All Alternatives articles – Page 166
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EVCA launches 'good practice' for investor relations
“The success of any private equity and venture capital initiative depends on the establishment of a good relationship between the investors in the initiative and those establishing and managing it.” So opens the summary to the EVCA draft consultation paper on private equity good practice launched this month. The paper ...
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Ex-Watson Wyatt consultant joins Paamco
EUROPE – Stephen Oxley, former senior investment consultant at Watson Wyatt is to head up Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company’s (Paamco) new European hedge fund of funds operations in London.
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Ansbacher in European multi-manager push
EUROPE – Ansbacher is making a push into the growing European multi-manager market and has hired Jeremy Beswick to spearhead the offensive.
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Sweden's AP1 announces double-digit loss for 2002
SWEDEN – AP-1, the 117.1 billion Swedish krone (12.8 billion euro) first Swedish national pension fund, has posted a loss of 13.8% for 2002, and has announced changes to its asset allocation following an ALM study....
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GSAM names European equity heads
EUROPE – Goldman Sachs Asset Management has named Hywel George and Stuart McPherson as its new co-chief investment officers for its European equity business.
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European CIOs see assets rising in 2003
EUROPE – Eighty percent of European chief investment officers surveyed by US risk measurement firm Barra are positive that assets under management will increase over 2003.
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Calpers seeks hedge fund boost
US – Investment staff at Calpers, the world’s second largest pension fund, are to recommend that the fund raise its one billion dollar (930 million euro) allocation to hedge funds when the fund’s investment committee meets in June.
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Pension funds rate Pictet top for custody
EUROPE – Pension funds have again rated Pictet as the best global custodian in the latest survey of the custody business by UK firm R&M Consultants.
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Odey launches pan-European UCITS
EUROPE – Odey Asset Management has launched a pan-European Dublin-registered UCITS targeting international and offshore investors.
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40% of PE fund of funds managers under threat
GLOBAL – Rapid growth in the private equity market may spell good news for fund of funds managers, but only those offering distinct strategies will last the duration, according to a report by London-based private equity research firm AltAssets.
