All Alternatives articles – Page 84
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German funds need incentives for private equity – minister
[15:00 CET 13-02] GERMANY – The reluctance of large domestic investors to go into private equity and venture capital is discouraging foreign investors from investing in German start-ups, according to a study commissioned by the German federal economy ministry.
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Physios to double hedge fund exposure
[16:00 CET 11-02] NETHERLANDS – The €1.8bn occupational pension funds for physiotherapists, SPF, is looking to nearly double its investments in hedge fund investments to 15%, IPE has learnt.
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Hansa sets up own private equity vehicle
ESTONIA – Hansa Investment Funds, the asset manager that also runs Estonia’s largest private pension fund, is looking to create a special vehicle of “Eastern European-orientated” private equity fund of funds.
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PGGM signs second loan deal with ABN Amro
[13:45 CET 04-02] NETHERLANDS – Pension major PGGM has closed a securitisation deal referencing Brazilian loans worth $850m (€585m) of the loan portfolio of Dutch bank ABN Amro.
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Special Report
UniSuper develops new risk budgeting
Richard Newell talks to David St John, chief investment officer of UniSuper, about hedge fund transparency and the fund's plan for a new SRI option
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Features
Hedge funds enter the mainstream - for good or ill
The New Year will see larger hedge funds and private equity businesses voluntarily submit themselves to increasing oversight, Paul Smith expects, with unfortunate consequences for smaller players
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Features
EM managers fare well
The Eurekahedge Fund of Funds index registered modest returns (0.5%) for the month of December, bringing its gains for 2007 up to 10.1%. Multi-managers turned in positive returns for the month despite a bit of volatility across asset classes.
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Features
Market volatility at stable high
The month of December was marked by a moderate decline in the stock markets, as shown in the returns for the S&P 500, despite anticipations of a new fall in the US Federal Treasury’s intervention rate, which the economic climate seemed to point towards.
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Features
Alpha through restructuring
Paolo Barbieri discusses the opportunites provided by restructuring hedge funds
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News
Funds’ quest for Canadian equity and commodities
[15:00 CET 29-01] EUROPE – Two European pension funds have said they are looking for equity large cap core Canada managers and commodities, using IPE Quest.
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NewsIslamic investor quest for diversified reviews
[16:15 CET 28-01] MIDDLE EAST – The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investments and Export Credits is conducting a review of potential providers for Shariah-compliant investments in 11 different sectors.
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2008 centre-stages alternatives, real returns and funding
[16:55 CET 22-01] EUROPE – Allocation to alternative assets will increase in 2008 and Dutch pension funds will continue to seek real returns as German corporates’ appetite for funding grows, investment bank Lehman Brothers has suggested.
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SAM hires former pension fund head
[12:30 CET 21-01] SWITZERLAND – Ex-Pension Fund Services (PFS) chief executive Reto Kuhn will head a new division at Zurich-based Sustainable Asset Management (SAM).
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Features
The unknown hedge fund fat tail
Victor Wong finds investors are beginning to appreciate the potential scale of losses from quantitative hedge fund strategies
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2007 sees Partners’ AuM grow by 41%
[15:45 CET 10-01] SWITZERLAND – Partners Group, the Swiss alternative assets manager, has reported a 41% increase in assets under management (AuM) at the end of 2007.
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Features
What did we learn from the downdraft?
Richard Johnston of Albourne Partners Asia assesses the data to see how well Asian hedge funds coped with the equity slowdown in 2007
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News
New platform pleads for life settlement standards
[13:30 CET 21-12] NETHERLANDS – A new Dutch platform for life settlement providers and investors calls for internal regulation and professional standards for the emerging asset class.
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Credit crisis delays liability hedging business
[15:30 CET 10-12] UK – Delays in the execution of derivatives-based liability hedging strategies, caused by the credit crunch, hinder pension funds in adopting them more widely, says investment consultant Watson Wyatt.
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ATP acts to hedge inflation
[17:05 CET 07-12] DENMARK - Denmark’s huge labour market pension fund ATP has been steadily increasing its exposure to the oil market and other investment sectors that will do well under conditions of higher inflation.
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Structured products see Blue Sky thinking
[16:15 CET 07-12] UK – A specialist asset management firm has been launched the UK to tap into the growing interest towards structured products.
