Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Asness' AQR Launches Alternative Mutual Fund
By Kate McBrideAQR Capital Management, LLC, has launched a new mutual fund, the AQR Risk Parity Fund (AQRNX, Class N Shares).
October 01, 2010
MetLife Responds to Interest Rate ConcernMetLife Inc. says it expects low interest rates will impair its profits this year and next but that it does not expect the impact will be significant.
October 01, 2010
A PIF in ActionConsider the following Roth conversion situation: A client converts her $1 million traditional IRA to a Roth IRA resulting in federal tax at today's top...
October 01, 2010
A Decade of EvolutionThe RIA business has evolved significantly over the past decade. Many important influences are re-shaping the advisory business, even beyond the industry's response to the...
October 01, 2010
Exits Over OutflowsLast month, I spoke on a venture capital panel at a well-attended alternative investment conference in Chicago. As the former head of alternative strategies for...
October 01, 2010
Gold, Precious-Metal ETFs Hit RecordsGold had its sixth-straight day of record-breaking price gains on Friday.
October 01, 2010
CFTC Rolls Out First Rules Under Dodd-FrankThe CFTC introduced one interim final rule and two proposed rules on Friday, the first rules coming out of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, reports Michael J. McFarlin of AdvisorOne.com's sister publication, FuturesMag.com.
October 01, 2010
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Donation Supports Johns Hopkins Frontiers of PhilanthropyThe W.K. Kellogg Foundation has joined a broad coalition of foundations, venture philanthropists and public agencies in supporting a philanthropy initiative from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, center officials announced Thursday.