All Alternatives articles – Page 160
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How much should be allocated to alternatives?
A new study carried out by Dexia Asset Management shows the benefits of allocating 15% to 20% of a portfolio to alternative funds. Finding a good balance between risk and return is the first aim of any investment strategy. Modern portfolio management theory suggests diversification, so as to cope with ...
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Nestle stays ahead of the pack
The €4bn Nestlé pension fund in Switzerland has perhaps gone farthest down the road of any European pension fund in embracing alternative investment in the pursuit of absolute returns. Its current exposure of 15% of assets to hedge funds is probably the largest of any pension fund in the world. ...
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Gaining efficient access to hedge fund strategies
Funds of hedge funds (FoHF) have become a popular way for new hedge fund investors, both private and institutional, to gain access to the attractive performance characteristics of hedge fund strategies. These products provide investors with efficient exposure to a diverse range of alternative investment strategies and the unique skills ...
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Absolute rules
Chastened by the experience of a three-year bear market in equities, European pension funds are moving from away from traditional benchmarks and relative returns toward ‘liability-driven’ strategies and absolute returns. Certainly this is the picture that alternative asset managers, and some traditional asset managers, are painting. Mark Rosenberg, head of ...
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Credit Suisse AM sees asset-allocation role
EUROPE – Institutional investors will increasingly seek asset-allocation advice from their fund managers rather than from their consultant, believes Credit Suisse Asset Management.
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Hedge fund assets now almost $665bn – report
GLOBAL – Hedge fund assets are now almost 665 billion dollars, a record, according to Hedge Fund Research.
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UBS GAM says its institutional margins rise
SWITZERLAND – The margins on UBS Global Asset Management’s institutional business rose to 35 basis points in the second quarter, up from 29 basis points in the first quarter of the year.
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Morley wins E2.9bn in new mandates
UK – Morley Fund Management has won two billion pounds (2.9 billion euros) of new external mandates this year so far – up one billion pounds on the same period last year.
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Pioneer names German alternatives sales head
IRELAND – Germany’s proposed legislation on hedge funds of funds has led Pioneer Investments to bolster its alternative investment sales team for Germany and Austria.
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Pension fund seen as key to Belgacom privatisation
BELGIUM – The Belgian government may have to take over Belgacom’s employee pension fund if it is serious about privatising the national telecoms operator.
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FirstRand signals sale of Ansbacher
EUROPE – South African financial services firm FirstRand has announced it will be looking to sell or part-sell Ansbacher -though it will retain the multi-manager subsidiary.
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SEI in HSBC Republic private client tie-up
UK – SEI Investments has formed a partnership to provide the clients of HSBC Republic, the private banking arm of HSBC, with a manager of managers account programme.
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Robeco Alternative offers bond to diversify risk
NETHERLANDS – Robeco Alternative Investments has launched a multi market bond fund aimed at offering investors risk diversification.
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TUC names managers refusing to disclose how they voted
UK - The UK’s Trades Union Congress (TUC), which co-ordinates a network of over 1,000 pension fund trustees, has ‘named and shamed’ fund managers who refuse to disclose how they voted on behalf of their pension fund clients.
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Asset managers quit and turn backs on industry – survey finds
UK – More fund managers are leaving the industry than at any point in the past seven years, reveals a survey by consultants Watson Wyatt.
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Shropshire moves into hedge funds
UK – Shropshire County Council has announced a change in its pension fund benchmark with greater allocation to bonds and the introduction of a hedge fund portfolio.
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Portuguese pension funds net buyers of equities
PORTUGAL – Pension funds in Portugal were net buyers of equities in the first quarter, according to new data from Watson Wyatt.
