Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Can Managed Futures Be an Income Investor’s Best Friend?
By Ben WarwickManaged futures are a good portfolio diversifier, but they also turn out to be negatively correlated with high-yield bonds. Income, anyone?
August 20, 2014
Why global investors are pouring funds into alternative assetsMore than 35 percent of investors in each of the four main alternative asset classes plan to increase their allocations.
August 20, 2014
Why global investors are pouring funds into alternative assetsMore than 35 percent of investors in each of the four main alternative asset classes plan to increase their allocations.
August 19, 2014
Who Makes Better Funding Choices: Crowds or Experts?Two Ivy League researchers compared crowdfunding and expert evaluation of proposed theater projects. Here's what they found.
August 19, 2014
10 Luxury Items the Super-Wealthy Must Have (and Insure)Watch out: the cost of these high-end goods goes well beyond the sticker price.
August 18, 2014
Record Year for Private Equity DistributionsPreqin research shows private equity fund returns averaged 18% in 2013, outpacing capital calls by 46%, sees "positive momentum" continuing in 2014.
August 18, 2014
Compliance at Financial Services Firms Falls ShortCompliance firm Cipperman finds that firms, especially in the alternatives space, tend not to invest enough in staying compliant.
August 18, 2014
SEC Using Hedge Fund Data on $8 Trillion in Assets in Exams, EnforcementSEC tells Congress it is using compiled data from Form PF, now required of private fund advisors, to support its own regulatory programs.