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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 22, 2009
Lehman offloads two private-equity funds

A Luxembourg investment partnership has agreed to purchase two private-equity funds from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s bankruptcy estate.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 22, 2009
Housing starts sink to historic low

The housing market continued its downward spiral in December, with new-home construction plummeting to a record low, according to data released today by the Department of Commerce.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 21, 2009
HFR: Hedge fund redemptions hit record

Hedge funds experienced record net redemptions of $155 billion in 2008, which when combined with a performance decline of 18.3% for the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite index for the year, dropped total industry assets 25% to $1.4 trillion as of Dec. 31.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 20, 2009
Hedge funds severely trimmed in 2008

According to preliminary data from Hennessee Group LLC in New York, total hedge-fund assets declined by 39% to $1.21 trillion in 2008 — their lowest level since 2006.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 19, 2009
SEC, FBI on trail of vanished hedger

The mysterious disappearance of a Florida hedge fund manager five days ago has prompted the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Securities and Exchange Commission to join the investigation, published reports said.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 15, 2009
Foreclosures through the roof in '08

The number of properties facing foreclosure proceedings jumped 81% and the number of American households losing their homes through foreclosure surged 66% in 2008, according to two studies.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 12, 2009
Foreigners plan to spend more on U.S. real estate

Foreign investors plan to spend significantly more money on U.S. real estate in 2009 than they did last year.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 11, 2009
Richard H. Baker

Last year was among the worst ever in the history of hedge funds, with $210 billion in losses during the third quarter alone, 693 funds closed through Sept. 30 and an average 16% decline through November.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 09, 2009
Lehman to spin off private-equity unit

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 08, 2009
Swiss bank mulls pulling assets from hedge funds

Union Bancaire Privée is threatening to pull billions of dollars of assets from some of the largest U.S. hedge funds, according to a spokesman for the Geneva bank.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 08, 2009
Hedge funds disappoint again

Hedge funds suffered another body blow in December when, according to one index, the S&P 500 stock index outperformed the alternative class strategies.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 07, 2009
REIT returns fell 37.3% in 2008

Real estate investment trusts wrapped up 2008 with negative returns, including dividends, of 37.3% on average.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 06, 2009
Pending home sales fall to eight-year low

The latest data, released today by the National Association of Realtors in Washington, shows the Pending Home Sales Index, which tracks contracts signed, fell to its lowest level since the trade group began tracking the stats in 2001.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 04, 2009
REAL ESTATE HEADING FOR A ROUGH RIDE

Commercial real estate is heading into its worst year since the industry's crash of 1991-92 and likely won't see a significant rebound until 2011 at the earliest, according to industry experts.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 04, 2009
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?

By some measures, 2008 was one of the darkest periods in the history of the hedge fund industry.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 31, 2008
Mortgage applications unchanged for week

The volume of residential mortgage applications was essentially unchanged for the week ended Dec. 26, even as the interest rates charged on mortgages continued to decline, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association of Washington.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 31, 2008
GLG to hold off on dividend

Hedge fund GLG Partners yesterday announced that it will temporarily stop paying a quarterly dividend.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 30, 2008
Home prices decline at record pace

Home prices in the 20 largest U.S. cities fell 18% in October, a record year-over-year decline.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 29, 2008
IndyMac sale imminent, report says

IndyMac Bancorp Inc. is close to being sold to a consortium of private-equity and hedge fund firms in a deal that will be partially financed by the federal government, people involved with the deal told The New York Times.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 23, 2008
Home sales down despite falling mortgage rates

Rising unemployment and volatility in the stock market continued to pull down the troubled housing market as sales of existing homes tumbled 10.6% in November from the same period a year earlier.