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FeaturesWhy hedge funds mismanage alpha risk
The greatest source of market-driven hedge fund blow-ups is alpha, or manager skill risk. Leslie Rahl, Richard Horwitz and Erin Simpson of Capital Market Risk Advisors suggest this is due to an inadequate management of alpha risk
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Lewisham allocates £20m to fund of hedge funds
[16:45 CET 19-02] UK – The London Borough of Lewisham Pension Fund is seeking a hedge fund of fund manager and a global equity manager following a restructure of the pension scheme.
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Hedge funds enter the mainstream - for good or ill
The New Year will see larger hedge funds and private equity businesses voluntarily submit themselves to increasing oversight, Paul Smith expects, with unfortunate consequences for smaller players
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Northern Rock board defeats hedge funds
[16:55 CET 15-01] UK – Shareholders in Northern Rock have failed to pass resolutions that would have required the Board to receive further shareholder approval before selling assets worth more than 5% of the company.
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Europeans predicted to 'shy away' from hedge funds
[13:30 CET 29-11] EUROPE – Growth in institutional hedge funds investments in Europe will stagnate, argued a panel during a discussion on the future of institutional investing in hedge funds yesterday.
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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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E.ON pension scheme moves into hedge funds
[14:00 CEST 07-09] GERMANY – A €5.4bn pension fund for German energy giant E.ON has begun making its first investment in hedge funds, employing both single and fund-of-fund vehicles, market sources have told IPE.
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Hedge funds are good for governance - OECD
[13:30 CEST 20-08] GLOBAL – Activist hedge fund and private equity strategies can improve companies' corporate governance under certain circumstances, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has found.
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Blue Sky rethinks hedge funds stance
[16:30 CEST 17-08] NETHERLANDS – Blue Sky Group, manager of the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines' corporate pension fund, has said it is considering so called hedge fund replication strategies for its investments.
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Hedge funds eye Dutch investment vehicle - adviser
[15:30 CEST 01-08] NETHERLANDS - A “considerable” number of hedge funds and other investment funds mare considering a move to the Netherlands, in order to benefit from the new tax-free investment vehicle VBI, suggest industry experts.
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IPE Quest: Swiss fund seeks fund of hedge funds
[14:15 CEST 30-07] SWITZERLAND – A Swiss pension fund is tendering a $400m (€293m) long-short-equity fund of hedge funds mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Solvency II "could threaten hedge funds"
[17:03 CEST 27-07] EUROPE - Institutional investments in hedge funds and other alternatives assets classes could come under threat by the Solvency II directive, French business school, Edhec, has claimed.
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Leicestershire chooses hedge funds manager
[11:00 CEST 23/05] UK – The £1.9bn (€2.8bn) Leicestershire County Council pension fund found a manager for a £105m targeted return mandate.
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Asian hedge funds - from youth to maturity
After a period working in North America, Paul Smith assesses the challenges of building a substantial asset management business in Asia
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Hedge funds: the way to play emerging markets
Peter Douglas believes hedge funds offer a route to better returns and effective risk management in developing markets
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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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£9.4bn Strathclyde to reconsider hedge funds and commodities
UK – Strathclyde, the £9.4bn (€13.84bn) local authority fund administered by Glasgow City Council, will consider investing in hedge funds and commodities when the next investment review comes up in 2009.
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Dutch unions take on hedge funds via pension schemes
NETHERLANDS - ‘Union-unfriendly’ companies might face Dutch unions using pension funds investment policy as a weapon to force a change of tack, warned union umbrella grouping FNV.
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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.
