All Alternatives articles – Page 82
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AP6 takes joint ownership of Admeta
[13:00 CEST 01-07] SWEDEN - Sjätte AP-fonden (AP6), the Swedish pension buffer fund, has become a joint owner of the internet marketing company Admeta.
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Hedge fund exodus fails to surface
[11:30 CEST 01-07] GLOBAL – Even with falling returns, institutional investors are still happy to invest in hedge funds, according to research-based consultant Greenwich Associates.
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Berkshire to increase alternatives exposure
[16:30 CEST 30-06] UK – The £1.49bn (€1.88bn) Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has confirmed its intention to move into emerging market debt and infrastructure with the issue of two new manager tenders.
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PGGM cuts alternative beta target
[14:00 CEST 27-06] NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the asset manager in charge of the €88bn assets of the Dutch health care pension fund PFZW, is likely to halve its 8% target allocation to alternative beta.
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The disappearing carry trade
A difficult investment climate has caused a flight to safety from currency carry. Iain Morse assesses what other types of style approach are available for investors
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FeaturesTake your pick for exposure
Maha Khan Phillips assesses the various routes that pension funds can choose to access currency alpha
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FeaturesSetting the parameters
Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at currency as an asset class and discusses the factors investors should consider
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PGGM: 'ETFs have serious drawbacks’
[16:00 CEST 25-06] NETHERLANDS – Rob Radecker, head of beta at PGGM, the asset manager of the €88bn Dutch health care fund, believes exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have “serious drawbacks” for large pension fund investors.
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Pension funds devour alternatives despite fees
[16:55 CEST 23-06] GLOBAL – Alternative assets managed on behalf of pension funds by the 99 largest investment managers shot up 40% in 2007, but managers need to adjust their towering fees, warns investment consultant Watson Wyatt.
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NewsNew classification to overhaul funds
[16:35 CEST 23-06] EUROPE – The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has unveiled a new classification for investment fund which it hopes will cope with the growth of evolving fund strategies by categorises funds based on their underlying portfolio structure and holdings.
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Uni fund fancies private equity co-investments
[13:15 CEST 19-06] UK – Britain’s second largest pension fund, the £30bn (€38bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), is eyeing co-investments in private equity and has announced a $750m (€484m) commitment to a US buyout fund.
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Funds critical of non-cap-weighted indices
[16:30 CEST 17-06] EUROPE – A panel of institutional investors have expressed its doubt about the added value of non-cap-weighted indices such as fundamental indices.
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APK turns to alternatives
[15:00 CEST 17-06] AUSTRIA – The €2.4bn Austrian multi-employer Pensionskasse APK is looking for alternatives to “level out increasing volatility in the current market environment”, the fund's head Christian Böhm told IPE today.
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Private equity funds threaten to leave Austria
[15:30 CEST 09-06] AUSTRIA – Private equity funds will find new domiciles unless a legal framework for venture capital investments is created in Austria within the next six to eight months, the private equity association AVCO stressed.
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An imbalanced market
The UK has the most stringent pension indexation requirements of all the OECD countries. Joseph Mariathasan here points out the pressures that are pushing pension funds towards low-yielding assets such as inflation linkers
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Rally in credit
Yield curve/duration There is a growing consensus that the demise of Bear Stearns, the US investment bank, may have marked the low point of the current financial market problems. Although liquidity remains low and interbank lending is still far from normal, the belief seems to be that the worst of ...
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FeaturesThe contrarian: deflation
Inflationary fears are exaggerated according to veteran fixed income specialist Joop Bresser. He spoke to Miranda Schoutsen about his concerns over deflation
