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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 16, 2008
Analyst decries REITs sell-off

Raymond James & Associates Inc. analyst Paul Puryear upgraded eight real estate investment trusts today in the belief that the recent sell-off in the sector has been overdone.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 15, 2008
MFA decries call for hedge fund ban

The $1.9 trillion hedge fund industry has gone on the defensive following a recent statement by Italian finance minister Giulio Tremonti, who suggested a move to abolish the alternative-class investments in Italy.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 14, 2008
Permal to raise $500M for distressed debt

The Permal Group, a hedge fund group owned by Legg Mason Inc., plans to raise up to $500 million to purchase distressed hedge fund holdings.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 13, 2008
California foreclosures slowed in Sept.

The latest data, released today by ForeclosureRadar.com, show the number of default notices filed against California homeowners plummeted 61.8% in September from August, and slipped 36.4% from a year ago.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 09, 2008
Short-selling ban lifted, managers rejoice

A temporary ban on short selling the stock of more than 800 banks and related financial companies expired at midnight, much to the satisfaction of the hedge fund industry.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 08, 2008
Pending home sales revived in August

In a sign that buyers are responding to low home prices and more affordable interest rates, the pending home sales index saw a 7.4% boost to 93.4 in August, according to the National Association of Realtors.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 08, 2008
Hedge funds suffered steep September decline

Hedge funds are absorbing their share of the market woes, according to the latest performance data from Hennessee Group LLC in New York, which show a 6.2% decline for the alternative strategies in September.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 07, 2008
U.S. private-equity firms attract capital

Despite the credit turmoil this year, U.S. private-equity firms are on pace to exceed last year’s capital-raising totals, according to a new report.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 05, 2008
Short sellers cry foul on SEC ban

Hedge fund managers and other short sellers will have to continue to work around an emergency SEC rule that prohibits short selling of more than 800 banks and related financial companies — but the prospect of a permanent ban has the industry up in arms.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 03, 2008
Website makes hedge fund research easier

Research on the often opaque hedge fund industry is about to get a little easier for qualified investors because of a new online platform.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 03, 2008
September socks hedge fund performance

Hedge funds had their worst month in a decade in September because of short selling restrictions, the liquidity crunch and stock volatility.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 01, 2008
Hedge industry grapples with short-selling ban

As the stock market continues its pattern of record-level volatility, the hedge fund industry stands perplexed over a targeted ban on short selling that was supposed to help the markets find some equilibrium.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 01, 2008
Equity REITS trounce markets

Equity real estate investment trusts continue to outperform the broader market in today’s volatile environment.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 01, 2008
Funds grudgingly comply with Form SH

Complying with a new rule known as Form SH, the first 1,700 money managers, mostly hedge funds, fell in line yesterday by filing their respective short positions with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 01, 2008
Massive hedge fund redemptions feared

The $2 trillion hedge fund industry could be forced to unwind and liquidate major positions in an effort to meet what is expected to be above-average levels of investor redemption requests.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 30, 2008
Double-digit declines plague home price tags

The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Home Price Index, which tracks home values in 20 major U.S. cities, tumbled 16.3% in July from the same month a year earlier.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 25, 2008
Hedge fund manager convicted of fraud

The head of Lancer Management Group LLC and Lancer Management Group II LLC has been found guilty of overstating the hedge funds’ valuations, manipulating the prices of seven securities and falsely representing the funds’ holdings in newsletters.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 25, 2008
SEC demands records from hedge funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered more than two dozen hedge funds to turn over trading records and e-mail communications made between Sept. 1-19, The Wall Street Journal reported today.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 24, 2008
Existing home sales, prices continue to fall

Sales of existing homes fell to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.91 million units in August, down 2.2% from July and 10.7% from a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors of Chicago.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 23, 2008
KKR loses $1.1 billion in first six months

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts posted a total investment loss of $1.1 billion for the six months ended June 30, down from a net gain of $3.4 billion in the first half of 2007, according to a prospectus filed with the SEC.