Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Vanguard Closes Two Funds
By Staff WriterMarch 4, 2004 -- Two of Vanguard Group's top performing funds last year were closed to new investors today to keep them from getting too...
March 01, 2004
A Safer Ride?Providing consistent returns on client portfolios has been a challenge for investment advisors over the past few years. While consistent, risk-averse performance is available, few...
February 23, 2004
S&P Hedge Fund Index Assets Broach US$1 Billion, Leveraged Product IntroducedNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The S&P Hedge Fund Index, launched in October 2002, now has approximately US$1 billion in assets. This total investment comes from about two dozen...
February 23, 2004
Threadneedle Appoints Alternatives HeadLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Lorin Gresser was named head of Threadneedle Investments' alternative investment business, a new role that developed as the firm has launched three hedge funds...
February 17, 2004
Cannell Returns 15% of Capital across All FundsSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)-Cannell Capital LLC, investment adviser for a stable of long/short hedge funds with a record of corporate activism, is distributing 15% of...
February 17, 2004
Schroders Hires Fund AnalystLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Schroders plc hired Stephen Greene as a new analyst covering fixed-income and global macro hedge funds. Mr. Greene previously was a senior analyst at International...
February 01, 2004
Venturing ForthThe great majority of institutional investment portfolios still consist of the tried and true: a mix of listed equities and bonds, generally in a ratio...
January 29, 2004
Economist: 10-Year Note Yield Might Hit 5%NU Online News Service, Jan. 29, 2004, 1:35 p.m. EST -- The yield on the 10-year Treasury note could reach 5% by the end ...