The Credit Suisse Alternative Beta Strategies team today released Hedge Fund Investing: How to Optimize Your Portfolio. The report examines how hedge fund replication can be used to help mitigate risks that are inherent with hedge fund investing. Dr. Jordan Drachman, Head of Research for Alternative Beta Strategies at Credit Suisse, summarized some key conclusions from [...]

While a majority of CFOs are aware that sustainability will profoundly affect their “mainstream” duties, almost one third of them—31 percent—say they are either rarely involved or not involved in sustainability strategy and governance at their companies. This is among the key findings of Sustainable Finance: The risks and opportunities that (some) CFOs are overlooking [...]

- Score slides to +10 from +18 in Q2 2011 – Concerns over national debt, unemployment, and the nation’s long-term economic strength prevail in the quarter, while fewer investors worry about inflation – Contributing to retirement plans still favored by strong majority John Hancock Financial today announced the results of its quarterly measure of investors’ [...]

Commercial real estate executives expect to see improvements in revenue and headcount next year, but the majority predict a full economic recovery is years away, according to a recent survey by KPMG LLP, the audit, tax, and advisory firm.  These executives also believe distressed real estate will remain a key industry issue. In the KPMG [...]

Vacation Choices, the premier travel and vacation club, announces the latest all-inclusive 6 day and 5 night romantic getaway package, exclusively offered to its members, in Cancun, Mexico. Vacation Choices, a luxury travel concierge company, is pleased to announce their latest all-inclusive romantic getaway package to Cancun, Mexico. This 6 day and 5 night fantasy [...]

Canadian Travellers Taking Advantage of Holiday Weekend to Visit Big Cities Throughout North America Hotwire.com®, a leading discount travel site, today announced the top 10 destinations Canadian travellers are visiting over the Canadian Thanksgivingweekend. With the Canadian dollar close to matching the US dollar, many residents realize their travel budget goes a bit further in the [...]

York and Edinburgh European Winners in TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Food and Wine Destinations TripAdvisor(R), the world’s largest travel site, today announces the winners of its Travellers’ Choice Food and Wine Destinations awards, as decided by travellers themselves. In a nod to the UK’s culinary prowess, two British destinations made the European top 10 – York [...]

12 Month Outlook Reveals: Detroit and Indianapolis See Highest Increase in Occupancy; Miami and Denver Experiencing Negative Occupancy Growth As the third quarter of 2011 comes to a close, TravelClick’sSeptember 2011 North American Hospitality Review indicates that hotel demand for the remainder of 2011 will continue to be strong.  Business travelers continue to drive strong hotel [...]

Expert advice from Dr. Judith Black, medical director for Highmark Senior Markets October is Talk About Prescriptions month, and now would be a good time for seniors to look in their medicine cabinets to determine if any of their current prescriptions could be a medication risk. Medications can improve quality of life for people living with [...]

Furnished, Corporate Apartments Now Available on Marriott.com The anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ discovery may be a week away, but users of Marriott.com can make their own discovery right now when they find Marriott ExecuStay® (http://www.ExecuStay.com) – Marriott’s brand of temporary, furnished apartments – as part of their booking options on the company’s website (select ExecuStay on the [...]