Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Robeco Buys Stake in Futures Manager
By Staff WriterROTTERDAM, The Netherlands (HedgeWorld.com)--Robeco Alternative Investments agreed to purchase 49% of futures manager Transtrend BV, a manager of EUR310 million (US$274 million). Robeco, a unit of...
March 24, 2003
Fitch: Hedge Funds "Challenge" Credit DerivativesNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Preliminary results of Fitch Ratings' survey of global financial institutions use of credit derivatives found that hedge funds are one of the fastest...
March 24, 2003
CMA Announces Fifth Structured Hedge Fund; ReadiesGENEVA (HedgeWorld.com)--Capital Management Advisors Group has launched a 15-year capital guaranteed product linked to a hedge fund of funds that is being sold to European...
March 20, 2003
Most Big Employers Split Pension Services ContractsNU Online News Service, March 20, 2003, 4:44 p.m. EST -- Only 18% of the biggest private U.S. employers put a single firm in ...
March 19, 2003
CNA Revises 4th Quarter EarningsNU Online News Service, March 19, 5:43 p.m. -- CNA Financial Corp., Chicago, says it will be reporting $62 million in losses on investments ...
March 14, 2003
UTIMCO Hires Hedge Funds of FundsAUSTIN, Texas (HedgeWorld.com)--The University of Texas Investment Management Co. are investing US$175 million in a hedge fund of funds managed by Prot?g? Partners, New York. The...
March 12, 2003
Prime Introduces DC Drug PlanNU Online News Service, March 12, 2003, 10:33 a.m. EST -- Prime Therapeutics Inc., St. Paul, Minn., a pharmacy benefit manager, will introduce a ...
March 10, 2003
Gartmore Readies SEC-Registered FundCONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (HedgeWorld.com)--Gartmore Global Investments is planning to sell a Securities and Exchange Commission-registered hedge fund of funds, according to a recent filing. Gartmore Market Neutral...