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