NETHERLANDS – The 10 billion euro Dutch railway pension fund, Spoorwegpensioenfonds (SPF), is upping its allocation to private equity from 180 million euros to 500 million euros.
