Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Skandia Appoints Liberty Ermitage for US$100 Million Account
By Staff WriterSTOCKHOLM, Sweden (HedgeWorld.com)--Skandia Liv, the life insurance subsidiary of Skandia, has appointed the Liberty Ermitage Group, Jersey, to run its Japanese long/short equity account. The account will be funded gradually up to US$100 million, according to a statement LEG issued Nov. 11. LEG has been represented in the Nordic region...
November 12, 2004
Art Institute Paints a Smaller Picture for Hedge Funds in Investment LandscapeCHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com)--The board of trustees at the Art Institute of Chicago is ready to put the poor investments of the past behind it but will keep hedge funds as part of a newly restructured asset allocation for its endowment fund. The endowment became the poster child for improved investor due...
November 12, 2004
CalPERS Considers Doubling Hedge Fund BetSACRAMENTO, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)--Having ramped up its hedge fund investment total to almost US$1 billion in recent months, the California Public Employees' Retirement System is now proposing to double its allocation to hedge funds. Through the end of September, the pension system had committed more than US$925 million to hedge funds....
November 11, 2004
MFS Executives Praise Value Stocks, Pan Hedge FundsThe outlook for the economy is good, but the outlook for hedge funds is not so good.[@@]Robert Manning, chief executive officer of Massachusetts Financial ...
November 10, 2004
Bagnard To Hire, Manage Western WholesalersNU Online News Service, Nov. 10, 2004, 4:23 p.m. ESTLincoln Financial Distributors Inc., Pacific Palisades, Calif., is building up sales management at its American ...
November 09, 2004
Altin Continues Effort to Keep Stock Price in Line with NAVNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Citing its strong returns for the first nine months of the year, Altin AG, a closed-end fund of funds listed on the London and Switzerland stock exchanges, described its current share price as unjustifiably low in relation to net asset value and the quality of its investments. ...
November 09, 2004
Labyrinth Teams Up with SAMCOMINNEAPOLIS (HedgeWorld.com)--Labyrinth Group LLC has reached an agreement with SAMCO Capital Markets to provide SAMCO and its clients access to Labyrinth's fund of funds. The Labyrinth...
November 09, 2004
Dow Jones Launches Long/Short U.S. BenchmarkNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes Inc. on Tuesday [Nov. 2] began publishing its new long/short U.S. equity hedge fund benchmark, the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Equity Long/Short U.S. Strategy Benchmark. The new benchmark is the sixth hedge fund index to be assembled by Dow Jones. The other five...