Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Kansas $1 billion bond sale bolsters pensions eyeing hedge funds
By Brian ChappattaKansas is planning to sell bonds Wednesday to inject cash into its underfunded workers retirement system.
August 11, 2015
Dealing with out-of-state property issues in estate plansIt's vital that family members participate in estate planning decisions involving out-of-state property.
August 11, 2015
Guggenheim, the SEC and Milken's ShadowDid the former junk-bond king act as an investment advisor? Regulators seem to have spent two years investigating just that.
August 10, 2015
Greenspan: Be Afraid, Bond Bubble Is BubblingFormer Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan says there is an extraordinarily unstable position in the price-to-earnings ratio.
August 10, 2015
Minimizing Excess Roth IRA Contribution PenaltiesClients have options when they mistakenly contribute to a Roth IRA, but timing matters.
August 10, 2015
Top Portfolio Products: Franklin Templeton Introduces Flexible Global Bond FundThe fund can invest in global debt obligations of any credit quality, maturity or duration, including derivatives.
August 10, 2015
Morningstar: Vanguard's Yones on Dealing With 'Product Inundation'Doug Yones speaks of how advisors can deal with "product inundation," how to conduct due diligence on those products, and how advisors can counteract "home market bias" to "truly diversify" client holdings internationally.