All Alternatives articles – Page 14
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NewsRisk diversification pays off for PenSam in 2018
Danish pension fund posts 0.3% pre-tax return and cuts costs by 4.8%
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Opinion Pieces
Hedge funds under scrutiny
Last year was good for hedge funds in terms of raising new money. But at the same time the industry suffered its biggest annual loss since 2011
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News£8.6bn public sector fund appoints managers for equity protection
Merseyside names panel of five managers to advise on risk management after equity market bull run
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NewsUK and US agree post-Brexit derivatives clearing pact
Senior figures on both sides of the Atlantic have agreed to extend existing oversight powers to cover the UK when it quits the EU next month
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NewsAsset management roundup: PE managers struggle for ‘skin in the game’
Plus: UK trade body launches guide to Libor replacement, urging fund managers to act early
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NewsVale: Swedish funds cut mining giant from portfolios after dam collapse
AP1 cuts €39m of investments as fellow mining giant BHP pledges support for improved standards
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NewsInvestors welcome mining sector first as Glencore amends climate policy
Mining giant vows to align with Paris Agreement and targets zero net emissions after shareholder pressure
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NewsInvestors turn on steel industry in push to slow climate change
IIGCC leads calls for steel manufacturers to take long-term approach to reducing emissions
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NewsNetherlands offers UK providers temporary reprieve from no deal Brexit
Exemption from third-country limits likely to be extended until 1 January 2021
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NewsEU bodies agree extension of derivatives clearing waiver
Pension funds to be exempt for another two years with possibility of two more one-year extensions
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NewsUK government seeks to open up illiquid assets to DC funds
DWP proposes illiquids allocation reporting and consolidation review duties, plus charge cap calculation addition
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NewsAsset owners ‘should push for strategy, fee innovation’ at hedge funds
Hedge funds too focused on tangential issues, says Willis Towers Watson
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NewsBrexit: Derivatives trade exodus ‘to start with currency contracts’
Asset manager expects derivatives trade through London only to remain unchanged if Brexit is cancelled
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NewsDutch insurer seeks global commodities ideas via IPE Quest [updated]
Investment of at least €100m under consideration
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NewsPIMCO launches insurance-linked securities business
Fixed-income specialist partners with parent Allianz for push into the alternative asset class
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NewsPGGM to start central clearing for repos [updated]
Asset manager for PFZW picks Eurex Clearing as central counterparty as it seeks to comply with EMIR derivatives rules
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NewsDutch regulator warns of €97bn ‘water scarcity’ risk
Pension funds, insurers and banks hold hundreds of billions worth of equity exposed to ESG risks, according to DNB research
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NewsJoseph Mariathasan: Nuclear needs warming up
Hitachi seems likely to abandon plans to build a nuclear power station in Wales due to a lack of firm investor commitments. This follows the abandonment by Toshiba of a nuclear project in Cumbria last year. The loss of several nuclear power plants not only leaves a gaping hole in ...
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NewsInvestors ‘must research equity overlays’ as demand soars: Bfinance
Asset owners began shift to explicit equity protection in 2018, but consultancy warns of complications
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Asset Class ReportsInstitutional investors to hasten exit from public markets in 2019
Large-scale poll sees pension funds boosting private assets, with a focus on private equity and real estate
