Investors are divided into different groups as they participate on the markets, pursuing various investment strategies. As such sub-divisions and differentiation of investors may follow different criteria: Private investors, including free investors, often than not are individuals and may or may not have enhanced investment knowledge. Institutional investors tend to be companies such as banks, … Read more
Alternative Latin Investor recently spoke with two high profile hedge fund players in Latin America, Otávio Vieira, Portfolio Manager at Safdié and Carlos Rojas Perla, Chief Investment Officer at Compass Group. We were privileged to hear how both managers felt markets had played out in 2009 and to learn of the themes they expect to … Read more
Traditional investments include cash, bonds and of course, stocks. Alternative investments are typically higher risk because of the trading styles, limited regulations and lack of liquidity. Alternative investments also have high minimum investment amounts and charge a higher fee to manage portfolios. Four common types of alternative capital investments are venture capital funds, hedge funds, … Read more
Black Horse Fund Investing Size of the global fund management industry Conventional assets under management of the global fund management industry fell 19% in 2008, to .6 trillion. Pension assets accounted for .0 trillion of the total, with .9 trillion invested in mutual funds and .7 trillion in insurance funds. Together with alternative assets (sovereign … Read more