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Despite the difficulties facing alternative investment firms—or perhaps because those troubles make them a bargain—the market for them couldn’t be hotter.

Hedge funds almost halved their year-to-date losses in April, Hedge Fund Research reports.

The $6.3 billion San Bernardino County (Calif.) Employees’ Retirement Association is making good on its 4% allocation to credit strategies.

Man Investments Australia and nabCapital, a division of the National Australia Bank Group, this month unveiled a new portable alpha product to provide  stable returns for institutional investors.

San Francisco-based wealth management firm Main Management is prepping a paired-trading strategy that will invest in exchange-traded funds.

Co-founder and co-portfolio manager of the new fund Kim Arthur said the strategy, which is set to launch in the third quarter, aims to have a net-neutral exposure.

By Donald S. Davidson -- On May 1, the California Department of Corporations announced that it is abandoning—for the time being—a proposal to require certain California investment advisers to register with the Department. 

The first quarter numbers are in for GLG Partners and, for the most part, they’re good.

The $8.5 billion San Diego County Employees Retirement Association is currently searching for four to six managers for its newly implemented active commodity program.

Private equity firm PAI Partners has closed its PAI Europe V at €5.4 billion ($8.5 billion).

The $782 million San Luis Obispo County (Calif.) Pension Trust last month unveiled its new asset allocation mix, which should give hedge fund and private equity managers a few million reasons to smile.