Wealthy investors are sticking with hedge funds for protection from the market turmoil that hammered stocks this summer.
by Seth Lubove
High-profile investors are pouring money into farmland, whose returns have trounced those of equities in recent years.
by Leila B. Boulton
Do hedge funds add value? That's what some advisors are asking in light of the industry's high fees and poor performance in recent years.
by
Karen DeMasters
Most retail financial advisors are diversifying their clients'
portfolios with alternative investments and want to use them
increasingly over the next year, says a new study.
Blackstone Group LP, the world's largest private-equity company, told
investors it raised $4 billion for its latest real estate fund, four
months after kicking off fundraising.
Hedge funds that trade bonds and loans are increasing bets that Europe's
sovereign debt crisis will spread to Portugal, Spain and Italy.
by Michael S. Fischer
Partners David Alexander and Tony Peyser were early adopters of funds of hedge funds, first using the strategy for their multifamily office clients 20 years ago.
by Josephine Shea
Investing in emerging markets is no longer a choice for U.S. corporations and investors, but a necessity due to the sector's growing influence.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will require private-fund
advisors to register with the agency, opening hedge funds and
private-equity funds to unprecedented scrutiny.
Surging gold coin sales are a sign that bullion's longest bull market in nine decades has further to run, if history is a guide.
by Michael C. Crawford And Perry Lerner
Private placement insurance can act as a tax-advantaged wrapper for hedge funds and other alternative investments.
by Michael S. Fischer
Sycamore Entertainment Group offers investors a piece of the independent film industry in the form of private equity funds.
by Leila B. Boulton
Clients looking for absolute, uncorrelated returns may want to consider investing in commercial litigation.
by Michael S. Fischer
Ramius LLC is working on bringing institutional-quality alternative investments to mass-affluent retail investors.
Gold may rally to a record as investors from China, Japan and the Middle
East buy the metal on expectations of "hyper inflation" created by
central banks, according to Phoenix Gold Fund Ltd.
The high-stakes insider trading trial of hedge-fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam began with all the anticipated drama-and an overflow crowd of onlookers.
Wealthy individuals are increasing their investments in commercial properties, whose low values are being viewed as attractive yield opportunities.
Fortress Investment Group LLC, the buyout and hedge-fund firm run by
Daniel Mudd, started an Asia-focused macro hedge fund that it aims to
grow to $500 million, sources said.
by
Ray Fazzi
A Bay Area hedge fund manager has been charged with using $12 million
in client funds for personal uses, including an investment in a record
company.
London's commercial property market will probably draw the most
investment for the second consecutive year as prospects of rising rental
income attract cash from far afield.
