All Alternatives articles – Page 137
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BNP Paribas aims to raise AUM by €50bn
FRANCE – BNP Paribas is targeting a €50bn increase in assets under management by 2007 – coming on top of an 8.3% rise in AUM last year.
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S&P cuts NIB ratings, citing ABP and PGGM
NETHERLANDS – Standard & Poor’s has downgraded its rating on NIB Capital because it thinks the merchant bank has become less important to owners ABP and PGGM.
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Threadneedle ‘unaffected’ by Amex spinoff
UK – Asset manager Threadneedle Investments says it won’t be affected by American Express’s plans to spin off its parent division.
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NIB Capital weighs options amid Fortis report
NETHERLANDS – NIB Capital, the merchant banking group owned by Dutch pension schemes ABP and PGGM, says it is still considering its options - as reports circulate that Fortis is interested in making a bid.
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Irish funds venture shy
Since the go-go eighties, Ireland has been punching above its weight in cultivating a profile as a home of technological innovation. In 2003, private equity funds invested in Ireland totalled e255m. This represented 0.194% of the country’s GDP, and one of the highest percentages in Europe, higher than Germany, Belgium ...
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Hedge funds in the mainstream
Hedge funds have now moved into the mainstream with 32% of European institutions now using them, Greenwich Associates says. “Among European institutions, the proportion using hedge funds jumped to 32% in 2004 from 23% a year earlier,” the Connecticut-based consulting firm sasy. It added that US institutional use climbed to ...
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Reserve fund takes first steps
The National Pensions Reserve Fund was set up in 2002 to act as a cushion against some of the expected growth in future liabilities of Ireland’s state and civil service pension arrangements. Its purpose is to act as a demographic equalisation fund, helping to redress potential underfunding which may arise ...
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Practical implications of using derivatives
Practical implications of trading derivatives can make pension funds reluctant to implement a derivatives program. Outsourcing has benefits but could be in conflict with upcoming governance rules. An in-house derivative program is cost effective, transparent and not as difficult as it may seem. An attempt to demystify derivative implications. In ...
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Again a year of mixed fortunes
The January markets rally has affected 2005’s opening figures for many categories of hedge fund. Data revealing strong foreign demand for US assets had calmed fears that the US will struggle to fund its ballooning trade deficit. Instead, investors have focused on dollar-positive factors. Going forward, it is the threat ...
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Germany’s Metzler sees boom in master funds
GERMANY - A boom in so-called “master funds” should enable Germany’s Metzler Asset Management to grow its institutional assets under management in 2005 about as fast as they did in 2004, one of its executives says.
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Watson Wyatt Ireland hires ex-E&Y economist
IRELAND – Watson Wyatt says it has hired a former chief economist at Ernst & Young, Paul Droop, to be a senior investment consultant in its Dublin office.
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MEPs to debate hedge fund regulation
EUROPE - The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs is set to debate whether the European Commission should provide guidelines for the regulation of hedge funds.
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Campina scheme appoints fiduciary manager
NETHERLANDS - The pension fund of Dutch cooperative dairy giant Campina has appointed Goldman Sachs Asset Management as fiduciary manager of a €350m mandate.
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France’s €5bn Cancava in scheme revamp
FRANCE – The €5bn pension fund Caisse Nationale d’Assurances Vieillesse des Artisans, Cancava, has appointed 10 equity managers amid a revamp which saw eight of its former managers dismissed over poor performance.
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Calyon Financial marketing manager set to leave
FRANCE – Odile Sigrand, marketing manager for Crédit Agricole’s Calyon Financial, is about to leave the company.
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Psolve nabs three Aon consultants
UK - Psolve Asset Solutions, sister firm of consultant Punter Southall, says it has hired three investment consultants from Aon in Scotland.
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German fund body defends hedge funds
GERMANY – The head of the German fund industry association BVI has dismissed the view that hedge funds have flopped in Germany.
