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Arleen Jacobius

Arleen is a Senior Reporter at Pensions & Investments covering private equity and real estate. Twitter: https://twitter.com/jacobius_pi

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Alternatives managers’ assets rose in 2010

Higher returns and renewed investor interest pushed most money managers' alternative assets under management onto higher ground last year, according to sister publication Pensions & Investments' annual survey of the largest money managers

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Some see a VC bubble in social-media funds

A fraction of the roster of venture capital firms is expected to survive the fallout from the rush to invest in the next Facebook

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Oil price jump benefits investors for now, but potential for crises abounds

Institutional investors are seeing short-term gains from their recent commodities investments, but those gains could be overshadowed by an economic catastrophe if political turmoil overseas causes a drop in demand or an oil price spike to more than $200 a barrel, investment experts said

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Real estate money managers stanch the bleeding

Real estate money managers are still losing assets, but the outflows look to be slowing from the massive hemorrhage of 2008-09.

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Experts debate the merits of private equity, public stocks

Apollo Global Management LLC founder Leon Black and others are touting private equity's consistent outsized returns, but some insiders — including investors — aren't so sure.

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High costs taking wind out of clean-tech sails

Despite its high public profile, clean-tech investing is set to collapse under the weight of its unsustainable business model, some industry observers predict.

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KKR’s diversified-manager goal not yet within reach

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is on its way to becoming a fully diversified money manager, but it looks like it will be a long trip.

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After VC storm, who will be left?

Venture capital today is survival of the pluckiest.

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Real estate managers eye bank assets

Real estate money managers are joining private-equity firms in the line to buy failed banks.

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Institutional investors knock on wood

Institutional investors are focusing on opportunities in the natural-resources sector by investing in timberland to hedge against inflation.