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Swiss Re has completed a GBP 800 million longevity insurance contract with the pension fund of UK insurer LV=. The transaction includes insurance of longevity exposures for 1,000 members who are still to retire.

Thirteen Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 14 ended the month in positive territory, led by the Fixed Income Arbitrage (+1.2%), the Lyxor Long/Short Credit Arbitrage Index (+1%) and the L/S Equity - Market Neutral Index (+0.9%). The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index posted a positive performance at 0.4% in November (+2% in 2012 to date)...

Legg Mason, Inc. and affiliate Permal have announced a definitive agreement to acquire Fauchier Partners, a leading European based manager of funds of hedge funds, from BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Fauchier Partners will be combined with Permal, one of the largest alternative asset managers in the world...

UCITS IV compliant, this sub-fund seeks to outperform the MSCI World index, over a 5-year investment horizon, whilst aiming to maintain a lower level of volatility than that of the index...

In October, the performance of hedge fund strategies exposed exclusively to equity-related risk factors remained positive despite the market environment thanks to a strong dynamic alpha.