Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
FINRA Boosts Asset-Backed Securities Market’s Transparency
By Emily ZulzBy Dec. 4, asset-backed securities transactions will be available to the public no later than 15 minutes after the trade is executed.
May 28, 2015
Billion-Dollar Hedge Fund Managers Command 92% of Fund AssetsEleven percent of hedge fund managers, or about 570 of them, fall into that group, Preqin reports.
May 27, 2015
Closing the Investor-Manager Gap on Hedge Fund TransparencyHedge fund managers have worked to meet demands for transparency without betraying their proprietary strategies to competitors, but investors say they're falling short.
May 27, 2015
Foundations’ Impact Investing Largely Talk, Study FindsMany private U.S. foundations that purport to engage in impact investing dont put much of their money where their mouth is, according to the Center for Effective Philanthropy.
May 27, 2015
Aberdeen to Buy FLAG CapitalThe move expands the asset manager's reach in the alternatives business and among investors in Asia.
May 27, 2015
Energy MLPs: Taking a Closer Look After the Oil BustLike Jon Snow on Game of Thrones, energy investors may feel like they know nothing after 2014, but here's what advisors need to know.
May 26, 2015
Wirehouses Lead Growth in Alternative Assets: MMIMMI report attributes the rapid growth in wirehouse-associated alternative investments to goals-based wealth management, simpler terminology and managed solutions programs.
May 26, 2015
Massachusetts, Montana Sue SEC Over JOBS ActThe states are unhappy with the capital-raising provisions, known as Regulation A+, which bar them from regulating some small offerings.