All Alternatives articles – Page 182
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EVCA lobbies EU on private equity 'disparities'
EUROPE – Considerable disparities exist between EU member states over regulations and incentives surrounding venture capital and private equity, despite the single market, the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) today told European Union (EU) representatives....
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CSAM appoints European equity research head
Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has appointed Ella Brown to the position of London head of European equity research....
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Russell in Germany/Austria venture funds tie-up
GERMANY/AUSTRIA – Frank Russell is joining forces with HVB International Markets, a branch of HypoVereinsbank - Germany’s second largest private commercial bank, to create a series of private equity fund of funds for institutional and private investors in Germany and Austria....
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ABP appoints Achmea director as CIO for equities
NETHERLANDS - Jan Straatman, the former director of asset management (CIO) at Achmea Global Investors has been appointed as chief investment officer for equities with ABP Investments in Amsterdam, the investment arm of the e150bn Dutch pension fund....
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Rate cuts fail to ignite equity marts, says FTSE
Interest rate cuts from the world's central banks failed to bolster global equity markets in August, according to figures compiled by FTSE....
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Solutions for smaller funds
Pooled funds have been an attractive proposition for wealthy individuals and smaller institutional investors for many years, due to their lower management fees and custodial costs when compared with separately managed accounts. Pooled funds are also available in a huge variety of investment strategies, including international investments. However, pooled fund ...
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Way the wind is blowing
The arguments for using currency management have been widely publicised for many years, both from the perspective of lowering risk in a foreign portfolio, as well as enhancing active management returns. So why has it become even more important now for pension funds to re-assess their currency exposures? This is ...
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Putting the case beyond doubt
The global asset allocation, which has been advocated by academic scholars and investment practitioners for the last two decades, produces a puzzling effect on the portfolios of pension plans. The puzzle stems from the fact that international assets offer ex-post diversification benefits to institutional portfolios while introducing an additional source ...
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FTSE consults on new UK corporate bond index
UK - FTSE has launched a market consultation exercise seeking comments on the development of a new UK focused corporate bond index, which it says reflects the decrease in the supply of UK gilts and the search for alternative investment opportunities....
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UK launch of multi-strategy fund of hedge funds
UK – London based alternative investment specialist, Global Investment Advisers (GIA), has launched a multi-strategy tracker fund of hedge funds into the UK market....
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Dutch fund head to chair Swiss private equity firm
NETHERLANDS/SWITZERLAND – Marinus Keijzer, chief investment officer of the Zeist based Emeritaatsfonds GKN pension fund and for 10 years a well known figure at Dutch superfund PGGM, is one of five new proposed board members of Swiss private equity firm 5e Holding....
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Northern Trust in German joint venture push
GERMANY – Northern Trust Global Investments Europe (NTGI) and Frankfurt based Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba), have set up a joint venture company Helaba NorthernTrust, to offer institutional investment management services to the German market....
