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AIMA Survey of Hedge Fund Classification Practice

Several academics and industry practitioners, in conjunction with AIMA, proposed earlier this year, the setting up of an ad-hoc working group to guide research leading to establishing a set of guidelines for hedge fund strategy definitions. To establish the working group, in April 2003, AIMA issued an invitation to its...

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White papers 2003-09-01

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Traditional Investments Suffer Significant Loss; Merger Activity High Among Asset Management Firms Says Callan Associates STAR Report

Research Indicates Strong Client Interest in Alternative Strategies Driving Both Trends SAN FRANCISCO -- Callan Associates 2007 Style, Trend, Analysis and Research report (STAR), published in April by the firm's Institutional Consulting Group, shows traditional asset classes lost $265 billion -- an 8% decline in the $3.3 trillion...

Articles 2008-05-07

American Capital Reorganizes Sponsor Finance Group: Opens Boston Office, Reorganizes Northeast and California

BETHESDA, Md., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Capital Strategies Ltd. , the only private equity fund and alternative asset manager in the S&P 500, announced today that it has opened a second office in the Boston area to expand its Sponsor Finance Group's investment activities. Leading the Sponsor Finance...

Articles 2008-05-06

RREEF Commits to Commercial Real Estate Sustainability Initiative

Enters into the BOMA 7-Point Challenge, Underscoring Deutsche Bank's Commitment to Green Development NEW YORK -- RREEF North America, a part of RREEF Alternative Investments, the global alternatives asset management business of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division, today announced that it has accepted the "7-Point Challenge" created by...

Articles 2008-04-30

What's in Store for Hedge Fund Advertising and Public Communications?

Noted Panel to Discuss Key First Amendment, Compliance and Marketing/PR Issues at April 17th Forum in San Francisco Investor and First Amendment Activist Phil Goldstein Joins Other Experts at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP SAN FRANCISCO, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 17th, a...

Articles 2008-04-02

CitySites Commercial Group

CitySites Commercial Group is pleased to announce that Lena Dikker has joined the commercial brokerage firm as an associate director. Ms. Dikker will be focusing on office leasing and sales for the banking and financial sector, drawing upon her previous work experience in the sector. Prior to joining CitySites Commercial...

Articles 2008-04-02

Renewables moving toward competitive role in energy markets

Renewable energy is crossing the divide toward a competitive role in energy markets, according to Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and executive vice president of IHS Inc., "but there is still more terrain to cover among the different renewable energy sources in terms of economics, technology...

Articles 2008-04-01

Atlantic-Pacific Capital Continues Its Expansion

Michael Keaveney Joins From Performance Equity Management GREENWICH, Conn. -- Atlantic-Pacific Capital, the largest independent equity placement agent for alternative investments, announces that Michael Keaveney has joined the firm as an Associate to assist in the screening and diligence of private equity fund mandates for the firm. ...

Articles 2008-03-31

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing Launches Powerful, New Alternative Investment Administration Services for Plan Sponsors and Not-for-Profits

BOSTON, March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in asset servicing, has introduced a new suite of alternative investment services for plan sponsors and not-for-profit institutional investors. The new services enable clients to better process, manage, account for, and analyze alternative investments, reducing the...

Articles 2008-03-24

Brinker Capital's Unified Managed Account Offering Tops $500 Million in Assets

Account Size is Nearly Double Industry Average BERWYN, Penn. -- Brinker Capital, a leading independent investment management firm providing managed account and mutual fund services, today announced that its Unified Managed Account (UMA) product has crossed the $500 million in assets under management threshold. Brinker's offering is now...

Articles 2008-03-19

Study Finds Alternative Asset Classes Grow in Popularity among Public Pension Plans

Bear Stearns and Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Release Findings of Comprehensive Survey of Public Pension Plans' Investment Practices NEW YORK -- A survey of investment practices at public pension plans found more invest or plan to invest in alternative asset classes in the future. Most of the...

Articles 2008-03-13

Gutstein Responds to Keweenaw Management

NEW YORK -- Mr. Ronald S. Gutstein today made the following remarks in response to a letter to shareholders of Keweenaw Land Association, Ltd., a Michigan Corporation (Other OTC: KEWL), released March 4, 2008. Mr. Gutstein stated: "Management has consistently rejected our suggestions to increase shareholder value. We...

Articles 2008-03-06

Warning of non-dom tax exodus

The body that represents hedge funds in Britain has warned that thousands of the industry's top traders could be forced to quit the City unless the Government does a U-turn on its new non-dom tax rules. A survey of more than 80 UK-based hedge funds by the...

Articles 2008-03-02

S&N TO OFFER LOAN NOTES

Scottish & Newcastle's shareholders are to be offered loan notes in exchange for their shares as an alternative to cash from the Carlsberg/Heineken consortium to remove the threat of capital gains tax charges. The move will be welcomed by the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers, whose chief...

Articles 2008-02-24

Wilmington Trust 10-Year Forecast for Capital Markets Emphasizes Risk Management

Outlook reaffirms commitment to active asset allocation, international and alternative investing WILMINGTON, Del. -- Addressing the challenges of constructing effective diversified investment portfolios for today's financial markets, Wilmington Trust's investment experts have released a 10-year capital markets forecast which focuses on the continued importance of risk management and...

Articles 2008-02-21

Fund Managers Embrace Integral's FX Grid® 3.0 for Direct Access to Foreign Exchange Markets

* Delegates to next week's MFA Conference will test drive systems that tap the $3 trillion-a-day FX market * MFA Conference in Key Biscayne to host 600 fund managers and other investment industry professionals MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Integral Development Corp. (www.integral.com), an independent provider of...

Articles 2008-02-06

College and University Endowments Realize 8.6 % Average 10-Year Return

2007 NACUBO Endowment Study Shows Endowments Positioned to Meet Long-Term Spending Needs Allocations to International Investments Grow, Alternatives Hold Steady WASHINGTON -- A strong performance in fiscal year 20071 resulted in an 8.6 percent average 10-year compounded rate of return for college and university endowments, according...

Articles 2008-01-24

COCSA 2007 in Review

New leadership, programs highlight annual meeting. Nashville played host to the annual meeting of the Congress of Chiropractic State Associations (COCSA) from Nov. 8-10, 2007. The event featured the election of new board leadership for 2008, the introduction of several new COCSA programs and policies, and association...

Articles 2008-01-15

MFA reaches over the pond

The Managed Funds Association (MFA) announced in October that it has initiated a global dialogue on sound practices for the hedge funds industry. MFA President Jack Gaine met with Sir Andrew Large, chairman of the Hedge Fund Working Group (HFWG), and Florence Lombard, CEO of the Alternative Investment Management...

Articles 2007-11-01

Ohio Demonstrates World's First in Fuel Cell Systems Technology

To: AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Dace de la Foret of Paul Werth Associates for OhioBusiness Development Coalition, +1-614-224-8114, ext. 235,delaforet@paulwerth.com COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- An Ohio company hassuccessfully demonstrated the world's first kilowatt-scale solidoxide fuel cell system that generates electricity using vegetable oilfrom soybeans. The demonstration further...

Articles 2007-10-09