The demise of Ivy Asset Management apparently had been anticipated for some months by its employees.
The latest housing initiative announced today by the Obama Administration draws the U.S. government and, by proxy, all taxpaying Americans, further into the inescapable quagmire of a devastated real estate market.
An upturn is coming in the publicly traded real estate space, and investors need to be nimble to take advantage, says Ritson Ferguson, manager of the $1.9 billion ING Global Real Estate Fund
Two Bear Stearns executives who ran hedge funds that crashed in 2007 amid the subprime mortgage meltdown were acquitted Tuesday of lying to investors about the looming crisis on Wall Street.
Private equity funds pulled in $50B during the first quarter. That's still well below what they raised in pre-crisis days
Embattled developer Kent Swig is trying to bundle some of his Manhattan properties into a real estate investment trust.
Property values have now risen by almost 15% since hitting their lows in May 2009, according to Green Street Advisors Inc., but values are still off about 30% from their late 2007 peak.
State securities regulators are gaining ground in their battle to regain authority to oversee private-placement offerings.
Financial scandals put a dent in the total number of funds last year. And there's less interest in funds of hedge funds
If the past few years have taught investors anything, the lesson is clearly: “Buyer, beware.”
The hedge fund industry's premier trade association has made regional alliances a new focus as it beefs up its lobbying effots.
With the real estate investment trust market beginning to stabilize, the time to act is now.
Did you hear? The credit crisis is officially over — at least according to the handful of hedge fund managers who have shut down their “credit crisis funds” over the past few weeks.
The hedge fund industry may be roundly celebrating 2009 as a comeback—19% returns are always exciting—but it was still a tough year to get into the business, according to a survey just released by Absolute Return + Alpha magazine.
The Managed Funds Association has formed an alliance with the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association as part of its efforts to unite with regional hedge fund associations.
The Managed Funds Association is jumping into the data collection business with an effort to build the most comprehensive hedge fund industry database available.
A ranking of the world's largest hedge fund managers sharply illustrates the ravages the financial crisis wreaked on firms in the past two years
Retail funds, pensions, endowments and other investors will face higher costs and lower returns if regulations requiring public disclosure of short sales are adopted, according to a study published today by the Managed Funds Association.
Energy Investors Funds says it is fully cooperating with authorities investigating the fatal explosion of the Kleen Energy Plant in Middletown.
