Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Warburg Partners with Syz & Co. to Launch Hedge Fund Products in Germany
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Warburg Invest, the asset management arm of Hamburg-based private bank M.M. Warburg & Co., and Swiss banking group Syz & Co. announced that...
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...
May 28, 2004
CSFB/Tremont Index Down; Short-bias Strategies Yield Strong ReturnsNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--World economic factors played a role in the downturn of the CSFB/Tremont* Hedge Fund Index, which fell 0.58% in April and was only...
May 17, 2004
American Equity Postpones Note OfferingNU Online News Service, May 17, 2004, 11:47 a.m. EDT -- American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, West Des Moines, Iowa, says market conditions ...