Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Cogent: 8 in 10 Advisors are Using Alternatives
By Staff WriterSeventy-eight percent of retail advisors are using alternative investments within client portfolios, according to a new report.
September 01, 2011
Private Equity Shows Positive Signs Amid Challenges: SEI SurveyAfter languishing in the years since the global financial crisis, the private equity sector is beginning to perk up. Existing funds are being deployed, new ones are being raised and investor allocations to are slowly increasing, according to a new study.
August 31, 2011
Cogent: 8 in 10 Advisors are Using AlternativesSeventy-eight percent of retail advisors are using alternative investments within client portfolios, according to a new report.
August 31, 2011
Don't leave choices to chancePresenting clients with too many options may not be the best strategy.
August 31, 2011
Carlyle Group Buys Minority Stake in Avalon AdvisorsThe Carlyle Group, one of the worlds largest private equity firms, has made a minority investment in Avalon Advisors, a Houston-based wealth advisor and asset manager with nearly $4 billion in assets under management.
August 30, 2011
401(k) Investors Who Choose TDFs Stay With ThemRetirement plan participants who invest in target-date funds tend to stay with them, the Employee Benefit Research Institute announced Tuesday.
August 30, 2011
Iceland Debates Land Sale to Chinese TycoonA Chinese tycoon has already won private landowner agreements in the proposed purchase of a massive tract of land in Iceland that critics worry could provide Beijing with a presence in the North Atlantic.
August 29, 2011
Collapse in home prices leaves seniors on holdUnable to sell their houses, many seniors are opting to stay in their homes instead of moving to senior housing facilities.