David Skinner Joins PREI
June 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI) has announced that David Skinner has joined the firm in...
Tag: Alternative Investments
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Forward Renames Several Funds
June 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forward Management has announced a series of name changes in its mutual...
Survey Finds Shift to Direct Investing in Hedge Funds
June 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey from Citi Prime Finance reveals that pensions and sovereign wealth funds have...
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SKCG Group Launches Hedge Fund “Start-Up Kit”
June 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Risk management and insurance adviser SKCG...
UBS Announces Global Head of Hedge Fund Distribution
June 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS announced the appointment of John Dyment as Global Head of Hedge Fund Distribution, based in...
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Morningstar Estimates Quarterly Returns for Hedge Funds
June 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. has begun to calculate estimated returns for hedge funds based on publicly available...
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Northern Trust Enhances Hedge Fund Monitor
June 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust announced the launch of Intraday Automated...
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Equinox Announces Launch of New Commodity Fund
June 13, 2011(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equinox Fund Management, LLC, a sponsor of alternative investment funds, announced the release of Equinox Commodity Strategy...
Desrochers to Lead CalPERS Private Equity Program
May 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has appointed Réal Desrochers as Senior Investment Officer...
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UBS Offers New Exchange-Traded Note
May 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Investment Bank announced that it has expanded its ETRACS Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) platform...
JPMorgan Targeted in Pension Fund Suit against Hedge Fund
May 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Highland Capital Management LP and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are being sued by a Houston...
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Firms Merge to Form New Alternative Investment Manager
May 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Saguenay Capital and Strathmore Capital announce the merger of the two firms to create Saguenay...
NJ Approves Increase in Alternative Investments
May 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Jersey State Investment Council voted to increase how much the state’s pension system...
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Northern Trust Launches Hedge Fund Services Biz with Acquisition
May 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has reached an agreement to acquire hedge fund administrator Omnium...
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Janus Rolls Out Real Return Allocation Fund
May 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus Capital Group Inc. has announced the launch of Janus Real Return...
Manager Returns to Janus to Lead Alternatives Expansion
May 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus Capital Group Inc. announced that investment manager Dan Kozlowski, a former Janus portfolio manager,...
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Orinda Asset Management Launches Multi-Manager Hedged Equity Mutual Fund
May 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Orinda Asset Management LLC, an independent, privately-held asset management firm, has announced...
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Morningstar Introduces New Categories for Alternatives
May 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. has added 10 new alternative investment categories within the Morningstar Category classification system.
CalPERS Makes Investment, Takes Stake in Emerging Managers
April 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has committed a total of...
Pension Plan Participant Sues over Alternative Investments
April 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recently filed lawsuit claims that Weyerhaeuser Company, its investment managers, and other fiduciaries to...