All Alternatives articles – Page 102
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Cordares eyes international property pooling
REAL ESTATE - Pensions provider Cordares says it’s considering setting up direct real estate pooled funds with pension funds abroad as a way to diversify risks.
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More evidence of interest-rate swaps demand
UK – Further evidence of the growth in the interest-rate swap market - boosted at least in part by pension fund demand - came today with figures from brokerage firm ICAP.
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Real estate ripe says Schroders' Brown
REAL ESTATE – The real estate market is “ripe” for a more global investment approach, says Schroders’ investment chief Alan Brown.
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JP Morgan wins $30bn in UK custody mandates
UK – JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services says it has bagged more than $30bn (€23.4bn, £15.8bn) of new UK pension fund custody assets in the last six months.
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Bedfordshire scheme seeds new currency fund
UK – The Bedfordshire County Council Pension Fund has seeded FX Concepts’ new currency fund targeted at UK local authorities.
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Pension funds behind interest-rate swaps surge
EUROPE – The Bank for International Settlements says interest-rate swaps activity surged in the first half of 2006 – with analysts putting it down to pension fund interest.
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Accountants urge trustee caution with hedge funds
UK – The head of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has advised pension fund trustees to “proceed with caution” when it comes to investing in hedge funds.
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Environment Agency awards €649m FX mandate
UK – The Environment Agency says it has awarded a total of £440m (€649m) in currency mandates to Informed Portfolio Management.
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AP7 hopes to find “pure alpha” by January
SWEDEN – The SEK80bn (€8.8bn) Swedish buffer fund AP7, Sjunde AP-fonden, is closing in on its “pure alpha” plans, according executive vice president Richard Grottheim.
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Pension funds “cold” on trading platform plan
EUROPE – Plans by a group of investment banks to set up a new pan-European equity trading platform have met with a lukewarm reception from pension funds.
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DNB announces new hedge fund directive
NETHERLANDS –De Nederlandsche Bank will implement a new directive for the risk management of investments in private equity and hedge funds, central bank president Nout Wellink has announced.
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Shetland Islands tenders for UK real estate
REAL ESTATE - The Scottish Shetland Islands local authority pension fund is to hire a real estate investment manager to invest £20m—40m (€29.7m—59.3m) in UK property.
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Mercer: patience a virtue in infrastructure
GLOBAL – Investment consulting firm Mercer is telling its pension fund clients that patience and due diligence are virtues when it comes to investing in infrastructure.
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USS backs new student housing fund
UK – The Universities Superannuation Scheme is among the institutional backers for a new £515m (€764m) student accommodation fund being launched by real estate firm Unite Group.
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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
