Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
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By Jeff JosephSeparation of alpha and beta appears to be the mantra du jour in portfolio management, though long-time observers are aware that the concept is hardly...
June 26, 2007
Lender Scoops Up Agency Finance FirmBridge Finance L.L.C. has agreed to pay about $75 million for Oak Street Funding L.L.C.Bridge Finance, Chicago, is a commercial finance company that has provided ...
June 22, 2007
Insurer Battens Down Real Estate HatchesMetLife Inc. recently gave stable value fund investors a peek at its strategy for coping with a possible downturn in the U.S. housing market.MetLife, New ...
June 20, 2007
Nationwide To Launch Target Fund FamilyAn asset management arm of a large insurer is responding to consumer interest in age-adjusted investment vehicles.Nationwide Fund Advisors, Conshohocken, Pa., a unit of Nationwide ...
June 17, 2007
Our Edge As A HedgeEvery 4 years, we go through the excruciating ritual of electing a president, and the process gets murkier with each succeeding campaign. Despite the enormous ...
June 14, 2007
Money Manager Starts Alternative Energy FundCalvert Group Ltd. is trying to give advisors a new tool to capture the imaginations of clients who want to do well with their retirement ...
June 13, 2007
Hedge Fund Index up 6.84%Greenwich Alternative Investments released its monthly Hedge Fund Index on June 11, which showed a 2007 YTD return of 6.84%, and a monthly increase of 2.18% for May, compared to an 8.76% YTD increase for the S&P 500 (3.49% for May) and a 1.27% increase (-0.76% for May) for the...
June 06, 2007
No More Equity Research From Prurudential Financial is closing Prudential Equity Group, suspending that group's institutional equity research coverage immediately, and pulling the plug on the equity group's trading and sales arms in 13 cities.