Hedge Funds – Page 11

  • News

    Newsquest allocates 10% to hedge funds

    2008-07-22T15:20:00Z

    [15:20 CEST 22-07] UK – Newsquest Pension Scheme has awarded two fund of hedge fund mandates, valued at £40m (€50m), which is equivalent to 10% of scheme assets.

  • DKK115bn PKA eyes hedge funds and bank loans
    News

    DKK115bn PKA eyes hedge funds and bank loans

    2008-07-15T14:23:00Z

    [15:23 CEST 15-07] DENMARK – Pensionskassernes Administration (PKA), Denmark’s largest occupational pension fund administrator, is looking to make its first allocation to hedge funds.

  • News

    Hedge funds "to disappoint" over pension returns

    2008-04-22T12:00:00Z

    [13:00 CEST 22-04] NETHERLANDS - Lack of clarity on the value of illiquid investments may result in very disappointing returns of hedge funds and structured financial products, according to Bob Puijn, chief investment officer for pensions asset management at Interpolis.

  • News

    Hedge funds do not need direct regulation - FSA

    2008-04-10T15:50:00Z

    [16:50 CEST 10-04] UK – Direct regulation of hedge funds is not "appropriate" as they "do not pose a systemic risk to financial stability", the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has claimed.

  • Why hedge funds mismanage alpha risk
    Features

    Why hedge funds mismanage alpha risk

    March 2008 (Magazine)

    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

  • News

    Lewisham allocates £20m to fund of hedge funds

    2008-02-19T15:45:00Z

    [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.

  • Features

    Hedge funds enter the mainstream - for good or ill

    February 2008 (Magazine)

    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

  • News

    Northern Rock board defeats hedge funds

    2008-01-15T15:55:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    Europeans predicted to 'shy away' from hedge funds

    2007-11-29T12:30:00Z

    [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.

  • Special Report

    The greening of hedge funds

    November 2007 (Magazine)

  • News

    Hedge funds and private equity 'have positive impact'

    2007-11-02T12:30:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    E.ON pension scheme moves into hedge funds

    2007-09-07T13:00:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    Hedge funds are good for governance - OECD

    2007-08-20T12:30:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    Blue Sky rethinks hedge funds stance

    2007-08-17T15:30:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    Hedge funds eye Dutch investment vehicle - adviser

    2007-08-01T14:30:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    IPE Quest: Swiss fund seeks fund of hedge funds

    2007-07-30T13:15:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    Solvency II "could threaten hedge funds"

    2007-07-27T16:03:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    Leicestershire chooses hedge funds manager

    2007-05-23T10:00:46Z

    [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.

  • Features

    Asian hedge funds - from youth to maturity

    May 2007 (Magazine)

    After a period working in North America, Paul Smith assesses the challenges of building a substantial asset management business in Asia

  • Features

    Hedge funds: the way to play emerging markets

    May 2007 (Magazine)

    Peter Douglas believes hedge funds offer a route to better returns and effective risk management in developing markets