Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Alliance Capital Agrees to Pay Fine, Change Ways to Atone for Allowing Market Timing
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Alliance Capital Management LP on Thursday struck a deal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's...
December 19, 2003
Cerulli Announces 2004 Report LineupNU Online News Service, Dec. 19, 2003, 1:15 p.m. EST -- Cerulli Associates Inc., Boston, a financial services research firm, says its 2004 publications ...
December 15, 2003
UBS Finalizes Acquisition of ABN AMRO Prime BrokerageNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--UBS AG's Investment Bank unit on Friday finalized its acquisition of ABN AMRO's prime brokerage unit, integrating the new unit under the UBS...
December 15, 2003
Meyer Capital Starts Offshore FundNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Meyer Capital Management of Barrington, Ill., expects to launch a Cayman Islands-domiciled fund before the end of the year. The Galahad Fund will be...
December 08, 2003
Dutch Pension Fund Allocates to Funds of FundsRIJSWIJK, The Netherlands (HedgeWorld.com)--Stichting Pensioenfonds TNO invested 30 million euros (US$36.5 million) in two multi-manager, multi-strategy fund of funds managed by the London office of...
December 08, 2003
Cognis Capital Launches First Hedge FundLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Cognis Capital Partners LLP announced that with seeding from JP Morgan Partners it has launched its maiden hedge fund, the Cognis I Fund. The seed...
December 03, 2003
DB Pensions Cost Big Employers 32% MoreNU Online News Service, Dec. 3, 2003, 4:43 p.m. EST -- Defined benefit pension costs increased sharply for big, private U.S. employers between September ...
December 02, 2003
Strong Performance Pushes Up Hedge Fund Assets Despite OutflowNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Total assets in hedge funds grew 3.3% in the third quarter to US$688 billion due to robust returns, according to Hedge Fund Research,...