Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
May 01, 2004
A Matter of PrinciplesRemember the old saw that timing is everything? In looking back at my personal journey of investing and advising clients on investing, I can testify...
April 23, 2004
Wells Fargo Loses Two Sector Fund ManagersApril 22, 2004 -- Stock pickers Douglas Pratt and Michael Dauchot, who managed two Wells Fargo mutual funds focused on the financial services and health...
April 19, 2004
CSFB/Tremont Investable Index Rebalances, Adds Nine FundsNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The first rebalancing of the CSFB/Tremont* Investable Hedge Fund Index since its Aug. 1, 2003, launch has been completed, according to officials. The rebalancing...
April 19, 2004
MSCI Investable Index Returns 0.15% in MarchNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The MSCI Hedge Invest Index, an investable hedge fund index, returned 0.15%, eking out positive performance amid a widely divergent month of performance...
April 19, 2004
Emerging Markets, Global Macro Funds Top March CSFB/Tremont IndexNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge fund managers who took international bets generated the best returns in March, according to Credit Suisse First Boston/Tremont Hedge Fund Index returns. Emerging...
April 12, 2004
Lumen Advisors Breaks US$100 Million MarkSAN FRANCISCO (HedgeWorld.com)--Lumen Advisors LLC raked in nearly US$40 million in new assets in March and the first few days of April to push its...
April 12, 2004
Citigroup Names Two to Head Hedge Fund InitiativeNEW YORK--Citigroup Inc. named Steve Bowman and Jim O'Donnell as co-heads of a global hedge fund initiative from the firm's Global Corporate and Investment Banking...
April 07, 2004
What Are the Risks of Funds of Funds?A hedge fund of funds (FoF) is simply that--a fund that invests in hedge funds. Such funds' potential to diversify portfolios of traditional holdings, and their relatively smooth return streams, has made them the darling of asset allocators. Investors of all stripes have swarmed to FoFs in recent years.
April 05, 2004
Canadian Structured Note Issue Closes With C$52 millionTORONTO (HedgeWorld.com)--BluMont Capital Inc. raised C$52.1 million (US$39.2 million) with its BluMont Man Multi-Strategy Series 2 Notes structured hedge fund, which was launched earlier this...
March 16, 2004
MFS To Strengthen Corporate GovernanceNU Online News Service, March 16, 2004, 5:26 p.m. EST -- MFS Investment Management, Boston, says it is going far beyond the required steps ...