Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
UBS Beefs Up Securities Lending Operation
By Staff WriterSTAMFORD, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--UBS AG hired former Soci?t? G?n?rale Group veteran Chris Hagstrom to manage sales of equity swaps to hedge funds in the United States...
May 04, 2004
Donaldson Says Commission's Hedge Fund Knowledge 'Woefully Inadequate'PALM BEACH, Fla. (HedgeWorld.com)--Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson told an audience of registered investment advisers that the commission's knowledge of hedge funds...
May 01, 2004
A Matter of PrinciplesRemember the old saw that timing is everything? In looking back at my personal journey of investing and advising clients on investing, I can testify...
April 23, 2004
Wells Fargo Loses Two Sector Fund ManagersApril 22, 2004 -- Stock pickers Douglas Pratt and Michael Dauchot, who managed two Wells Fargo mutual funds focused on the financial services and health...
April 19, 2004
CSFB/Tremont Investable Index Rebalances, Adds Nine FundsNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The first rebalancing of the CSFB/Tremont* Investable Hedge Fund Index since its Aug. 1, 2003, launch has been completed, according to officials. The rebalancing...
April 19, 2004
MSCI Investable Index Returns 0.15% in MarchNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The MSCI Hedge Invest Index, an investable hedge fund index, returned 0.15%, eking out positive performance amid a widely divergent month of performance...
April 19, 2004
Emerging Markets, Global Macro Funds Top March CSFB/Tremont IndexNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge fund managers who took international bets generated the best returns in March, according to Credit Suisse First Boston/Tremont Hedge Fund Index returns. Emerging...
April 16, 2004
Tangible Investment Program Sales Rise 78%NU Online News Service, April 16, 2004, 1:08 p.m. EDT -- Investments in real estate and other tangible goods are hot.[@@]Sales of publicly registered ...