Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Why Alt Investments Are Luring Investors: Hatteras
By Danielle AndrusThe alt investment firm's new paper, Defining Liquid Alternatives Investments, shows advisors how they can use alternatives to diversify their clients portfolios.
September 16, 2014
Ritholtz: Calpers’ Hedge Fund Exit Sets Off an EarthquakeCalpers decision to pull out of hedge funds could be a sign of radical change in the fund industry as a whole, Barry Ritholtz writes.
September 15, 2014
ETF-Using Advisors Embrace ‘Smart Beta,’ New FundsIn addition, more advisors are putting over half their AUM in exchange-traded products, a survey by ETF.com and Brown Brothers Harriman finds.
September 15, 2014
When Active ETFs Aren't Really ActiveBecause of the SEC's approval of transparent, actively managed ETFs, advisors can now select from an increasing array of passively and actively managed ETFs for building and maintaining client portfolios.
September 15, 2014
Principal Financial joins Macquarie in CMBS bet as sales surgeThe real estate arm of Principal Financial will underwrite, close and service the loans while Sydney-based Macquarie will provide funding.
September 12, 2014
4 Tips for Tracking Precious MetalsWhile the relationships between economic trends and precious metals prices often make sense, sometimes obscure events can move these prices counterintuitively.
September 12, 2014
Warren Buffett Talks to Senators SometimesWarren Buffett spoke to Sen. Orrin Hatch before investing in the Tim Hortons/Burger King deal. This is the sort of conversation legislators should be having.
September 12, 2014
Gene Fama to Keynote 5th Annual Morningstar ETF ConferenceStrategic beta, emerging markets, active management and alternatives are among this year's topics, as well as a keynote presentation from economist and Nobel laureate Eugene Fama.