Asset Managers
The latest news on top asset managers, including updates on mergers and acquisitions, as well as new investment strategies and fund offerings.
Hedging India Just Got Easier for L/S Equity
By Staff WriterThe world's first India-focused exchange-traded fund was launched June 15 on the Singapore exchange. The iShares MSCI India US$100 ETF (Reuters Ticker: INDI.SI) will track the MSCI India Index, which covers at least 85% of each industry group in the Indian market. The new ETF was designed and will be...
June 05, 2006
Jana Makes Books-and-Records DemandNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Barry Rosenstein, managing partner of Jana Partners LLC, cranked his campaign against the incumbent board of Houston Exploration Co. up a notch Thursday [June 1] with a demand under Delaware law for certain books and records that may, Mr. Rosenstein suggested, disclose breaches of that board's fiduciary obligations....
June 01, 2006
ASSET ALLOCATIONTo learn this month's recommended asset allocations of Investment Advisor's panel of distinguished economists and money managers, click here
June 01, 2006
Optimism Down, Hedge Inflows UpIn early May, the research organization Spectrem Group said that the investment outlook traced by its "affluent index" (based on a survey of households with...
June 01, 2006
In Defense of Style BoxesIn a series of three articles published in Investment Advisor (September '05, January '06, February '06), Craig Callahan and C. Thomas Howard levy several criticisms...
May 25, 2006
Consulting Firm Rolls Out Incentive ToolBuck Consultants has introduced Total Rewards Insight, a rewards communication system.An employer can use the same system to provide appropriate rewards information for employees, managers, ...