Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Treasury Advisors Decide Not To Crack Down On Hedge Funds
By Staff WriterThe President's Working Group on Financial Markets has released a set of voluntary guidelines for hedge funds and other "private pools of capital."The working group, ...
January 01, 2007
Raising the Bar for Getting Into Hedge FundsThe SEC voted December 13 to raise the accredited investor limit for investors in vehicles such as hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital from...
December 18, 2006
Greenwich-Van Changes Its NameGreenwich-Van LLC, the hedge fund research and investing firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, has changed its name to Greenwich Alternative Investments LLC, reflecting, the company said, "the broadening scope of hedge fund investing and continued increase in institutional demand for alternative investments."
December 04, 2006
Hedge Fund Entry Still $1 MillionThe Securities and Exchange Commission decided not to vote on increasing the amount an investor must have to participate in a hedge fund from $1 million to $1.5 million at an open meeting December 4.
December 01, 2006
Morgan Stanley's Appetite for Hedge FundsIn early November, Morgan Stanley announced its third investment in, or acquisition of, a major hedge fund in a matter of three days. On October...
December 01, 2006
Democrats and Hedge FundsNow that the Democrats have seized both houses of Congress, some hedge fund officials are anticipating tighter controls on the industry. Granted, Republicans, too, heightened...
November 06, 2006
Nearly 2,000 Advisors, and Alan GreenspanNearly 3,000 attendees at the 16th annual Schwab Institutional Impact conference, including some 1,900 advisors, heard Alan Greenspan on Nov. 6 laud hedge funds as "extraordinarily important" instruments that expose, then remove inefficiencies in the capital markets. Hedge fund managers' search for "niche returns," Greenspan told the audience at the...
November 01, 2006
How to Find Good Managerial TalentPicking the right hedge fund manager was probably never easy, but in recent years it has become an even greater challenge. Yet it is essential:...