All Alternatives articles – Page 83
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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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Inflation assets: alternatives from inflation
Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the use of alternative assets as a means of protecting against inflation.
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FeaturesInflation seller: Øresund Bridge
While pension funds, insurers and private investors benefit from lower inflation, public authorities and enterprises, utilities, real estate and distribution companies profit from higher inflation. So, the latter group can benefit from becoming inflation sellers, according to a Fortis Investments reports, ‘Inflation swaps to safeguard future income or hedge against ...
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FeaturesInflation buyers: using swaps
Use of inflation swaps as a hedging tool has grown as pension funds adopt LDI strategies, finds Nina Röhrbein
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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
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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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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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Currency overlay useless – Swiss funds
[16:40 CEST 27-05] SWITZERLAND – Swiss pension funds do not believe in hedging their portfolio against currency risk, and are now especially critical of currency overlay, as evidence suggests the practice has not helped scheme finances.
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BT injects £350m into commodities
[16:55 CEST 22-05] UK - The BT Pension Scheme has shifted £250m (€315m) of commodities investment into a new index fund which targets extra returns by managing futures rolling and cash collateral differently.
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AP7 switches to hedge fund replication
[12:45 CEST 19-05] SWEDEN - AP7, one of the default funds in the Swedish Premium Pension Authority (PPM), has confirmed it is switching from fund of hedge funds to hedge fund replication strategies in the next quarter.
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NewsFinnish VER to boost alternatives
[16:10 CEST 16-05] FINLAND – Valtion Eläkerahasto (VER), the €11.53bn Finnish first pillar pension scheme, is planning to increase its exposure to alternative investments to 10%.
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Dutch funds brave elements despite buffer boost (amended)
[16:15 CEST 13-05] NETHERLANDS – Despite their recovering financial buffers, Dutch pension funds have started venturing into direct gold investments, according to investment consultant Mercer.
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GTAA and FoHFs see increased European focus
[16:20 CEST 12-05] EUROPE – European pension funds increased their interest in alternative investment strategies such as fund of hedge funds (FoHFs) and global tactical asset allocation (GTAA) in 2007, according to a study conducted by consulting firm Mercer.
