Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Private Equity, Neuberger Berman Management Buy Firm
By James J. GreenTwo major private equity firms, along with some of the current management of Neuberger Berman, will acquire the asset management remainder of the former Lehman...
September 18, 2008
Fund manager survey finds expectations of global recession on the riseThings aren't looking good overseas, either, right now. According to a newly released Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers, more than 60 percent of respondents...
September 16, 2008
Starr: Greenberg Might Try To Acquire AIGThe C. V. Starr & Company Inc. Trust and other entities associated with Maurice Greenberg say they might try to seek an American International Group ...
September 11, 2008
Collective trusts present growing opportunityAccording to an SEI white paper released in May, collective investment trusts are presenting a significant business opportunity in the defined-contribution market. The paper cites...
September 11, 2008
GAO: Warn Pensions About Hedge FundsA watchdog agency wants federal pension regulators to give plan administrators more advice about the risks of investing in hedge funds and private equity offerings.Officials ...
September 11, 2008
GAO: Warn Pensions About Hedge FundsA watchdog agency wants federal pension regulators to give plan administrators more advice about the risks of investing in hedge funds and private equity offerings.Officials ...
September 03, 2008
Revenge of the (Harvard) nerdsI catch a lot of flack for reading Harvard Business Review. "Egghead academics with no real-world business experience telling you how to deal with a pain-in-the-a**...