Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Niche Brokerages Add Research Capabilities
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--As funds increasingly use soft dollar-funded outside research and the independent research sector grows, smaller or more specialized brokerages are offering their own version, with an emphasis on added service. Joseph Kalinowski, an independent provider, recently started doing equity research for Grace Financial Group LLC in South Hampton,...
September 17, 2004
GlobeOp Taps BoNY ExecutiveNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)- Annemarie Gilly has joined GlobeOp Financial Services, a provider of fund administration and related services for hedge funds, funds of funds and family wealth offices. She was named director of fund services and a member of GlobeOp's operating committee. Ms. Gilly previously was head of U.K. relationship...
September 17, 2004
Lawsuit Asks: What Are CalPERS Managers' Fees?SAN FRANCISCO (HedgeWorld.com)--The California First Amendment Coalition has filed a lawsuit in state court asking that the US$166 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System be ordered to disclose the management and advisory fees it pays to private equity and hedge fund managers. The CFAC, a nonprofit corporation, began laying the...
September 10, 2004
Pro-Hedge Launches FundTORONTO (HedgeWorld.com)--Pro-Hedge launched a new hedge fund that will charge no management fees in any quarter with negative returns. Company officials, who hail it as a first for the fund business, are selling the new Pro-Hedge Capital Preservation Fund on its "no-fee guarantee." The fund is a low-risk, multi-strategy, multi-manager...
September 10, 2004
Instinet Japan Hires PresidentTOKYO (HedgeWorld.com)--Instinet Japan Ltd. hired Takeshi Murakami as president and Tokyo branch manager of the electronic brokerage. Mr. Murakami will help Instinet's Japan operation, an indirect subsidiary of Instinet Group Inc., New York, grow its business among institutional investors including hedge funds, pension funds, mutual funds and insurance companies, said...
September 10, 2004
Harris 'Restructures Himself Offshore,' Accounts FrozenCHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com)--The Honorable Blanche M. Manning, of the U.S. district court for the northern district of Illinois, has ordered the assets and accounts of Charles L. Harris, Winnetka, Ill., frozen and prohibited the destruction of the books and records pertaining to his hedge fund, Tradewinds International LLC. Judge Manning acted...
September 10, 2004
Barclays Introduces Guaranteed Product Based on FTSE Hedge IndexNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Woolwich Plan Managers, part of London-headquartered Barclays Group and a provider of structured products in the United Kingdom, launched Woolwich Protected FTSE Hedge Plan, a 100% capital-protected vehicle meant to give retail investors access to hedge funds. For a minimum investment of ?3,000 (US$5,377), investors get two-thirds of...
September 10, 2004
Man Group Stock Bounces Up after Long Downward TrekLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Man Group plc* stock has gained around 10% in the past month or so, possibly reversing the losing trend that became apparent since April of this year. Man shares rode up in 2003, together with other financial companies, reaching more than 1,850 pence (US$32.80) in April 2004. From then...