All Alternatives articles – Page 119
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UK says gilt auction gets “robust” result
UK – The Debt Management Office says its auction of long-dated government bonds has met a “robust result”.
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Commodities the new hedge funds - Credit Suisse
UK – Commodities could become more popular than hedge funds among institutional investors, according to Credit Suisse.
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Watson advised on 17 UK swaps deals in 2005
UK – Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting says it advised on 17 swap transactions for UK clients last year.
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Schemes warned of hedge fund “herd mentality”
EUROPE – European pension funds have been warned about a possible “herd mentality” developing in hedge funds.
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Investor confidence dips, Merrill says
GLOBAL – Investor confidence in Europe dipped this month revealing a slightly pessimistic outlook for economic growth in the region, according to the latest Merrill Lynch Regional Fund Manager Survey.
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ABP/PGGM’s AlpInvest boosts Eden commitment
UK – AlpInvest, the private equity firm sponsored by the two largest Dutch pension funds ABP and PGGM, has increased its investment in technology start-up fund Eden One.
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GSAM sees consultant-manager line blurred
SWITZERLAND - The line between traditional pension fund consultants and investment managers could become increasingly blurred in the future, the Institutional Fund Management conference has been told.
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MN Services’ treasury head joins Fortis
NETHERLANDS – Dennis van den Bosch, head of treasury at MN Services, is to join Fortis Merchant Banking as director of currency management.
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Staffordshire appoints seven new managers
UK – The £1.8bn (€2.6bn) Staffordshire County Council Pension Fund has appointed six new equity managers and one bond manager following a management shake-up and structure review.
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Coal scheme says it lost confidence in GSAM
UK – The £10.1bn (€14.8bn) British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme has said it cut its £600m global fundamental equity mandate with Goldman Sachs Asset Management because it lost confidence in the product – and that further assets may be “relocated”.
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PGGM fixed income head Schlukebir to leave
NETHERLANDS - Hans Schlukebir, head of fixed income at the €71.5bn Dutch health care sector fund PGGM, is to leave on March 1 after two years in charge of the department.
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Ilmarinen real estate chief Kankuri exits
FINLAND – Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co. has hired Esko Torsti to take over from real estate head Timo Kankuri.
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MP says NAPF “scared stiff” of national scheme
UK – A Member of Parliament for the ruling Labour Party has said the National Association of Pension Funds is “scared stiff” of the Pension Commission’s proposed new National Pension Savings Scheme.
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New ABN Amro AM CEO takes helm
GLOBAL – Sarah Russell has formally taken over from Huibert Boumeester as chief executive of ABN Amro’s asset management division, the bank said.
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ABP an observer at Commission hedge fund group
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has been named as an observer at a new expert sub-group on hedge funds set up by the European Commission.
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Features
Funds end 2005 on strong note
All strategies except for CTA global exceeded their long-term average performance in December. Convertible arbitrage was the only strategy to end the year with a negative cumulative performance. Interestingly, the average performance of the hedge fund industry, proxied by the performance of the Edhec funds of funds index, was almost ...
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For all the right reasons
When the French Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR) launched a manager selection process for its private equity programme last December, it was embarking on the next stage of an ambitious strategy which may well form a blueprint for other first-time investors in this asset class. The FRR, a ...
