Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Donaldson Says Commission's Hedge Fund Knowledge 'Woefully Inadequate'
By Staff WriterPALM BEACH, Fla. (HedgeWorld.com)--Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson told an audience of registered investment advisers that the commission's knowledge of hedge funds...
April 19, 2004
CSFB/Tremont Investable Index Rebalances, Adds Nine FundsNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The first rebalancing of the CSFB/Tremont* Investable Hedge Fund Index since its Aug. 1, 2003, launch has been completed, according to officials. The rebalancing...
April 19, 2004
MSCI Investable Index Returns 0.15% in MarchNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The MSCI Hedge Invest Index, an investable hedge fund index, returned 0.15%, eking out positive performance amid a widely divergent month of performance...
April 19, 2004
Emerging Markets, Global Macro Funds Top March CSFB/Tremont IndexNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge fund managers who took international bets generated the best returns in March, according to Credit Suisse First Boston/Tremont Hedge Fund Index returns. Emerging...
April 16, 2004
Tangible Investment Program Sales Rise 78%NU Online News Service, April 16, 2004, 1:08 p.m. EDT -- Investments in real estate and other tangible goods are hot.[@@]Sales of publicly registered ...
April 12, 2004
Lumen Advisors Breaks US$100 Million MarkSAN FRANCISCO (HedgeWorld.com)--Lumen Advisors LLC raked in nearly US$40 million in new assets in March and the first few days of April to push its...
April 12, 2004
Citigroup Names Two to Head Hedge Fund InitiativeNEW YORK--Citigroup Inc. named Steve Bowman and Jim O'Donnell as co-heads of a global hedge fund initiative from the firm's Global Corporate and Investment Banking...
April 07, 2004
What Are the Risks of Funds of Funds?A hedge fund of funds (FoF) is simply that--a fund that invests in hedge funds. Such funds' potential to diversify portfolios of traditional holdings, and their relatively smooth return streams, has made them the darling of asset allocators. Investors of all stripes have swarmed to FoFs in recent years.