Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Kairos Hires Team, Opens New York Subsidiary
By Staff WriterMILAN, Italy (HedgeWorld.com)--Kairos Group continues to grow its alternative investment business, hiring four new executives to assist in the effort. Stefano Prosperi and Michele Gesualdi, both...
March 10, 2003
Activist Hedge Funds Expect Smooth Transition at MREDWOOD CITY, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)--Control of MeVC Inc., an information-technology venture capital firm changed hands with the victory of the dissidents' slate for the board of...
March 04, 2003
All Hedge Funds, and Their Investors, Are Not Created EqualSince the early 1980s, large family offices have been in the forefront of alternative investing. This group pounced on hedge funds and managed futures years before institutions even started considering them, and today are often the first investors in fund startups.
March 03, 2003
New PwC Head Sees Growth in Hedge FundsNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--PricewaterhouseCoopers will promote Martin J. Jennings to the role of managing partner of the firm's New York investment management industry group, replacing Philip...
February 24, 2003
Three Debt Specialists Form CognisLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Three European high-yield and distressed debt specialists left Royal Bank of Scotland plc to form Cognis Capital Partners LLP, which should launch a hedge...
February 24, 2003
Arden Registers Hedge Funds of FundsNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Jon Venetos and Ross Dackow joined Deutsche Bank AG as part of the bank's DB AbNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Arden Capital Management LLC filed a...
February 24, 2003
Managed Futures Lead CSFB/Tremont Hedge Index StroNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index was up 1.28% for January, while major traditional benchmarks lost ground. While the hedge fund index has gained 3.8%...
February 19, 2003
Market Bank of New York AcquisitionNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The Bank of New York announced that it completed the acquisition of International Fund Administration Ltd. and also added NuVerse Advisors LLC as...