Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
CNA Revises 4th Quarter Earnings
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, March 19, 5:43 p.m. -- CNA Financial Corp., Chicago, says it will be reporting $62 million in losses on investments ...
March 10, 2003
Gartmore Readies SEC-Registered FundCONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (HedgeWorld.com)--Gartmore Global Investments is planning to sell a Securities and Exchange Commission-registered hedge fund of funds, according to a recent filing. Gartmore Market Neutral...
March 10, 2003
Kairos Hires Team, Opens New York SubsidiaryMILAN, Italy (HedgeWorld.com)--Kairos Group continues to grow its alternative investment business, hiring four new executives to assist in the effort. Stefano Prosperi and Michele Gesualdi, both...
March 10, 2003
Institutions' Sharp Asset Decline Softened by AlteGREENWICH, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--In 2002, U.S. pension funds and endowments recorded their steepest decline in the last three years, possibly the most destructive year in the...
March 10, 2003
New Hedge Fund Group Forms in Mid-Atlantic RegionPHILADELPHIA (HedgeWorld.com)--The Mid-Atlantic Hedge Fund Association will kick-off its educational program and open up to new members on March 27, holding a seminar on current...
March 10, 2003
Activist Hedge Funds Expect Smooth Transition at MREDWOOD CITY, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)--Control of MeVC Inc., an information-technology venture capital firm changed hands with the victory of the dissidents' slate for the board of...
March 04, 2003
All Hedge Funds, and Their Investors, Are Not Created EqualSince the early 1980s, large family offices have been in the forefront of alternative investing. This group pounced on hedge funds and managed futures years before institutions even started considering them, and today are often the first investors in fund startups.
March 03, 2003
New PwC Head Sees Growth in Hedge FundsNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--PricewaterhouseCoopers will promote Martin J. Jennings to the role of managing partner of the firm's New York investment management industry group, replacing Philip...