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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 12, 2009
Schwab back pedals on alternatives ban

The Charles Schwab Corp., under fire from some investment advisers for abruptly ending custody of most alternative assets, said it is modifying the policy but not abandoning it.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 11, 2009
Ex-Goldman, Putnam managers to start hedge fund

Three former investment managers in Boston are planning to launch a hedge fund in April, according to a report published by FINalternatives, a news service of Stone Street Media LLC.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 10, 2009
Blackstone's CEO: 'Keep away' from real estate

Warning that economy will remain in dismal shape for “a while,” Blackstone Group Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman urged people against buying real estate—even at seemingly depressed prices.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 10, 2009
Fund of hedge funds world now 30% smaller

Funds of hedge funds took it on the chin in 2008 — right along with the overall hedge fund industry, according to a survey released today.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 10, 2009
Single-family home prices fell 18.9% in January

The median sales price of single-family homes tumbled 3.5% in January, from December, and 18.9% from a year ago, according to Integrated Asset Services LLC in Denver.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 09, 2009
Survey: Buyers, sellers still disagree on home prices

A sharp disconnect still exists between homeowners and sellers over the real value of home prices, according to the latest survey by HomeGain.com Inc.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 04, 2009
Obama launches housing plan

The Obama administration is kicking off a new program designed to help up to 9 million borrowers stay in their homes through refinanced mortgages or loans that are modified to lower monthly payments.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 03, 2009
Citi to lower some mortgage payments

Citigroup Inc. said Tuesday that it will lower mortgage payments for some homeowners for three months as part of a new program to help the unemployed.

INVESTING RIAS MAR 03, 2009
RIAs lash out at Schwab hedge fund decision

A consortium of RIAs is “actively looking elsewhere” for custodial partners after Charles Schwab said it would stop accepting custody of alternative investments.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 03, 2009
Homes sales hit new low in January

The number of people signing contracts to buy homes tumbled to a new low in January.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 03, 2009
Hedge funds 4Q outflow largest since ‘94

Investors yanked about $147 billion from hedge funds worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 689% decline from the third quarter.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 26, 2009
New-home sales plunged 48% in January

Sales of new single-family homes dropped more than 48% to a record low in Jan.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 26, 2009
Obama seeks to jack taxes on hedgers

All carried-interest distributions from private-equity funds and hedge funds would be taxed as ordinary income instead of capital gains under Obama's proposed budget.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 25, 2009
Managed-futures funds cool down

Managed-futures funds, which finished 2008 as one of the best-performing alternative strategies, hit a bump in January.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2009
Paying off a mortgage

A client wants to pay off his mortgage with a retirement account distribution and is wondering about the short- and long-term financial ramifications.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2009
Commercial real estate dove 14.9% in December

Commercial real estate prices plunged 14.9% on average in December from the same month a year ago.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2009
OppenheimerFunds shutters Tremont fund

OppenheimerFunds Inc. has elected to shutter its OFI Tremont Core Strategies Hedge Fund and start returning the fund's roughly $100 million in assets to clients.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2009
Home prices plunge 18% in 4Q

Prices of existing single-family homes tumbled 18.2% on average in the fourth quarter of 2008, marking the biggest year-over-year price decline in 21 years

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 23, 2009
Cohen & Steers nabs new sales head from AllianceBernstein

Cohen & Steers Inc. has snagged David Edlin from AllianceBernstein Investments Inc. to be its new national sales manager, the company announced this morning.

INVESTING RIAS FEB 20, 2009
Schwab ends custody of alternative investments

Concerned about liability related to hedge funds, Schwab is telling registered investment advisers that it will no longer accept custody of alternative assets.