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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 08, 2009
Mixed signals on commercial property

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 29, 2009
Another billionaire hedge fund manager arrested for possible fraud

A German man who founded the hedge fund group K1 was arrested by police amid an investigation into possible fraud that may total some euro200 million ($295.7 million), prosecutors said Thursday.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 28, 2009
BlackRock is possible buyer for ING's real estate business: Sources

ING is looking to sell its $92.4 billion global real estate business and BlackRock Inc. has emerged as one of the potential buyers, according to industry sources

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 28, 2009
U.S. House panel votes to regulate hedge funds

The U.S. House Financial Services Committee has voted to regulate for the first time hedge funds and other large pools of capital.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 25, 2009
Top realty investment firms see their equity shrink

Real estate money managers are seeing the equity in their property investments begin to dissolve.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 22, 2009
SEC whistleblower: Galleon case shows agency is finally stepping up scrutiny

Busting billionaire hedge fund manager <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20091016/FREE/910169991&amp;ht=galleon> Raj Rajaratnam last week </a> is a sign that the Securities and Exchange Commission is paying much closer attention to insider-trading rings , according to a former SEC enforcer-turned whistleblower.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 20, 2009
Judge tosses hedge fund suit against Joe Biden's son, brother

A judge has thrown out a lawsuit against Vice President Joe Biden's youngest son and brother over their 2006 purchase of a hedge fund firm, saying an investor failed to be specific enough in claiming that they underhandedly shoehorned him out of the deal.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 18, 2009
Inland Western struggles to pay down debt

One REIT sponsor attracting attention recently from independent broker-dealers is The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies Inc., which sponsors five publicly traded and non-traded REITs.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 16, 2009
Fund manager, one of world's wealthiest people, busted in $20M insider-trading ring

Federal authorities have arrested six people in a hedge fund insider trading case that they say led to $20 million in illegal profits.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 14, 2009
Bear Stearns hedge fund managers set to face the fire

Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers are on trial in one of the few criminal cases brought against Wall Street executives in connection with the collapse of the housing market.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 12, 2009
Lionel Pincus, Warburg Pincus founder, dies

Lionel Pincus, founder and chairman of New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus, has died, according to a spokesman for his longtime partner, Princess Firyal of Jordan. He was 78.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 11, 2009
Endowments' results may be worse than reported

The dismal recent performance by the endowment funds of several Ivy League universities has dimmed the luster of the funds' managers.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 09, 2009
An alternative path: Former Morgan Stanley exec returns to Wall Street

Nearly two years after her ouster from Morgan Stanley, Zoe Cruz, the firm's former co-president, is now plotting to launch her own alternative investment shop.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 08, 2009
Hedge funds on seven-month win streak, says HFR

Hedge funds produced positive returns for the seventh consecutive month in September, with the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite index gaining 3.02% for the month, according to data from Hedge Fund Research.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 04, 2009
Tax hikes may spell trouble for hedge funds

The Achilles heel of hedge funds &#8212; tax inefficiency &#8212; could soon send investors limping toward other options.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 02, 2009
Boston Fed head: Despite positive signs, high jobless rate will persist

Unemployment is expected to remain at elevated rates for the next two years, Boston Federal Reserve Bank president and chief executive Eric Rosengren said at a meeting of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce today.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 30, 2009
Homeowners in financial trouble often redefault

Lenders are ramping up efforts to avoid home foreclosures, but a report by bank regulators says more than half of borrowers who get help fall behind again.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 30, 2009
Report: CIT Group again on brink of collapse

CIT Group Inc. shares plunged in premarket trading Wednesday as the commercial lender is reportedly trying to craft an exchange that would cut its debt and offer bondholders an equity stake in the company in a bid to avoid bankruptcy.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 28, 2009
Hedge fund exec plunges to death from Atlantic City escalator

Atlantic City police are investigating how a hedge fund executive fell to his death from an escalator.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 27, 2009
Market-neutral strategies offer way to hedge latest rally

With the S&amp;P 500 up more than 18% since the start of the year and almost 60% from the March 9 market low, it might be easy to make a case for long or even leveraged-long equity exposure.