Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Diversified Growth Funds: Another British Invasion?
By Jon SundtIt remains to be seen if Britain's newest financial innovation, diversified growth funds, will survive a trip across the pond.
February 24, 2014
SEC ponders break for private equityThe SEC staff is weighing a special exemption for private-equity firms to continue collecting deal fees in the future.
February 24, 2014
SEC ponders break for private equityThe SEC staff is weighing a special exemption for private-equity firms to continue collecting deal fees in the future.
February 24, 2014
Regulation Tops Institutional PE Investors’ Worry ListRegulation is still the top challenge of institutional investors trying to operate an effective private equity program, according to Preqin.
February 21, 2014
Top Portfolio Products: Invesco Rolling Out Buyback PortfolioNeuberger Berman offers unconstrained bond fund, as Pioneer introduces liquid alternative funds.
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.