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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 16, 2010
Paulson said to pare bets on recovery as main funds decline

Billionaire hedge-fund manager John Paulson, whose $32 billion firm has been betting on an economic recovery by 2012, has pared bullish bets across his funds, according to a person briefed on the investments.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 15, 2010
Evercore Partners buys private funds biz from Neuberger Berman

Evercore Partners Inc. said Wednesday that it has purchased Neuberger Berman's Private Funds Placement Group as it looks to expand its advisory services.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 11, 2010
Ivy Asset employees sensed end was near

The demise of Ivy Asset Management apparently had been anticipated for some months by its employees.

Peter Schiff: 'Very good reason' to believe home prices will collapse
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 09, 2010
Peter Schiff: 'Very good reason' to believe home prices will collapse

The latest housing initiative announced today by the Obama Administration draws the U.S. government and, by proxy, all taxpaying Americans, further into the inescapable quagmire of a devastated real estate market.

REITs are still a good value, says ING Global's Ferguson
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 06, 2010
REITs are still a good value, says ING Global's Ferguson

An upturn is coming in the publicly traded real estate space, and investors need to be nimble to take advantage, says Ritson Ferguson, manager of the $1.9 billion ING Global Real Estate Fund

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 05, 2010
Two ex-Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers acquitted on all counts of lying to investors

Two Bear Stearns executives who ran hedge funds that crashed in 2007 amid the subprime mortgage meltdown were acquitted Tuesday of lying to investors about the looming crisis on Wall Street.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 01, 2010
PE coffers still mighty low

Private equity funds pulled in $50B during the first quarter. That's still well below what they raised in pre-crisis days

New York real estate firms set up REITs to raise cash
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 28, 2010
New York real estate firms set up REITs to raise cash

Embattled developer Kent Swig is trying to bundle some of his Manhattan properties into a real estate investment trust.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 22, 2010
Commercial property values up again in March

Property values have now risen by almost 15% since hitting their lows in May 2009, according to Green Street Advisors Inc., but values are still off about 30% from their late 2007 peak.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 16, 2010
States gain in turf war over private placements

State securities regulators are gaining ground in their battle to regain authority to oversee private-placement offerings.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 12, 2010
Number of hedge funds trimmed in '09

Financial scandals put a dent in the total number of funds last year. And there's less interest in funds of hedge funds

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 12, 2010
Before investing in hedge funds, investigate

If the past few years have taught investors anything, the lesson is clearly: “Buyer, beware.”

Hedgemony? MFA inks partnership with yet another hedge fund group
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 09, 2010
Hedgemony? MFA inks partnership with yet another hedge fund group

The hedge fund industry's premier trade association has made regional alliances a new focus as it beefs up its lobbying effots.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 09, 2010
ING Global's Ferguson: Real estate represents 'the buy of the century'

With the real estate investment trust market beginning to stabilize, the time to act is now.

Is this a sign? Hedgies closing distressed debt funds
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 09, 2010
Is this a sign? Hedgies closing distressed debt funds

Did you hear? The credit crisis is officially over — at least according to the handful of hedge fund managers who have shut down their “credit crisis funds” over the past few weeks.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 09, 2010
Big drop in money flowing into new hedge funds

The hedge fund industry may be roundly celebrating 2009 as a comeback—19% returns are always exciting—but it was still a tough year to get into the business, according to a survey just released by Absolute Return + Alpha magazine.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 09, 2010
Managed Funds Association hooks up with CT hedgie group

The Managed Funds Association has formed an alliance with the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association as part of its efforts to unite with regional hedge fund associations.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 09, 2010
Managed Funds Association looks to build biggest hedge fund database

The Managed Funds Association is jumping into the data collection business with an effort to build the most comprehensive hedge fund industry database available.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 09, 2010
Hedge fund trade group bans reporters from big conference

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 08, 2010
J.P. Morgan tops rankings of largest hedge fund managers

A ranking of the world's largest hedge fund managers sharply illustrates the ravages the financial crisis wreaked on firms in the past two years