All Alternatives articles – Page 100
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MEPs’ fund goes into real estate
EUROPE – The €190m (£127.85m) Members of European Parliament Pension Fund is moving away from bonds in favour of euro-zone property to increase the diversification within its portfolio.
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German accountants’ fund to go into alternatives
GERMANY – WPV, an €850m pension fund for chartered accountants, will make inaugural investments in alternative asset classes from 2007, targeting a quota of up to 5%, according to managing director Hans-Wilhelm Korfmacher.
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Dutch painters tap CS for private equity
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch painters industry pension fund has appointed Credit Suisse Benelux with a €45m private equity mandate, the bank announced today.
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Northamptonshire in £50m hedge fund move
UK – The £1.1bn (€1.6bn) Northamptonshire County Council pension fund is looking for hedge fund managers to invest approximately 4.5% of its portfolio.
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Pension funds taking on too much risk, says ECB
EUROPE - The European Central Bank has warned that underfunded pension obligations may be leading investors into taking on too much risk – especially in emerging markets and high-yield bonds.
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ABP, SSGA expand alliance with $1.1bn
GLOBAL – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP and State Street Global Advisors have expanded their State Street Global Alliance partnership with an extra $1.1bn (€830m).
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ABP scales down stake in real estate group
NETHERLANDS - The €201bn civil service pension fund ABP has decreased its majority stake in real estate group Vesteda to 46.7%, Vesteda said.
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PGGM in loan portfolio deal with ABN Amro
NETHERLANDS – The €80bn Dutch healthcare and social work pension fund PGGM has entered a partnership with ABN AMRO in which both share the risk related to the bank’s loan portfolio.
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Robeco names fund-of-hedge funds CEO
GLOBAL – Robeco, the asset management arm of Rabobank, has named Michael Abbott as chief executive of its fund of hedge funds group Robeco-Sage Capital.
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Nestlé launches pension advisory group
EUROPE – Nestlé, the Swiss food group, has confirmed the January 1 launch of a new pension advisory unit and a new asset management unit to serve its pension schemes worldwide.
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UK government rejects longevity bonds
UK – The UK government has rejected the Pensions Commission’s suggestion that it should issue so-called “longevity bonds” to deal with future mortality rates.
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Dutch institutions’ raw materials appetite grows
EUROPE – Dutch institutional investors such as pension funds have a growing appetite for raw materials, so far they have invested already around €20bn (£13.5bn) in the asset class reports show.
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Deutsche’s DWS rolls out sixth hedge fund
GERMANY – Deutsche Bank’s retail fund arm DWS is rolling out its sixth single hedge fund domiciled in Germany amid signs of growing investor demand for the products, according to DWS chief executive Klaus Kaldemorgen.
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When tradition meets modernity
The University of Melbourne fund is run along US lines with an ever increasing attention to private equity but it is careful to retain a strong sense of the past, writes Richard Newell
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Barclays steps up 'return-seeking'
Since 2002 Mark Hyde-Harrison has reduced his fund’s exposure to equities and heavily increased the share of alternatives. David White reports
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Newham fund diverts into infrastructure
REAL ESTATE - The London Borough of Newham pension fund is to invest £30m (€45m) in infrastructure. The investment, which follows a strategic review and is the fund’s first in infrastructure, reflects a desire to influence the beta aspects of the fund and the search for a guaranteed long-term return.
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Chelsea & Kensington invest in private equity
UK – The £379m (€561m) Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea pension fund has started investments into private equity.
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Dumfries fund tenders global equities, FX
UK – The £400m (€594.52m) Dumfries & Galloway Council Pension Fund is looking to put its global equity portfolio into active management again, after axeing Deutsche Asset Management.
