Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Canadian Manager Offers Principal-Protected Note on Long/Short Fund
By Staff WriterTORONTO (HedgeWorld.com)--Arrow Hedge Partners Inc.'s latest notes series will contain its first principal-protected note for Canadian investors. Wrapping an extra security blanket around its funds of funds, Arrow Hedge plans to sign up investors through March 24. The Arrow Multi-Strategy Notes Series 6 and the Arrow Global Equity Long/Short Notes...
January 24, 2005
Robson Rhodes Vets Team with Chiltern for New VentureLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Chiltern, the provider of tax advice and other financial services such as corporate governance and risk management, is joining with three former partners from RSM Robson Rhodes LLP to form a new investment management advisory firm that will focus globally on hedge funds and other alternative investments. Raymond O'Neill,...
January 24, 2005
How Much Is that Security Worth?Valuation Issues and Recommendations for Hedge Fund Advisers Post-Registration
January 21, 2005
Pru Originates $220 Million LoanNU Online News Service, Jan. 21, 2005, 4:33 p.m. ESTAn arm of a large Newark, N.J., insurer is helping Vornado Realty Trust, New York, ...
January 18, 2005
S&P Hedge Fund Index Ends Flat Year on an Up NoteNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Equity markets ended 2004 with a bang, but the noise provoked little more than a yawn from sleepy hedge fund strategies in the Standard & Poor's Hedge Fund Index. Despite returns for managed futures strategy of over 10% and U.S. long/short equity strategy returns over 6% for the...
January 13, 2005
Survey: LTC Costs More Than $72,000 Per YearThe annual cost of U.S. long term care averaged $72,240 in 2004.[@@]Genworth Financial Inc., Richmond, Va., has published that figure in its latest LTC ...
January 12, 2005
MSCI Index Adds 11 FundsLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--MSCI is adding more hedge funds to its investable index following a quarterly review, with the resulting small shifts in strategy distribution taking effect immediately. The MSCI Hedge Invest Index will grow to 120 from 109 hedge funds, each of which offer weekly liquidity, an MSCI requirement for index...
January 12, 2005
Rogers: Despite Impending Crash in China, Commodities Remain Place to BeNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Forget about stocks and bonds, the new bull market is in commodities even if China stumbles in the short run, argued Jim Rogers, author and co-founder of Quantum Fund with George Soros, in a talk Wednesday. "It's simple economics," he said, speaking at the New York Board of...