Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
American Century Fails to Liquidate Fund
By Staff WriterSept. 4, 2002 -- An effort to liquidate the American Century Global Natural Resources/Inv (BGRIX) failed yesterday because too few shareholders voted on the proposal. American...
August 19, 2002
Certification Deadline: "If everybody's sensitive,WASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com)--Under the accounting reform bill that became law last month, Aug. 14 was the deadline for most chief executives and chief financial officers to...
August 19, 2002
Mutual Fund Company Registers Closed-End Hedge FunCHARLOTTE, N.C. (HedgeWorld.com)--Evergreen Investment Management Co., a mutual fund company with US$108 billion in mutual fund assets, plans to join other mutual fund complexes and...
August 19, 2002
Commerzbank Keeping Jupiter after AllFRANKFURT, Germany (HedgeWorld.com)--Commerzbank AG dropped plans to sell its U.K. investment unit Jupiter International Group, London, but is going ahead with plans to sell Montgomery...
August 13, 2002
CIGNA Sponsors Smoking Cessation ProgramNU Online News Service, Aug. 13, 9:56 a.m. -- CIGNA Corp., Philadelphia, has set up a year-long smoking cessation program for employees and dependents ...
August 12, 2002
Startups May Be Slowing DownNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The number of new hedge funds hitting the market continues to slide since its peak during the fourth quarter of 2001, according to...
August 12, 2002
June Hedge Fund Returns Reported by MSCINEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Morgan Stanley Capital International released the first returns for its new family of hedge fund indexes. The MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index returned -0.54%...
August 05, 2002
Two Fidelity Funds Get New ManagersJuly 31, 2002 -- Fidelity Investments said new portfolio managers will begin running two of its Select funds, starting tomorrow. Matthew Fruhan will oversee Fidelity Select...