Alternative Investment: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Alternative Investment

  • an investment other than in bonds or stock of a large company or one listed on a stock exchange

Additional Resources

Citadel Appoints Matt Wilson as Sales and Marketing Chief for Citadel Solutions and Citadel Alternative Asset Management
CHICAGO -- Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C., the global alternative investment institution, today announced the appointment of Matt Wilson as Head of Sales and Marketing for Citadel Solutions and Citadel Alternative Asset Management. Citadel Solutions is Citadel's recently launched alternative investment management administrative services platform, and Citadel Alternative Asset Management is...
Tags: asset, asset management, Citadel Security Software, marketing, sales
Research articles 2007-04-09
Comparing Alternative Investment Strategies Using Risk-Adjusted Performance Measures
Despite the recommendation of dollar-cost averaging as a superior investment strategy by numerous financial advisors, some studies find it to be suboptimal using a traditional Sharpe ratio performance-ranking metric. However, recent research questions the use of the Sharpe ratio as the preferred performance measure. Using the Sortino and the upside...
Tags: Investment Strategy, Performance, Investment, Financial Planning Association, Sharpe Ratio, Performance Management, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2003-01-01
CalPERS Names Leon Shahinian Senior Investment Officer for Alternative Investment Management Program
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Mark Anson, Chief Investment Officer of the California Public Employees' Retirement System CalPERS, announced today the appointment of Leon Shahinian as Senior Investment Officer for the pension fund's Alternative Investment Management AIM program. He replaces Rick Hayes who left to become a managing partner of Oak Hill...
Tags: CalPERS
Research articles 2004-07-07
CalPERS Names Richard Hayes Principal Investment Officer for Alternative Investments and Private Equity
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 13, 1998--The California Public Employees' Retirement System CalPERS has named Richard J. Hayes as a principal investment officer for the Fund's $7.3 billion Alternative Investment Management AIM program.
Tags: CalPERS, Hayes Corp., private equity
Research articles 1998-08-13
BP forms alternative energy subsidiary
BP expects to double its investment in alternative and renewable energies, and thus create a new low-carbon business that has growth potential estimated to be $6 billion annually within the next decade. Using BP Solar as a model, the company is forming BP Alternative Energy to manage investment in solar,...
Tags: alternative energy, British Petroleum Co plc
Research articles 2006-01-01
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Launches the Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS ; Absolute Return Fund STS Demonstrates Further Enhancement of Alternative Investment Offerings
NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley Investment Management ("MSIM") announced today that it has launched the Absolute Return Fund STS, an institutional-quality portfolio of hedge funds for special tax status investors, namely, tax-exempt and tax-deferred individual investors and smaller institutional clients. Expanding on the April 2006 launch of the Alternative Investment...
Tags: hedge fund, investor, Morgan Stanley, tax
Research articles 2006-08-07
Credit Suisse Asset Management Significantly Expands Its Alternative Investment Capability
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 17, 1998--Credit Suisse Asset Management CSAM today announced the integration of Garantia Inc.'s Fund of Funds team into its U.S. operation, BEA Associates. This marks a significant expansion of CSAM's presence in the global market for alternative investment products.
Tags: asset management, Credit Suisse First Boston
Research articles 1998-09-17
CalPERS Names Richard Hayes Senior Investment Officer for Alternative Investment Management Program
Business Editors
Tags: CalPERS, Hayes Corp.
Research articles 2001-07-09
People News: Fortis recruits new head of alternatives.(Fortis Investment Management names Albert Mandic as head of alternative investments)(Brief Article)
Fortis Investment Management FIM has appointed Albert Mandic as head of alternative investments. Fortis Investment Management FIM has appointed Albert Mandic as head of alternative investments.
Tags: Fortis
Research articles 2003-04-07
Feeding the Hungry Investor: Alternatives Top the Menu of Attractive Investment Options
Individual investors are hungry. They've got an appetite for strong returns and money to put where their mouths are. But, until few years back, the new markets for alternative investing were as exclusive as Almas caviar, catering only to the tastes of high net worth and large institutional investors. Fortunately,...
Tags: Investor, Financial Accounting, Finance
White papers 2006-10-19
Laurie Hodrick Joins Deutsche Bank as Global Head of Alternative Investment Strategies
NEW YORK -- Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. today announced that Laurie Hodrick is joining the firm as a Managing Director and Global Head of Alternative Investment Strategies within its Global Markets Research unit. Hodrick will be responsible for the formulation, testing and implementation of new investment strategies based on company-related...
Tags: Deutsche Bank AG
Research articles 2006-07-18
Alternative Investments In The Institutional Portfolio
In recent years, the flow of funds into alternative investments for pension funds, endowments, and foundations has experienced a dramatic increase. Unfortunately, the very fact that hedge funds and managed futures have only recently come into prominence during the last decade, has meant that they generally have only recently been...
Tags: Finance, Financial Services, Investment, Hedge Fund, Stock, Bond
White papers 2002-03-01
Phoenix Investment Partners to Expand Alternative Investment Offerings in 2001, Executive Hired to Lead Distribution Effort
Business/Technology Editors
Tags: Phoenix Technologies
Research articles 2001-02-20
The Benefits Of Hedge Funds
This article explains about that the term hedge fund consists of a number of investment strategies that offer risk and return opportunities not commonly found in traditional long only stock and bond investment. For alternative investments such as hedge funds to grow as an investment alternative, individuals need to increase...
Tags: Hedge Fund, Finance, Financial Services, Investment, Benefit
White papers 2003-01-01
News: Bank of Ireland buys Guggenheim.
Bank of Ireland Group has boosted its alternative investment offering through the acquisition of hedge fund manager Guggenheim Alternative Asset Management. Bank of Ireland Group has boosted its alternative investment offering through the acquisition of hedge fund manager Guggenheim Alternative Asset Management.
Research articles 2006-01-16
Investing: Alternatives get `A' from investors; Expectations for returns, diversity keep institutions asking for more.(Alternative investment for better performance)
Byline: Christine Williamson and Arleen Jacobius Institutional investors can't get enough of alternative investments. In wide-ranging interviews with chief investment officers at pension funds and endowments, Pensions & Investments found bro Byline: Christine Williamson and Arleen Jacobius Institutional...
Tags: allocation, asset, Baylor University, hedge fund, investment, performance, private equity, real estate
Research articles 2005-04-04
Joseph D. Stecher Joins Morgan Stanley Investment Management as Chief Investment Officer of Alternative Investment Partners' Real Estate Fund of Funds Business
NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley Investment Management MSIM announced today that Joseph D. Stecher will be joining Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners ("Morgan Stanley AIP") as Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of the Firm's real estate fund of funds business and will be responsible for overseeing the identification, selection...
Tags: Morgan Stanley, real estate
Research articles 2008-03-25
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners Raises $1 Billion for Private Markets Fund III; Sign of Further Growth in Morgan Stanley's Alternative Investments Business
NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced today that Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners Morgan Stanley AIP raised $1 billion in commitments for Morgan Stanley Private Markets Fund III ("Private Markets Fund III").
Tags: Morgan Stanley
Research articles 2006-06-16
Phoenix-Based Alternative Newspaper Chain Buys Assets of Dallas Weekly.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Sep. 23--Dallas has one less alternative in alternative publications. Sep. 23--Dallas has one less alternative in alternative publications.
Tags: asset, Phoenix Technologies
Research articles 2000-09-25
Jeffrey Applegate Appointed Chief Investment Officer for Citi Global Wealth Management
NEW YORK -- Fifth graph, first sentence of release should read: Most recently, Mr. Applegate was with Franklin Templeton where he was Chief Investment Officer for Fiduciary Trust, Fiduciary Global Advisors and Franklin Templeton Alternative Strategies (sted Most recently, Mr. Applegate was with Franklin Templeton where he was Chief Investment...
Tags: Citigroup Inc.
Research articles 2007-10-24
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