Tag: Alternative Investments

Products | September 19th, 2011

eVestment Acquires HedgeFund.net

September 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - eVestment Alliance, a global provider of institutional investment data intelligence and analytic solutions, announced the...

Products | September 6th, 2011

Wells Fargo to Acquire LaCrosse Global Fund Services

September 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Wells Fargo & Company announced an agreement to acquire LaCrosse Global Fund Services from Cargill,...

Products | September 6th, 2011

Northern Lights Capital and Hermes BPK Launch New Venture

September 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Northern Lights Capital Group, LLC and...

Administration | September 2nd, 2011

Derivatives and Mutual Funds – What Do You Think?

September 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to know what you think...

Administration | August 31st, 2011

GAO Expresses Concerns About DB Alternative Investments

August 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds and private equity investments pose a number of risks and challenges beyond those...

Administration | August 25th, 2011

Poll Finds More Pensions Using Investing Alternatives

August 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An SEI Quick Poll shows a...

Products | August 16th, 2011

Russell Offers Tutorial on Performing a Hedge Fund “Tune Up”

August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has released a video tutorial which provides institutional investors with an overview of...

Administration | August 10th, 2011

Alternative Products Still a Focus for Asset Managers

August 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cerulli's annual report on the retail alternatives space finds more than 70% of asset managers...

Administration | August 2nd, 2011

Manager Hires Increasing in Real Estate and Alternatives

August 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional hires in alternative investments and real estate increased in the first two quarters of...

Administration | August 1st, 2011

NY Retirement Fund Invests in Real Estate Venture

August 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – International real estate firm Hines has announced a joint venture with New York State Common...

Deals and People | August 1st, 2011

Brian McKenna Joins Merlin as Partner

August 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Prime brokerage services and technology provider Merlin Institutional Group (MIG) has announced the hire of...

Products | July 25th, 2011

Nationwide Launches New Alternatives Allocation Fund

July 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Funds Group has announced the launch of the Nationwide Alternatives Allocation Fund (NWAAX), a...

Deals and People | July 25th, 2011

Citi Enhances Prime Finance Group

July 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Citi has announced that Jim Kelly has joined its Prime Finance Group as Director and...

Products | July 21st, 2011

UBS Launches Exchange Traded Notes

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – UBS Investment bank has announced the release of two ETRACS IPO Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs)...

Products | July 20th, 2011

Forward Management Adds Investor Share Class

July 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forward Management, LLC has announced the introduction of a new no-load “investor” share class for...

Deals and People | July 19th, 2011

Arthur Richardson Joins Prisma Risk Management Team

July 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prisma Capital Partners has announced that Arthur Richardson has joined the firm as risk manager.

Products | July 14th, 2011

ProShares Launches Hedge Replication ETF

July 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alternative exchange traded funds (ETFs) provider ProShares has announced the release of an ETF that...

Products | July 11th, 2011

CalPERS Casts "Wide Net" for New Investment Vehicle

July 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is searching for a New...

Products | July 7th, 2011

Japanese REIT Announces Asset Manager Merger

July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Japanese office building real estate investment trust (J-REIT) has announced the merger of its...

Investing | July 7th, 2011

REITs See 10% Returns in First Half of 2011

July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. REITs continued to outperform the broader equity market in the second quarter and the...