Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
MetLife commercial-property lending reaches record $14.3 billion
By Katherine ChiglinskyThe largest U.S. life insurer loaned about $14.3 billion for commercial real estate globally last year, the most in the companys history of more than 140 years.
January 22, 2016
Liquid Alternatives Stumble to 3.5% Loss in 2015Liquid alternatives limped out of 2015, their performance dragged down by losses in all the sub-strategies, Wilshire reported.
January 22, 2016
Stock Exchanges Are Eating Your ReturnsExchanges are quietly, yet dramatically, increasing the fees they charge for market data and access to compensate for their own dramatic declines in market share.
January 20, 2016
Investors Spooked by China but Not Yet ‘Max Bearish’: Merrill PollAllocations to equities have plummeted, and cash holdings have risen, Merrill's January fund manager survey found.
January 20, 2016
Showtime’s ‘Billions’: Ruthless Fund Manager vs. Star Prosecutor via Andrew Ross SorkinCo-creator Andrew Ross Sorkin talks to ThinkAdvisor about the Showtime series, which interweaves finance, politics, corruption and, from time to time, kinky sex.
January 19, 2016
Alt Manager Equinox Overcharged Investors, Must Repay $5.4M: SECEquinox Fund Management didn't follow the method it set out in its registration statement for calculating fees, the SEC says.
January 19, 2016
Tech Sector Slows as a Millionaire-Making MachineNew tech millionaires are being minted more slowly than in past years, a WealthInsight report finds.
January 15, 2016
Top Portfolio Products: DoubleLine Rolls Out Global Bond FundPlus, there are new ETFs from Van Eck & State Street, as well as news of a new advisory platform from Oppenheimer.