All Alternatives articles – Page 105
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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.
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Leicestershire tenders targeted returns
UK – The £1.9bn (€2.8bn) Leicestershire County Council pension fund is looking for a targeted or absolute return manager to invest 5% of its portfolio.
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ABP’s Van de Vaart joins Morley
REAL ESTATE – Morley has hired Paul van de Vaart from Stichting Penisoenfonds ABP to lead its real estate securities capability.
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AP3 puts €215m into fundamental indexing
SWEDEN – The SEK196bn Swedish buffer fund Tredje AP-fonden, AP3, is putting an initial SEK2bn (€215m) into FTSE’s new Global Wealth Allocation fundamental index.
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Pension fund “lemmings” into hedge funds – IMF
GLOBAL – Pension funds are going into hedge funds like lemmings, according to the International Monetary Fund’s research chief Raghuram Rajan.
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Germany considers private equity crackdown
GERMANY – The German government is considering penalising private equity firms which it believes serve little or no macroeconomic purpose as part of an upcoming private equity law, according to deputy finance minister Barbara Hendricks.
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BP scheme backs Swedish venture fund
EUROPE – The £12bn (€17.4bn) BP Pension Fund has been named as one of the investors in the new InnKap 4 fund of Swedish venture capital firm InnovationsKapital.
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IMF queries quality of pension supervisors
GLOBAL – The International Monetary Fund has queried whether international pension supervisors pay enough to attract the best people.
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Schemes 'unsatisfied with funds of hedge funds'
GLOBAL - Mercer Investment Consulting says only 23% of pension schemes are satisfied with funds of hedge funds investments.
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Irish NPRF seeking real estate, pvt equity admin
IRELAND – The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) is looking for administrative support for the National Pension Reserve Fund’s property and private equity portfolios.
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Hedge funds past their peak, says UK’s Field
UK – Former UK pensions minister Frank Field reckons the best days of hedge funds are over.
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Extra €75bn goes to external managers - report
EUROPE – European institutional investors have put an extra €75bn with external asset managers, according to consulting firm Greenwich Associates.
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Big European funds: ‘We want skilled managers’
EUROPE – Some of Europe’s largest pension funds have acknowledged that the search for alpha – market outperformance - is a search for skills.
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Gwynedd scheme to put 5% into private equity
UK – The £741m (€1.1bn) Gwynedd council pension fund is looking to invest in private equity via fund of fund managers to help address its £129m deficit.
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Cornwall awards currency brief to Mellon
UK - Cornwall County Council’s Cornwall Pension Fund has awarded a £175m (€258m) currency mandate to Mellon Capital.
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DNB study: Dutch funds to use more derivatives
NETHERLANDS – A paper from Dutch pension regulator De Nederlandsche Bank sees derivatives and asset liability management becoming more important for pension funds.
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A growing appetite
Contrary to the negative impression given by the German financial press private equity investment in Germany is becoming more popular, according to new research.Francesco di Valmarana and Joanna Jordan look at the numbers
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Dutch painters tap MLIM for swaps
NETHERLANDS – A&O Services, which runs the €3.2bn Dutch painters pension fund BPF Schilders, has chosen Merrill Lynch Investment Managers to implement a €1.4bn swap and swaptions overlay programme.
