All Alternatives articles – Page 94
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£9.4bn Strathclyde to reconsider hedge funds and commodities
UK – Strathclyde, the £9.4bn (€13.84bn) local authority fund administered by Glasgow City Council, will consider investing in hedge funds and commodities when the next investment review comes up in 2009.
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Aegon to acquire group pension specialist Optas
NETHERLANDS - Aegon has reached agreement to acquire its fellow-life insurer and group pension specialist, Optas in a €1.3bn transaction.
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Hedge Fund predicts “wave” of activist investment
EUROPE - Europe should expect a “tsunami wave” of activist investment in the coming decade, according to Florian Homm, CIO of the hedge fund group Absolute Capital Management (ACM).
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Dutch unions take on hedge funds via pension schemes
NETHERLANDS - ‘Union-unfriendly’ companies might face Dutch unions using pension funds investment policy as a weapon to force a change of tack, warned union umbrella grouping FNV.
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Looking for alternative advice
Can the mainstream advisers provide what pension investors need on hedge funds and private equity or do they have to turn to specialist investment consultants? Gail Moss investigates
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JPMorgan is world’s largest hedge fund owner
GLOBAL – JPMorgan is the world’s largest owner of hedge funds, with $34bn (€25.9bn) assets under management, according to Absolute Return magazine.
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Germany’s BVV to put €1bn in alternatives
GERMANY – BVV, the €18bn pension fund for Germany’s financial industry, says it has earmarked €1bn this year for new investments in several asset classes, notably private equity and hedge funds.
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Finnish State Fund ups alternative exposure
FINLAND - VER, the €10.3bn Finnish State Pension Fund, made new investments in eight real estate funds and five private equity funds in 2006.
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AP3 seeks enhanced indexing manager
SWEDEN – The SEK212.2bn (€22.9bn) third Swedish buffer fund, AP3 is tendering for external mangers for global enhanced indexing.
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Saints or sinners?
Private equity is undoubtedly a high profile asset class right now. But Rachel Fixsen finds that there are varying opinions on its merits for pension funds
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Where next for mega funds?
Despite the increased risks associated with mega funds, their popularity among private equity investors shows little sign of waning. Joseph Mariathasan reports
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Return of an old favourite
Neglected since the dot com debacle, venture capital is once more attracting attention on the private equity stage, writes Lynn Strongin Dodds
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In search of excellence
A good management team and an ability to operate in different market conditions are key indicators of a sound private equity firm, writes Lynn Strongin Dodds
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Betting on the rider not the horse
In some of the newer niche sectors the acumen of the private equity investor counts far more than the property itself, Paul Richards argues
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West Sussex to up private equity holdings
UK – The £1.5bn (€2.2bn) West Sussex County Council pension fund is looking for additional private equity managers to achieve its 5% target allocation.
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German Pensionskassen stay steady with bonds
GERMANY – Pensionskassen, or insurance-type German pension funds, continue to invest heavily in bonds while keeping exposure to equities well below that of their Swiss and Austrian peers, a new survey by international accountant Ernst & Young reflects.
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DNB supports ABN Amro against hedge fund
NETHERLANDS - The president of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) Nout Wellink has voiced support for ABN Amro, after demands in a letter from the hedge fund TCI for it to break up.
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McCreevy rules out private equity regulation
EUROPE – The EU Commissioner for the internal market, Charlie McCreevy, has told the private equity industry that has ruled out additional EU regulations.
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UK pension schemes shun local property
UK – British pension funds turned their back on domestic property in 2006, with property mandates in the UK halving, the consultancy firm Watson Wyatt has found.
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DNB demands risk appraisal for private equity
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch pensions regulator, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), is setting up guiding principals to help develop financial institutions’ risk management of private equity and other alternative investments.
