Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
SEC ponders break for private equity
By Alan KatzThe SEC staff is weighing a special exemption for private-equity firms to continue collecting deal fees in the future.
February 21, 2014
A Good Time to Dig Into Gold Miners?Gold expert Simona Gambarini lays out the case that could support the sector, which is outperforming the S&P by a wide margin in 2014.
February 20, 2014
Envestnet Launches 7 ‘ETF Alternative’ SMA PortfoliosIndex-based Quantitative Portfolios from Envestnet | PMC use Tamarac software to provide tax alpha for HNW clients.
February 19, 2014
Jackson National Alts Education Reaches 10,000 Advisors"This is not your fathers variable annuity," to paraphrase the 1970s-era Oldsmobile commercial.
February 18, 2014
Institutional Investors Flock to Hedge Funds: Deutsche Bank SurveyHedge funds lost 0.2% in January, but the downturn seems unlikely to dampen investors' enthusiasm.
February 18, 2014
Is the Long Bull Market Finally Over?Until we have an app to predict human behavior, it's impossible to know where the market's heading. So get your stops and puts in place.
February 14, 2014
How to Invest in Mortgages for Total Returns (Not Speculation)Buying whole mortgages is a complicated investment strategy that some asset managers are trying to make simpler.
February 14, 2014
Top Portfolio Products: AdvisorShares Launches 4 Gold/Currency ETFsIn other portfolio news, Nationwide Financial and Annexus launch fixed index annuity; Citi and Research Affiliates introduce global corporate bond index.