Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
ITG Fully Acquires POSIT
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Investment Technology Group announced plans to boost its ownership interest in POSIT, an equity matching system. The POSIT deals adds to ITG's direct electronic access trading business, which includes hedge funds. Earlier this month, ITG said it was considering a deal with E-Crossnet, which would help boost its...
January 04, 2005
Guernsey Fund Totals Continue GrowthLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--The number of funds in Guernsey grew by 15.5% during the last year, according to survey figures released by Fitzrovia International plc. The research company found that assets in funds domiciled in Guernsey total US$24.5 billion. Of that amount hedge funds account for US$16.5 billion, spread among 263 different...
January 03, 2005
BISYS Acquires Rothstein Kass Fund Administration BusinessNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Rothstein Kass is selling RK Consulting, its fund administration affiliate with clients that include hedge funds, funds of funds and private equity funds,...
January 03, 2005
Fund Manager Goldstein Files Suit Against SECNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The much-anticipated first lawsuit stemming from the Securities and Exchange Commission hedge fund regulation has been filed, with the claim that the agency...
January 03, 2005
Private Equity Firm Gets Big Stake In ReinsurerNU Online News Service, Jan. 3, 2005, 5:30 p.m. ESTThe Cypress Group, New York, has invested $180 million in Scottish Re Group Ltd., Hamilton, ...
January 03, 2005
K.C. Life Makes Real Estate DealNU Online News Service, Jan. 3, 2005, 5:01 p.m. ESTA Midwestern insurer will be reporting a big gain on an Arizona real estate transaction.[@@]Kansas ...
January 03, 2005
November a Winner in Van IndexNASHVILLE, Tenn. (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge funds had their best month of 2004 in November by the reckoning of the Van Global Hedge Fund Index, which gained 2.8%...
January 03, 2005
Tremont Studying Products with Longer Lock-UpsRYE, N.Y. (HedgeWorld.com)--Industry participants and observers expect that there will be many U.S.-based hedge fund managers who will take advantage of the exemption from the...