All Alternatives articles – Page 68
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NewsDutch minister calls for inflation-linked infrastructure pilot programme
Finance minister Jan Kees de Jager to initiate a project for financing Dutch infrastructure by institutional investors against an inflation-linked return.
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NewsDutch pension provider PGGM scouts China for infrastructure deals
Henk Huizing, head of infrastructure for the €103bn pension provider, last week toured China on a fact-finding mission to scout assets
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NewsSovereign wealth funds shift from active to passive in wake of crisis, says State Street
Sovereign wealth funds modify investment strategy, opting for passive by default, says the asset manager.
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NewsATP Private Equity Partners 'optimistic' about venture capital
Partner Klaus Rühne argues macroeconomic environment is now right for VC.
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NewsAPG, PGGM to sell AlpInvest to management, Carlyle Group
Dutch asset managers APG and PGGM will sell their joint €32bn private equity vehicle AlpInvest to a joint venture between its management and the €98bn alternatives asset manager Carlyle Group.
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NewsHedge fund assets back to pre-crisis levels, says HFR
Assets managed in the hedge fund industry are almost back to their pre-crisis highs.
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Hedge funds outperform S&P 500 over three years
EUROPE – The majority of hedge funds delivered better returns than the S&P 500 index over a three-year period, according to latest figures by EDHEC Business School.
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NewsAIFM directive could stifle asset management innovation, warns AIMA
EUROPE – The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFM) could slash the number of viable fund models and stifle innovation across the industry, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has warned.
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NewsInvestors bringing private equity in-house, says Coller survey
GLOBAL – Well over a third of US and European private equity investors will reduce or end their exposure to funds of funds over the next three years, and among pension funds, half believe they could improve returns if they were allowed to hire more investment staff.
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NewsDanish roundup: ATP, LD, Forsikring, Danish Competition Authority
DENMARK – Denmark's government and three major pension players have signed an agreement to set up a DKK5bn (€670m) venture capital fund, which will be largely state-backed.
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NewsPKA joins biggest European biotech cash injection
DENMARK – PKA has announced it is investing around DKK140m (€19m) in a Danish biotech firm developing cancer drugs, part of what it says is the biggest capital injection ever into a European biotech business.
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NewsPGGM to purchase stake in UK offshore wind farm
NETHERLANDS – Dutch asset manager PGGM has acquired a 25% share in a wind farm under construction in the Irish Sea for £16m (€19m).
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NewsLend Lease provides PGGM with direct infrastructure exposure
EUROPE – Dutch pension fund asset manager PGGM has committed £220m (€262m) in capital to become the principal investor in a joint venture with Lend Lease targeting social infrastructure in the UK.
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ABN AMRO wins IPE's top European pension fund award
IPE AWARDS – The Netherlands' ABN AMRO Pension Fund was the big winner at the tenth annual IPE Awards in Monaco, scooping up the gold prize for Best European Pension Fund and the silver prize for Best Corporate Pension Fund.
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APG, ATP, Barclays Retirement Fund weigh in on hedge fund strategies
EUROPE – What is your hedge fund strategy? Dutch asset manager APG, Denmark's ATP and the Barclays UK Retirement Fund share their views.
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Hedge Funds: Angling for alpha: pension funds talk hedge funds
When he isn’t managing the alpha traders at Denmark’s state pension fund, ATP Alpha CEO Fredrik Martinsson likes nothing better than to get out with his rod and line – so it’s no surprise that he reaches for an angling metaphor to explain his understanding of alpha.
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Hedge Funds: Hedge funds and the crisis
Citi Prime Services canvassed the opinions of hedge funds and hedge fund investors on the impact from and response to the liquidity crisis of 2007-08, and to gauge its longer-term implications for the sector. Sandy Kaul discusses the findings
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: Into the mainstream
The hedge fund industry’s operational infrastructure and client base has become increasingly institutionalised and its investment practices continue to converge with those of traditional asset managers, writes Todd Groome
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: Managed managed futures
What value can a fund of funds add for the managed futures investor? Martin Steward asks Thomas Weber of LGT Capital Partners, whose Crown Managed Futures fund is celebrating its tenth birthday
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Hedge Funds: The view from the Hilltop
Martin Steward talks to Rory Hills about what went wrong with the fund of hedge funds industry – and about how to put it right
