Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Absolute Capital Names New Distribution Head
By Staff WriterSYDNEY, Australia (HedgeWorld.com)--Absolute Capital Group Ltd. hired Brian Long as head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Long, previously head of sales and marketing...
May 04, 2004
Magnum Launches New Fund of Funds, Ibbotson to ConsultCSFB Hires FX Exec ChapinNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Credit Suisse First Boston hired Tim Chapin as a director and senior coverage officer in foreign exchange hedge fund sales. Mr. Chapin previously was...
May 04, 2004
Griffith Heads Reorganized Hedge Fund Unit at BASNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Banc of America Securities LLC merged its capital introduction unit with its structured investments group. The merged entity is known as the Global...
May 04, 2004
Prifund Gets FBC Go-Ahead in SwitzerlandGENEVA (HedgeWorld.com)--Switzerland's Federal Banking Authority has given Banque Priv?e Edmond de Rothschild SA permission to market its all-encompassing LCF Edmond de Rothschild Prifund to Swiss...
May 04, 2004
UBS Beefs Up Securities Lending OperationSTAMFORD, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--UBS AG hired former Soci?t? G?n?rale Group veteran Chris Hagstrom to manage sales of equity swaps to hedge funds in the United States...
May 04, 2004
Real Estate Firm Praedium Hires Managers for Long/Short PortfolioNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The Praedium Group LLC appointed Christopher Pappas and Brian O' Flanagan as portfolio managers for a long/short hedged strategy in real estate securities. Mr....
May 04, 2004
Magnum Launches New Fund of Funds, Ibbotson to ConsultNASSAU (HedgeWorld.com)--Magnum Fund Management Ltd. has launched Magnum Optimized Portfolio Fund, a fund of funds that will screen more than 5,000 hedge funds globally to...
May 04, 2004
Donaldson Says Commission's Hedge Fund Knowledge 'Woefully Inadequate'PALM BEACH, Fla. (HedgeWorld.com)--Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson told an audience of registered investment advisers that the commission's knowledge of hedge funds...