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If you’ve lost your shirt on the stock market and you’re looking for investment alternatives, hedge funds offer an opportunity to get positive returns in falling markets explains Mark Hutchinson. Hedge funds, traditionally the preserve of institutional investors and high […]

The phrase “alternative investments” usually refers to managed futures and the myriad of hedge fund strategies. But alternative investments include everything outside the traditional stock and bondportfolio. A group of managers recognizing this has put together a fund of funds […]

If there is one thing investment managers agree on, regardless of vehicle, if is the value of diversification, which is experiencing new importance in an era of negative to flat equity returns. Butthe definition of diversification can vary significantly. Who’s […]

To help realize your organization’s financial goals, it’s important to employ an investment evaluation process based on sound, well-proven economic practices. There’s no denying times are tough. The average defined-benefit plan went from being 100 percent funded in January 3002 […]

Abstract We investigate the claim that hedge funds offer investors a superior risk-return tradeoff. We do so using a continuous-time version of Dybvig’s (1988a), (1988b) payoff distribution pricing model. The evaluation model, which does not require any assumptions with regard […]

BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 30, 2003– Trident Capital Leads Round; Acer Technology Ventures, Fenway Partners and First Albany Companies Also Invest iRobot Corp., a leading provider of robotic technology, today announced it has secured $13 million in financing. Trident Capital, a […]

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 30, 2003– Plan is Modeled After Oklahoma’s Early Stage Venture Capital Fund The Michigan Venture Capital Association today announced it is working with Lansing legislators to formulate a new bill to establish a $150 million venture […]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 30, 2003–Spencer Trask, a New York based venture capital firm, today announced that TechRx, the leading systems and technology provider to the prescription drugindustry, was acquired by NDCHealth (NYSE: NDC). NDCHealth operates the largest health data network […]

Uncle Sam is a becoming a big player in the venture capital market through Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs), which have been funded to the tune of about $77 million in Colorado through2002. And that’s good news for both entrepreneurs […]

BALTIMORE The giant red timer in the back of the room begins its countdown at eight minutes. That’s just eight minutes for each of the tech executives at the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association’s annual fair to sell the promise of his […]

WASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com) – The Mid-Atlantic Hedge Fund Association has put together a panel of officials from the regulatory arena and in the hedge fund industry to discuss the regulatory issuessurrounding the hedge fund industry. “A Discussion of Regulatory Perspectives Concerning […]

LAKEVILLE, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com) – Ibbotson Associates Advisory launched a hedge fund of funds program that offers services such as manager selection and due diligence, style analysis, riskmanagement and customized portfolio construction. The service is designed for financial intermediaries, including asset […]