Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
5 Top Alternative Funds
By John SullivanSo-called alternative funds offer just what they advertise: non-correlated assets in a convenient 40 Act wrapper.
January 23, 2012
Top Portfolio Products: Vanguard Launches 2060 Fund as Innealta Rolls Out Two New FundsOther new products include an alternative income fund from Pyxis and a new managed income strategy from CLS
January 23, 2012
Mohegan Tribe Set to Host SRI ConferenceThe Mohegan tribe and First Affirmative Financial Network announced jointly on Friday that the 23rd annual SRI Conference for Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing, formerly known as SRI in the Rockies, will be hosted at the Mohegan Sun Conference center in Connecticut in October.
January 23, 2012
Fund Offers Investors Retail Access to Institutional Real EstateThe Versus Capital fund will take a fund-of-funds approach rather than a REIT structure.
January 19, 2012
Romney's Unorthodox IRA (Wall Street Journal)Like many Americans, Mitt Romney has an individual retirement account. Unlike most Americans, Mr. Romney has between $20.7 million and $101.6 million in it, a big chunk of his fortune.
January 19, 2012
Hedge Funds Could Push for Greek DefaultIf hedge funds have their way, Greece will be forced to default so that credit default swaps will pay for any losses the debt-troubled country sought to compel investors to accept.
January 18, 2012
Registrations Rise for TD Ameritrade Institutional’s Conference, Says BradleyRegistrations for TD Ameritrade Institutionals 2012 National Conference are up from last year, says Tom Bradley, the firm's institutional president, helped by the presence of some high-profile speakers like Vice President Dick Cheney and former head of the FDIC Sheila Bair.
January 18, 2012
Volcker Rule AttackedAt a House hearing today, the Volcker rule faced its critics who contend that the rule's narrow definition excessively constrains the nation's largest financial institutions from driving a more robust market recovery.