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Hedge funds set to play bigger role in pension fund investment strategies

Hedge funds are becoming more attractive to pension funds and other institutional investors. Stephen Quigley learns how the need for higher returns is driving pension funds to look differently at asset......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Sep 2008secure

Commodities as an asset class

Commodities are attracting a growing number of institutional investors. Over the past five years the largest pension funds and endowments allocated a small part of their assets (typically 1%-3%) to commodities.......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Nov 2007secure

UK pension deficit reduces through strong equity performance

Solomon Teague

Hedge Funds Review | 17 Jan 2007secure

the future perfect - sven liden, head of business development

While Sven Liden, RMF's head of business development, has been busy helping structure and release RMF's two collateralised fund obligations (CFO), it is far from being the only area of business development......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Jan 2007secure

Citigroup closes doors of property fund

Solomon Teague

Hedge Funds Review | 12 Dec 2006secure

The extra kicker - adding alpha to liability-driven investments

A larger number of UK pension plans face funding shortfalls which are only being exacerbated by rising liability costs. Portable alpha strategies, which 'port' the added value or 'alpha' generated by one......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Jul 2006secure

LDI gaining popularity among European pensions

Half of European pension schemes are either using liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies or planning to implement them, research from JP Morgan Asset Management has revealed. Overall, the group’s......

Hedge Funds Review | 23 Jun 2006secure

Forget 'toes in the water' - how to win a pension's full 100%

Most hedge funds are delighted to announce 5%-10% pension allocations. Schroders, on the other hand, won Highway Insurance's full pension pot. They explain how, while Liability Solutions' Phil Irvine explains......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 May 2006secure

Numerical advantage

Turn to page 42 and you will see how far we have extended the statistics section of Hedge Funds Review, to help both single fund managers, fund of fund directors and end-allocators alike.Apart from the......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Sep 2005secure

Modern-day matchmakers

Pension funds worldwide face the same problem - their policyholders live longer, while their portfolios have died a horrible death. "Fear not," say hedge fund managers, "we have a new programme to help......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Sep 2005secure

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