All Alternatives articles – Page 154
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Warming up the punters
People climb mountains because they are there, but will German retirement savings funds use hedge funds just because a law makes it easier? For most institutional investors the idea of hedge funds is more interesting than actually using them at the moment. This is partly because the ability to invest ...
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Turning on the taps
‘How to tackle Germany’ occupied much conversational space at recent conferences. The Investment Act and the Investment Tax Act, which came into force on 1 January this year, brought hedge funds onshore for the first time, enabling an investor base already familiar with hedge fund index certificates to have direct ...
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LGIM's institutional fund mgmt profit falls
UK – Legal & General says the operating profit of its institutional fund management arm LGIM fell to 80 million pounds (119.7 million euros) in 2003 from 92 million pounds in 2002, a decline of 13%.
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New IPE Real Estate publication launched
GLOBAL – IPE has launched a new quarterly publication, IPE Real Estate, to accompany the main monthly magazine.
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Goldman hires Morgan Stanley’s van Bezooyen
UK – Goldman Sachs has confirmed it has hired Morgan Stanley European pension executive Jeroen van Bezooyen.
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Lintstock launches governance site for pensions
UK - Research and advisory firm Lintstock has launched a service to help pension fund trustees handle information on asset managers’ governance and voting policies.
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DeAM names UK business section heads
UK – Deutsche Asset Management, the second largest manager of European pension assets, has named the heads of its seven new “business streams”.
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ABP, PGGM award extra E6bn to AlpInvest
NETHERLANDS – The two largest Dutch pension funds, ABP and PGGM, have awarded a further six billion euros to AlpInvest Partners, taking the former NIB Capital Private Equity’s total mandate to 20 billion euros.
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DeAM set to unveil heads of UK product teams
UK – Deutsche Asset Management, the second largest manager of European pension assets, is set to unveil the heads of its planned seven new UK investment teams soon.
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Sweden’s AP3 makes total return of 16.2%
SWEDEN – AP3 says its total return in 2003 was 16.2%, taking its value to 142.5 billion crowns (15.5 billion euros).
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Consultants late to hedge funds – HSBC hedge CEO
UK – The chief executive of HSBC’s fund of hedge fund business Republic says pension consultants have been late in realising the benefits of hedge funds.
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PGGM lobbying against Staatsen proposals
NETHERLANDS – PGGM says it is lobbying against proposed curbs to pension funds’ non-core activities, saying it has three main concerns – on exit strategy, timing and the role of the regulator.
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SGAM is top French asset manager – survey
FRANCE - Societe Generale Asset Management has ousted CDC Ixis as the top asset manager in France, according to a new survey.
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BGI co-CEO sees big boost for liability matching
UK – The co-chief executive of Barclays Global Investors, Andrew Skirton, says he sees a move in the “tens of billions” towards liability matching.
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Threadneedle names Gresser as alternatives head
UK – Threadneedle Investments has named Lorin Gresser as head of its alternative investments business.
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Dutch pension fund in hedge tender via IPE-Quest
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund has tendered a 10 million-euro hedge fund mandate via IPE-Quest.
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CIOs see 32% rise in hedge fund assets
EUROPE – The chief investment officers at European and US investment managers expect a 32% rise in hedge fund assets under management in the next year, according to a new survey.
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Northern Trust names European sales manager
EUROPE - Northern Trust says it has hired former Citigroup securities services executive John Gout as a sales manager for Europe.
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FTSE confirms hedge fund index launch
UK – Index provider FTSE Group has confirmed that it plans to launch a hedge fund product.
