Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Many Want to Enter Industry but New Managers Need
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Many MBAs would like to start their own hedge fund, but new managers face daunting challenges, judging from a packed seminar organized by...
June 19, 2003
Lockwood To Help Advisors Originate Mortgage LoansNU Online News Service, June 19, 2003, 12:55 p.m. EDT -- Lockwood Advisors Inc., Malvern, Pa., will be helping independent financial advisors offer their ...
June 17, 2003
Launer, Lipscomb Join Top MetLife Executive GroupNU Online News Service, June 17, 2003, 12:27 p.m. EDT -- MetLife Inc., New York, says it has changed its executive line-up to "broaden ...
June 13, 2003
FutureHealth Gets $4.7 Million In CapitalNU Online News Service, June 13, 2003, 4:34 p.m. EDT -- FutureHealth Corp., Timonium, Md., has received $4.7 million in equity capital from The ...
June 13, 2003
PwC: European Regulatory Systems Require AmericaniLONDON (HedgeWorld)--A new PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP publication contends that the European hedge fund industry and national regulators can both learn lessons from American experiences. A key characteristic...
June 13, 2003
MSCI Hedge Fund Index Returns 3.6% in MayNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge funds returned 3.6% in May, based on the preliminary data collected by Morgan Stanley Capital International. With that strong performance in May, year-to-date...
June 13, 2003
New Index of Indexes UnveiledLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Professor Lionel Martellini last week at a conference in London presented his work on creating an alternative index made up of existing hedge fund...
June 13, 2003
Wyly, Glass Discord over Governance Hedge FundsWILMINGTON, Del. (HedgeWorld.com)--Russell D. Glass filed a lawsuit against Ranger Entrepreneurs LP, a partnership controlled by Dallas-based shareholder activist Samuel E. Wyly, which was set...