Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Holiday Shopping: Some Hedge Funds See Value in Mall Visits
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Retail attracted long/short managers this year because it tends to be more volatile than other sectors, presenting trade possibilities. Some who watch retail...
January 03, 2005
European Banks Share Hedge Fund ConcernsIn separate reports this month, both the European Central Bank and the Bank of England highlighted the risks, but also the benefits, of hedge funds with respect to financial markets.
January 01, 2005
Are Hedge Funds Going "Retail"?As hedge funds have been anointed as "hot" by virtually every financial commentator, and as coverage of them has spread from the financial media to...
January 01, 2005
Exchange OpportunitiesAdvisors looking for tax-deferral opportunities for clients might want to consider 1031 exchanges. A 1031 like-kind exchange occurs when a taxpayer sells business property and...
December 23, 2004
MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index Up 2.4% in NovemberNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Directional trading strategies are still the gain leaders in the MSCI Hedge Fund Composite and Process Group Indexes. In preliminary results, based on the funds that reported, the MSCI Directional Trading Strategies Index, which includes systematic and discretionary trading used by managed futures managers, gained 3.4% in November,...
December 23, 2004
Daily Valuation, Outsourcing Among Trends Seen by BofNY ExecutiveNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--There is a move among hedge funds from monthly valuation of the portfolio, long the standard in the industry, to daily valuation of assets, said Jeffrey Bieselin, senior vice president at the Bank of New York. This trend is limited, however, to portfolios that primarily consist of listed...
December 23, 2004
Hedge Funds Barely Register on New SurveyBOSTON (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge funds barely registered on the radar screen of investors queried in Eaton Vance Corp.'s annual survey, but fund managers shouldn't feel too bad. The industry's "Q Rating" was on par with a couple of guys on whom enough ink has been spilled this past year to print a...
December 23, 2004
HSBC Fund Institutes Currency HedgingGUERNSEY, Channel Islands (HedgeWorld.com)--HSBC Global Absolute Ltd., a closed-end fund of funds listed on the London Stock Exchange, announced the introduction of currency hedging for its sterling-denominated shares. HGAL launched in November 2001, with the objective of achieving equity-like returns with lower levels of volatility. At launch, its investment advisers...