All Alternatives articles – Page 142
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CSAM posts lower Q3 revenues and inflows
SWITZERLAND – Credit Suisse Asset Management has posted lower revenues and new asset inflows in the third quarter.
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Hermes hires London pension scheme’s Nash
UK - David Nash, investment officer for the 2.8 billion-pound (4.02 billion-euro) London Pensions Fund Authority, has left the pension fund to join Hermes Pensions Management.
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Deloitte unveils pension pooling for multinationals
EUROPE - Professional services firm Deloitte has launched a pension pooling offering and said it is working with consumer products group Unilever on implementing pooling in practice.
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Deutsche asset strategy queried amid AUM slump
GERMANY – Deutsche Bank’s asset management strategy has come under scrutiny in the wake of disclosures that its institutional fund arm DeAM lost 13 billion euros in assets in the third quarter.
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New framework may change Dutch funds’ asset mix
NETHERLANDS - The new supervisory framework for Dutch pension funds and insurers may lead to a move out of equities and into bonds, experts have suggested – though the government doesn’t plan to change its bond issuance strategy.
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Universal targets institutions in marketing push
GERMANY - Universal Investment, one of Germany’s top providers of institutional funds, or spezialfonds, is launching a marketing offensive in a bid to invigorate its low-volume mutual funds business with institutional clients.
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IPE-QUEST: Danish foundation tenders E40m
DENMARK - Investment consultant Kirstein Finans has put in a request for tenders for a 40 million-euro euro-zone credit mandate via IPE-Quest.
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Barr moves to PPM
SWEDEN - Daniel Barr, chief analyst of the seventh Swedish national pension fund Sjunde AP-fonden, AP7, has joined the premium pension authority, PPM, as chief economist.
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Oppenheimer tackles European market
EUROPE- US investment manager OppenheimerFunds Inc (OFI) is entering the European market through a “dual approach” with its subsidiary, Tremont Capital Management.
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DeAM takes over E24.7bn Zurich assets
GERMANY - German institutional fund manager Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) will take over 24.7 billion euros in assets currently held by the German arm of Swiss insurer Zurich beginning next January.
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PGGM gets boost from oil-price gain
NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the second largest Dutch pension fund, made an 18.8% return on commodities in the third quarter of 2004 – but equities were down 0.7%.
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PensionDanmark in funds transferral move
DENMARK – Industry-wide pension fund PensionDanmark is bidding for a share in the new market of funds transferral from the government-backed SP fund to other funds chosen by workers.
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DeAM absorbs DB Advisors hedge fund arm
GLOBAL – Deutsche Asset Management is understood to have absorbed DB Advisors, Deutsche Bank’s in-house structured trading business following the resignation of the unit’s head Roger Ehrenberg.
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Industriens looking to add value with currency
DENMARK - The four billion-euro Danish industry pension fund, Industriens Pensionsforsikring, could decide to adopt currency management strategies next year to “add value”, its chief investment officer has told IPE.
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RMB in Austrian institutional tie-up
AUSTRIA - Alternative investments specialist Absolute Return Consulting GmbH has started a partnership with London-based RMB International to represent the asset manager on the Austrian institutional market.
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German consultant Faros hires FERI’s Umlauf
GERMANY - Faros Consulting, a new German investment advisor for institutional clients, has poached a senior executive from rival FERI.
