Tag: Alternative Investments

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...

Deals and People | June 30th, 2011

David Skinner Joins PREI

June 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI) has announced that David Skinner has joined the firm in...

Products | June 28th, 2011

Forward Renames Several Funds

June 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forward Management has announced a series of name changes in its mutual...

Administration | June 27th, 2011

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...

Products | June 27th, 2011

SKCG Group Launches Hedge Fund “Start-Up Kit”

June 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Risk management and insurance adviser SKCG...

Deals and People | June 24th, 2011

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...

Products | June 21st, 2011

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...

Products | June 20th, 2011

Northern Trust Enhances Hedge Fund Monitor

June 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust announced the launch of Intraday Automated...

Products | June 13th, 2011

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...

Deals and People | May 31st, 2011

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...

Products | May 25th, 2011

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...

Administration | May 25th, 2011

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...

Products | May 23rd, 2011

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...

Administration | May 22nd, 2011

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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