All Alternatives articles – Page 134
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Schroders' investment chief pockets €5.3m
UK – The head of investments at asset manager Schroders, Richard Horlick, was paid a total of £3.65m (€5.3m) in 2004, according to its annual report.
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SSgA's Alan Brown resigns while Leahy is promoted
Alan Brown, group chief investment officer at State Street Global Advisors and one of the most influential figures in fund management, has resigned while his internal rival for the top job has been promoted, the company said.
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Consultant warns of hedge fund ‘contagion’
UK – A leading pension consultant has warned that hedge funds could represent a contagion to the global financial markets.
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UBS asset management arm nearly doubles institutional fund inflows
SWITZERLAND – UBS Global Asset Management said inflows to its institutional business nearly doubled to CHF 23.7bn (€15.3bn) in 2004.
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ABP's incoming chief warns against bonds, preferring commodities
UK – Roderick Munsters, the incoming investment chief at the €168bn Dutch civil service fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP says he thinks bonds are not currently attractive – and that he wouldn’t bet against commodities.
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AP7 names central bank’s Ragnartz chief analyst
SWEDEN – The SEK5bn (€550m) seventh Swedish national pension fund, AP7, has appointed fund manager Christian Ragnartz of the Central Bank, Sveriges Riksbank, as chief analyst.
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Investors in hedge fund blow-up join forces
GERMANY – Investors in the Phoenix Kapitaldienst GmbH, the funds of hedge funds firm under investigation for accounting irregularities, have pulled together to protect their interests.
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Row erupts over new asset management forum
EUROPE – The European Fund and Asset Management Association says the launch of the rival Forum of European Asset Managers makes “no sense” because it means the industry will have two voices.
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Aon expands in Swedish pension market
SWEDEN – Aon Consulting says its entry into the Swedish pension consulting market last year has prompted a lot of interest from customers and potential employees.
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FRR seeks SRI, private equity consultants
FRANCE – The French reserve fund, the Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites, is looking to select consultants to help it select asset managers for socially responsible investment and private equity mandates.
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Dutch schemes invest €51bn abroad
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds invested €51bn in foreign bonds and equities last year, says Statistics Netherlands CBS in a provisional report.
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Dutch schemes focusing on low interest rates
NETHERLANDS – The way to position investment policy amid historically low long-term interest rates has become a key question at Dutch pension funds, IPE has learnt.
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Horeca taps T. Rowe, Acadian for equities
NETHERLANDS - The €1.8bn Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering has selected T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services and Acadian Asset Management for its €400m global equity portfolio that is currently solely managed by F&C Netherlands B.V.
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Italy’s Cooperlavoro seeks managers after revamp
ITALY - The €64m Cooperlavoro is looking for up to six asset managers after a switch from a single- portfolio to a three-portfolio investment strategy.
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No reason to relax for Swiss funds - report
SWITZERLAND - Swiss pension funds, with a "barely acceptable" 4.2% return in 2004, have no reason to relax, according to the Swiss pension fund association (ASIP) and Watson Wyatt.
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Watson Wyatt private equity partner leaves
UK – Stephan Breban, a Watson Wyatt senior consultant and partner in charge of the private equity management research team, is to leave the firm at the end of March to set up his own business called City Capital Partners.
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Thomas Murray unveils e-RFP tool
UK – Securities services information firm Thomas Murray has launched a tool to introduce additional control and transparency to the hedge funds industry.
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Allianz’s European asset chief Goldbrunner exits
GERMANY - Johann Goldbrunner, head of Europe for Allianz Global Investors, has decided to resign on April 1 – just three months after taking on the role.
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Prices on the move
Swiss deal opportunities come largely from medium-sized family businesses, which have become much more aware of private equity and look to the asset class to solve succession issues, Betschart says. Whereas before these companies valued private equity investors for their potential financial input, they are slowly beginning to understand that ...
