Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Genworth Sells Wealth Management Unit for $412.5M
By James J. GreenPrivate equity firms Aquiline and Genstar to acquire GFWM and alternatives firm Altegris; management team, including CEO Gurinder Ahluwalia, to stay in place
March 25, 2013
Emerging-Market Real Estate’s Hot Run ContinuesInternational real estate funds, particularly emerging-market portfolios, had a fantastic run in 2012, and the run is continuing.
March 25, 2013
Bill Gross ‘Stamps’ His Approval on $2 Million AuctionBill Gross and his wife, Sue, will auction pieces of their stamp collection in April with the proceeds going to charity.
March 24, 2013
Investing in Comics: Not Just for SuperheroesExperts share several key techniques for taking advantage of market trendspast, present and future.
March 22, 2013
Peter Schiff: The Dollar’s Collapse Is (Still) ComingWheres the dollars collapse, the sky-high inflation, societal chaos, the oceans of fire? The outspoken head of Euro Pacific Precious Metals has warned of the dire consequences of Fed action for what seems like forever.
March 21, 2013
PIMCO Targets European Commercial PropertyThe firm is targeting direct commercial real estate investments and nonsecuritized loans, which carry greater risk but higher return potential.
March 20, 2013
BlackRock’s Koesterich: Europe’s Banks Are Its ‘Achilles’ Heel’At a Commonwealth gathering, a BlackRock investment guru sees danger and opportunity in Europe and suggests the great rotation to equities is not happening."
March 19, 2013
Lottery winner on how he blew £1.8 millionHe followed advice and invested his winnings, but the recession took it like a schoolyard bully.