Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
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By David PortOnce reserved for a narrow slice of the investing public, alternative investments are finding greater traction with mainstream advisors and investors, including seniors.
September 25, 2012
Generating Strong ReturnsDespite the overall markets swings from risk-on to risk-off in response to a slow U.S. recovery, Europes ongoing crisis and the Feds decision to hold rates at extraordinarily low levels, electric utilities have continued to provide solid total returns for growth-and-income investors seeking lower volatility.
September 25, 2012
Dividend Increases Hit the MarkThe shareholder-owned electric utility industry added to its eight-year-long trend of widespread dividend increases in Q2.
September 25, 2012
Volatility Makes Alternative Investments ‘Essential’ to U.S. Portfolios: SurveyOver three-quarters of institutional investors in the United States consider alternative investments essential to a diversified portfolio, a survey by Natixis Global Asset Management found.
September 24, 2012
SEC Takes Close Look at Private Equity FundsIt's an echo of the 2003 mutual fund scandals, in which large institutional investors were given preferential treatment at the expense of smaller investors.
September 23, 2012
Top Portfolio Products: Franklin Templeton to Buy Stake in K2Plus, Goldman risk-management fund targets RIAs and more product news.