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Institutions set to invest in Ucits-compliant hedge funds
Global Pensions | 12 Mar 2010
GLOBAL – Fewer than one in 10 institutional investors has invested in Ucits-compliant hedge funds, but 35% could within 12 months, in what could prove a major boost for the US$35bn regulated long/short sector, research by Preqin revealed.
APG fires two traders
NETHERLANDS – APG, the asset management arm of Dutch civil service pension fund ABP, has dismissed two investment professionals for violating the company’s code of conduct.
Dutch pension funds up 3% in Q4 2009
NETHERLANDS – Assets under management of Dutch pension funds increased by 3% during the fourth quarter of 2009 on the back of equity gains, data by the De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) revealed.
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NAPF Investment Conference 2010: Infrastructure products failing schemes
UK - Pension funds are natural buyers of infrastructure assets and funds but they are being presented with products which do not meet their specific needs, BAE Systems Pension Funds Investment Management said.
NAPF Investment Conference 2010: IASB confirms exposure draft plans
UK - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has confirmed it will no longer allow companies to use the corridor method in their accounting.
EU hits back at Geithner on AIFM directive
EUROPE/US – The European Commission has hit back at a letter by US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner warning the implementation of the hedge funds directive could cause a transatlantic rift by discriminating against US firms.
Chile’s SWFs up 6.9%
CHILE – Chile’s Pension Reserve Fund (PRF) and the Economic and Social Stabilization Fund (ESSF) have returned on average 6.9% since their creation in 2006 to December 2009, ministry of finance Andrés Velasco revealed.
Loglisci pleads guilty in New York CRF probe
US – Former chief investment officer at the office of the New York State comptroller David Loglisci has pleaded guilty in the on-going investigation of pay-to-play kickback schemes at the New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF).
NAPF Investment Conference 2010: Accounting standards review to launch
UK - The National Association of Pension Funds is set to launch a major review into the standards used for accounting for pensions.
UK General Election 2010: Pensions could play 'pivotal' role in general election
UK - Pensions could play a pivotal role in how the voting swings in the general election, Nigel Waterson says.
KIPCO tackles Middle East pensions
KUWAIT –Kuwait Projects Company (KIPCO) has teamed up with Munich Re to launch pensions company Taka'Ud Savings & Pensions, which will tackle the Middle Eastern and North African pension market.
ILPA criticises AIFM provisions on private equity
GLOBAL/EUROPE – The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has criticised the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive for reducing European Union institutional investors’ access to private equity investments.
230 hedge funds launched in Q4 2009
GLOBAL – The perfect storm battering hedge funds, of looming regulation worldwide and political vilification in Europe, has not deterred aspiring managers from launching products, as start-ups outnumbered liquidations in the fourth quarter of last year.
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