Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Global Hedge Fund Assets Reach Record $2.1T in Q1
By thinkadvisorGlobal hedge fund assets under management hit a record high of $2.1 trillion in the first quarter, according to Eurekahedge, an alternative assets research firm.
June 27, 2014
The Limits of Limiting Advisor LiabilityA contracts hedge clause is one of those provisions that is monumentally unimportant until a dispute arises between the client and the advisor.
June 26, 2014
Sovereigns Boost Stakes in Alternatives, Emerging MarketsInvescos second annual Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study reveals where big public funds put their money.
June 26, 2014
Big Private Equity Funds Gobble Up Most MoneyThere is a stark division in fundraising between first-time private equity fund managers and their more established counterparts.
June 25, 2014
Why being too busy will kill your prospecting effortsPaying close attention to the world around us can lead to great opportunities.
June 25, 2014
Mutiny? Brokers Are Embracing Fiduciary Standard, if Not Their EmployersDeutsche Bank suit and countersuit show that some brokers are putting their clients' interests first even when their employers dictate otherwise.
June 25, 2014
Hedge Fund Investors Not Chasing High ReturnsInstitutional investors in hedge funds are more concerned with, well, hedging against volatility in the rest of their portfolio, Preqin found.
June 24, 2014
Ritholtz: The Shame of Alternative InvestmentsThe "Yale model" of investing no longer works, Ritholtz says, because there just aren't enough good alternative investments to go around.