Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Soros Executive Turnover Continues as Schwartz Reb
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Jacob Goldfield, previously a senior partner at Goldman Sachs and manager of New Jersey Senator Jon Corzine's blind trust, took over as chief...
April 21, 2003
FrontPoint Aims for Retail MarketGREENWICH, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--FrontPoint Partners LLC moved to boost distribution for its lineup of hedge fund strategies with the hiring of two marketing and sales executives. Jack...
April 21, 2003
Short-Bias Funds Perform Best among CSFB/Tremont INEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The Credit Suisse First Boston/Tremont* Hedge Fund Index stayed in positive territory returning just 0.26% for March, while dedicated short-bias managers gained 1.23%...
April 18, 2003
Sector Funds Down But Beat Index: S&PNU Online News Service, April 18, 10:15 a.m. -- Actively managed sector funds fell slightly in the first quarter of 2003 compared to the ...
April 16, 2003
New Risk-Management Service to 'Put Together the PRIDGEFIELD, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--Trident Point Capital LLC has added a new service to the consultant side of its business, Total Risk Optimization, which it calls an...
April 16, 2003
Futures Managers Slammed in MarchNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--After two months of great performance, futures manager returns fell sharply in March to negative 7.63%, according to the S&P Managed Futures Index. The...
April 10, 2003
AXA Reports $3 Billion U.S. GAAP LossNU Online News Service, April 10, 2003, 12:33 p.m. EST -- AXA S.A., Paris, says it would have reported the equivalent of a net ...
April 07, 2003
GMAM Exec to Join Robeco-Sage Capital ManagementWHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--Next week, Paul Platkin will become chief investment officer at Robeco-Sage Capital, leaving his post at General Motors where he oversaw the corporate...