Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Hartford 'Top 10 Investment Themes for 2010' Report Card Puts Dr. Bob 'On Probation'
By Joyce HansonIn a mid-term report card that reviews "Top 10 Investment Themes for 2010," "Dr. Bob" of The Hartford Mutual Funds, gave himself one A grade, four Bs, one C, no Ds, and four Fs for a variety of investing strategies in the first volatile half of 2010.
July 09, 2010
Hedge Fund Index in Negative Territory for JuneDow Jones Indexes and Credit Suisse announced Friday, July 9, that its early estimates suggested that hedge funds posted negative returns in June 2010, as did most other major market indexes.
July 09, 2010
Preqin Study: Direct Investment in Hedge Funds Increasingly Preferred by InstitutionsFunds of hedge funds (FoFs), in particular, have experienced a loss of institutional support for reasons related to both the recent downturn and longer-term trends, according to a survey released by Preqin on Thursday, July 8.
July 09, 2010
Institutions Increasingly Prefer Direct Investment in Hedge FundsFunds of funds hold their own in a maturing institutional market.
July 09, 2010
Private Equity Firms To Buy MultiPlanBC Partners and Silver Lake Partners have agreed to acquire MultiPlan Inc., a large provider network company.
July 09, 2010
Private Equity Firms To Buy MultiPlanBC Partners and Silver Lake Partners have agreed to acquire MultiPlan Inc., a large provider network company.
July 09, 2010
REITs Outperform Broader Equity Market in First Half of 2010The U.S. REIT industry significantly outperformed the broader equity market in the first half of 2010, despite global economic shocks that depressed the market in the second quarter, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.
July 08, 2010
Russell Investments, Global X Launch FundsRussell Investments debuts a commodity strategies fund, while Global X rolls out an ETF tied to Brazil.