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December
The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System is seeking a Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities money manager
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It’s been a difficult couple of years to be an investment manager in the US and Europe. But, for Queensland Investment Corporation, the story has been much more positive
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CITIC Securities has raised $1.3 billion for its first private equity fund, and will close the local currency fund next week
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The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites has named six managers to run investment grade credit dominated in euros
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Retirement Plan has completed its search for an active core bond manager
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Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System has awarded Pimco a mandate to manage a $400 million global macro fund.
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Pengana Capital has set up an aircraft leasing fund. The firm’s credit strategies team has launched the international airline sector investment vehicle for institutional investors.
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Citi has renewed and extended its contract with Victory Capital Management and the Victory Funds
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The investment committee of the Illinois State Universities Retirement System has recommended the system to end its contract with Capital Guardian
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November
Bridgewater Associates and BlackRock have been awarded a $350 million mandate each by the Indiana Public Employees’ Retirement Fund, Indianapolis
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Taiwan’s Public Service Pension Fund (PSPF) will outsource new global and Asia-Pacific equity portfolios
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The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has launched a probe into its oversight of hedge fund deals
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Strathclyde Pension Fund, Glasgow, Scotland, is seeking at least one active real estate manager
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New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association has appointed two active EAFE value equity managers
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Volkswagen U.K. has placed about half of its $116 million defined contribution scheme default fund with an absolute return manager
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Manulife Financial will buy 49% stake in China’s ABN Amro TEDA Fund Management
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TWU Super has committed $100 million to hedge funds, Investment Technology reports
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Teacher Retirement System of Texas is looking to invest $200 million in private equity in Asia
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Transamerica Retirement Services has launched a new mutual fund platform for company-sponsored retirement plans
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France’s Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has appointed six firms for inflation-linked bond mandates
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India’s Aditya Birla Group is planning to raise a $500 million realty fund. The Aditya Birla India Real Estate Vision Fund is aiming to raise $350 million, along with a green shoe option to raise another $150 million.
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State Street Corporation today announced that it has been appointed by the McCain Foods Limited Canadian pension plans to provide custody, accounting, benefit payments, and investment analytics.
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The London Borough of Lambeth is offering seven investment mandates for its pension fund
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Ipac has appointed Fidelity International’s institutional funds management unit, Pyramis Global Advisors
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Perth-based Government Employees Super Board has appointed three active international equities managers
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Teacher Retirement System of Texas has appointed three real estate managers to oversee $800 million
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The South African Government Employees Pension Fund is building on its position as the largest pension fund in Africa and setting an example on ESG for the rest of the African continent.
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New York State Common Retirement Fund is transferring about $1.3 billion into direct hedge fund investments
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October
Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has terminated contracts with four hedge fund-of-funds alpha managers
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Buckinghamshire County Council Pension Fund has selected Royal London Asset Management to manage $175.6 million in active bonds
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Ipac, a multi-manager, has reassigned its $4 billion Australian equities portfolio to four active managers
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Krung Thai Asset Management (KTAM) has set up a new $60 million foreign investment fund
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Essex Pension Fund has hired Fidelity International for an active global equity mandate
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Rio Tinto’s corporate superannuation fund for employees has launched a new alternative growth asset class
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Merseyside Pension Fund will retain the services of Schroders and Legal & General, Global Pensions reports
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Shell Pension Fund is planning to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in alternative assets
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Local government scheme of UK, West Midlands Pension Fund, has invested $64 million in a global long-short equity fund of hedge funds
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Asian and Middle East investors have set up a $600 million Islamic investment firm
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September
Malaysia’s World Zakat Fund is looking to raise $750 million from high-net-worth Muslims in its first year.
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Goldman Sachs Asset Management has lost two UK pension plans’ mandates
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National Bank of Abu Dhabi and DVB Bank have teamed up to launch an aviation investment fund
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Dutch pension fund APG Algemene Pensioen Groep has appointed private equity group AlpInvest Partners to run $6bn.
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Australia’s Queensland Investment Corporation has hired State Street for its Irish qualified investment fund
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The London Borough of Harrow has named four managers to oversee the equity portfolio of its local government pension scheme
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Legalsuper is looking to award hedge fund and credit investment mandates
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PNO Media has awarded a $146.2 million global emerging markets mandate to Principal Global Investors
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The Milwaukee County Employees’ Retirement System has completed its search for two new managers
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ATR KimEng, a Philippines financial services firm, is planning to invest up to $1.6 million in two mutual funds managed by Deutsche Bank’s Manila office
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AMP Capital Investors has appointed Bennelong Funds Management and BlackRock Investment Management
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Fortis Bank Nederland is planning to set up a $200 million Sharia-compliant investment fund
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Australian state pension fund Military Super has restructured the strategic asset allocation in four of its investment options
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Old Mutual Investment Group has launched a $614 million housing fund
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Netherlands pension fund, SBZ, has awarded a $199 million global real estate mandate to Russell Investments
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The Icelandic Pension Funds Association is setting up a fund that will invest in domestic entities, which have suffered due to the financial crisis
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PIMCO has launched mutual funds focused on investing in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
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Ark Fund Management and Redwood Asset Management are planning a merger
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August
Jeremy Higgs and Keith Olson have set up a new investment management firm, Environmental Investment Services Asia Limited (EISAL), in Hong Kong.
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Julius Baer is working on a bid for ING Groep's private banking units in Asia and Europe as part of a strategy to reduce its dependency on European clients.
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July
Global Investor magazine speaks to Barings CIO Marino Valensise about an economic recovery timeline.
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June
The maturing shari'a compliant sector is now exploring more complex products, including hedge fund strategies.
Florence Eid explains how providers are tackling the challenge
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Islamic alternative investment products have grown gradually in the recent past. Among these alternatives, hedge funds have proven to be the weakest link. Dr Humayon Dar investigates why hedge funds are so weak in this region and what alternative investment products are popular.
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May
Nordic asset managers have weathered the credit freeze relatively well, but nevertheless are facing a stiff challenge as they reshape their business models in readiness for the upturn, writes James Norris
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Whether investors are seeing the green shoots of recovery or the green fungus of decay in various markets is the focus of increasing debate. But what is not contested is that it will probably be Asia, and specifically China, that leads the world out of the present slump. Caroline Allen reports
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March
The Brazil based hedge fund manager, Credit Suisse Hedging-Griffo was instrumental in the launch of hedge funds in Brazil. Ian Hall speaks to the fund about its high profile joint venture with Credit Suisse, how the fund has preformed and its role in Brazil.
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In the second in the series of isf IT road test features, Ian Hall speaks to EquiLend, Pirum and Loanet about the post-trade and trading services they provide. Using actual user feedback, we ask the hard questions.
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Sifting through the financial media, you will be hard pressed to not find an article relating to hedge fund losses, redemptions and possible regulation. But to gauge true state of this industry, you must speak to the ones who track the funds. Ian Hall speaks to leading hedge fund industry data provider, Hedge Fund Research's President, Kenneth Heinz about his outlook for the hedge fund industry and what the numbers really say.
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Removing mystery to realise returns
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The dollar is likely to remain the main beneficiary of the crises affecting the euro and the yen, reclaiming its status as a safe haven currency, writes James Norris