All Alternatives articles – Page 190
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Altius targets Scandinavia from new Danish office
DENMARK – UK-based private equity adviser and consultant Altius Associates has opened a representative office for the Nordic area in Denmark...
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Credit Lyonnais takes over alternative manager
FRANCE – Credit Lyonnais Asset Management (CLAM) is buying a majority interest in SYSTEIA Capital Management...
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The debatable alternative
Poor relative performance, a lack of quality market information and the hassle factor of owning property has seen the weight of property in European pension fund portfolios fall dramatically over the past 20 years. As a result of this property has moved from being a mainstream asset class to an ...
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Baring Central Europe fund makes first closing
CENTRAL EUROPE - Baring Private Equity Partners has announced the first closing of its Baring Central European Fund (BCEF) at e75m...
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Van Tuyll elected to chair AIMA
AIMA – the London based Alternative Investment Management Association has elected Hans-Willem van Tuyll as its new chairman...
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Finnish FSA reappoints Jännäri for six years
Kaarlo Jännäri has been reappointed for a further six years as head of the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (RATA).....Read on for this weeks major people moves in the European pensions and investment industry...
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CDC rebrands for the new year
FRANCE - The Paris based former CDC Asset Management has seen in the new-year with a name change, becoming CDC IXIS.
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Blending in alternatives
The inclusion of alternative investment strategies, like hedge funds, in institutional portfolios is a hot topic at the moment. Pension funds in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Scandinavia, as well as US funds, have expressed a willingness to consider these vehicles as potential asset classes. A report by Indocam/Watson Wyatt predicts ...
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Danske to launch new private equity fund
DENMARK – Danske Capital Management will seek institutional capital for a new private equity fund of funds in the first half of next year
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Myners spells out end of MFR
UK - As expected Paul Myners, the chief executive of Gartmore, has recommended in his interim report on the UK pension fund industry that the minimum funding requirement be scrapped as a safeguard for pension funds.
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AP funds in competition
SWEDEN - Management of Sweden’s pay as you go pension system is undergoing a major restructuring due to finish by the beginning of next year.
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Robeco venture
NETHERLANDS Robeco has plucked a team of alternative investment specialists from NIB Private Equity, the venture capital joint venture of Dutch superfunds ABP and PGGM, to form part of a new alternative investments business unit.
