All Alternatives articles – Page 102
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Study: 12% of European funds use LDI derivatives
EUROPE – A new study has found that 12% of continental European pension funds have implemented an asset/liability matching strategy using derivatives.
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Enfield tenders £15m infrastructure mandate
UK – The London Borough of Enfield is tendering a £15m (€22m) infrastructure mandate for its £500m pension fund.
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Clwyd scheme tenders commodities, portable alpha
UK – Due to a revamp, the £793m (€1.2bn) Clwyd pension fund, run by Flintshire County Council, is tendering a £15m commodities mandate and is looking for a portable alpha solution, possibly hedge funds.
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Articles of faith
Faith groups are coming together on SRI issues and collectively can command substantial assets. But how much do they really have in common, asks Shayla Walmsley
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More than just a lot of hot air
As the world grows steadily more sensitive to climate change and harmful gas production, emissions trading is attracting more investment says Nina Roehrbein
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The emerging market traders
Lynn Strongin Dodds reports on how emerging markets entering the world’s stock exchanges are encouraging companies to clean up their act
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch pension fund tenders real estate
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch industry-wide pension fund has tendered a c.€75m euro zone real estate mandate via IPE-Quest.
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Bank chief warns over hedge fund due diligence
EUROPE – The German central bank has warned that “competitive pressures” may mean prime brokers are compromising on hedge fund due diligence.
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Managers eye Europe and Asia
The top private equity managers in Europe are avoiding the expensive US in favour of the less competitive markets. Gail Moss reports
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Dormant Dutch dentists’ scheme unchanged
NETHERLANDS - The board of the professional pension fund for dentists and dental consultants SPF is aiming to provide for future indexation but proposes to leave the scheme unchanged.
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BGI’s iShares makes €240 German acquisition
GERMANY – Barclays Global Investors has agreed to pay €240m to acquire Indexchange, a provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs), from German bank HVB.
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Lloyds TSB to use Ortec’s ALM software
EUROPE - Lloyds TSB Group will carry out risk analysis for pension schemes with PALM, the asset liability management software from Ortec, the software developer and consultancy has announced.
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Deutsche Bank nabs Insight’s Hamilton for LDI
UK – Deutsche Bank has hired former Hewitt Associates consultant Joseph Hamilton to join its Insurance and Pensions Group.
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Time to take the commodities plunge?
With the bull market now at an end many fund managers are considering a move into commodities, but there are risks attached, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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80% of UK funds to alter asset mix – Greenwich
UK – Greenwich Associates says 80% of UK pension funds plan to significantly alter their asset mixes in the next three years.
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Norges chief slams “disguised beta” hedge funds
NORWAY – Knut Kjaer, executive director of Norges Bank Investment Management, which runs the NOK1.5trn (€182bn) Norwegian Pension Fund – Global, says many hedge funds are overpriced beta suppliers.
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Flat period for FoFs
The Eurekahedge fund of funds index was virtually flat in September (+0.02% returns). But there was a major hedge-fund-industry-specific market event during the month: Amaranth Advisors, a $10bn (€7.9bn) Connecticut-based multi-strategy fund, lost 35% of its assets in natural gas positions (natural gas prices fell over 30% during the month) ...
