All Alternatives articles – Page 140
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Swiss railways on track with pension revamp
SWITZERLAND - The Swiss Federal Railways, SBB, says it will trade off a collective pay rise for its employees against the costs for the financial reorganisation of its 11 billion-franc (7.1 billion-euro) pension fund.
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RCP sees E47bn demand for German hedge funds
GERMANY - Investor demand for German-domiciled hedge funds, which made their debut at the start of 2004, should grow to an average of 47 billion euros four years from now, according to a study by RCP & Partners.
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BVK using Alpha advisors for hedge mandates
GERMANY - German investment consultant Alpha Portfolio Advisors says it has been retained by Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK) for three fund of hedge fund mandates worth 100 million euros recently allocated by the scheme.
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AP3 names hedge fund exec as equities head
SWEDEN - The 152 billion-crown (17 billion-euro) Third Swedish National Pension Fund, Tredje AP-fonden or AP3, has appointed a hedge fund manager from Nordea as its new head of equities.
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State Street’s Princeton arm opens Amsterdam office
NETHERLANDS - Princeton Financial Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of financial services giant State Street, has opened an office in Amsterdam.
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Benkner named head of DeAM in Europe
EUROPE - Deutsche Bank is to relocate Deutsche Asset Management’s headquarters to Frankfurt from London amid a revamp that has seen Paul Manduca replaced by Axel Benkner as DeAM’s European chief executive.
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Pension funds seeking yield in FX market – BIS
GLOBAL – Pension funds are helping to drive activity in the foreign exchange market as part of a “global search for yield” the Bank for International Settlements says.
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Hermes sees conflict in government trustee plan
UK – Hermes, the pension manager owned by the BT Pension Scheme, has said there is a conflict between the demands for increased trustee professionalism and the requirement for members to nominate 50% of trustees.
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Skandia’s Nammack sets up own firm
SWEDEN - Kristian Nammack, the head of external asset management at Stockholm-based Skandia Liv Kapitalförvaltning, has left the group to set up his own company.
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IPE Awards – the full list of winners
EUROPE – The full list of country and themed-award winners at this week’s IPE Awards is now available below.
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Goldbrunner to head Allianz’s AGI in Europe
EUROPE - Johann Goldbrunner, head of dbi, Allianz’s institutional fund business in Germany, will be appointed head of Europe for Allianz Global Investors (AGI), effective January 1, IPE has learned.
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Refco boosts European institutional sales
EUROPE – Hedge fund firm Refco Alternative Investments has boosted its European hedge fund sales push with the appointment of a senior European sales executive.
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Axa hires Nutbrown for new tactical asset allocation division
Axa Investment Managers has hired Kieron Nutbrown to take the new role of head of tactical asset allocation (TAA) under his old boss, Paul Griffiths.
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Martin Currie sees big mandate wins but denies sale rumour
UK - Martin Currie Investment Management has won significant new mandates in its latest financial year but has denied speculation that its latest appointment signifies its planned sale.
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ABP named Best European Pension Fund
EUROPE – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, the largest pension fund in Europe, was tonight named the best pension fund in Europe at the annual IPE Awards in Zurich – winning for the second year in a row.
