All Alternatives articles – Page 137
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Hedge funds provide good return for Shell
Stichting Shell Pensioenfonds, the e13.7bn scheme of the oil giant, made a 6.9% return on its hedge fund investments in 2004. “On the hedge fund portfolio a return of almost 7% was achieved,” the scheme says in a statement on its website. Hedge funds, including currency hedging, account for 5.5% ...
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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 ...
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Commodities now the only ‘pure bull market’
GLOBAL - The only place where there is currently a pure bull market is in commodities, investment guru Jim Rogers told the SuperHedge conference today.
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German hedge fund market seen doubling
GERMANY - Hedge funds in Germany are set to double from an investment of currently €15bn to €30bn euros by 2007, the SuperHedge conference was told today.
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UBS could lose €915m AP1 emerging market assets
SWEDEN – AP1 may pull up to SEK8.3bn (€915m) in emerging market assets from a UBS structured product and award them to new managers.
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ABP outlines post-Frijns board composition
NETHERLANDS – The €168bn,Dutch civil service scheme Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has announced the composition of its board when Roderick Munsters takes over from Jean Frijns.
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Non-domestics pile into French 50-year bond
FRANCE – Non French investors accounted for 88% of those who bought France’s new 50-year bond, demand for which exceeded the French debt agency’s forecast three-fold.
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Fortis nabs E&Y’s Collins for client role
EUROPE – Fortis Bank has appointed Ernst &Young’s Andrew Collins to the role of head of European client relationships.
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South Yorkshire invests in Hermes hedge funds
UK - The £2.7bn (€3.91bn) South Yorkshire Pensions Authority has made “an initial investment” in the Guernsey-domiciled fund of hedge funds vehicle launched by Hermes Pensions Management.
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Gartmore’s Frankfurt sales director steps down
GERMANY - UK asset manager Gartmore has confirmed that Anke Frémion will step down as sales director in its Frankfurt office, effective March 31 2005.
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DeAM, SSGA, BGI lose Shropshire mandates
UK – Deutsche Asset Management, State Street Global Advisers and Barclays Global Investors have lost equity mandates worth a combined £160m (€231m) after a shake-up at Shropshire County Council Pension Fund.
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Union Investment posts rise in 2004 AUM
GERMANY -- German institutional fund provider Union Investment has recorded €3.7bn in net investor inflows last year.
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Assets surge NIB’s asset management arm
NETHERLANDS – NIB Capital, the bank owned by the two largest Dutch pension funds ABP and PGGM, said assets under management at its investment management unit rose 70% in 2004.
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New hires at Swiss consultant Ecofin
SWITZERLAND - Ecofin, one of Switzerland’s largest investment consultants, has brought in a pair of new senior advisers and, for the first time, has opened itself up to private banking clients.
