Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
How Advisors Choose Liquid Alts: Reducing Risk, but Watch the Fees
By Ben WarwickIn the second of a series, a look at liquid alts role in reducing portfolio risk, and how to find some hidden costs.
August 05, 2014
Institutional Investment Managers Beat Retail Managers at Own GameInstitutional managers gained more than their retail-oriented counterparts in the retail market in 2013, Casey Quirk finds.
August 05, 2014
Private Companies Look to Boost Capital Investment, HiringA survey of executives by PwC found widespread optimism about the global economy over the next year.
August 04, 2014
Ritholtz to Alt Fund Investors: Beware ‘Negative Alpha’Barry Ritholtz asks: Why should individual investors want to invest like a hedge fund?
August 04, 2014
10 Private Equity Managers That Outperform Their PeersPreqin lists the top fund managers in three categories: buyout, venture capital and fund-of-funds strategies.
August 01, 2014
How Advisors Use Liquid Alts: The Business Continuity IssueAdvisors use liquid alternative investments for several reasons, like to reduce portfolio volatility. One of the overlooked reasons involves the health of their own firms.
August 01, 2014
3 Reasons Alts Make Sense in Self-Directed IRAs: PENSCOThere are three primary reasons driving investor interest in alternatives in their IRAs, said Kelly Rodriques, CEO of PENSCO Trust Co.
July 31, 2014
Why Endowment Funds Like Yale’s Are Doing Just FineTheres a reason endowment funds underperformed in the current bull market but outperform over market cycles. Heres how Yale does it.