Alternative Investment Leaders2008 Top Alternative Investment ManagersInstitutional Investor is out with a new list of the top alternative investment firms in the industry. This was created as part of their 2008 Top 300 Money Managers list. I took the top 10 firms and ran an analysis to see who really controls the most assets (or did).Data Used: Firm Name Assets in Millions Goldman Sachs 95,694 Bank of New York Mellon Corp 91,698 JP Morgan Asset Management 84,742 ...

Emerging MarketsEmerging Markets - InvestmentsEmerging market investing started to take off when in the mid-1980s when the International Finance Corporation (IFC) set up the first mutual fund that invested solely in securities from emerging markets with a seed capital of around $50 million. Since 2002, assets managed by emerging market hedge funds have increased fourfold and in the first quarter of 2008, they managed approximately $110 billion, according to HFR.Emerging market hedge funds are defined by the markets they operate in and not the strategies they follow. Thus, these funds are quite heterogeneous and adopt a variety of strategies such as equity long/short, event driven, global macro and fixed income arbitrage.Emerging markets are defined quite broadly. Morgan Stanley describes an emerging market, as ...

San Francisco Hedge Fund Guide Hedge Funds in San Francisco Here is a short guide collection of articles on the hedge fund industry in San Francisco. I am always looking for more valuable online tools and resources to add to these geographical hedge fund guides to the hedge fund industry. If you have a white paper or PowerPoint that I can include here please send me an email and I will post it for everyone's benefit. San Francisco chapter of Hedge Funds Care Interesting articles about two San Francisco hedge funds and their recent success Global turmoil effecting hedge funds everywhere, including San Francisco San Francisco firm pays $30 Million in settlement Article: “The Best Investment Advice ...