Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
New report: Hedge fund success depends on performance, greater transparency
By Staff WriterIn the wake of the worst year on record for hedge funds, hedge fund managers should expect to see wider-ranging and more in-depth scrutiny of...
January 22, 2009
File under obvious - Hedge funds 'fail to deliver'"In 2008, hedge fund managers generally failed to deliver," Morningstar Hedge Fund Analyst Nadia Papagiannis said yesterday in a press statement. "The average hedge fund...
January 19, 2009
William Glavin, Jr.William Glavin, Jr. has been appointed chief executive officer of Oppenheimer Funds Inc. He has headed MassMutual's U.S. Insurance Group since March 2006.
January 15, 2009
2009 looks bad for hedge fundsThe hedge fund industry lost 7 percent of funds in the first three quarters of 2008, the Associated Press reports. That's up more than 70...
January 12, 2009
Fund managers optimistic for 2009Global consulting firm Watson Wyatt highlights a generally optimistic outlook for 2009 from fund managers. Watson Wyatt's recent survey of fund managers, who collectively have assets...
January 04, 2009
Humpty's WoesHaving gotten through 2008 with portfolios battered and confidence shattered, I guess we all pretty much know how Queen Elizabeth felt when she described 1992 as an "annus horribilis" for her and the other royals.
January 01, 2009
Insurers Brace For Commercial Mortgage TurmoilThe top 25 U.S. life insurers held about $116 billion in commercial mortgage-backed securities in 2007, and those securities accounted for 3.9% of the insurers' $3 trillion in 2007 total net admitted assets
January 01, 2009
Insurers Brace For Commercial Mortgage TurmoilThe top 25 U.S. life insurers held about $116 billion in commercial mortgage-backed securities in 2007, and those securities accounted for 3.9% of the insurers' $3 trillion in 2007 total net admitted assets