Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Hedge Funds Say "It's Not So Bad"
By Melanie WaddellThe Securities and Exchange Com- mission finally released its staff report on the hedge fund industry last month, and many hedge fund managers are breathing...
October 20, 2003
DCM Mosaic Fund Open to New InvestorsSAN DIEGO (HedgeWorld.com)--Decision Capital Management reopened the DCM Mosaic Fund to new investors, after finalizing an agreement to make the fund part of the firm. Formerly...
October 17, 2003
Janus Internal Inquiry Finds Market Timing, StressNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)?Janus Capital identified special deals with 12 clients that resulted in frequent trades in five Janus mutual funds despite the company?s policy to...
October 17, 2003
Event-Driven Funds Shine in September, YearNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge funds returned 0.49% in September and were up 7.38% year-to-date through that period, according to the Standard & Poor's Hedge Fund Index. The...
October 17, 2003
Alternative Approaches to Calculating Value-at-RisNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)? Fund blowups slant hedge fund performance measures, causing ?fat tails? in the distribution of returns. Methods that take account of this issue...
October 01, 2003
Fund of Funds or Investable Indexes?A recent analysis by Morgan Stanley researchers revealed that hedge funds as a group have produced relatively constant (positive) alpha returns for the past 13...
October 01, 2003
About The ManagerBEN INKER Ben Inker is the chief investment officer of quantitative developed equities and director of asset allocation at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co....
September 30, 2003
Survey: Number Of U.S. Millionaire Households ReboundsNU Online News Service, Sept. 30, 2003, 12:524 p.m. EDT -- The number of U.S. households with more than $1 million in investable assets ...