All Alternatives articles – Page 161
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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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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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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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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.
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Pioneer Alternatives opens London office
EUROPE - Pioneer Alternative Investments has opened a London office as part of an ambitious expansion plan.
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Hymans sets up London investment practice
UK – Pensions actuaries Hymans Robertson has set up a London-based investment practice – and hired a consultant from rival firm Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow.
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Ignore consultants’ advice, says Somerset
UK – The head of the 600 million-pound (867 million euro) local authority pension fund of Somerset County Council says only a bad pension fund follows the advice of investment consultants to the letter.
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Germany publishes draft hedge fund proposals
GERMANY – The German government has published its draft of the Investment Act which will make hedge funds and hedge funds of funds available to the German retail and institutional investor.
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Staffordshire taps Goldman for asset allocation
UK – Staffordshire County Council has appointed Goldman Sachs Asset Management to run a 970 million pound (1.4 billion euro) asset allocation mandate for its pension fund. The total fund size is 1.3 billion pounds (1.9 billion euros).
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Baring AM’s Mantel leaves to start hedge fund
UK - European pensions expert Jan Mantel has left Baring Asset Management, where he was head of the UK and European equity team, to start his own hedge fund.
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HFR boosts European institutional marketing
UK – Hedge Fund Research has hired a former Bank of America vice president to boost its European institutional marketing.
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Pension funds were top contributors to PE in 2002
EUROPE – Pension funds were the largest contributors to European private equity vehicles in 2002, according to a new report.
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More funds seeking hedge fund of funds, says Io
UK – An increasing number of UK pension funds are looking to invest in hedge fund of funds - but they need to be aware of how to identify the right fund. So says manager of managers Io Investors.
