Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
ECB Warns on Herd Instincts
By Staff WriterConvergence among hedge fund strategies increases risk
June 05, 2006
Impath Boss's Sentence Enlivens DebateNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--A federal judge sentenced the former president of Impath Inc., New York, a provider of cancer-related laboratory services, to more than three years in prison May 30 [Tuesday] on charges of conspiracy, securities fraud, and the filing of false statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission--a sentence...
June 01, 2006
Saving Grace for Hedge FundsConcerns over inflation and economic growth resulted in significantly lower equity prices in May. But it wasn't just stocks that got pounded. Virtually every type of asst class ended the month lower, including commodities, the U.S. Dollar Index, high-yield bonds, gold, and the energy complex.
June 01, 2006
Masters at the HelmWouldn't it be great if you could get help with your most irksome compliance or regulatory chore from say, Arthur Levitt, who was the longest...
May 09, 2006
Rating Agency Welcomes SidecarsAnalysts at Moody's Investors Service are predicting that life insurers will join the movement to use "reinsurance sidecars."The sidecar arrangements are simple, short-lived companies that ...
May 02, 2006
Treasury Official: HF Institutionalization GoodGrowing pension fund investments in hedge funds can, if properly structured and carried out, benefit not only the pension funds but the hedge fund industry and the investment community at large, U.S. Treasury official Emil Henry told attendees at a conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Tuesday...
May 02, 2006
CalPERS Hires Tokyo Hedge Fund, Seeks Emerging ManagersSACRAMENTO, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)--Roughly a year has passed since staff members for the California Public Employees' Retirement System met with SPARX Asset Management officials in Tokyo. At this month's investment committee meeting, officials announced a $75 million initial allocation was made to the SPARX Blue Diamond Fund LP on Feb. 1...
May 01, 2006
The Search for Portable ReturnsPortable alpha is the more widely known--and sought--form of investment returns, but endowments, which tend to be in the vanguard of developing investment trends, have...