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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 31, 2008
Marshals sell Bayou’s ill-gotten assets

While U.S. marshals were hunting down convicted hedge fund fraudster Samuel Israel III, their agency was busy recovering most of his firm's remaining assets.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 29, 2008
Home prices down 15.8% In May

The price of single-family homes in the country’s top 20 metropolitan markets posted the biggest year-over-year decline .

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 28, 2008
European hedge funds launches falter

There were 106 hedge fund launches in Europe in the first half of 2008, a 45% decrease from a year ago.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 25, 2008
Foreclosures up 121% in second quarter

One in every 171 households received a foreclosure notice in the quarter, according to RealtyTrac.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 21, 2008
Advisers blast hedge funds for poor communications

Although financial advisers are the key drivers in the generation of hedge fund sales, it appears the hedge fund industry and advisers aren't connecting as well as they might, according to a new study.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 18, 2008
Bayou creditors sue Goldman Sachs for $20M

The ex-Stamford, Conn.-based hedge fund managed by Samuel Israel defrauded investors out of $300 million.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 18, 2008
Hedge fund allocations in decline

The $12.5 billion allocated to hedge funds during the quarter marked the lowest level of new capital since 2005.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 17, 2008
New York boosts housing starts, permits

Housing starts rose 9.1% to 1,066,000 units in June from May, but down 26.9% from a year ago.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 14, 2008
Investors seeking new choices

The pursuit of investment performance in an increasingly uncertain market is drawing more attention to alternative investment strategies, a situation that could place more pressure on financial advisers to step outside their traditional comfort zones.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 10, 2008
Hedge fund puts freeze on withdrawals

Investors in Sandelman Partners $3.2 billion multistrategy hedge fund have been barred from making withdrawals.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 09, 2008
Hedge funds droop but beat other indexes

Hedge Fund Research Inc.'s Fund Weighted Composite Index fell 0.68% in June and is down 0.75% this year.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 08, 2008
Fewer hedge launches carry more assets

Thirty-five new hedge funds with a total of $19.5 billion in assets were launched in the Americas during the first six months of this year.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 07, 2008
Blackstone, Fortress estimates cut by BofA

Banc of America Securities cuts its earnings estimates and price targets on Blackstone Group and Fortress Investment Group.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 07, 2008
Merrill closer to selling BlackRock stake

As it faces $6 billion in new write-downs, Merrill Lynch may sell its BlackRock and Bloomberg interests.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 07, 2008
GLG Partners hires Brahim from Goldman

London-based hedge fund taps emerging markets expert to run a $1.2 billion special situations fund.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 07, 2008
AIMA to unveil funds-of-hedge-funds standards

The Alternative Investment Management Association is preparing the first-ever practice standards for funds of hedge funds.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 03, 2008
Israel to judge: I really tried to kill myself

Hedge fund fugitive Samuel Israel today told a judge that he unsuccessfully tried to overdose on drugs.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 01, 2008
Hedge fund investors offered fraud insurance

Hedge fund investors now have the ability to insure themselves against fraud or even the allegation of fraud.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 01, 2008
New mutual fund to ape hedge performance

Hedge fund performance replication has come to the mutual fund industry in the form of the IQ Alpha Hedge Strategy Fund.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 30, 2008
REITs can offer soft landings, analyst says

"The cushion provided by well-covered dividend yields has taken on increased importance," a JPMorgan analyst wrote.