All Alternatives articles – Page 163
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Lucent’s Dutch fund ousts Schootse Poort, ABN Amro
NETHERLANDS – The incumbent managers at Lucent Technologies’ 450 million euro Dutch pension fund, Schootse Poort and ABN Amro, have been replaced in a shift to specialist managers.
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Liechtenstein’s LGT buys Swiss Life’s STG
SWITZERLAND / LIECHTENSTEIN – Financial services company, LGT GROUP, is acquiring fiduciary company STG Treuhandgesellschaft and its subsidiaries from the Swiss Life Group in order to expand, and to strengthen its activities in Switzerland.
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UK’s Leicester reviews asset, portfolio structure
UK – The 1.1 billion pound (1.52 billion euro) Leicestershire county council pension fund is reviewing its asset and portfolio structure and is asking for managers to put forward proposals for various asset classes.
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London pension fund moves into private equity
UK – The London Pension Fund Authority is tendering a private equity mandate worth between 50 to 75 million pounds (70-105 million euros) after deciding to start investing in the asset class.
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Pension reform hits Gaz de France credit rating
FRANCE – French utility Gaz de France has had its long-term corporate rating lowered to AA by Standard & Poor’s, partially as a result of the future pension reform in France.
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Goldman Sachs AM boosts European management
EUROPE – Goldman Sachs Asset Management has made several new appointments aimed at boosting its European institutional sales and marketing.
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Switzerland's Adveq bullish on private equity
SWITZERLAND - Fund of funds manager of private equity investments Adveq has signalled its confidence in the private equity market.
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Northern Trust hires Martin Currie’s Sagraves
UK – Northern Trust Global Investments has hired Barry Sagraves from Martin Currie to head its European investment business.
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Schroders in European property push
EUROPE – Schroders Property Investment Management is making a push into Europe, joining two European property associations, and adding one member to its team.
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Hedge fund firm Platinum boosts European sales
EUROPE – Hedge fund company Platinum Capital Management has named Reinhard Nigl as director of European business development.
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Mercer wins Omnetica actuarial job
UK – Siemens affiliate, Omnetica, has appointed Mercer Human Resource Consulting to provide actuarial and investment advice for its new defined contribution scheme.
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Features
One of Europe's best kept secrets
Gilles du Fretay has been offering hedge funds of funds in Paris since 1986, which makes him Europe’s longest established player, he says. What’s more, he’s been providing them mainly through onshore French funds, which is one reason perhaps why he may be one of the continent’s best kept secrets. ...
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Who's for private equity?
Pension funds have been identified as one of the factors that could help in the development of the European private equity industry. The European Venture Capital Association says that it has identified 10 indicators – of which five are tax related – which can contribute to “shaping” a favourable environment ...
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Irish reserve fund to move into new asset classes
IRELAND - The commissioners responsible for the investment strategy of Ireland’s eight billion euro National Reserve Pension Fund have decided about exposure to additional asset classes apart from equities and bonds.
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Mellon tops new UK fund accounting survey
UK – Mellon European Fund Services has been named top in the UK market for fund accounting and investment administration in the first survey of its kind by London-based R&M Consultants.
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Research shows European allocation to private equity ‘too low’
UK - Research showing that asset allocation to private equity of nearly 20% for a pension portfolio that 50% invested in equities is an ‘efficient’ figure has been issued by Standard Life Investments (SLI).
