In addition to the passive buyers, there is a broad universe of actively managed funds that use the S&P 500 index as a benchmark and would also buy shares of a new company. KBW has researched the ...

Being a dedicated data nerd has turned Philip Zecher into something of a rock star in the college endowment world.When Zecher was named the first in-house chief investment officer at Michigan ...

Hedge funds’ favorite stocks outperformed the S&P 500 by about one and a half times in the second quarter.The 20 most widely held stocks as of March 31 were up by an average of 15.3 percent from ...

Valiant Capital Partners is on pace to report its best results in five years after posting another large gain in June.The ...

Bridgewater Associates, the world largest hedge fund manager, is working with Lyxor Asset Management Group on an alternative fund structured to attract investors in Europe.Lyxor will manage the ...

Investor preferences and strategies always matter, and in real estate that means getting the risk appetite right. In this episode of Alternative Angles, Ellen Hall, head of direct real estate at ...

Meet Maryland retirement’s new acting chief investment officer — same as the old acting chief investment officer.The Maryland State Retirement and Pension System has once again named its ...

Capping off a big week for U.S. tax reform, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has requested that Section 899 be removed from ...

By 2033, PitchBook expects qualified individuals will invest another $7 trillion in private markets. The research firm says that amount represents more than half the $12.6 trillion in fundraising ...

Stan Ra, CIO of Seattle Children’s, has been the driving force behind the hospital’s investment strategy since 2016. As the organization’s first dedicated chief investment officer, Ra built ...

The tech-focused firm, led by Alex Sacerdote, halved losses in two hedge fund share classes and generated double-digit returns in its long-only strategies. Its flagship hybrid fund — which ...