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Euromoney February 2008
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Korea Investment Corp has broken new ground for the country by investing $2 billion in Merrill Lynch.
Euromoney February 2008
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In the past few years, HSBC Amanah has demonstrated its ability to innovate through a series of fund products. Its Global Properties Income Fund is, at $1.7 billion, the biggest Islamic real estate fund.
Euromoney February 2008
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If you are a fund manager interested in investing in central and eastern Europe, there is a strong possibility that you will be directed towards Hungarian government debt. The country’s debt management agency, the AKK, has issued about €2 billion annually to meet the country’s budgetary deficit in rece
Euromoney January 2008
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Japan’s three megabanks have been asked by US counterparts to contribute $5 billion apiece to the fund they are setting up to bail out cash-stricken structured investment vehicles hit by the sub-prime crisis.
Euromoney January 2008
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Fitch Ratings has rethought its methodology for rating and reviewing real estate asset managers. The original real estate asset manager methodology was based closely on Fitch’s general asset manager methodology, and this was also changed, in May 2007.
Published December 2007 Liquid real estate Issue 04
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Aberdeen Property Investors has teamed up with Swedish insurer Folksam to create a pooled fund structure open only to companies within the Folksam Group. Aberdeen plans to roll out this new type of instrument for indirect property investments to other large multinational companies with separate pension plans
Published December 2007 Liquid real estate Issue 04
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The Chinese property market is booming, even when the pace of land release is restricted. But concerns about policy and that some developers’ stocks might be overvalued have injected some caution into the market. Chris Wright reports.
Published December 2007 Liquid real estate Issue 04
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London-based Rutley Capital Management, the real estate private equity arm of Knight Frank, is preparing a fund focused on east Africa. The Rutley East Africa fund will aim to raise $200 million to invest in city-centre properties in the capital cities of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Democratic Republic
Published December 2007 Liquid real estate Issue 04
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Prudential Property Investment Management has hired two directors for its UK asset management team.
Published December 2007 Liquid real estate Issue 04
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The Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe), a landmark building in the City of London, has been sold to German high-net-worth and private clients through IVG Immobilien’s closed-end fund, EuroSelect 14.
Published December 2007 Liquid real estate Issue 04
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Martin McGuire is joining Axa Real Estate Investment Managers as European fund manager in London.
Published December 2007 Liquid real estate Issue 04
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Andrea Carpenter, Inrev
Published December 2007 Liquid real estate Issue 04
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Published November 2007 euromoney.com
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Saybrook’s Tax-Exempt Opportunity Funds are making money by investing in distressed and defaulted municipal bonds. CIO Jon Schotz talks to Helen Avery about the growth of opportunities in the sector.
Euromoney November 2007
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Many have struggled to beat regular equity market returns, especially after liquidity crisis, says research.
Euromoney November 2007
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Bankers fear new requirements could prove costly.
Euromoney October 2007
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Firms rushing to set up credit opportunity funds might already be too late.
Euromoney October 2007
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Goldman Sachs shows that marking to market goes hand in hand with good risk management and smart position taking.
Euromoney October 2007
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Hedge funds are supposed to perform well when mainstream markets are falling: that’s when their capacity to go short and their managers’ selection skills have the best chance to outperform long-only managers that do no better than replicate the index. That’s when they earn their two and 20. At least, s
Euromoney October 2007
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The industry collectively did not cover itself in glory during the August/September correction. But there is now a rich environment for a wide range of strategies, says Nick Evans, editor of EuroHedge.
Euromoney October 2007
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Intervention did the trick, to an extent.
Euromoney October 2007
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The allure of private equity to senior banking figures is well documented: why run a business for a bank when you can run a fund for yourself?
Euromoney October 2007
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Are you fully up to date with developments on Europe's exchange traded fund market? With experts predicting rapid growth in the next few years and demand for the product from both institutional and retail investors intensifying, it is essential for industry professionals to keep ahead of the game.
Euromoney September 2007
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Do you know your Apportionment from your Binary Options? Your Collateralized Obligations from your Gross Redemption Yields? If not, you needn’t look any further as this exclusive downloadable guide brought to you by Euromoney has over 30 pages of terminology from the financial industry explained.
Euromoney September 2007
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Two approaches to replication leave a gap in the market.
Euromoney September 2007
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LaSalle’s hedge fund administration arm now has more than $13 billion in assets, up from $6 billion at launch in March earlier this year. It’s an impressive accrual of assets given the already crowded administration space and indicates a need for administrators with experience in structured products and
Euromoney September 2007
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Private equity firms have a nice business flipping companies from one to another. But what happens when the music stops?
Euromoney September 2007
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Independent research firms feel the squeeze as fund managers consume more but spend less.
Euromoney September 2007
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Fixed-income funds hit hard by CDOs/sub-prime troubles.
Euromoney September 2007