All Hedge Funds articles – Page 15
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German fund body defends hedge funds
GERMANY – The head of the German fund industry association BVI has dismissed the view that hedge funds have flopped in Germany.
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German brokerage group BCA slams hedge funds
GERMANY - BCA, Germany’s largest pool of independent financial brokers, has sharply criticised hedge funds, saying the products are both too costly and have performed poorly over the past few years.
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Hedge funds are asset industry’s iPods – Merrill
GLOBAL – Merrill Lynch, predicting a rise in the use of alternative asset management in Europe in 2005, has likened hedge funds to Apple’s iPod portable music system.
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Mercer survey: focus on liabilities, hedge funds
EUROPE - Liability-driven investment and hedge funds are seen by asset managers as the biggest growth areas for pension funds in 2005, according to a survey by Mercer Investment Consulting.
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RCP sees E47bn demand for German hedge funds
GERMANY - Investor demand for German-domiciled hedge funds, which made their debut at the start of 2004, should grow to an average of 47 billion euros four years from now, according to a study by RCP & Partners.
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BNP Paribas boosts fund of hedge funds business
EUROPE – BNP Paribas Asset Management has boosted its fund of hedge fund business with an agreement to buy a stake in partner firm Fauchier Partners.
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BT to invest in hedge funds via new Hermes fund
UK – The 34 billion-euro BT Pension Scheme’s allocation to hedge funds is to be invested via a Guernsey-domiciled offshore vehicle run by Hermes.
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Call for hedge funds to adopt code of conduct
GLOBAL – Managers dealing in unregistered hedge funds are being invited to adopt a draft code of conduct presented by the CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity.
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Hedge funds will lower VaR - Watson Wyatt
IRELAND- Hedge funds produce lower returns than equities but cut risks according to a senior figure at Watson Wyatt in Ireland.
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UK’s Dorset allocates to hedge funds in revamp
UK - The 900 million-pound (1.3 billion-euro) Dorset County Pension Fund has allocated five percent of its portfolio to hedge funds investments as part of a review of investment strategy.
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Hedge funds now eye fundamentals – Integrated
GLOBAL – Hedge fund are now looking at market fundamentals over ‘momentum trades’, according to alternative assets firm Integrated Asset Management.
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Global finance chiefs reviewing hedge funds
GLOBAL – The central bankers, regulators and international bodies that comprise the Financial Stability Forum say they are scrutinizing the impact of hedge fund inflows on markets and institutions’ risk.
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Half of UK schemes eye hedge funds - survey
UK - Nearly half of UK pension funds are either already, or are considering, investing in hedge funds, according to a survey by UniCredito’s Pioneer Alternative Investments.
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Hedge funds can cut risk - Morgan Stanley study
GLOBAL – A study by Morgan Stanley suggests that hedge funds can reduce pension fund risk as part of a “holistic” approach to risk budgeting.