Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
NASD Fines Altegris: 'Four Corners' Test for Sales
By Staff WriterWASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com)--NASD announced that it has censured and fined Altegris Investments Inc., La Jolla, Calif., US$175,000 for marketing hedge funds to investors without fully explaining...
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...
April 07, 2003
Top Bank Executives Join Capital ZNew York (HedgeWorld.com)--Capital Z Investment Partners, a $2.25 billion hedge fund and private equity investor that incubates and takes equity stakes in managers, added a...