All Alternatives articles – Page 117
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ABP’s Boogaard joins Straatman at Pearl (updated)
NETHERLANDS – ABP Investments fundamental stock selection fund manager Erna Boogaard has quit to become external management head at Pearl Group – entrepreneur Hugh Osmond’s UK-based life assurance fund investment vehicle. (updated)
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Fortis buys Caribbean-based hedge fund firm
GLOBAL – Fortis Prime Fund Solutions, the fund-servicing arm of Fortis Merchant Banking, has acquired Hedge Fund Services (HFS) for an undisclosed amount.
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AXA IM posts 25% rise in AUM
GLOBAL – AXA Investment Managers’ assets under management rose 25% to €432bn in 2005, according to the annual results.
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DeAM's Harrison named MPC Investors’ CEO
UK – Peter Harrison, former Deutsche Asset Management global chief investment officer, has been appointed chief executive of MPC Investors and member of the board.
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Goldman Sachs AM names new Europe head
GLOBAL – Goldman Sachs Asset Management has shuffled its senior management, with European co-head Suzanne Donohoe returning to the US and Stephen Fitzgerald becoming Europe and Asia head.
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AP7 puts hedge funds on watch
SWEDEN – Sjunde AP-fonden, the roughly SEK66bn (€7bn) Seventh Swedish Pension Fund or AP7, has put its only two fund of hedge fund mandates on a watch list due to underperformance and administrative issues.
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No initiative on scheme takeovers – UK regulator
UK – There’s no specific initiative to allow investment banks, asset managers or hedge funds to take over pension schemes of financially challenged firms, the Pension Regulator says.
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Institutions ‘should beware commodity indices’
SPAIN - Institutional investors were put into the dock on their approach to commodities indices, at the World Cup of Indexing Conference.
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Hewlett in Germany taps GSAM, SSGA
GERMANY – The pension fund for Hewlett-Packard Deutschland has awarded two fixed income mandates to Goldman Sachs Asset Management and one emerging market equity brief to State Street Global Advisors.
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Big German schemes to avoid new linkers
GERMANY – BVV, Germany’s largest Pensionskasse or traditional pension fund, has no immediate plans to buy the new inflation-linked bonds to be issued by the German government from next week.
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Actuaries ‘lack enthusiasm’ for longevity bonds
UK – Actuaries have expressed scepticism about the potential for the longevity bonds market to take off.
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Pilkington trustees in takeover ‘understanding’
UK - Trustees of the roughly £1.5bn (€2.2bn) Pilkington Superannuation Scheme have reached an ‘understanding’ with new owner Nippon Sheet Glass regarding Pilkington’s obligations to the fund following its acquisition by NSG.
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ABP names Neal as equities CIO
NETHERLANDS – ABP Investments has named Edwina Neal as chief investment officer of equities and board member from March 1.
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Dutch funds' AlpInvest in German deal
GERMANY - AlpInvest, the private equity firm owned by ABP and PGGM, has completed a €47m deal in Germany with HarbourVest Partners.
