Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Actuarial Firms React To Antitrust Inquiry
By Jim ConnollyNU Online News Service, June 3, 2004, 12:59 p.m. EDT -- Actuarial firms that sell employee benefits consulting services confirm that they have been ...
June 01, 2004
Maestro Fund Gets Irish ListingSINGAPORE (HedgeWorld.com)--Maestro Capital Management Pte Ltd. is listing on the Irish Stock Exchange shares of its managed futures fund, Global Maestro Fund I. The listing comes...
June 01, 2004
Absolute Capital Hires Head of Hedge Fund InvestmentsAbsolute Capital Group Ltd. hired Andrew Grauberg as head of hedge fund investments.
June 01, 2004
More Than Meets The EyeAppearances can be deceiving, and experts can look at the same data and draw different conclusions. Take Oppenheimer's Real Asset Fund. Its top holdings appear...
June 01, 2004
Key Benchmarks1-yr annualized 3-yr annualized 5-yr annualized Rtn. Std. Dev. Rtn. Std. Dev. Rtn. Std. Dev. S&P 50022.81%8.77%-2.36%16.49%-2.25%16.86% S&P/IFCI 55.4315.0615.8721.707.2522.62 Average Emerging Market Fund32.8210.08-0.3817.13-1.3017.32 Glossary Fund Stars Funds are ranked on a three-year Sharpe ratio...
June 01, 2004
About The ManagerKevin Baum calls his position as manager of the Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund a great combination of his two loves--investment markets and commodities. How does...
June 01, 2004
Checking In With Mark SpanglerThe former chairman of NAPFA, a private equity investor, and president of Seattle-based Spangler Financial Group, Mark Spangler currently has some $100 million under management....
May 28, 2004
Man Reports Strong Sales and Fee Income, Increases Fund CapacityLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--During the fiscal year that ended March 31, Man Group plc* sales were US$11.5 billion, net management fee income grew 50% and net performance...