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ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

Within this ever-changing global financial services and economic landscape, both institutional and retail investors strive to identify the best sectors and niches in which to invest. These alternative investments include alternative energy, top decile-ranked hedge funds, distressed real estate, certain luxury and entertainment companies, financial technology, and compliance/regulatory. This topic covers the alternative investment trends.

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as possible into the government?s hands. ?From the borrower?s point of view, landing in a hedge fund or private equity...

Investment Funds Profit Again, This Time by Paring Mortgagesmore

as possible into the governments hands. From the borrowers point of view, landing in a hedge fund or private equity...

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[ID:nN07462090] Earlier this week another source familiar with the sale told Reuters that Nokia Siemens Networks and...

Go Ahead and Yell. Hes Everyones Punching Bag.more

Radow has been working for Lehman for a decade. Now he is branching out to hedge funds and private equity firms.

Archives: Toys 'R' Us Gets Wound Up Againmore

When a trio of private equity buyers snapped up Toys "R" Us in 2005, many predicted the retailer wouldn't...

Minerva rises on talk of counterbidmore

The shares rose 9.5 per cent yesterday to 57½p as investors bet that another offer would follow. Private equity group...

The Talented Mr. Pangmore

con man,' Mr. Radovich says. The financial firm Mr. Pang incubated at Mr. Radovich's office turned into Private Equity...

The Henry Ford of Heart Surgerymore

a U.S. hospital, according to American Hospital Association data. The group is fueling its expansion plans through...

Mixed Day For I.P.O.'smore

Reuters. Another 77 hotels are on the way, according to the prospectus. Archipelago Learning’s performance will soothe...

Asset price rally spurs Gartmore to actionmore

in 2000. In 2006, the management led by Roger Guy, the hedge fund manager, and backed by US private equity group...

Ernie and friends are too popular for our own goodmore

firm Hellman & Friedman, Gartmore's majority owner, to get its hands on cash – a priority for private equity – and...

How Venture Capital Lost Its Waymore

years, say). Instead of working to make their best startups strong and independent, they're 'flipping' them, as private...

Carlyle Emerges As Bidder For Gas Natural Assets - Sourcesmore

By Christopher Bjork and Marietta Cauchi Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES MADRID -(Dow Jones)- U.S. private equity firm Carlyle...

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shares rose 9.5 per cent on Friday to 57½p as investors bet that another offer would follow. Private equity group...

PineBridge Investments Introduces New Name in Transition to Independen...more

the firm as it transitions into an independent business. PineBridge Investments will continue to offer broad...

Carlyle joins Gas Natural asset racemore

Carlyle, the US private equity group has emerged as one of the bidders for assets put up for sale by Gas Natural, the...

Gartmore confirms plans for IPOmore

by it staff, while the rest of the group is owned by Hellman & Friedman, the San Franciso private equity group.

Gartmore Group Plans IPO On London's Main Marketmore

on the London Stock Exchange, heading a widely expected wave of initial public offerings of businesses owned by private...

MGM's Rescuer Could Be Qualia Capitalmore

The Hobbit, in which MGM holds a half-interest. Anyway, it's bye-bye, MGM. Here's another scenario: A private equity...

Hands warns of zero growth if loans are not restructuredmore

Guy Hands, head of private equity house Terra Firma, warned yesterday that unless governments pushed banks to...

Attention Shifts to China for Private Equity Industrymore

— A few weeks ago, Stephen A. Schwarzman, the chairman of the Blackstone Group, the world’s biggest private equity...

Gartmore to cut debt with £250m IPOmore

£400m to £150m. It is expected to issue another tranche of shares enabling Hellman & Friedman, the US private...

First Quench to shed more jobs and storesmore

buyers. Among groups that have expressed an interest in buying the stores are Greggs, the bakery, Endless, the private...

Colombian Oil Output Soars As Pro-Market Policy Bears Fruitmore

say that figure can easily double in the coming years,' said Ciro Mendez , the investment manager of local private...

Top Sources: Alternative Investments

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  • privatefinancialclub.com
  • Crains Cleveland Business
  • New York Times
  • MarketWatch
  • finalternatives.com
  • Reuters India
  • Reuters UK
  • Washington Post
  • CNBC

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