All Alternatives articles – Page 74
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NewsDanish teachers fund invests 7% in forestry
[16:32 CEST 18-09] DENMARK - Lærernes Pension, the Danish teachers’ pension fund, has announced it now has almost 7% of assets invested in forestry, or DKK2bn of its DKK30bn AUM. The investment may now make it the most significant European institutional investor in the asset class in terms of asset ...
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AIFM Directive may still be strengthened, warns Rasmussen
[17:30 CEST 11-09] EUROPE - Members of the fund management community have reacted angrily to suggestions that the scope of the European Union’s Draft Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) could be widened, and its provisions strengthened rather than weakened, before it becomes law.
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AIFM directive would restrict global investments - IMA
[17:45 CEST 08-09] EUROPE – The UK's IMA has sharpened the debate on the EU's Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) draft directive and has called for institutional investors to participate in lobbying activity.
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Hampshire targets UK property in next 12 months
[17:30 CEST 07-09] UK – Hampshire County Council is looking to almost double its pension fund's exposure to UK commercial property over the next year to meet the 8% target allocation agreed before the market downturn.
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AIFM depository could increase systemic risk - EFAMA
[16:30 CEST 03-09] EUROPE – The European asset management industry’s central lobbying group has warned key changes are still needed to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive or politicians could end up ratifying legislation which in fact increases the potential for systemic risk.
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Lothian focuses on alternatives in new strategy
[17:00 CEST 01-09] UK – Lothian Pension Fund is set to increase its allocation to alternative assets from 24% to 35% in a gradual transition to its new investment strategy.
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The time is right
Paul Kelly and Mitchell Cole discuss why captive reinsurance companies can be useful tools in dealing with DB pensions
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Your money or your life
Life settlements are emerging as a viable form of exposure to the longevity asset class. Martin Steward asks if there is any place for them in a pension fund portfolio
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NewsUSS prepares to build FoHFs
[17:10 CEST 26-08] UK – The Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UK’s second-largest defined benefit pension plan, has started work on the creation of an in-house fund of hedge funds.
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Partners Group wins Bucks alternatives mandate
[16:30 CEST 06-08] UK – Buckinghamshire County Council has awarded an alternative assets mandate to Partners Group on behalf of its £1bn (€1.17bn) local government pension scheme.
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Railpen expands its long-short strategy
[16:00 CEST 06-08] UK - Railpen Investments, the in-house investment manager for the £15bn (€17.7bn) industry-wide pension fund for British railway workers, has invested £65m in a fund of long-short equity hedge fund with Goodhart Partners.
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NewsAIFM could cost pension funds €25bn a year
[15:30 CEST 04-08] GLOBAL – The Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) Directive could cost European pension funds €25bn a year through charges and lower investment returns if is implemented in its current form, the Alternative Investment Management Association has claimed.
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AIFM could bring less fund choice, claims law firm
[17:00 CEST 24-07] EUROPE – A Paris-headquartered law firm has warned current proposals for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) Directive could lead to a lack of choice of funds in the future unless European officials can work with US and international counterparts to improve regulatory terms on alternative investments.
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Liechtenstein Sozialfonds to enhance risk taking
[14:20 CEST 21-07] LIECHTENSTEIN – The largest pensionskasse in the small principality of Liechtenstein, the ‘Sozialfonds’, says it is strong enough to take on longevity and other demographic risks itself.
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Crisis highlights importance of risk premium
[15:30 CEST 14-09] NETHERLANDS - The financial crisis has emphasised the need for investors to become more innovative and creative when seeking risk premium, according to Ronald Wuijster, managing director strategic portfolio management at APG Asset Management.
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NewsReal estate dominates in alternative assets
[17:00 CEST 06-07] GLOBAL – Real estate investments still make up over half of the alternative assets managed by external managers on behalf of pension funds, and despite the economic downturn, suggests a study conducted by Watson Wyatt.
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Directive could increase systemic risk, warns ex-SEC chairman
[17:00 CEST 02-07] GLOBAL - Harvey Pitt, chairman of the SEC from 2001-2003 and during the 9/11 and Enron years, has warned that the European Commission’s draft directive on alternative investment fund managers could end up exacerbating the systemic risks it is supposed to regulate if it leads to hedge ...
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Private equity 'well ahead' of regulatory thinking - State Street
[16:55 CEST 02-07] GLOBAL - Investors remain committed to private equity and are already benefiting from a “fundamental shift” in power away from general partners (GPs), according to State Street.
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USS to invest in evolving hedge funds market
[16:45 CESt 30-06] GLOBAL – The Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UK’s second-largest pension fund, is to begin investing in single strategy hedge funds as officials say they can now get access to the big named brands and corporate governance conditions are improving.
