All Alternatives articles – Page 98
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VB calls for private equity responsibility
NETHERLANDS - Pension funds must act responsibly as private equity investors and should not simply use companies as cash cows and leave them once they are running dry, according to the Dutch Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds (VB).
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Deutsche in foreign hedge fund move
GERMANY – Deutsche Bank is considering taking a stake in a US or UK hedge fund, the bank’s chief executive Josef Ackermann says.
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NBIM appoints CFO in move to alternatives
NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has appointed Espen Klitzing, 43, to the newly created position of chief financial officer.
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Heijman quits Fortis to major on hedge funds in London
NETHERLANDS – Clayton Heijman, global head for Fortis Bank’s alternative investors and investment banks in the merchant banking division, is leaving the bank after nine years to pursue his interests in hedge funds.
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International trade unions target private equity
SWITZERLAND – The international trades union federation (ITUC) has told business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos that private equity funds ought to be screened by third parties.
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Credit Suisse nabs Griffiths from Axa
UK – Paul Griffiths joins Credit Suisse as managing director and head of fixed income for asset management.
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Dutch giant looks to the trees (updated)
NETHERLANDS – The €209bn Dutch pension fund ABP is mulling a first foray into timberland investments in a further attempt to diversify its portfolio (update with comments from ABP).
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Morgan Stanley wins university’s €90m alternatives mandate
UK – The £1.3bn (€1.9bn) Superannuation Arrangements of the University of London (“Saul”) has awarded a £60m alternatives mandate to Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM).
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Macquarie opens office in Frankfurt and Paris
REAL ESTATE – The real estate fund arm of Australian investment bank Macquarie has this month opened offices in Frankfurt and Paris to step up its investments on the European continent.
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BNP Paribas jumps on to the GTAA train
EUROPE – BNP Paribas has launched its first global tactical asset allocation (GTAA) fund for institutional investors.
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UBS and Bloomberg team up on commodities
SWITZERLAND - UBS and Bloomberg have launched a new range of commodities indices to combat perceived limitations in traditional benchmark products.
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Eurex to offer exchange-traded credit derivatives
GLOBAL – Eurex plans to launch what it says will be the world’s first exchange-traded credit derivatives contract on 27 March.
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Worldwide pensions assets hit €18trn
GLOBAL - Equities out-performance and widespread diversification into alternatives doubled pension fund assets over a 10-year period to $23.2trn(€17.8trn) at the end of 2006, according to investment consultants Watson Wyatt.
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Sampension to up private equity by €100m
DENMARK – The DKK75bn (€10bn) Sampension will increase its private equity exposure from 2% to 3% over the next years.
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SNS goes micro in Emerging Markets
NETHERLANDS – The asset management arm of Dutch bank assurance group, SNS Reaal is launching a €100m institutional investment fund for microcredit.
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€1.2bn Southwark pension fund in portfolio overhaul
UK – The £780m (€1.2bn) Southwark pension fund has appointed Alliance Bernstein and Newton Investment Management as complementary global equity managers. This is part of a major overhaul of the fund’s investment structure.
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Fidelity wants 20% annual growth in fast changing German market
GERMANY – Klaus Mössle, head of institutional business at the German arm of Fidelity Investments, has reaffirmed his ambitious goal of growing that business by 20-30% annually.
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Citigroup Germany names new head of alternative sales
GERMANY – Mathias Giebken has been appointed as Citigroup’s new head of institutional sales for alternative investments in Germany and Austria, it was announced today.
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Gold council to attract pension fund investment online
UK – The World Gold Council will launch a UK knowledge bank website later this month enabling UK pension plans to access research and expertise to deepen the understanding of gold investment.
