Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Forsyth Expands Alternative Strategies Series Offerings
By Staff WriterCROYDON, England (HedgeWorld.com)--Forsyth Partners Ltd. launched two new versions of its Alternative Strategies Series I fund of funds, one providing 10-year capital protection and the...
May 04, 2004
Prifund Gets FBC Go-Ahead in SwitzerlandGENEVA (HedgeWorld.com)--Switzerland's Federal Banking Authority has given Banque Priv?e Edmond de Rothschild SA permission to market its all-encompassing LCF Edmond de Rothschild Prifund to Swiss...
May 04, 2004
UBS Beefs Up Securities Lending OperationSTAMFORD, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--UBS AG hired former Soci?t? G?n?rale Group veteran Chris Hagstrom to manage sales of equity swaps to hedge funds in the United States...
May 04, 2004
Real Estate Firm Praedium Hires Managers for Long/Short PortfolioNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The Praedium Group LLC appointed Christopher Pappas and Brian O' Flanagan as portfolio managers for a long/short hedged strategy in real estate securities. Mr....
May 04, 2004
Magnum Launches New Fund of Funds, Ibbotson to ConsultNASSAU (HedgeWorld.com)--Magnum Fund Management Ltd. has launched Magnum Optimized Portfolio Fund, a fund of funds that will screen more than 5,000 hedge funds globally to...
May 04, 2004
Donaldson Says Commission's Hedge Fund Knowledge 'Woefully Inadequate'PALM BEACH, Fla. (HedgeWorld.com)--Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson told an audience of registered investment advisers that the commission's knowledge of hedge funds...
May 01, 2004
A Matter of PrinciplesRemember the old saw that timing is everything? In looking back at my personal journey of investing and advising clients on investing, I can testify...
April 23, 2004
Wells Fargo Loses Two Sector Fund ManagersApril 22, 2004 -- Stock pickers Douglas Pratt and Michael Dauchot, who managed two Wells Fargo mutual funds focused on the financial services and health...