Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Hedge Fund Organization Issues Guide to Asian Managers
By Staff WriterThe Alternative Investment Management Association adapted its guide to hedge fund management to Asian hedge fund managers in its latest iteration in its "Guide to Sound Practices" series.
December 20, 2004
MetLife Unit Helps With Powers Of AttorneyNU Online News Service, Dec. 20, 2004, 1:25 p.m. ESTHyatt Legal Plans, Cleveland, has seen a big increase in member demand for estate-planning services.[@@]Hyatt, ...
December 13, 2004
November a Positive Month for S&P Hedge Fund IndexNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge funds made their best returns in recent months on the S&P Hedge Fund Index, which ticked up 1.45% in November. Returns were led by directional/tactical and event-driven managers, which made gains on short U.S. dollar positions and long-equity index holdings as the dollar fell and equities inched...
December 13, 2004
CalPERS Consents to DisclosureSACRAMENTO, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)--Seeking to strike a balance between disclosure and access, the US$177 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System reached a settlement with a First Amendment organization whereby the retirement fund will disclose profits earned and management fees and other costs paid to a host of hedge fund and private...
December 06, 2004
Latest Dexion Fund of Funds Launched, Listed on LSELONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Shares of the third fund of funds from Dexion Capital plc have begun trading on the London Stock Exchange. The closed-ended fund, Dexion Trading Ltd. (LSE: DTL) closed its first day, Nov. 29, up a penny, to ?1.01, on volume of 181,451. The week before, Dexion Trading's initial public...
December 01, 2004
American Equity Expands Note OfferingNU Online News Service, Dec. 1, 2004, 11:44 a.m. ESTA major seller of equity-indexed annuities plans to raise more than $175 million on Wall ...
December 01, 2004
CalPERS Raises Its StakeIn November, the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation's largest public pension fund with assets totaling $168 billion, said it will increase its...
December 01, 2004
PIMCO funds: total return/i800-426-0107 www.pimcofunds.com Ticker: PTTRX Manager: William Gross Manager's tenure: 17 years Fund started: May 1987 Min. initial invest.: $5 million Load (front-end): 0.00% 12(b)-1 fee: 0.00% Net assets: $44.2 billion P/E ratio: NA P/B ratio:...