All Alternatives articles – Page 175
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Second pillar to grow five-fold by 2020
EUROPE – Europe’s second pillar pensions market will grow from its current level of €3.5trn to €17trn by 2020, at the expense of the first pillar market, amid inevitable structural change and with dramatic implications for European capital markets, says Commerzbank.
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Gartmore enters Spain with new Madrid office
SPAIN- Gartmore has recruited Victoria Huerta from Royal Sun Alliance Investment Management as head of its first office in Spain, due to open later this month.
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Hallman new ABN AMRO Mellon head of European sales
UK – Keith Hallman has been promoted to the position of head of European sales for ABN AMRO Mellon, the global custody services joint venture for operations outside North America.
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Robeco to acquire Transtrend in alternatives push
NETHERLANDS – Rotterdam-based asset management group Robeco is to acquire Transtrend, a hedge fund manager and futures trading company, as part of its strategy to expand into the alternative investment market, particularly in the area of single-manager hedge funds.
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Standard Life launches Europe private equity fund
UK/EUROPE- Standard Life Investments has launched a private equity fund of funds that will invest in a mix of European private equity funds and direct investments.
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Schemes' UK equity holdings lowest since 1983
UK- Holdings in domestic equities by UK pension funds has fallen below 50% for the first time since 1983 according to the 2001 Russell/Mellon CAPS pension fund survey. The 1651 UK funds surveyed by Russell/Mellon held an average of 47.4% of their assets in UK equities, down from 51%at the ...
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Goldmans poach Langensjö from Wassum
UK/SCANDINAVIA – Goldman Sachs Asset Management has appointed Mats Langensjö as executive director in charge of its Scandinavian institutional business development.
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UK funds will not meet two year Myners deadline
UK - The issues surrounding the costs the UK pension fund industry pays its fund managers and the problems of shareholder activism, as highlighted by the Myners' review, will not be resolved by next March, the end of the two-year period the government gave the industry to comply with the ...
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Siparex launches four French venture funds
FRANCE- Siparex Ventures, the venture capital arm of France’s Siparex Group, has launched four so-called ‘Innovation’ funds for customers of Crédit Agricole, SanPaolo IMI, Oddo Asset Management and Financiere Meeschaert.
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Frank Russell launches private banking services
UK/EUROPE- Frank Russell Company has signalled it intends to bring its multi manager approach to the high net worth individual market with the announcement that Vincent Barnouin is joining as managing director of its newly-created private banking services.
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Allianz Dresdner announces European equities CIO
UK/GERMANY- Allianz Dresdner Asset Management (ADAM) has announced the appointment of Neil Dwane as head of its equity investment teams in Frankfurt and London. Dwane is relocating to Frankfurt where he replaces Jens Wilhelm who is leaving for a hedge fund group.
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Lasalle retains €4.2bn property portfolios
UK – The £36.7bn (€59.5bn) British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme and the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme have re-appointed Lasalle Investment Management to run their combined £2.6bn (€4.2bn) property portfolios.
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Japan futures trading jumps on CME
US/JAPAN – Trading in Nikkei 225 futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) set a new single-day trading volume yesterday, March 05, suggesting a recovery in investor confidence in the Japanese stock market.
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Partners acquires saisGroup to expand offering
SWITZERLAND – Zug-based independent private equity firm, Partners Group, has acquired specialist hedge fund management company, saisGroup, adding hedge funds to its product range for the first time.
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BGI in new high return hedge fund launch
UK/IRELAND – Barclays Global Investors (BGI) in London has launched a new, high return market neutral hedge fund, a higher risk version of its UK equity market neutral fund.
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UK P/E fund pulls in European and US investors
UK - European and US institutions have backed a new private equity fund targeting UK investment opportunities. London-based investment bank Close Brothers raised £202m(€330.4m) in its closed CBPE Fund VI, just exceeding its £200m target.
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Performance record rivalling the US
Europe today offers a real alternative to the US in private equity. The industry has at last gained status as a true asset class and, at only 0.383% of European GDP, private equity still has considerable room for further growth. However, with the technology sector mired in trouble and a ...
