Hedge Funds – Page 16
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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.
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Financial Stability Forum to investigate hedge funds
GLOBAL – The Financial Stability Forum will review in September systemic risks to the global financial system caused by increasing leverage of hedge funds.
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IPE-QUEST- Belgian fund tenders hedge funds
BELGIUM - A Belgian pension fund has tendered a 25 million-euro hedge fund mandate for up to three managers via IPE-Quest.
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Hedge funds could aid pension time bomb – PWC
EUROPE – PricewaterhouseCoopers says hedge funds may be able to help address the European pensions “time bomb”.
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Hedge funds indexation: does it really make sense?
Barely a day passes without the announcement of another significant mandate from a large institutional investor looking to diversify its portfolio of investments by making an allocation to hedge funds. For example, in April it was announced that Railpen in the UK had plans to invest £600m into hedge funds1, ...
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Facing up to hedge funds
The Netherlands has always been fertile soil for the growth of alternative asset classes. Dutch pension funds have a long tradition of private equity investment and are now among the leaders in Continental Europe their use of hedge funds. Industry leaders, like ABP and PGGM, have led the way. These ...
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Clwyd puts E16m into hedge funds with Pioneer
UK - Flintshire County Council has awarded a fund of hedge funds mandate on behalf of the 550 million-pound (834 million-euro) Clwyd Pension Fund to Pioneer Alternative Investments.
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Sweden’s AP1 to look at hedge funds
SWEDEN – The 139 billion-crown (15.2 billion-euro) Swedish buffer fund Första AP-fonden says it plans to research hedge funds.
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Consultants late to hedge funds – HSBC hedge CEO
UK – The chief executive of HSBC’s fund of hedge fund business Republic says pension consultants have been late in realising the benefits of hedge funds.
