Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Hedge Funds Wise to Watch Bird Flu
By Staff WriterDepending on the news reports one reads, the avian flu may or may not be on the verge of exploding into a global pandemic. As it stands right now, no one knows if or when the avian influenza strain will mutate to a form that enables it to spread quickly...
March 27, 2006
Lawyer Takes Over New Jersey DepartmentThe Garden State now has a new permanent insurance regulator.New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, a Democrat, has administered the oath of office to Steven Goldman, ...
March 23, 2006
Optimistic About International Political RisksU.S. Funds' Frank Holmes accepts award
March 21, 2006
And The Winners Are...IA, S&P, and Prima Capital announce winners of second annual Separately Managed Accounts Awards
March 20, 2006
Reuters Survey Shows Favor for U.S., Japanese StocksLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)-- A group of managers of funds of hedge funds sees U.S. and Japanese stocks performing well over the next three to six months, a Reuters poll shows. Reuters surveyed 10 fund of hedge funds strategists for their investment outlooks for and asset allocations to the main hedge fund...
March 20, 2006
From ISDA, a Spate of StatementsSINGAPORE (HedgeWorld.com)--The International Swaps and Derivatives Association released the results of a survey on credit derivatives post-trade processing--and the survey's numbers indicate that such processing is improving. For large firms (those that conduct at least 1,500 swap trades a week) backlogs have decreased over the last year from 23.5 days...
March 20, 2006
Italy's Momentum ContinuesMILAN, Italy (HedgeWorld.com)--Italy's hedge fund industry continued to show robust growth in early 2006, in stark contrast to the fund management industry in general, according to research recently released by Assogestioni, the Italian fund managers' association. Hedge funds notched up a 361 million euro (US$440 million) increase in February, continuing...
March 20, 2006
FSA Places Fund Values Under Greater ScrutinyLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--A speech by a top official of the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority has targeted asset valuation practices as the core of its growing oversight of hedge funds and has publicly criticized "poor experiences" in this area in the United States. The declarations came in a speech by Dan Waters,...