All Alternatives articles – Page 120
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Features
Plus ça change
The euro’s birth was a monumental event in monetary world history. On 1 January 1999 the euro replaced 10 national currencies that had been used for decades, or centuries, to make domestic and international transactions. The euro also eliminated the ability of central banks in the participating countries to use ...
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Allocation gap for alternatives
Ever since Gary Brinson’s 1986 publication of a paper demonstrating that asset allocation is the dominant factor in determining the return of a portfolio, strategic asset allocation has been accepted as important. When it comes, however, to including alternative asset classes in an overall asset allocation framework, the industry is ...
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Achievements and challenges
The euro has very rapidly created a zone of monetary stability in Europe. The average inflation rate in the euro area has been a little above 2%. This is somewhat above the level of what the ECB defines as price stability, but a good performance in view of the increases ...
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Allianz Global Investors sets up Luxembourg arm
EUROPE – Allianz Global Investors has founded a subsidiary in Luxembourg from which it plans to bolster its European presence, especially where investment funds are concerned.
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Horeca moves into commodities
NETHERLANDS - Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering, the €2bn Dutch hotel and catering scheme, has awarded a passive commodities mandate to Western Asset Management.
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PGGM names new head of strategy & research
NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the Dutch health care pension fund, has named Jaap van Dam as head of strategy and research.
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Bank of Ireland buys into alternatives group
IRELAND – The Bank of Ireland has agreed to buy more than 70% of US hedge fund group Guggenheim for €154m.
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Unilever sets up €5bn asset pooling vehicle
EUROPE – Consumer products group Unilever has set up a pension asset pooling vehicle called Univest which could grow to around €3-5bn in size.
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Germany’s FERI to expand into Switzerland
GERMANY – FERI Institutional Advisors plans to break into the Swiss institutional market sometime in 2006, according to Arnd Thorn, who took over as FIA’s chief executive last August.
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Goldman Sachs AM gets $8bn inflow in quarter
GLOBAL – Goldman Sachs Asset Management had a net asset inflow of $8bn (€6.7bn) in the fourth quarter of 2005 – taking its total inflows in the year to $63bn.
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Hoogovens scheme’s Bronger joins Robeco
NETHERLANDS – Patrick Bronger, senior investment manager at the €5.3bn Hoogovens pension fund, has joined Robeco’s hedge fund department.
