All Alternatives articles – Page 106
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GSAM-backed pension academy launches
UK – The Westminster Business School’s Pension Investment Academy today with backing from Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
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Hewitt’s Duff attacks real estate managers
REAL ESTATE - Most real estate fund managers aren’t fit for purpose, according to Nick Duff, real estate partner at Hewitt Associates. [This story first appeared on IPERealEstate.com.]
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Norway state fund rejects real estate before 2007
REAL ESTATE - The Norwegian finance ministry says moving into real estate “just isn’t a priority” for the Government Pension Fund, despite reports of an imminent 8-10% allocation.
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Lewisham considers alternative assets
UK – The £505m (€752m) London Borough of Lewisham pension fund is the next in line planning to go into alternative investments.
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Cambridge tenders €44m currency brief
UK - Cambridgeshire County Council has tendered a £30m (€44.7m) currency mandate.
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KEVA, AlpInvest in Polish private equity move
POLAND – Finland’s KEVA and the Dutch pension fund-owned AlpInvest are among the institutional backers of a new Polish private equity fund.
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Horeca taps SPF for €40m private equity brief
NETHERLANDS – Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering, the €2bn Dutch hotel and catering scheme, has awarded SPF Beheer with a €40m private equity mandate, as part of its 5% weighting target in the asset class.
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TIAA-CREF puts $100m into microfinance
GLOBAL – US educational retirement savings group TIAA-CREF has earmarked $100m (€78.8m) to invest in so-called microfinance initiatives.
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Henderson buys infrastructure firm Laing
UK – Henderson has had a £886.9m (€1.3bn) offer to buy infrastructure and construction firm John Laing accepted.
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USS in central Europe real estate move
EUROPE – The £26bn (€38.5bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme, the pension fund for university staff, has made a move to increase it central European real estate holdings.
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ATP planning US real estate investment
DENMARK – The DKK371.5bn (€50bn) Danish supplementary pension scheme ATP is looking at real estate investments in the US.
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Warwickshire to put 10% into alternatives
UK - Warwickshire County Council has tendered for up to £100m (€148m) in real estate and fund of hedge funds for the £1bn Warwickshire Pension Fund.
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Somerset awards currency brief to Record
UK – The £960m (€1.4bn) Somerset County Council Pension Fund has awarded Record Currency Management a currency hedging mandate.
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German institutions eye structured, private equity
GERMANY – Pension funds and insurers are planning more investment in alternatives this year and next, but will only award mandates for structured products and private equity, according to a new survey by German consultant Heissmann.
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ABP and PGGM to invest in carbon reduction
NETHERLANDS - The large pension funds ABP and PGGM will invest €275m and €200m respectively in carbon trading and technology to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, they have announced.
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NPRF invests €44m in property fund
IRELAND – Ireland’s National Pensions Reserve Fund is to invest £30m (€44m) in specialist property fund The Mall as part of its €135m commitment to real estate.
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ABP quant head Gupta joins UK’s Pearl Group
EUROPE – Pranay Gupta, head of global quantitative strategies - capital markets at ABP Investments, has become the latest figure from the Dutch pension giant to join the Pearl Group.
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Europe’s investors ‘in love’ with finance stocks
EUROPE – European investors have a “love affair with finance stocks” says Merrill Lynch Investment Manager’s David Bowers, following the firm’s September fund manager survey.
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Swedes and Dutch scrutinise private equity funds’ role
EUROPE – A week before general elections, the Swedish government has raised concerns about private equity fund Cevian’s investment approach in Volvo.
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Man Group CEO Fink to step down
UK – Stanley Fink is to step down as chief executive of Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund group, and be replaced by finance director Peter Clarke as from April 1 next year.
