All Alternatives articles – Page 104
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UK’s PPF in “urgent” fund manager tender
UK – The Pension Protection Fund has issued a tender seeking asset managers for a range of asset classes as a “matter of urgency”.
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Studies find private equity taking strong hold among Europe’s investors
EUROPE – European institutional investors’ growing appetite for diversification and the “superior returns” of private equity is set to encourage rapid growths in the asset class, studies have revealed today.
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Former Hermes strategy head new CIO at US University fund
UK – Hermes’ James Walsh has been nabbed by the $5bn (£2.35bn) Cornell University fund in the US as the endowment’s new chief investment officer.
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Three UK LAs tender mandates totalling €400m
UK – Three local authority pension funds in the UK are tendering almost £400m (€550m) in Asia Pacific, global and UK unconstrained equity mandates.
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Royal Mail scheme chairman joins Synesis
UK – Jane Newell, chairman of the £21bn (€31.3bn) Royal Mail Pension Plan, is to join the board of new pensions annuity firm Synesis Life as a non-executive director.
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Prudential sees bulk annuities competition
UK – Prudential says there’s more competition in the bulk annuities market – and that it won’t budge on price.
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Hampshire appoints seven new managers, looks into hedge funds
UK – The £2.5bn (€3.7bn) Hampshire County Council Pension Fund has completely overhauled its management structure. In a move from multi-asset to specialist managers it has re-appointed three of the old managers and awarded mandates to seven new managers.
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ABP to increase hedge fund exposure
NETHERLANDS – The €200bn ABP pension fund of the Dutch civil servants will further raise its exposure to hedge funds in the future, Edwina Neal, CIO of equities at ABP, said at the Hedge 2006 conference in London. No details were disclosed but the exposure “will rise” she confirmed to ...
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Fund managers now using cash - Merrill survey
GLOBAL - Investors are putting their cash back to work, following the 25% fall in the oil price, said Merrill Lynch’s David Bowers when presenting the findings of the firm’s October fund manager survey.
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Wiltshire fund tenders following review
UK – The £1bn (€1.48bn) Wiltshire County Council Pension Fund is tendering for pension investment services representing a total of up to £525m in active currency, unconstrained global equity and long-short equity.
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RREEF nabs Coca-Cola UK real estate brief
REAL ESTATE - RREEF will run the real estate element of the Coca-Cola Enterprises Pension Scheme.
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Nedlloyd scheme transfers real estate portfolio
REAL ESTATE - Delta Lloyd Vastgoed will take over the direct real estate portfolio of the Nedlloyd Pension Fund, both parties have announced.
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British Airways pension fund sells property
UK – A British Airways pension fund has sold a retail property in Stoke, central England, for £14.3m (€21.3m), according to a release.
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ABP names new quant head
NETHERLANDS – Erik Rubingh has been promoted to new manager for global quantitative equity strategies at the investment arm of giant Dutch pension fund ABP.
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Newham Pension Fund ventures into active currency
UK – The £540m (€747m) London Borough of Newham Pension Fund is looking to appoint one or more managers for a new active currency portfolio.
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AP6 sees €16m in convertible bond deals
SWEDEN – The convertible bond product the Swedish buffer fund Sjätte AP-fonden, AP6, launched in January this year has been a success. Ideas for more product launches are being considered.
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Germany may ease hedge fund requirement
GERMANY – To boost German hedge funds, the government will likely end a Depotbank requirement for the funds, permit them to invest in property and ease investment restrictions on institutions, according to industry players.
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Institutional interest in hedge funds ‘to grow’
GLOBAL – Institutional flow into the hedge fund market will triple by 2010 to reach $1trn (€0.8trn), but only if returns continue to justify fees and higher risks and if managers can provide the quality demanded by institutions, according to new projections.
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DB buyout firm Synesis hires from Watson, L&G
UK - New pension buyout firm Synesis Life has boosted its staff with hires from Watson Wyatt and Legal & General.
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German fund association names property head
GERMANY – Fund industry association BVI has elected Bärbel Schomberg, chief executive of DEGI, as its chief spokeswoman for German real estate funds, including those for retail and institutional clients. The election was held at the weekend.
