All Alternatives articles – Page 40
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Features
Asset Allocation: The big picture
There is an uncomfortable sense that many market outlooks and forecasts are too sanguine about future risks and the course of US interest rates. Some asset classes are already being severely buffeted.
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Features
Interview - BVI: When special becomes alternative
Thomas Richter, CEO of the German Investment Funds Association, discusses the AIFMD, the future of Spezialfonds and opt-out models for occupational pensions with Barbara Ottawa
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Features
Infrastructure: Pension funds turn back on middlemen
European pension funds have long been aware of the benefits of infrastructure but, in 2014, the idea of co-investment with other pension funds has become a much more realistic option.
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ESG: A means to capture value
Hendrik du Toit and Therese Niklasson tell Nina Röhrbein about ESG integration at Investec
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Special Report
Special Report - Emerging Markets: Fed up with volatility
The Federal Reserve-sparked ‘taper tantrum’ of 2013 revealed how sensitive emerging market currencies could be to interest rates set in the developed world. Caroline Saunders asks whether that volatility told us more about investor sentiment than fiscal fundamentals
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Features
ESG: Profit with purpose
In the wake of a recent G8 working group on impact investing, Jonathan Williams examines how pension investors view strategies with a social purpose
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News
Dutch pension fund to invest 5% of assets in residential mortgages
Asset class offers better returns than euro-denominated bonds against ‘very limited’ additional risk, scheme says
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News
AP2 targets tar sands, farmland for greater scrutiny
Swedish buffer fund sells stakes in 20 energy companies over concerns extraction projects to prove unprofitable
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NewsSPK appoints infrastructure, risk premia managers following strategy change
Swedish fund for banking industry appoints manager to oversee 4% allocation to real estate
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IPE Views: Boris Johnson's bonkers merger plan
The mayor of London’s proposal to merge funds for infrastructure investment shows a lack of understanding
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Infrastructure holdings drive 6% return at London Pension Fund Authority
Fund continues shift to in-house management, dropping £533m Newton IM equities mandate
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Regulatory roundup: ESMA, EMIR, EIOPA
ESMA publishes final regulatory standards on EMIR; three-year phase-in from 2015 confirmed
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Features
Evergreen mandate takes root
Mark Mansley and Faith Ward of the UK’s Environment Agency Pension Fund tell Jonathan Williams about the scheme’s plans for an ‘evergreen’ sustainable equity mandate and discuss how investment management agreements of indefinite length will spread
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News
Danica, Lægernes commit to Danish private equity fund in final close
Fund investing in Danish SMEs raises DKK1.1bn at final close
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NewsSwiss institutional tenders 'trade finance' mandate using IPE-Quest
Strategies can be investment grade or sub-investment grade, investor says
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AnalysisAnalysis: Hedge funds brace for CalPERS fallout
Hedge funds are facing a ‘critical period’ in wake of US pension fund’s decision to divest from asset class, writes Christopher O’Dea
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News
Dutch giant PMT to divest holdings in 'expensive' hedge funds
Pension fund to drop €1bn hedge fund allocation in favour of investments in local residential mortgages
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Greater Manchester pension fund returns 7% despite hit on global bonds
Fund shows strong returns from private equity, commits to further real estate and infrastructure exposure
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Swiss pension fund tenders $1.5bn commodity swap mandate
Using IPE-Quest, public fund seeks manager for enhanced commodity swaps
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Now Pensions implements correlation-control tool as returns hit 14%
New mechanism used six times in 2014, chief executive says
