All Alternatives articles – Page 109
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UK coal scheme role for British Steel’s Debney
UK – LaSalle Investment Management has hired Richard Debney as European director and fund manager for the British Coal Schemes Pension Plan.
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Dresdner offers schemes new volatility funds
EUROPE – Dresdner is to launch two equity volatility funds aimed at pension funds and insurance companies next month.
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Schroders posts €6.8bn institutional outflow
UK – Schroders had a net outflow of institutional assets of £4.6bn (€6.8bn) and a decline in asset management profit in the first half.
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Deutsche suggests FX can save pensions
GLOBAL – Deutsche Bank says currencies can be the saviour for unfunded pension plans.
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East Sussex tenders up to €742m in FX
UK – The £1.18bn (€1.85bn) East Sussex County Council Pension Fund has tendered up to £500m in active currency overlay, a new move for the council.
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Ex-Mn Services’ Dijkhuis sets up own firm
NETHERLANDS - Jan-Willem Dijkhuis, former director of Dutch real estate investments at asset management firm Mn Services, has set up his own consultancy firm for the financial and real estate sector.
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Complementa in hedge fund web move
SWITZERLAND – The consultant Complementa has teamed up with ZHW, a banking and finance institute at a Winterthur college, to launch a new website aimed at improving transparency of hedge funds for Swiss investors.
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ESPS terminates €1.48bn F&C real estate brief
UK – The €27bn Electricity Supply Pension Scheme has terminated its £1bn (€1.48bn) real estate mandate with F&C, the asset manager says.
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Essex tenders up to €1.4bn in currency overlay
UK – The £2.1bn (€3.1bn) Essex County Council Pension Fund has tendered up to €1.46bn in active currency overlay.
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PGGM’s Muller joins Bouwfonds Asset Management
NETHERLANDS - Léon Muller, senior portfolio strategist for real estate at Dutch health care pension fund PGGM, is leaving to join Bouwfonds Asset Management as head of research.
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Equity based strategies show improved returns
The month of June was characterised by flat returns on the stock markets, and volatility, still at a low historical level, remained fairly stable. Although the bond market continued its downward trend, returns were insignificant and volatility continued to be stable. Commodity prices increased significantly from their historical mean, driven ...
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Woolworths scheme puts 10% into alternatives
UK – The £300m (€438m) Woolworths Group Pension Scheme is to put 10% into alternative investments including property and active currency following an investment review by Hewitt Associates.
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NIBC eyes stock market listing
NETHERLANDS – NIBC, the merchant bank that was formerly owned by the two largest Dutch pension funds, is preparing a stock exchange listing.
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State Street CEO eyes hedge fund acquisitions
GLOBAL – State Street chief executive Ron Logue has indicated that the bank sees opportunities to make acquisitions in the areas of asset management, institutional books of business and - possibly - hedge funds.
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New report calls for European pensions regulator
EUROPE – A new report has called for a European pension regulator among a host of recommendations for the global pensions industry.
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North Yorks tenders TAA (Correct)
UK - The £1.1bn (€1.6bn) North Yorkshire Pension Fund says it has tendered a £44m Global Tactical Asset Allocation mandate following a review of its equity investment strategy (Corrects name of advisor).
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch fund tenders Euro real estate
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund has tendered €50m-€60m in pan-European publicly traded European real estate via IPE-Quest.
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Bromley hands CAAM €58.5m in absolute returns
UK – The £320m (€468m) London Borough of Bromley Pension Fund has awarded Crédit Agricole Asset Management a £40m (58.5m) absolute return mandate.
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Asset management M&A hits record – report
GLOBAL – The sale of asset management businesses worldwide in the first half of 2006 hit the highest level ever, according to a new report.
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Irish reserve fund posts negative Q2 returns
IRELAND – The €16.3bn National Pensions Reserve had a negative investment return of almost 4% in the second quarter of this year – although it was up in the first six months.
