Altvest and the Greenwich Roundtable Form Strategic Alliance; Exclusive Forum Now Available to Hedge Fund Investors.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2000 Altvest, Inc., the Internet's first and leading source of information on hedge funds hedge fund, in finance, a highly speculative, largely unregulated investment device. Originating in the 1950s, the funds "hedge" by offsetting "short" positions (borrowing a security and then selling it at a higher price before repaying the lender) against "long" , and the Greenwich Roundtable, a forum for the leading practitioners of wealth creation and investment philosophy, announced today that they are entering into a strategic partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, Altvest will become the exclusive electronic distributor of the Greenwich Roundtable proceedings. An industry first, Altvest will provide real-time and historical access to accredited investors and the alternative investment community. Since its inception in 1995, the Greenwich Roundtable has attracted some of the investment community's most respected and influential professionals and its monthly forums help shape allocation decisions for the alternative investment community. Participants in the Greenwich Roundtable have included: Gary Becker Gary Stanley Becker (born December 2, 1930) is an economist and a Nobel laureate. Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Becker earned a B.A. at Princeton University in 1951 and a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1955. , Marko Dimitrijevic, Larry Feinberg, Mario Gabelli Mario Joseph Gabelli (born June 19, 1942) is an American stock investor, investment advisor and financial analyst. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Gabelli Asset Management Company Investors (GAMCO Investors) a $30 billion dollar global investment firm headquartered in Rye, , Ed Mathias, Michael Milken Michael Milken As an executive at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. during the 1980s, Milken used high-yield junk bonds for financing and corporate takeovers. While his personal wealth was enormous, he spent two years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of securities fraud. , Peter Peterson, Myron Scholes Myron Samuel Scholes (born July 1, 1941 in Timmins, Ontario, Canada) is one of the authors of the famous Black-Scholes equation. Nobel Prize Winner In 1997 he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for "a new method to determine the value of derivatives". , Jim Simons Jim Simons may refer to:
"The Roundtable has become an important venue for alternative investors. Our community is fragmented and getting good forward-looking information is difficult," said Steve McMenamin, co-founder and host of the Greenwich Roundtable and a principal of Oracle Investment Management. "Unfortunately, until today, we could accommodate only as many investors as the Bruce Museum could seat. Altvest will bring the discussion to the entire alternative community," he added. The Greenwich Roundtable is moderated and was co-founded by Ron Lake, Lake Partners, a member of Altvest's advisory board. "This is an exciting development for Altvest and the hedge fund professionals we serve," said Jeffrey Tarrant, founder of Altvest and President of Arista arista (ä·riˑ·st Group, Inc. "This announcement enhances our hedge fund information offerings and provides our customers with another powerful investment too. We intend this to be the first in a number of similar services we will be offering on our site." Founded in 1996, Altvest is the premiere Internet-based source for information about hedge funds. Available only to so-called 3-c-7 qualified investors and their advisors, Altvest's database covers more than 1,600 hedge funds, including fund structure, investment style, portfolio exposure and monthly returns. Managers themselves contribute fund data over a secure Web site. Subscribing investors access the data and analyze it through their Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
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