Hedge Funds – Page 15
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Consultants ‘putting UK schemes off hedge funds’
UK – Consultants’ advice and the perception of risk are putting UK pension schemes off investing in hedge funds and private equity, JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management says.
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South Yorkshire invests in Hermes hedge funds
UK - The £2.7bn (€3.91bn) South Yorkshire Pensions Authority has made “an initial investment” in the Guernsey-domiciled fund of hedge funds vehicle launched by Hermes Pensions Management.
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Shell scheme makes 6.9% return on hedge funds
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Shell Pensioenfonds, the €13.7bn scheme of the oil giant, made a 6.9% return on its hedge fund investments in 2004.
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Hedge funds in the mainstream
Hedge funds have now moved into the mainstream with 32% of European institutions now using them, Greenwich Associates says. “Among European institutions, the proportion using hedge funds jumped to 32% in 2004 from 23% a year earlier,” the Connecticut-based consulting firm sasy. It added that US institutional use climbed to ...
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German fund body defends hedge funds
GERMANY – The head of the German fund industry association BVI has dismissed the view that hedge funds have flopped in Germany.
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German brokerage group BCA slams hedge funds
GERMANY - BCA, Germany’s largest pool of independent financial brokers, has sharply criticised hedge funds, saying the products are both too costly and have performed poorly over the past few years.
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Hedge funds are asset industry’s iPods – Merrill
GLOBAL – Merrill Lynch, predicting a rise in the use of alternative asset management in Europe in 2005, has likened hedge funds to Apple’s iPod portable music system.
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Mercer survey: focus on liabilities, hedge funds
EUROPE - Liability-driven investment and hedge funds are seen by asset managers as the biggest growth areas for pension funds in 2005, according to a survey by Mercer Investment Consulting.
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RCP sees E47bn demand for German hedge funds
GERMANY - Investor demand for German-domiciled hedge funds, which made their debut at the start of 2004, should grow to an average of 47 billion euros four years from now, according to a study by RCP & Partners.
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BNP Paribas boosts fund of hedge funds business
EUROPE – BNP Paribas Asset Management has boosted its fund of hedge fund business with an agreement to buy a stake in partner firm Fauchier Partners.
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BT to invest in hedge funds via new Hermes fund
UK – The 34 billion-euro BT Pension Scheme’s allocation to hedge funds is to be invested via a Guernsey-domiciled offshore vehicle run by Hermes.
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Call for hedge funds to adopt code of conduct
GLOBAL – Managers dealing in unregistered hedge funds are being invited to adopt a draft code of conduct presented by the CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity.
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Hedge funds will lower VaR - Watson Wyatt
IRELAND- Hedge funds produce lower returns than equities but cut risks according to a senior figure at Watson Wyatt in Ireland.
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UK’s Dorset allocates to hedge funds in revamp
UK - The 900 million-pound (1.3 billion-euro) Dorset County Pension Fund has allocated five percent of its portfolio to hedge funds investments as part of a review of investment strategy.
