All Alternatives articles – Page 186
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Hedge fund association revamps web-site
The Nassau-based Hedge Fund Association has re-launched its web site under the URL www.thehfa.org....
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SEB selects Schroders for SEK12bn advisory brief
SWEDEN/UK – Stockholm based financial services group Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) has appointed London based asset manager Schroders to advise it on the management of its SEK12bn (e1.3bn) Asian and emerging market equity assets....
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Bugnone takes the chair at the EVCA
EUROPE – Edoardo Bugnone has been named as the new chairman of the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA)....
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New Proximus fund opts for Fortis and ABN-AMRO
BELGIUM - Proximus, the mobile phone subsidiary of Belgacom – the Belgian telecommunications group, has appointed investment managers Fortis and ABN-AMRO for passive and active equity briefs respectively, following the transfer of assets into its fledgling pension fund....
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AXA rolls out venture fund of funds in Germany
GERMANY – AXA Investment Managers is to offer German institutional investors access to a range of private equity products through its Frankfurt office, including fund of funds, secondary funds and venture capital....
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Japanese DC 'goldmine' won't happen, warns Cerulli
JAPAN – The recently authorised Japanese defined contribution (DC) plans will not create a goldmine for foreign fund managers, raising only ¥5trn (e47bn) during their first three years of operations, according to Boston based research and consulting firm Cerulli Associates...
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UK finance directors pledge support for Myners
UK – Nearly two thirds (64%) of finance directors of some of the largest UK companies ‘broadly’ support the proposals of the Myners report on institutional investment in the UK, according to a survey commissioned by Barclays Global Investors (BGI)....
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UK £20bn electric fund in huge reorganisation
UK – The £20bn (e33.1bn) industry-wide occupational retirement plan for 26 electricity companies, Electricity Supply Pension Scheme (ESPS), has reorganised some £2.1bn of its assets....
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BITA Plus unveils new risk control software
Investment management software provider, BITA Plus, has introduced a new portfolio analysis system to assist asset managers in risk control and back testing....
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Washington launches new European hedge fund
EUROPE – Adrian Farthing has been appointed by the Washington Financial Group to manage its new European hedge fund targeted at European, UK and US offshore institutional investors and funds of funds....
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Pension funds are Europe's top venture investors
EUROPE - Pension funds are for the first time since 1995 providing the most funds for Europe’s venture capitalists and private equity firms, according to the latest figures released by the European private equity and venture capital association (EVCA)....
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Mercury Private Equity becomes HgCapital
UK – Mercury Private Equity, the London based venture capital outfit, which was spun off from Mercury Asset Management last year, has renamed itself HgCapital....
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Accel lines up hi-tech team for European office
EUROPE/US – The US venture capital firm, Accel Partners, is expanding into Europe and has appointed Kevin Comolli to lead its European operations from London, with a team of well known technology experts.
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Deutsche AM unveils new regional COOs
Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed a raft of new regional chief operating officers (COO) for Europe, the Asia/Pacific region and the Americas, as part of the restructure of its institutional and retail businesses....
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Nasdaq Europe to go live on Friday
EUROPE – Nasdaq Europe, the pan-European exchange formed by the buy-out in March of Brussels based Easdaq by the US exchange, will begin live trading on Friday (June 8), following the approval of its rule book by the Belgian Finance Ministry.
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Zurich Scudder launches UK hedge fund
UK – Zurich Scudder Investments has launched a UK long/short basis hedge fund, Crescendo UK Fund, to be run by Paul Findley....
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BNP Paribas appoints global head of sales
Nadine Lagarmitte has been appointed global head of sales for European investor services at Paris based BNP Paribas Securities Services.... And all this week's major people moves...
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Features
Big baby faces teething troubles
Suddenly, every one seems to be a hedge fund expert. Fund of funds managers, hedge fund analysts and new hedge fund managers have sprung up like mushrooms, drawn by the inexorable emergence of a multi-trillion-dollar industry that some believe seems set to evolve overnight. The omens are indeed promising. But, ...
