Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Morningstar Conference Preview: Alternatives, Technology and Other Hot-Button Issues
By John SullivanMorningstar's Shannon Zimmerman tells Investment Advisor's John Sullivan that the speaker lineup will include GMOs Grantham and JP Morgans Gatch.
March 26, 2012
2012 SMA Managers of the Year: Calm, Cool and ConfidentThe one thing seen among all of these winners? Dividend yield, says Gib Watson, president and CEO of Prima Capital, IA's longtime partner in choosing the annual Separately Managed Account Managers of the Year.
March 26, 2012
Five Questions to End Unsolicited DealsRecently, I met with the principal of a multifamily office who for the past couple of years had begun making direct private venture investments in early-stage companies on behalf of his clients.
March 26, 2012
Determined DeliveriesAlliance Resource Partners LP (ARLP) / Natural Resource Partners (NRP)
March 26, 2012
Steady StreamsAmerican Water Works (AWK) / Aqua America / American Water Works (AWK)
March 26, 2012
Few U.S. Cities Prepared for Aging Baby BoomersAs the boomer population swells, communities are cutting services that could aid them.
March 26, 2012
Allied Beacon Launches Cabot Lodge in New York AreaThe new firm, an office of separate jurisdiction of Allied Beacon, will have branch offices in Manhattan, Princeton, N.J., and Long Island. It plans to hire 100 more advisors in the next two years.