But documents from Mr. Greene's files show that Bear Stearns Asset Management allowed investments of $250,000 in its fund, considerably smaller than the typical $1 million minimum for many hedge funds.
But while high-yield, or junk, bonds helped the fund considerably, the fund's managers are already trimming their exposure to the sector because they think that it is now overpriced, said Thomas Atteberry, the assistant portfolio manager of the fund.
The change would save the city about $30 million a year over the next few years — but would cost the pension fund considerably more than that over the course of the decade because the fund would have less capital and thus lower investment returns.
Within institutions, though, funding sources varied considerably with approval provided by department chairs, deans (e.g., dean of academic affairs, dean of the college), the provost, the institution's president, and facilities management.
Cities with low ($0 $25/person; N = 25) and moderate ($25 $100/person; N = 30) levels of conservation funding vary considerably and are not significantly different from either those cities with no conservation funding or those cities with high levels of conservation funding.
If correct or reputation-based program officers require unanimity among four or more reviewers, then the G2 share of funding drops considerably compared to what would have happened had the program officer selected fewer reviewers or not required unanimity in the reviewer recommendations.
The public health funding was considerably consumed as the operating cost.
Annual pneumonia funding was considerably greater in the period 2011 2013 compared to the period 1997 2010, yet the increase in number of awards remains modest with the pattern of investment appearing to favour larger individual grants (a trend reflected across all infectious disease research).
The annual management fees of exchange-traded funds are slightly lower than comparable fees for index-oriented mutual funds and considerably lower than those for actively managed mutual funds.
Hedge funds are considerably riskier places to work than mutual funds.
