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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.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 22, 2008
Hedge funds set to sue U.K. regulator

A group of the world's largest hedge funds are planning to sue the Financial Services Authority for millions of pounds of losses allegedly resulting from the regulator's ban on short selling, according to a report in the Sunday Telegraph.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 22, 2008
Report: Legg Mason eyeing private sector move

Baltimore-based Legg Mason is weighing a privatization move that could include one or two private-equity investors, with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. being one of the interested parties, the New York Post reported.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 22, 2008
Bright spot in the dark

In a year of seemingly endless bad news for hedge funds, many hedge-fund-of-funds managers, especially institutionally focused firms, actually thrived.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 18, 2008
Cox to hedge funds: Reveal short positions

Hedge funds and other large investors would have to disclose their short positions under an emergency rule asked for by Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 18, 2008
U.S. hedge funds blast U.K. short-selling ban

A ban on the short-sale of financial stocks put into effect today by Britain’s Financial Services Authority today was criticized by the U.S. trade group that represents hedge funds.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 18, 2008
Hedge funds clipped amid volatile markets

The rocky financial markets of 2008 have taken a toll on hedge funds, with liquidations up and new fund launches down, according to the latest data from HFR Group LLC in Chicago.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2008
Housing starts fell 6.2% in August

Housing starts fell 6.2% last month from July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 895,000 units. That is 33.1% below the figure reported in August 2007, according to a report that the Department of Commerce released this morning.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 09, 2008
Median home prices tick up in July

Median prices of single family homes rose 0.9% in July from June, but they’re still down year-over-year by 11.4%, according to the July Home Price Index report released today by Denver-based Integrated Asset Services LLC.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 09, 2008
Firms heed call of alternative investments

The appeal of alternative-investment strategies is becoming increasing apparent to traditional money management firms trying to capture a piece of that market, according to the latest research from Cerulli Associates Inc. in Boston.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 08, 2008
Hedge fund assets hit $1.7 trillion

The asset management arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co. held the top spot in a ranking of assets managed by hedge funds, with $48.1 billion as of July 1.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 05, 2008
Toll Bros. downgraded on industry fundamentals

Raymond James & Associates Inc. analyst Paul Puryear downgraded homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. to market perform from outperform today.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 04, 2008
Despite loss, Toll Bros. sees stabilizing signs

Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. posted a loss and a 27% decline in net new-home orders in its fiscal third quarter.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 03, 2008
Morgan Stanley forms $10B real estate fund

The Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund VII Global will invest at least $1.46 billion in China over the next few years.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 03, 2008
Janus launches fund of funds

Janus Capital Group Inc. today launched Janus Adviser Modular Portfolio Construction Fund (JSMPX), a fund of funds.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 02, 2008
Construction spending down in July

U.S. construction spending slipped 0.6% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.084 trillion, its lowest July level since 2004.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 01, 2008
Industrial REITs take hit as global economy slows

Despite consistently having generated above-average returns during much of the past six years, industrial real estate investment trusts, especially those with a global reach, are slipping along with the economy.