All Alternatives articles – Page 32
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Large Dutch funds see weak returns in 2015, despite boost from real assets
Returns from property and infrastructure unable to counteract significant losses from commodities
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USS sells £640m private equity portfolio as it targets direct investments
UK’s largest pension fund sells stakes in 13 private equity funds as it shifts strategy
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Switzerland's BVK reports 0.7% loss for 2015
Real estate helps Swiss public fund beat benchmark by small margin
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Swiss pension fund benchmarks return less than 1% over 2015
Pictet’s BVG 2015 index for pension fund portfolios estimates lower performance than previous indices
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Swiss pension fund tenders private debt mandate using IPE Quest
Mandate calls for long-only multi-credit strategy
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NewsSweden's AP7 aims to grow private equity exposure by SEK10bn
Buffer fund seeks four private equity managers for commitments to be made by end of 2017
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NewsDenmark's Sampension ready to snap up more mortgage bonds
Pension fund eyes 2015’s last big ARM refinancing auctions
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European insurance company tenders green bond mandate
Client seeking ‘high-level ESG analysis’ with bottom-up focus
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Dutch Mortgage Company able to take on €1bn in new commitments
Institutional demand for mortgages grows as Dutch housing market improves
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Special Report
Outlook 2016: Commodities - Winners and losers of slump
The fall in commodity prices since 2011 has depressed economic growth in commodity-exporting countries but boosted growth in manufacturing economies
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In Hedge Funds: Case Study - PP Pension
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo discovers that Sweden’s PP Pension is still supporting hedge funds, despite the fact that they are not performing particularly well. So why is PP Pension doing this?
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Features
ESG: A new reporting paradigm
A new EU directive mandates non-financial corporate disclosures. In light of the Volkswagen emissions scandal, Elisabeth Jeffries finds reason for praise as well as for caution
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Asset Class ReportsLiquid Hedge Funds: Fad or the future?
Hedge funds are using onshore vehicles to replicate the returns of the offshore market. Is this making investment in hedge funds easier or simply another risky alternative?
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In Hedge Funds: Investor Strategy - In or out
Joseph Mariathasan looks at why investing in the hedge fund market is still contentious for many pension funds, even in the current low-interest-rate environment. Is it the fee structures or the economic uncertainity that drives this caution?
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FRR to invest €2bn in illiquids after government extends horizon
French pension reserve fund given permission to invest beyond 2024
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Renewables 'more attractive' for UK pension funds after subsidy cuts
Church Commissioners, Pensions Infrastructure Platform say cuts make renewables more predictable
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NewsAlternatives boost returns at Dutch, Danish schemes – OECD
Pension Market in Focus report notes link between growing alternatives exposure, high returns
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Greenwich tenders £100m alternatives mandate after strategy overhaul
Mandate set to include infrastructure, property, emerging market debt and hedge funds
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Joseph Mariathasan: Alternative energy
There may be exciting developments in alternative energy, but, without nuclear, they are not enough
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Asian investor tenders long/short hedge fund mandate using IPE Quest
Size of mandate to range between $30m and $80m
