Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Highmount Capital Adds Zurich Office
By Staff WriterTwo former Julius Baer Private Bankers will lead the new office.
February 07, 2011
KBW Survey Shows CIOs Returning to Actively Managed EquityInstitutional investors are putting their money back into actively managed equity, with much of the flow pouring into international strategies, says a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods survey.
February 07, 2011
Gore’s Investment Firm Reportedly Will Start Asian FundFormer Vice President Al Gore’s investment firm Generation Investment Management may be readying itself to launch a $500 million fund that will seek out stocks from socially responsible companies in Asia.
February 04, 2011
Hedge Funds Have a Ho-Hum January, but REITs...One alternative strategy that bucked the mediocre returns was REITs, up 3% for the month
February 02, 2011
Mintel: The Wealthy are OptimisticMost Americans with money think their finances will look good during the next 5 years.
February 01, 2011
A Great (and Surprising) Venture Investment SourceRecently, a wealth manager wrote that he was approached by one of his high-net-worth clients and asked to consider investing in the client’s new Web-based technology startup.
February 01, 2011
Replication Offers ETF Investors Hedge Fund ExposureSince the mid-1980s, when a group of traders including Bruce Kovner, Julian Robertson, George Soros, and Paul Tudor Jones rose to fame by delivering previously…