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Morning Line-Up: pension poverty, BNY currency trade, hedge funds, Kazakhstan sukuk

Cecilia Valente

Mar 14, 2011 08:03 UTC

News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:

Pension poverty warning – FT

BNY currency trading dispute with LA pension fund – WSJ

 Funds of hedge funds cut returns – FT

                                       Kazakhstan revisits $500 mln sukuk – Reuters

Morning Line-Up: Libya and Madoff, hedge funds in North Africa, China in Japan

News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere

Libyan state fund rejected Madoff offer – FT

Hedge funds wary of punts on North Africa chaos – Reuters

China’s stealth investments in Japan – WSJ

Morning Line-Up: Hedge funds demand risk, gender-neutral pensions, Fidelity eyes China

News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere

Hedge funds show more appetite for risk – Financial News

Pensions in a gender-neutral market – Reuters

JPMorgan and Fidelity eye China licences – FT

Morning Line-Up: Winters’ come back, Pru’s pension, double-dippers

Cecilia Valente

Feb 17, 2011 08:27 UTC

News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere

Ex-JP Morgan Winters starts new fund – FT

Pru in pension top up  court case - Guardian

“Double-dippers” in the frame in N.Y. pension debate – Reuters

Morning Line-Up: ‘Pay complexity’, New Media fund, CD&R deal

Cecilia Valente

Feb 14, 2011 08:24 UTC

News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:

City urges end of ‘pay complexity’- FT

JP Morgan eye new-media fund – WSJ

Hedgies focus on risk, cut fees- Reuters

                                      CD&R close to Emergency Medical deal – Reuters

Morning Line-Up: JP Morgan/Madoff, Axa unit fined, Britain’s NEST

Cecilia Valente

Feb 4, 2011 08:18 UTC

News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:

JP Morgan  Chase overlooked Madoff-alarm bells – WSJ

AXA Rosenberg units fined for hiding glitch – AFP

UK’s default pension fund appoints managers – Reuters

UK universities eye and keep an eye on new hedge fund punts

Cecilia Valente

Jan 26, 2011 11:15 UTC

Pension schemes are moving away from the usual equity/bond/real estate mix to put their eggs in as many baskets as possible. No wonder then that the USS — the 31.6 billion pounds UK universities pension fund — is putting an extra 1.5 percent of its assets, or about 474 million pounds, into hedge funds, as its CIO Roger Gray tells Reuters.

If you are rushing to the phone to pitch business with Mr Gray, however, STOP a minute fund manager: be prepared, the USS is not only eyeing alpha, it is going to ask a few questions about how alpha is distributed and how investors are protected.

Morning Line-Up: PAI auction, buy-out study, US banks results

Cecilia Valente

Jan 17, 2011 08:37 UTC

News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:

PAI Partners auctions Compagnie Européenne de Prévoyance – FT

Largest buy-out firms are worse performers- FT

Investors expect high top U.S. banks results – Reuters

Morning Line-Up: BlackRock bullish, IPOs, Tower Australia

Cecilia Valente

Dec 29, 2010 08:22 UTC

News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:

BlackRock founder upbeat on growth potential – FT

Institutional investors to shun high-price IPOs – Times

Australia’s Tower  accepts Dai-ichi’s $1.2 bln bid – Reuters

Morning Line-Up: China’s pledge, bonus drop, BRIC optimism

Cecilia Valente

Dec 22, 2010 08:26 UTC

News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:

China promises Euro support – FT

Bankers face bonus drop – Reuters

BRIC optimism for 2011- BBC