All Alternatives articles – Page 183
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Germany's Schoeller launches fund of hedge funds
GERMANY - Schoeller Capital Management (SCM) , the total return products arm of Germany’s HypoVereinsbank Group is launching launching an institutional fund of hedge funds together with its parent group....
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MAN hires European sales manager
UK – Hedge fund outfit MAN Investment Products (MIP) has hired Paolo di Montorio-Veronese as regional manager, Europe, for its London-based sales team....
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Why core plus strategies win
Over the past 20 years, as real estate has come to be an accepted part of a diversified institutional investment portfolio, strategies for investment in real estate have expanded across the entire risk/return spectrum. Investment options now range from low risk/low volatility strategies, some of which offer almost bond-type characteristics, ...
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Role of funds checked by survey
A recent survey into institutional investment in property1 has found that the available benchmarks reflect the true market situation, despite a lack of clarity both in the questionnaires used to obtain data and the categories used to report the findings. The study, by DTZ Research on behalf of Royal & ...
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Hedge funds stay in the black despite US crisis
HEDGE FUNDS - The Crédit Suisse First Boston/Tremont (CSFB/Tremont) hedge fund index remains up 0.9% for August, despite a one-week delay attributed to the terrorist attack on New York two weeks ago....
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Swiss banks launch 'transparent' hedge product
SWITZERLAND - Bank Hofmann and saisGroup of Zug are targeting a rising demand for alternative investments with the launching of a fully transparent hedge product with daily valuation and trading at Net Asset Value (NAV)....
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Morley develops core/satellite hedge approach
UK – Morley Fund Management is to implement a new core, long overlay and active satellite approach in its management of the £57bn (€90bn) Norwich Union with profits insurance funds....
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SEB launches Luxembourg venture fund of funds
SWEDEN – Swedish investment bank SEB has launched a Luxembourg-based private equity fund of funds for institutional and private investors with the assets invested in a globally diversified portfolio of private equity funds.
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Stock lenders hit back at 'short selling' critics
US SPECIAL – Stock lending operations within investment houses have hit out at reports that they may be inadvertently fuelling a market in short selling in the current volatile economic climate following Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in the US.....
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UK £5bn fund appoints five private equity managers
UK – The £5bn (€8.1bn) Bradford-based West Yorkshire Pension Fund, the scheme for local government workers in the region, has appointed a raft of private equity managers as part of a move to increase venture assets to around four per cent of the fund’s portfolio in the next few years....
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EVCA lobbies EU on private equity 'disparities'
EUROPE – Considerable disparities exist between EU member states over regulations and incentives surrounding venture capital and private equity, despite the single market, the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) today told European Union (EU) representatives....
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CSAM appoints European equity research head
Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has appointed Ella Brown to the position of London head of European equity research....
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Russell in Germany/Austria venture funds tie-up
GERMANY/AUSTRIA – Frank Russell is joining forces with HVB International Markets, a branch of HypoVereinsbank - Germany’s second largest private commercial bank, to create a series of private equity fund of funds for institutional and private investors in Germany and Austria....
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ABP appoints Achmea director as CIO for equities
NETHERLANDS - Jan Straatman, the former director of asset management (CIO) at Achmea Global Investors has been appointed as chief investment officer for equities with ABP Investments in Amsterdam, the investment arm of the e150bn Dutch pension fund....
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Rate cuts fail to ignite equity marts, says FTSE
Interest rate cuts from the world's central banks failed to bolster global equity markets in August, according to figures compiled by FTSE....
