Financial Standard - As the GFC batters confidence in long-only equities, sentiment is turning to hedge funds, provided you partner with groups that are reputable and well run, said Spencer Young, chief executive officer of HFA Holdings.
The result is institutional investors are looking to steer money towards hedge funds as they seek a safe haven […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) - Morningstar and Barron’s today released highlights of a recent national survey examining the perception and usage of alternative investments among institutions and financial advisors.
“Our survey found that both institutions and advisors want alternative investments that are liquid, transparent, and regulated like traditional investments,” said Steve Deutsch, director of separate accounts […]

Proactive Investors Australia - Why have investors been selling UK-listed coal miners – even the big boys like Xstrata, Rio and BHP Billiton - as if they were going out of fashion?  
Lack of understanding of the global market for the black stuff is probably the key reason. Gloom and doom has hit the commodity […]

North County Times - The stock market is retreating, credit markets are squeezed and many corporate earnings are diving. But one piece of the mangled U.S. economy is making an improbable comeback: the dollar.
As the financial meltdown clobbers world economies from South America to Asia, investors desperate for safe assets are plowing money into the […]

Reuters - Hedge funds are keeping borrowings and risk low and seeking sanctuary in safe-haven assets during the current market turbulence, but some are beginning to see opportunities to make attractive investments.
The events of the past few days — the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the $50 billion sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America […]

Reuters - Hedge funds are keeping borrowings and risk low and seeking sanctuary in safe-haven assets during the current market turbulence, but some are beginning to see opportunities to make attractive investments.
The events of the past few days — the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the $50 billion (28 billion pounds) sale of Merrill Lynch to […]

Reuters Tokyo - Japanese government bond futures soared by their daily limit of 3 full points on Tuesday and 10-year yields hit a five-month low on safe-haven buying in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
Global stock markets and crude oil prices plunged on Monday after Lehman, crushed by losses from the U.S. mortgage […]

Globe and Mail - Once viewed as a safe haven, crude oil has lost its lustre as investors bet that the crisis in financial markets will hurt an already weakened global economy and drive down petroleum demand.
At the same time, speculators who piled into oil and other commodities on the way up have reversed course, […]

Reuters- Fund managers are gloomier about equities than at any time in at least the last 10 years and aversion to risk is close to what it was during the Bear Stearns crisis in March, a Merrill Lynch poll showed on Wednesday.
In its July poll of 191 global fund managers, the investment bank also found […]

Reuters UK- Major gold firms grappling with declining output and surging costs are being cold-shouldered by investors opting for exposure to bullion through exchange traded funds (ETFs) or high-growth junior firms.
A wave of money flowing into gold ETFs, which issue shares backed by physical stocks of bullion, touched a record last week as investors sought […]

HONG KONG (Reuters)- As risk appetite for equities and property wanes, investors are willing to endure negative real returns for bonds from China, Singapore and Hong Kong because their economies are seen better equipped to tackle inflation.
Conventionally, bond yields have to be sufficient to compensate investors for their holdings as inflation erodes value over time, […]