Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Marketing to affluent seniors (part 1)
By Kerry JohnsonAccording to the Wall Street Journal, there are 2.7 million people in the United States with a net worth of $1 million or more, part of a 8.7 million worldwide population of millionaires. Americans with investment assets of more than $30 million top
January 26, 2009
IMCA Raises Standards for Its CertificantsThe Investment Management Consultants Association announced changes in its certification process to attendees of its Consultants Conference in New York on January 12.
January 22, 2009
Fund managers holding onto hope - and cashFund managers are hopeful, but still aren't giving up their cash, according to the latest survey from Merrill Lynch. The survey found 35 percent of...
January 22, 2009
File under obvious - Hedge funds 'fail to deliver'"In 2008, hedge fund managers generally failed to deliver," Morningstar Hedge Fund Analyst Nadia Papagiannis said yesterday in a press statement. "The average hedge fund...
January 19, 2009
William Glavin, Jr.William Glavin, Jr. has been appointed chief executive officer of Oppenheimer Funds Inc. He has headed MassMutual's U.S. Insurance Group since March 2006.
January 15, 2009
2009 looks bad for hedge fundsThe hedge fund industry lost 7 percent of funds in the first three quarters of 2008, the Associated Press reports. That's up more than 70...
January 12, 2009
Fund managers optimistic for 2009Global consulting firm Watson Wyatt highlights a generally optimistic outlook for 2009 from fund managers. Watson Wyatt's recent survey of fund managers, who collectively have assets...
January 04, 2009
Humpty's WoesHaving gotten through 2008 with portfolios battered and confidence shattered, I guess we all pretty much know how Queen Elizabeth felt when she described 1992 as an "annus horribilis" for her and the other royals.