All Alternatives articles – Page 182
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Construction of a customised and diversified portfolio
Hedge funds still present a number of difficult analytical problems for those who wish to integrate them into a traditional approach. To achieve success, it is important to ensure that the objective of the hedge fund allocation is clearly defined at the outset and that expectations regarding return potential and ...
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Clamour for information
Over the past year hedge funds have boomed. An estimated $8.4bn (€ƒ9.2bn) flooded into the sector in the second quarter of this year, and new alternative investment firms seem to appear on a weekly basis. But as capital flows towards hedge funds, there is a growing demand for greater transparency ...
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Taking a 'pure' approach to long-short equity
CDC IXIS Asset Management has recently enlarged its investment capabilities through the creation of a ‘Long-Short’ Equity Fund. This hedge fund will, in turn, reinforce company expertise in alternative investment products, targeting an institutional clientele of qualified investors. The acquisition of the American holding company Nvest at the end of ...
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An 'untraditional' multi-manager approach to alternatives
Transparency? Defined risk management? Short lock-up periods? Fee-sensitive? A fund that can handle critical mass? Do these sound impossible? Think again. These are hedge fund characteristics that investors have been seeking with little or no success in recent years – and with the new problems that lie ahead since the ...
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Transparency/liquidity needs of alternative investment
In the past, alternative investment strategies (AIS), such as hedge funds and managed futures investing has been dominated by high net worth investors. They were willing to bear the disadvantages of the mostly illiquid and non-transparent but steadily returning investment strategies. Due to the attractive risk-reward characteristics of AIS as ...
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AXA IM creates new alternative assets division
UK/FRANCE - AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has created a new structured and alternative investment management (SAIM) division within the firm to house its structured and hedge fund businesses....
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BBSP moves into UK fund management market
FRANCE/UK – Paris based market forecasting specialist company, BBSP, has announced its intention to move into the UK’s fund management market....
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SEK17bn Telia scheme tests hedge fund strategy
SWEDEN - The approximately SEK17bn Farsta-based Telia pensionsstiftelse (pension fund) for Swedish telecommunications company Telia, has made a foray into hedge fund investing to test the waters for future allocations to the asset class....
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Duke Street starts Spanish venture firm
SPAIN – London based pan-European fund management group, Duke Street Capital Group (DSCG) has launched Iberduke Capital Partners (IPC), a private equity fund management company based in Madrid....
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Pension funds should go for gold, says WGC
UK – Managers of pension funds and other institutional funds in the UK should not ignore gold when looking at alternative asset classes, according to Dr Robert Weinberg, head of institutional investment at the World Gold Council….
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German savings banks to create new pensions arm
GERMANY - The German public savings’ bank network, the Deutsche Sparkassen- und Giroverbandes (DSGV), is to enter into a joint venture with its insurance equivalents in order to compete with its private rivals in the new pensions market in Germany, Dietrich H. Hoppenstedt, the network’s president, has said in an ...
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Dobson joins Schroders as new chief executive
UK – Schroders has appointed Michael Dobson as chief executive and set out proposals to acquire Dobson’s own asset management firm, Beaumont, for £33.5m (€53.4m) as part of the deal...
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MFS appoints new head of UK sales
MFS International U.K. has appointed Jonathan Willcocks as its director of sales....
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US DB plans 'fine-tuning' portfolios, says Mercer
US - Defined benefit plan sponsors are fine-tuning their investment portfolios rather than making any dramatic changes, according to a survey by consultant William. M. Mercer....
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Private equity investment drops off this year
EUROPE – Private equity investment across Europe decreased during the first six months of this year compared to last year, according to the EVCA Mid-Year Survey of Pan-European Private Equity and Venture Capital Activity, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers....
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Boadicea heralds all girl hedge fund management
UK – Europe’s first and only all female hedge fund management company, Deco Capital, has been launched, kicking off operations with the Boadicea fund...
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Towers poaches two from rival William M.Mercer
UK – Benefits consultancy firm, Towers Perrin, has poached two business development consultants, Martin Good and Jason Kenny, from rival consultants William M. Mercer....
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AXA Private Equity opens Frankfurt office
GERMANY/FRANCE - AXA Private Equity has opened a new German office in Frankfurt and announced the completion of its fund range with the addition of primary funds of funds to the firm’s offering....
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Questions galore for trustees after Myners’ code
UK – Global investment consultancy and services firm, Frank Russell Company has suggested nine points of its own to add to the 10 questions pension fund trustees should ask themselves about transaction costs, as outlined yesterday in the final Myners’ review code.
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New private equity and joint venture at Kleinwort
UK - A new private equity fund is being launched by Kleinwort Capital, a joint venture set up by investment trust Kleinwort Development Fund and Dresdner Kleinwort Capital, the private equity arm of Dresdner Bank.
