Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
New Hedge Fund of Funds Launched at Optima
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Optima Fund Management unveiled a multi-strategy offshore hedge fund of funds, the Optima Absolute Return Fund Ltd. The fund was launched with US$10 million...
May 12, 2003
Boston Private Plans Purchase of Dalton GreinerBOSTON (HedgeWorld.com)--Boston Private Financial Holdings, a high-net-worth management holding company, agreed definitively to buy 80% of Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., New York, for...
May 05, 2003
CCBN Web Site Integrates Multiple Sources of CorpoNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--CCBN, a firm that organizes communications between public companies and investors, including hedge funds, recently introduced an integrated online window for accessing transcripts,...
May 05, 2003
Hedge Fund Strategy Baskets Introduced by S&P, PluNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Standard & Poor's and PlusFunds Inc. expanded their joint offerings with the introduction of nine hedge fund baskets. The baskets were extracted from the...
May 05, 2003
Cargill Expands Services to Hedge FundsLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Cargill Investment Services has hired a team from Lehman Brothers International to further its asset class capability in the firm's work with hedge fund...
May 05, 2003
New ETF Based on Equal-Weight S&P Index Offers HedNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Mutual fund manager Rydex Global Investors launched on April 30 an exchange-traded fund that tracks an equal-weight version of the Standard & Poor's...
May 05, 2003
Affluent Investors Still on Sidelines, Spectrem SuCHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com)--The end of the war with Iraq apparently will not be enough to lift optimism for the stock market among affluent investors but could...
May 05, 2003
S&P Rates First European Hedge FundLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Pioneer Global Opportunities plc was the first European hedge fund to receive a rating from Standard & Poor's and only the third hedge fund...