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Actively managed ETFs' headway
Europe’s leader in transactions of exchanged traded funds (ETFs), the XTF – Deutsche Börse’s segment for ETFs – has also been pioneer in introducing actively managed trading funds back in November 2000. More than a year after the introduction of this new type of trading funds, investors are becoming more ...
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Petroleum fund appoints nine managers
The NOK547bn (e68bn) Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund (Petroleumsfondet) has appointed a raft of nine new managers to small and mid cap and sector driven equity mandates. Agreements have been reached with four external managers to run portfolios of small and medium-sized companies with the mandate winners as follows. Deutsche Asset ...
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German pensions and the 'average' pensioner
Within the scope of the German pension reform (the “Riester-Rente”, named after labour minister Walter Riester) there will be a reduction of the state pension from 70% to 67% of the last net income after a complete career. The gap will be filled by additional tax relief for private savings ...
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The outlook for private equity
Only a few months ago, European venture capitalists were becoming increasingly gloomy about the prospect of an economic upturn. The starkest evidence was provided in August in the UK in Deloitte & Touche’s third-quarter Private Equity Confidence Survey. Of the 770 venture capitalists surveyed, 80% of respondents expected the UK ...
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European funds' wider horizons
Continental European pension funds are poised to shrink their domestic allocations still further in favour of European assets over the next three years, according to new research we have carried out. These results are based on replies from 184 pension funds in 11 countries, including the UK, with assets under ...
