All Alternatives articles – Page 88
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Lawyers question Walker silence on pensions
[16:30 CET 23-11] UK – The Walker review on private equity should look more closely at the role and involvement of the pensions industry in private equity, according to law firm LG.
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'Brave new world' cited for investment
[16:45 CET 20-11] UK – Four ‘winning strategies’ will provide the majority of growth for the investment management industry, according to a new white paper.
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Private equity ‘code’ requires more info
[14:00 CET 20-11] UK - Private equity firms in the UK and the companies they own will have to publish more information on the way they do business and the risks they face, according to a new code of conduct unveiled today.
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IPE Awards: Fiduciary managers make market 'fairer' – Frijns
[16:30 CET 15-11] EUROPE – Smaller pension funds will gain easier access to alternative asset classes thanks to fiduciary managers, Jean Frijns, consultant to the Norwegian Government Pension Fund, has suggested.
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Diverse or direct investment?
An investor’s route into private equity will depend mainly on their level of experience, according to Ed Francis
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Looking to a far horizon
Lynn Strongin Dodds finds that emerging markets still offer private equity and infrastructure opportunities
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Making diamonds an investor's best friend
Lynn Strongin Dodds reviews attempts to create investible indices
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Two approaches to alternative investments
Maha Kahn Philips spoke to two pension funds, from Austria and the Netherlands, about their approach to alternative investments
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Private equity gets back to basics
While deal sizes may have shrunk because of the credit crisis, there is little evidence of a major downturn in buyout activity, writes David White
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Hedge funds and private equity 'have positive impact'
[13:30 CET 02-11] NETHERLANDS - The effect of private equity investors and hedge funds on the Dutch economy and companies are modestly positive on average, researchers from Erasmus University have claimed.
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Pension companies double hedge fund investment
[16:45 CET 01-11] FINLAND – Pension insurance companies are moving to hedge funds for better returns as bond markets fail to impress, statistics reveal.
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IPE-QUEST: €50m commodities mandate
[16:15 CET 01-11] DENMARK – Danske Capital is searching for an active long only commodity fund via IPE-Quest.
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CASAM hedges fund data
[14:30 CET 01-11] FRANCE – Credit Agricole has launched a new hedge fund analysis service targeted at institutional investors, pension funds and consultants.
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The answer lies in the soil
As the world wakes up to the scarcity of land and turns its attention to food production needs, perhaps agricultural land makes serious investment sense. David White reports
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Come rain or come shine
With global warming no longer an ‘if’ but a ‘when’, interest has been growing in generating uncorrelated portfolio returns through weather-related risk instruments. John Bonaccolta reports
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Resurrecting endowments
Despite being debased by mis-selling scandals, traded endowment and traded life policies have a new life in the secondary market, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds
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Knitting together the EU quilt
Europe requires private placements. Iain Morse reports on how this can be achieved
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Welsh £50m currency brief awarded
[16:15 CET 31-10] UK – The £1.36bn (€1.9bn) Council of Rhondda Cynon Taf pension fund has hired Record Currency Management for its first foray into currency investment.
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Call for pension funds to push OTC standards
[12:00 CEST 24-10] GLOBAL - Asset servicing giant Northern Trust says pension funds could face higher than necessary costs unless they put pressure on asset managers to adopt standardised language when trading in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives.
