Pensions insurer makes 6.5% return on hedge funds as weighting increases in portfolio ..read more

Although two years have now passed since the US Federal Reserve started rapidly hiking interest rates, the likelihood that your hedge fund manager will have a ‘hurdle rate’ – a minimum rate of return before performance fees kick in – has not changed. Only a quarter of hedge funds, by our count, have such a threshold in place and the practice does not yet show signs of becoming more widespread, even though the risk-free rate has now exceeded 4% for well over a year ..read more

Does US public pension funds’ use of borrowed money and derivatives pose systemic risks to global financial markets? That is the concern of global regulators, which have recently stepped up scrutiny of the practice, according to a recent article in the Financial Times (FT). But senior executives interviewed by IPE seem less worried ..read more

Alternatives body proposes ‘endorsed emissions’ metric to account for impact sought through divestment or portfolio tilting ..read more

Pension funds, university endowments, insurance funds, and other institutional investors have long called for more transparency about their investments in private equity and hedge funds.  ..read more

The current waves of rising inflation and interest rates, economic uncertainty and market volatility may eventually be remembered as just a temporary setback for managers of unlisted assets. But the regulatory initiatives announced in recent months, following pressure from investors and the public, could bring about deeper changes to the buoyant private markets industry ..read more

We asked three European pension funds about their hedge fund portfolios, as the volatile market environment provides opportunities for absolute-return managers ..read more

Despite the current volatility and geopolitical tensions, European pension funds continue to actively seek returns from emerging market investments ..read more

Bpf Bouw will sell close to €3bn in hedge fund investments and is also reconsidering its private equity and real estate holdings ..read more

The degree of diversification that alternative portfolios typically provide can be less than many institutions think. Veritas has reorganised its alternatives portfolio to deliver better diversification ..read more