All Alternatives articles – Page 94
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Features
Commodity ETFs grow in stature
The diversification benefits of commodity ETFs are known to appeal to asset managers, but there are still concerns with regard to UCITs legislation in Europe. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Assessing views on commodities
We asked three funds – in Italy, the Netherlands and Norway: ‘In light of recent commodity price rises but given that they are still historically low, are they a worthwhile diversification tool?’
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Looking at alternatives and regulation
We asked three German pension funds to explain some of the important issues and challenges currently facing their investment strategies
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AP7 in major portfolio overhaul
SWEDEN – In a major revamp of its portfolio the SEK80bn (€8.8bn) Swedish buffer fund AP7, Sjunde AP-fonden, shows more appetite for risk but not for hedge funds.
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Institutions tame hedge funds – State Street
GLOBAL – Institutional investors are changing the world of hedge fund and increased disclosure might eventually lead to a decrease in outperformance, State Street has said.
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Private equity giants home in on Asia Pacific
Alex Frew McMillan assesses the growing popularity of private equity in the Asia Pacific region
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Only the strong survive
Richard Johnson reviews the performance of Asian hedge funds and discovers that a manager for all seasons can be hard to find
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Essex awards £1bn in mandates
UK – The £2.6bn (€3.8bn) Essex County Council Pension Fund has awarded a £1bn currency overlay mandate and a £150m unconstrained equity mandate.
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Watch out for LDI ‘nostrum’ – King
UK - Companies which offer Liability Driven Investment (LDI) solutions should carefully review whether they are making unrealistic representations, warns Max King, fund manager at Investec Asset Management.
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ABN Amro frees up private equity arm
NETHERLANDS - ABN Amro, the Dutch bank subject to a bidding war from rivals, will transfer the management of most of its private equity business to an affiliate.
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New fund of hedge fund launches with $500m
EUROPE – New fund of hedge fund management group SilverStreet Capital has launched with a mandate of over $500m.
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CAAM receives early interest in volatility
EUROPE – A large Dutch pension fund has registered interest in Crédit Agricole Asset Management's (CAAM) exploitation of volatility as a hedge against equity market corrections.
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PGGM has majority stake in volatility hedge fund
NETHERLANDS – The €83bn Dutch pension fund PGGM, one of Europe’s largest schemes, has an almost 63% stake in the Maple Leaf Macro Volatility Fund.
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Dutch LDI reaches €50bn - Cardano
NETHERLANDS – The volume of Dutch pension assets under liability-risk hedging strategies has reached €50bn, according to Cardano Risk Management.
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PME to put €400m into life settlements
NETHERLANDS – PME, the €20.5bn fund for Dutch metalworkers, is to put up to €400m – or 2% of its total assets – into the emerging asset class of securitised life insurance policies or life settlements.
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Regulators probe Dutch institutional real estate
NETHERLANDS – Dutch regulators are probing institutional investors’ real estate investment activities to detect corruption.
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NPRF taps JP Morgan for private equity admin
IRELAND – The €18.8bn National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) in Ireland has chosen JP Morgan to provide it with accounting and administrative services for its property and private equity investments.
