Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
What Are the Risks of Funds of Funds?
By Ben WarwickA hedge fund of funds (FoF) is simply that--a fund that invests in hedge funds. Such funds' potential to diversify portfolios of traditional holdings, and their relatively smooth return streams, has made them the darling of asset allocators. Investors of all stripes have swarmed to FoFs in recent years.
April 05, 2004
Canadian Structured Note Issue Closes With C$52 millionTORONTO (HedgeWorld.com)--BluMont Capital Inc. raised C$52.1 million (US$39.2 million) with its BluMont Man Multi-Strategy Series 2 Notes structured hedge fund, which was launched earlier this...
April 01, 2004
Typing TestColleen Knopinski's firm administers the Kolbe and Caliper personality and work-style tests to all prospective employees. Why? "If you have people doing things that come...
March 24, 2004
Washington Firm Picks MassMutual To Run 401(k) PlanNU Online News Service, March 24, 2004, 10:43 a.m. EST -- W.C. & A.N. Miller Companies, Washington, has picked Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, ...
March 16, 2004
MFS To Strengthen Corporate GovernanceNU Online News Service, March 16, 2004, 5:26 p.m. EST -- MFS Investment Management, Boston, says it is going far beyond the required steps ...
March 16, 2004
Fund Manager: Rohit SahFund Currently Managed Oppenheimer International Small Company/A (OSMAX) co-manager since December 2000; sole manager since January 2004 Investment Style Overview Uses strictly bottom-up research to identify small-cap stocks...
March 15, 2004
MSCI to Price Investable Index DailyGENEVA, Switzerland (HedgeWorld.com)--Morgan Stanley Capital International will begin publishing an indicative daily price for its investable hedge fund index, the MSCI Hedge Invest Index, which...
March 15, 2004
Structured Products Drive HFR GrowthCHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com)--Assets under management at HFR Asset Management LLC have broached US$2 billion, in large part due to structured products, the firm announced. Investors from Asia,...