Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Maestro Fund Gets Irish Listing
By Staff WriterSINGAPORE (HedgeWorld.com)--Maestro Capital Management Pte Ltd. is listing on the Irish Stock Exchange shares of its managed futures fund, Global Maestro Fund I. The listing comes...
June 01, 2004
Key Benchmarks1-yr annualized 3-yr annualized 5-yr annualized Rtn. Std. Dev. Rtn. Std. Dev. Rtn. Std. Dev. S&P 50022.81%8.77%-2.36%16.49%-2.25%16.86% S&P/IFCI 55.4315.0615.8721.707.2522.62 Average Emerging Market Fund32.8210.08-0.3817.13-1.3017.32 Glossary Fund Stars Funds are ranked on a three-year Sharpe ratio...
June 01, 2004
About The ManagerKevin Baum calls his position as manager of the Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund a great combination of his two loves--investment markets and commodities. How does...
June 01, 2004
Checking In With Mark SpanglerThe former chairman of NAPFA, a private equity investor, and president of Seattle-based Spangler Financial Group, Mark Spangler currently has some $100 million under management....
May 28, 2004
Man Reports Strong Sales and Fee Income, Increases Fund CapacityLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--During the fiscal year that ended March 31, Man Group plc* sales were US$11.5 billion, net management fee income grew 50% and net performance...
May 28, 2004
CSFB/Tremont Index Down; Short-bias Strategies Yield Strong ReturnsNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--World economic factors played a role in the downturn of the CSFB/Tremont* Hedge Fund Index, which fell 0.58% in April and was only...
May 17, 2004
American Equity Postpones Note OfferingNU Online News Service, May 17, 2004, 11:47 a.m. EDT -- American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, West Des Moines, Iowa, says market conditions ...
May 17, 2004
US$1 Trillion? New Survey Suggests Hedge Fund Industry Bigger Than ThoughtLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--A new survey of hedge fund administrators suggests the industry could be bigger than anyone thought--upwards of US$1 trillion. London alternatives publication Alternative Fund Services...