Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
A New Name for Wells REIT
By James J. GreenWells Real Estate Investment Trust, the public, nontraded REIT with about $5 billion in assets across the country (mostly class A office buildings) has changed its name to Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc.
August 01, 2007
What's Good for General MotorsWhen Chrysler, the No. 3 Detroit automaker, was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy in 1979, the Carter administration stepped in with $1.2 billion in...
August 01, 2007
Cr?me de la Cr?meA smart and pithy saying goes: We create our own opportunities. Wiser still is the person who seizes only the best of them. Michael Rogers,...
July 31, 2007
Investors Sue Over Proposed AcquisitionLawyers are trying to organize a class action suit on behalf of shareholders who own stock in a company that writes and sells insurance and ...
July 30, 2007
Hedge Funds Continue to DeregisterHedge fund advisors continue to deregister from the SEC. During the past year, 732 hedge fund advisors (firms that advise at least one fund) have deregistered, according to the Investment Adviser Association (IAA) and National Regulatory Services (NRS) seventh annual report, Evolution/Revolution, which profiles the advisor profession.
July 16, 2007
American Firms Shy Away From Risk-TakingA new research paper by scholars at the University of Pittsburgh says Sarbanes-Oxley discouraging corporate risk-taking in the United States.
July 13, 2007
Greenwich Hedge Fund Index Up 1.07% in JuneGreenwich Alternative Investments reported July 12 that the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index and the Greenwich Investable Index were positive for the month of June, yielding +1.07% and +0.22%, respectively.
July 12, 2007
Structured Products at Retail?On the heels of more and more news about the implosion of the mortgage backed securities and junk bond markets come three news bits of interest: guiding principles when using structured products for retail, and word from Moody's, and Standard & Poor's, which has put "612 U.S. Subprime RMBS Classes"...