All Alternatives articles – Page 73
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Gauzès proposes 138 changes to AIFM Directive (additional comment)
[16:55 CET 27-11] EUROPE - Jean-Paul Gauzès, rapporteur for the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs has proposed 138 changes to the European Commission’s Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM), in a draft report published yesterday.
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Personal accounts get support for alternative assets
[16:25 CET 25-11] UK – The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) has revealed that around 80% of pensions social partners support the use of alternative assets in the investment strategy of personal accounts, with property and commodities considered the most appropriate diversifiers.
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Aberdeen to take on Bramdean alternatives (amended)
[13:30 CET 25-11] UK – The Hampshire local authority pension fund will see some of its alternative investment mandates managed by Aberdeen Asset Management in the near future, as former supplier Bramdean Alternatives has signed a deal to hand over control.
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AIFM needs 'lots of changes' – EU's Bowles
[14:00 CET 19-11] EUROPE – Sharon Bowles, Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs at the European Parliament, said the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive needs “a lot of changes” as she fears it could make pensions unaffordable in its current form.
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Man Group sees managed account business surge
[16:55 CET 06-11] GLOBAL - Pension funds and other institutional investors are behind a surge in managed account demand at Man Group’s newly-created multi-manager business.
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Lambeth tenders bulk of pension in strategy overhaul
[16:45 CET 06-11] UK – The London Borough of Lambeth is tendering seven investment mandates for its £700m (€781m) pension fund as it has overhauled its strategy to include new investment classes such as fund of hedge funds and active currency.
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Asset Class ReportsPrivate equity fundraising falls in 2009
[13:30 CET 05-11] GLOBAL - Private equity funds have raised only $150bn (€101bn) in the primary business market so far this year as the financial crisis has made investors more cautious, according to private equity placement agent Triago.
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UK pension funds step up inflation hedge
[16:20 CET 03-11] UK – Pension funds hedged approximately £11.4bn (€12.68bn) in inflation liabilities in the third quarter of this year – a move which suggests attention is now turning inflation rather than interest rate risk, according to data presented by F&C’s latest liability-driven investments survey.
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EC regs could increase derivative trading costs - APG
EUROPE - Dutch asset management firm APG Asset Management has raised concerns about European Commission proposals to regulate derivatives, and warned additional costs could be added to trading if activity is required to go through exchanges or central clearing houses.
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UK minister calls on P8 to invest in low carbon services
[14:00 CEST 29-10] UK/GLOBAL – The 'P8 Group' of public pension funds has been urged by the UK government to cooperate with governments and development banks to help finance low carbon infrastructure and technologies.
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WW favours PPP over 'high fee' core infrastructure
[16:40 CEST 21-10] UK – Consultancy firm Watson Wyatt has warned high fees on core infrastructure funds are not providing a fair deal for investors and suggested they will be of "little interest" to long-term institutional investors unless they adopt more attractive fee packages.
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Lewisham targets commodities in revised strategy
[15:45 CEST 21-10] UK – The London Borough of Lewisham is seeking a commodities manager as part of the implementation of its revised asset allocation of the £642.2bn (€712.5bn) pension fund.
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Turkish pensions may open to diversity
TURKEY - Turkey’s TRY8.5bn (€3.93bn) pension industry could see an expanded range of investment vehicles in the near future in a bid to widen diversification and returns potential, according to the Turkish regulator.
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Shell's UK pension to expand alternatives
[16:00 CEST 12-10] UK – The £10.5bn Shell UK pension fund has completed a strategic review of its investment strategy which is likely to see the fund invest another 5% of its assets in alternatives.
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West Midlands finds route into hedge funds after all
[16L45 CEST 09-10] UK – The West Midlands local authority pension fund has extended its alternatives and equities investment strategy and allocated £40m (€44) to a fund of hedge funds.
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NewsMercer to set PACE on Co-op’s alternatives
[17:00 CEST 06-10] UK – The Cooperative Group’s £5bn (€5.39bn) Pension Average Career Earnings (PACE) scheme has signed Mercer to deliver implemented consulting on its alternatives investments portfolio.
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Alpinvest picks up fresh ABP mandate
[16:00 CEST 24-09] NETHERLANDS – APG has extended an investment agreement with Alpinvest, the alternative investment manager, which will see it invest another €4bn on behalf of the ABP pension fund over the coming years.
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Expert claims interest in alternatives is waning
[16:40 CEST 23-09] SWITZERLAND – The boom in alternatives has been broken by the financial crisis and Swiss investors are placing their money elsewhere, Michael Brandenberger of Swiss consultancy Complementa has suggested.
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Investor to target global alternatives
[16:45 CEST 21-09] IPE-QUEST – A European institutional investor is venturing into global alternative investments and is looking to hire a suitable manager, using IPE Quest.
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Applying ESG to alternatives is tricky, reveals IPE survey
[16:30 CEST 21-09] EUROPE - Integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into alternative asset classes seems to be difficult, the findings of an IPE survey suggest.
