Tag: Alternative Investments

Products | May 10th, 2010

EquityStar Schedules June Hedge Fund Unveiling

May 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Asset manager EquityStar Capital Management plans a June 1, 2010, launch for its new hedge...

Opinions | May 10th, 2010

IMHO: Grecian 'Formula'

While the markets were in an apparent freefall last week, I could hear former Treasury Secretary Hank...

Administration | May 6th, 2010

Maryland Pension Engages Alternative Investment Consultants

May 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Maryland State Retirement Agency (SRA) today announced that it has signed...

Administration | May 5th, 2010

CalPERS Ratings Agency Suit Proceeds

May 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A judge has rejected an attempt to block a pension fund’s lawsuit...

Products | April 14th, 2010

SkyBridge Acquires Citi Hedge Funds Businesses

April 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – SkyBridge Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the fund of hedge funds,...

Products | April 7th, 2010

Wanted: Hedge Fund Consultant

April 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) is seeking a consultant to...

Products | March 22nd, 2010

Credit Suisse Launches Indexes Designed to Track Hedge Funds

March 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Credit Suisse has launched three new indexes on their Liquid Alternative Beta (LAB) platform in...

Deals and People | March 17th, 2010

Wirth Tapped to Head CalSTRS PE Portfolio

March 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Margot Wirth has been named to head the $17 billion private equity portfolio...

Products | March 2nd, 2010

AEGON Launches UK Property Fund

March 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AEGON Asset Management is launching a new property fund for pension fund investors.

Products | February 26th, 2010

Seven New Hedge Fund Indices Debut

February 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Greenwich Alternative Investments has announced the launch of seven new investable hedge fund...

Products | February 22nd, 2010

Credit Suisse Launches New ETN

February 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Credit Suisse announced today that for the first time, U.S. investors will be...

Products | February 17th, 2010

CalSTRS Expands Capital Access Private Equity Program

February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) has announced the expansion of its...

Deals and People | February 11th, 2010

Mercer Beefs Up Alternatives Unit with Eight Hires

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com)–Mercer has brought on board eight senior consultants as part of “a major expansion” of its alternative...

Administration | February 2nd, 2010

Hedge Fund Launches Declined 36% in 2009

February 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets raised by hedge fund startups in 2009 fell 36% from the previous year, according...

Products | February 1st, 2010

Standard & Poor's Launches S&P GSCI Enhanced Sub-Indices

February 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Index provider Standard & Poor's has announced the launch of seven single commodity...

Administration | January 30th, 2010

Principal R/E Fund Makes a Distribution

January 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixteen months after imposing a withdrawal freeze, the Principal has made a partial...

Deals and People | January 21st, 2010

Robeco-Sage Hires Director of Business Development

January 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fund of hedge fund manager Robeco-Sage has hired Michael Welch as Director of Business Development.

Deals and People | January 20th, 2010

SGI Names Two to Alternative Products Posts

January 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Security Global Investors (SGI) has named Jerome Abernathy and David Beeman to its quantitative investment...

Deals and People | January 19th, 2010

Firms Raise $265M for ‘Clean Tech’ Fund

January 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Masdar and Deutsche Bank have together launched the DB Masdar Clean Tech Fund and its...

Administration | January 19th, 2010

Empire State Fund Puts $250M into Emerging Markets Hedge Fund

January 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYSCRF) has seeded a new feeder hedge fund...