All Alternatives articles – Page 50
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ESMA unveils guidelines on pay for alternative fund managers
EUROPE – Alternative investment fund managers must introduce 'sound, prudent' remuneration policies.
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CCPs, asset managers oppose rehypothecation of securities
GLOBAL – No interest in rehypothecating pension funds' non-cash margin calls for derivatives trades.
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Lancashire pension fund agrees £12m loan with UK solar farm
UK – Solar plant in Oxfordshire refinances debt with 23-year, inflation-linked bond.
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USS agrees nearly £100m in financing to UK water provider
UK – Country's second-largest pension fund to provide 20-year, Class B debt to Affinity Water.
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Danish pension funds exploring infrastructure PPPs
DENMARK – PensionDanmark, PFA, ATP, Sampension and PKA set up group to identify investments.
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Danish pension fund Sampension shifts real estate team to alternatives
DENMARK – Real estate to account for half of alternatives allocation, scheme says.
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Irish finance minister calls on pension funds to consider infrastructure
IRELAND – Noonan highlights benefits of proposed Irish REITs to institutionals.
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Fees prompt infrastructure investors to go direct
EUROPE – Investors increasingly put off by private equity-style remuneration, study shows.
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Lyxor launches institutional managed account share class
GLOBAL – S-share will deliver more fee-negotiating power in hedge fund managed accounts.
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Study shows growing interest in ETFs among pension professionals
EUROPE – European market offers 'huge' growth potential, State Street Global Advisors says.
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€4.6bn UWV pension fund to ramp up exposure to alternatives
NETHERLANDS – Scheme shifts strategy in bid to meet performance, inflation-protection goals.
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Analysis
News analysis: Are regulators denying real estate's long-term credentials?
Long-term investments could be recalibrated under Solvency II, but property might miss out.
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Construction-risk guarantees for infrastructure 'damaging'
EUROPE – Blanket guarantees on debt financing simply create taxpayer liabilities, EDHEC says.
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German investors keen to increase risk, but wary of Solvency II
GERMANY – BVI says investors keen to boost equity exposure 'put off' by upcoming legislation.
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Mercer study sees falling fees for alternative asset management
GLOBAL – 'Supply and demand dynamics' putting pressure on managers, consultancy says.
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Investors reject construction risk as watchdog warns of lender pullout
EUROPE – UK parliamentary committee threatens changes to licensing regime.
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UK parliamentary report criticises pension fund wind farm 'oligopoly'
EUROPE – Parliamentary public accounts committee demands profit redistribution.
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Skanska pension team members to launch hedge fund with former CFO
EUROPE – New fund Crescit aiming to start trading by October, with SEK800m in assets.
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AXA taps defined benefit schemes with UK long-lease fund
EUROPE – Company raises £125m for fund with target war chest of £1bn by 2018.
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Appetite for infrastructure increases, but 'conservatism' remains
GLOBAL – Institutionals increasingly looking to allocate fresh capital to asset class, study shows.