Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
RMF Seeds Japanese Fund
By Staff WriterPF?FFIKON, Switzerland (HedgeWorld.com)--RMF Investment Management seeded its seventh emerging hedge fund through its seeding vehicle, Hedge Fund Ventures. The newly seeded fund is a Japanese event-driven...
September 03, 2003
Bank of Butterfield Adds Presence in BahamasHAMILTON, Bermuda (HedgeWorld.com)--The Bank of N. T. Butterfield & Son Ltd. expanded into the Bahamas with the purchase of Thorand Bank & Trust Ltd., of...
September 03, 2003
Coutts Eyes Asia Optimistically with New FundLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--The Coutts Group unveiled an Asian-focused hedge fund of funds, with the anticipation that investment conditions are favorable in the region. Managers of the fund...
September 03, 2003
TD Waterhouse Liquidates Two FundsAug. 29, 2003 -- TD Waterhouse Trust agreed to liquidate the TD Waterhouse Technology Fund (TDTCX) and the TD Waterhouse Tax Managed Growth Fund (TDTAX),...
September 03, 2003
Taurum Merges with Fund Manager, Adds PartnerOAKLAND, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)--Taurum Capital Partners, Beverly Hills, Calif. merged with Thomason Capital, bringing on a new senior partner and fund manager as a result. The combined...
September 03, 2003
Record Asset Flow to Managed FuturesNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Managed futures funds received US$9.1 billion in new capital during the second quarter of this year, making for an almost 16% increase, according...
August 29, 2003
MetLife Unit Acquires Sears TowerNU Online News Service, Aug. 29, 2003, 3:02 p.m. EDT -- Metropolitan Insurance and Annuity Company, a unit of MetLife Inc., New York, has ...
August 25, 2003
Hedge Funds Keep Going in BlackoutNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Some managers affected by last week's massive power failure were able to continue trading at a back-up office operated by Richard Fleischman &...