All Alternatives articles – Page 158
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Dutch fund tenders hedge brief on IPE-Quest
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund has tendered two hedge fund of funds mandates via IPE-Quest.
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Goldman Sachs AM revenues rise 20%
GLOBAL – Goldman Sachs’ asset management division saw its revenues rise by 20% in the third quarter to 481 million dollars (417.6 million euros), from 400 million dollars a year ago.
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Tyne & Wear tenders for investment consultant
UK – The two billion-pound (2.9 billion euro) Tyne and Wear pension fund has put out to tender a mandate for an investment consultant.
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Put 5-10% into hedge funds - ex-Watson partner
UK – Former Watson Wyatt partner and senior investment consultant Stephen Oxley says pension funds should allocate between five and 10 percent to hedge funds.
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Woods to head new SSGA hedge fund strategy group
UK - State Street Global Advisors has set up a hedge fund strategies group to be headed by former UK chief investment officer Chris Woods.
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Ex-Shell Pension deputy CIO joins Gartmore
UK – Nick Shaw, former deputy chief investment officer for Shell Pension Management Services, has been appointed by Gartmore as it expands into private equity.
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Hermes boosts private equity team
UK – Hermes’ private equity arm has hired an investment director from CVC Capital Partners.
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Gartmore in hedge fund tie with Aspect Capital
UK – Gartmore is expanding its hedge fund business by forming an alliance with Aspect Capital, a global hedge fund company.
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AP1 hires head of alternative investments
SWEDEN – The 126.6 billion-Swedish crown (13.7 billion-euro) Swedish reserve fund Forsta AP-fonden has hired a head of alternatives.
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BoNY names Headon as alternatives manager
IRELAND – The Bank of New York is expanding its services for alternative assets, specifically for European-based hedge fund managers.
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Société Générale names deputy CEO at SGAM
FRANCE – Société Générale has named Alain Clot as deputy to SG Asset Management chairman and chief executive Philippe Collas.
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Corporate pension funds seen eyeing hedge funds
EUROPE – Corporate pension funds are changing their thinking about hedge funds, prompted by pension obligations being treated as debt, according to a new report by Morgan Stanley.
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UK bosses “persist with DB schemes”
UK – Corporate directors in the UK are keeping their defined benefit pension schemes while closing them for workers, the main trade union body in the UK says.
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Hertford pension fund in private equity move
UK – The 2.2 billion pound (3.2 billion euro) Hertfordshire County Council Superannuation Fund has made a 55 million-pound (79.8 million-euro) move into private equity.
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PGGM spends E30m to hedge against inflation
NETHERLANDS – The 48 billion-euro Dutch healthcare pension fund PGGM has spent 30 million euros to hedge its pension commitments against inflation.
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On the rails
The emergence of infrastructure as an asset class has largely been driven by macroeconomic factors, explaining to some extent the varying stages of maturity in different countries. Traditionally governments have facilitated investment in infrastructure either by directly financing and building roads, railways, electricity grids and telephone lines, or by subsidising ...
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PIPE of peace
Few financing structures in recent memory have had the impact of private investments in public equity (PIPEs). Privately negotiated equity or equity-linked securities issued by public companies, PIPEs gained notoriety during the tech boom. Their standing soared and then crashed with the Nasdaq. But these structures have reclaimed some of ...
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A punt on paint
If you’re looking for an example of a sector pension funds should avoid, first impressions suggest fine art is hard to beat. Prices are difficult to predict, pieces can take ages to sell and trading costs and insurance are high. Annual dividends are non-existent, periods move in and out of ...
