All Alternatives articles – Page 144
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Commodity price strength drives up demand
Commodities have always been considered a highly risky investment not suitable for conservative portfolios. The scarcity of suitable ways of investing in them has also hindered their inclusion in mainstream portfolios. However, the steady rise in prices of commodities, particularly industrial metals and oil, and the flat performance of equities ...
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Guarded welcome for private equity
Private equity is rapidly increasing in popularity among European pension funds. According to the European Institutional Asset Management (EIAM) Survey 2004, continental European institutions doubled the proportion of private equity in their portfolios to 1.3% in 2004 from 0.6% last year. The survey covered portfolios (41% of which were pension ...
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Dutch funds
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds are looking to increase their use of unconstrained active investment management, according to a survey by JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management.
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AP1 seeks strategic partners for private equity
SWEDEN - Första AP-fonden, the First Swedish National Pension Fund, is seeking “strategic partners” for around 400 million dollars (326.5 million euros) in private equity.
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Goldman Sachs AM gains E8.9bn in AUM
GLOBAL – Assets under management at Goldman Sachs’ asset management arm rose 11 billion dollars (8.9 billion euros) in the third quarter – largely reflecting inflows into alternative investments, money markets and fixed income.
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BaFIN emphasises safety in hedge guidelines
GERMANY - Financial regulator BaFIN has emphasised the need for security in new guidelines on how pension funds and insurance companies should invest in hedge funds.
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This week’s UK pension fund disclosures
UK – The following are UK pension funds’ holdings in companies that have been disclosed this week under the Financial Services Authority’s stock market listing rules.
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DB plans seen as fastest growing hedge investors
GLOBAL - Defined benefit pension schemes are expected to be the fastest growing source of institutional investors into hedge funds, according to a new survey.
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INTERVIEW: UniCredito CEO on Italian pensions
ITALY - Alessandro Profumo, the chief executive of Italian bank UniCredito Italiano Group, has outlined to IPE in an interview the way forward for Italian occupational pensions.
