All Alternatives articles – Page 193
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Baring Central Europe fund makes first closing
CENTRAL EUROPE - Baring Private Equity Partners has announced the first closing of its Baring Central European Fund (BCEF) at e75m...
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Van Tuyll elected to chair AIMA
AIMA – the London based Alternative Investment Management Association has elected Hans-Willem van Tuyll as its new chairman...
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Finnish FSA reappoints Jännäri for six years
Kaarlo Jännäri has been reappointed for a further six years as head of the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (RATA).....Read on for this weeks major people moves in the European pensions and investment industry...
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CDC rebrands for the new year
FRANCE - The Paris based former CDC Asset Management has seen in the new-year with a name change, becoming CDC IXIS.
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Blending in alternatives
The inclusion of alternative investment strategies, like hedge funds, in institutional portfolios is a hot topic at the moment. Pension funds in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Scandinavia, as well as US funds, have expressed a willingness to consider these vehicles as potential asset classes. A report by Indocam/Watson Wyatt predicts ...
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Danske to launch new private equity fund
DENMARK – Danske Capital Management will seek institutional capital for a new private equity fund of funds in the first half of next year
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Myners spells out end of MFR
UK - As expected Paul Myners, the chief executive of Gartmore, has recommended in his interim report on the UK pension fund industry that the minimum funding requirement be scrapped as a safeguard for pension funds.
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AP funds in competition
SWEDEN - Management of Sweden’s pay as you go pension system is undergoing a major restructuring due to finish by the beginning of next year.
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Robeco venture
NETHERLANDS Robeco has plucked a team of alternative investment specialists from NIB Private Equity, the venture capital joint venture of Dutch superfunds ABP and PGGM, to form part of a new alternative investments business unit.
