All Alternatives articles – Page 81
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Italy delays review of funds' asset limits
[16:20 CET 11-11] ITALY – A planned review aimed at allowing Italian pension funds to diversify into higher yielding asset classes has been put on hold, IPE has learnt.
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Pensionskassen now wary of alternatives
[16:00 CET 10-11] EUROPE – The financial crisis may have ended the extensive growth in alternative investments seen over the last years, Pensionskassen have suggested to IPE.
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UK pension funds move from equity into alternatives
[17:00 CET 06-11] UK – Half of UK pension funds plan to decrease their allocation to equity in favour of increasing investments in alternative assets, though transparency remains a driver for allocating to the class, a new study has found.
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Hedge fund roadmap provides 'bed time' demystification
[16:00 CET 04-11] The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has today published a new guide to hedge funds for institutional investors which is intended to challenge the bad press hedge funds have recently received.
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FeaturesFinnish firms keep it cool
Finland’s pension funds remain unfazed by recent market developments although some are reassessing their asset allocation, finds Reeta Paakkinen
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FeaturesLänsförsäkringar’s fruit leaves sour note
Many institutional investors shun hedge funds as opaque in process and therefore difficult to comprehend. Such investors can always fall back on the Warren Buffett adage that if you do not understand something, you should not invest in it. Far rarer are those institutions that have tasted the fruits of ...
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Swiss funds bet on Swiss francs
[16:15 CET 27-10] SSWITZERLAND – Home bias is back in fashion as Swiss funds are turning towards investments in Swiss francs, especially domestic bonds – details of the Credit Suisse Pensionskassenindex reveal.
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NewsAPG pushes forward to meet infrastructure target
[14:00 CEST 22-10] NETHERLANDS – APG, the asset manager of the €193bn ABP pension fund, is pushing forward to meet its infrastructure target of €4.5bn for 2009, despite drying up opportunities in the asset class.
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Germany’s largest fund to award first timber mandate
[17:05 CEST 21-10] GERMANY – The Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), Germany’s largest pension fund, is about to award its first timber mandate and has just started its first infrastructure fund.
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Pension funds warned on hedge funds 'mispricing'
[15:30 CEST 21-10] EUROPE - Experts have warned the market's failure to correctly price hedge funds (HF) remains a systemic problem which needs to be addressed as markets decline further.
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NewsBosch Pensionsfonds eyes alternatives
[16:45 CEST 20-10] GERMANY – The €800m German corporate pension scheme of multinational Bosch, best known for its appliances, is planning to make its first allocations to alternative investments.
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Credit interesting again, managers agree
[17:05 CEST 09-10] GLOBAL – With priced-in defaults being at a record high the time has come to invest in credit products, fixed income managers has suggested.
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Ilmarinen to increase its alternatives focus
[15:00 CEST 09-10] FINLAND – Ilmarinen Mutual, Finland’s second-largest pension provider, is planning to increasing its private equity and property holdings in the coming years as well as diversify its equity holdings, IPE has learned.
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Pension funds limit derivatives default risk
[16:45 CEST 24-09] UK – Pension funds could have suffered huge losses on their derivatives positions last week had they not demanded such tough terms on collateralisation and mark-to-market valuations, according to investment consultant Watson Wyatt.
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Eternal sunshine for the spotless hedge fund
[16:00 CEST 24-09] GLOBAL – Rudolf Hagendijk, chief executive of Dutch pension service provider Mn Services, has called for more rigorous self-regulation of private equity houses and hedge funds so pension funds can work with them “with a clear conscience”.
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West Midlands allocates 25% to alternatives
[17:00 CEST 22-09] UK – The £8bn (€10bn) West Midlands Pension Fund has confirmed it is investing appxoximately a quarter of its portfolio in alternative assets.
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Forced swap event raises prices for pension funds
[17:00 CEST 18-09] EUROPE – European pensions funds may already be paying as much as 20bps more to replace the swaps they held before the Lehman Brothers collapse was announced this week, as bid/offer spreads have widened as much as 10 basis points among contract suppliers, on top of the ...
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Increase emphasis on manager skill – Hewitt
[17:10 CEST 18-09] EUROPE – In current market conditions, pension funds would be better off placing emphasis on strategies that are more dependent on manager skill rather than the direction of the markets, argues Peter Hill, a hedge fund specialist at Hewitt Associates.
