All Alternatives articles – Page 101
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Curb pension funds’ hedge investment – Riksbank
SWEDEN – The Swedish central bank has suggested that pension funds’ hedge fund investments should be limited to protect pension savers’ investments.
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Tough time for alternatives
The opportunities in Spain have become more restrictive for hedge funds, Gail Moss finds
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Beware ridiculous investment cases
Although commodity markets have been around for centuries, investors’ interest in them has always been quite limited. Over the last few years, however, this has changed completely. Commodities have very quickly become very popular and investment in commodities is growing at an unprecedented rate. It is estimated that over the ...
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Filling in an empty space
Hedge funds and private equity have the depth of experience needed, argue proponents of restructuring. David White reports
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Wealth from the woodlands
Timberland investments can offer high longer-term returns to institutional investors, mainly through specialised vehicles, says Stephanie Schwartz-Driver
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IPE AWARDS: Full list of winners
IPE AWARDS – Below is the full list of winners of the 2006 IPE Awards, held today in Paris:
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IPE AWARDS: Build stronger portfolios, schemes told
EUROPE - Pension funds should build stronger portfolios to brace themselves for worst-case scenarios rather than just researching them, the annual IPE Awards Seminar in Paris was told today.
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Irish schemes shun alternatives - IAPF
IRELAND – Alternative assets such as hedge funds, private equity and currency are “generally unpopular” with the trustees of defined benefit pension funds in Ireland, says the Irish Association of Pension Funds.
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Merrill Lynch pension solutions MD to leave
UK – Anthony Simpson, managing director at Merrill Lynch’s Insurance and Pension Solutions unit, is to leave to join Ramius HVB, IPE has found.
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USS buys into Bulgarian real estate developer
REAL ESTATE – The £26bn (€38.5bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme, the pension fund for university staff, has made a move to increase it Eastern European real estate holdings.
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PGGM looking to expanding SRI team
NETHERLANDS – The €77bn (£52bn) Dutch healthcare scheme PGGM is looking to expand its responsible investment team with senior advisors, the fund said.
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Cambridge University names CIO for €1.8bn
UK – The University of Cambridge has named Man Global Strategies’ Nick Cavalla as its first chief investment officer - to oversee more than £1.2bn (€1.8bn).
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Unilever sets up pension hedge fund vehicle
GLOBAL – Unilever’s pension funds in 42 countries will soon be able to invest into funds of hedge funds via a vehicle created by Unilever Investments (Univest).
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Warning over €58bn of univested buyout funds
EUROPE – There was a warning today from mezzanine finance specialist Intermediate Capital Group that the European private equity buyout market, with some €58bn of uninvested funds, is overheating.
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Management accountants warn on LDI risk
UK – The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants has warned that adopting a Liability Driven Investing strategy could mean missing out on excess return.
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Row over PMT’s involvement in hedge funds
NETHERLANDS – Dutch trade union FNV is demanding that PMT, the €30bn Dutch pension scheme for metalworking and mechanical engineering, withdraw its investments from Paulson, the activist hedge fund.
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ABP’s role at real estate firm Corio queried
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension giant ABP risks being drawn into a row over the management of real estate firm Corio, in which it has a 39% stake.
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McCreevy slams “myth” of unregulated hedge funds
EUROPE – Charlie McCreevy, the European Commission’s Internal Markets Commissioner, has attacked what he says is the myth that hedge funds are not regulated.
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Pension funds behind venture capital boom – EVCA
EUROPE – Pension funds provided 43% of a considerable increase in venture capital fundraising last year, according to a new report by the European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA).
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Finland’s VER goes hedge fund shopping with €2bn
FINLAND – Thanks to the good financial situation of the €8.3bn Finnish state pension fund VER, parliament has decided to inject €1.9bn into the fund by year-end 2007.
