Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Managed Funds Association Tailors Agenda to Changing Conditions
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Developing sound practice guidelines and educating regulators and the public about the hedge fund industry are the main components of the Managed Funds...
June 17, 2004
Alternatives Head for CalPERS Joins Oak HillRichard J. Hayes, who headed the US$20 billion alternative investment program at the California Public Employees' Retirement System, will leave the pension fund to join Oak Hill Partners as a managing partner.
June 09, 2004
Benefits Consortium Updates Web ServicesNU Online News Service, June 9, 2004, 1:52 p.m. EDT -- United Benefit Advisors, Indianapolis, has updated its Web services.[@@]The benefit advisory firm consortium ...
June 07, 2004
Options Volatility Fund Ready to Emerge from CocoonSAN FRANCISCO (HedgeWorld.com) - A California investment advisory firm will launch two new hedge funds with an options-volatility arbitrage strategy on June 1. The funds, Trilogy...
June 03, 2004
Actuarial Firms React To Antitrust InquiryNU Online News Service, June 3, 2004, 12:59 p.m. EDT -- Actuarial firms that sell employee benefits consulting services confirm that they have been ...
June 03, 2004
Actuarial Firms Confirm DOJ InquiryByActuarial firms offering employee benefits consulting services are confirming they have been contacted by the Department of Justice regarding anticompetitive activity.Hewitt Associates, Lincolnshire, Ill.; Milliman ...
June 01, 2004
Warburg Partners with Syz & Co. to Launch Hedge Fund Products in GermanyNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Warburg Invest, the asset management arm of Hamburg-based private bank M.M. Warburg & Co., and Swiss banking group Syz & Co. announced that...
June 01, 2004
Maestro Fund Gets Irish ListingSINGAPORE (HedgeWorld.com)--Maestro Capital Management Pte Ltd. is listing on the Irish Stock Exchange shares of its managed futures fund, Global Maestro Fund I. The listing comes...