Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
CSFB Exec to Join Paloma
By Staff WriterGREENWICH, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--Art Mbanefo has left Credit Suisse First Boston, where he led the prime brokerage activities since early 2002. Mr. Mbanefo will join Paloma Partners...
November 01, 2003
Hedge Funds, Deferrals, and TaxesInvestment advisors who manage--and recommend--hedge funds need to understand the compensation arrangements of those funds. Hedge fund investment advisors routinely defer a portion of their...
October 20, 2003
Managers Funds to Buy Former Conseco FundsOct. 3, 2003 -- The mutual fund arm of Affiliated Managers Grp (AMG) said it has agreed to acquire the mutual fund business of 40/86...
October 20, 2003
DCM Mosaic Fund Open to New InvestorsSAN DIEGO (HedgeWorld.com)--Decision Capital Management reopened the DCM Mosaic Fund to new investors, after finalizing an agreement to make the fund part of the firm. Formerly...
October 17, 2003
Janus Internal Inquiry Finds Market Timing, StressNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)?Janus Capital identified special deals with 12 clients that resulted in frequent trades in five Janus mutual funds despite the company?s policy to...
October 17, 2003
Event-Driven Funds Shine in September, YearNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge funds returned 0.49% in September and were up 7.38% year-to-date through that period, according to the Standard & Poor's Hedge Fund Index. The...
October 17, 2003
Alternative Approaches to Calculating Value-at-RisNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)? Fund blowups slant hedge fund performance measures, causing ?fat tails? in the distribution of returns. Methods that take account of this issue...
October 01, 2003
Fund of Funds or Investable Indexes?A recent analysis by Morgan Stanley researchers revealed that hedge funds as a group have produced relatively constant (positive) alpha returns for the past 13...