All Alternatives articles – Page 95
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West Sussex reviews real estate
REAL ESTATE – The £1.5bn (€2.2bn) West Sussex County Council Pension Fund is reviewing its property mandate with Cushman & Wakefield Investors due to contract expiry.
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AP7 awards pure alpha mandate
SWEDEN – The SEK80bn (€8.8bn) Swedish buffer fund AP7, Sjunde AP-fonden, has chosen Danske Bank for its pure alpha mandate.
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Avon awards hedge fund mandates
UK – The £2.1bn (€3.1bn) Avon Pension Fund has awarded a £210m hedge fund mandate to five managers alongside a UK unconstrained equity mandate and an active corporate bond mandate worth £100m each.
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Allianz merges hedge fund units
EUROPE – German insurance giant Allianz has merged two hedge fund subsidiaries to create a new Paris-based provider following the departures of three founders of one of the units two weeks ago.
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Lærernes chooses high-yield boutiques
DENMARK – The DKK22.9bn (€3bn) Danish Teachers' Pension and Life (Lærernes Pension) has chosen two US high-yield boutiques to replace T. Rowe Price and Capital International.
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British Coal scheme goes into absolute returns
UK – The £11.9bn (€17.5bn) British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme says is cutting its allocation to listed equities, especially those in the UK, and replacing it with a 20% exposure to absolute returns via private equity.
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ABP, ATP in €700m German real estate tie
REAL ESTATE – Dutch and Danish pension giants ABP and ATP have teamed up with German real estate firm Patrizia Immobilien to launch a joint venture that will invest up to €700m in German commercial real estate.
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Irish reserve fund’s real estate chief departs
IRELAND – Ian Gleeson, head of property at Ireland’s €18.8bn National Pensions Reserve Fund, is to join Morley Fund Management.
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Special Report
Platform aims to link big business with SRI
The people behind a new research platform, the European Centre for Corporate Engagement (ECCE), want the SRI community to benefit from closer involvement with large financial institutions. ECCE claims to be different from SRI research bodies already in existence due to its connections with big financial institutions, and the quantitative ...
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Features
Turning private equity into a public enemy
As private equity deals get bigger, opposition to activities of buy-out firms has grown. Pension funds’ duty is to achieve the best returns through a diversified investment strategy, which may include private equity. But the jobs of pension members can be harmed by the activities of private equity firms
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US pension funds on private equity roll
What might US pension funds reply to Britain’s Trades Union Congress (TUC) about the dangers of private equity? Ahead of June’s G8 summit, the TUC’s general secretary, Brendan Barber, is going to ask pension funds from other countries to rethink their investment policy and stop fuelling buyout fever. Barber said ...
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Clwyd finds commodities and portable alpha managers
UK – The £793m (€1.2bn) Clwyd Pension fund has awarded a commodities and a portable alpha mandate as part of a major fund restructuring.
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FSA to step up commodities monitoring
UK – The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced that it will increase its monitoring of the commodity markets in light of the fact that new players like pension funds have entered the market in masses and are in it to stay.
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Where investors look for returns
The latest boom in private equity investment is marked by increasing diversity and the complexity of the various strategies, says Laurence Zage
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Going beyond organic growth
An ability to add value in a tougher market is what distinguishes the better private equity firms from their less dynamic peers, argues Joseph Mariathasan
