Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Anchor or Asset?
By Staff WriterHow many of your clients have an asset in their portfolio that has significant value, yet it cannot be sold and acts more like an...
September 26, 2008
AIG Skips Shareholder Vote, Posts Deal AgreementAmerican International Group Inc. says the New York Stock Exchange has let it issue a large amount of preferred stock to the Federal Reserve Bank ...
September 18, 2008
Commodities safe haven for investorsCommodity stocks are enjoying a resurgence in popularity as Wall Street runs red with blood. Financial Times reports gold increased 11.4 percent to $866.10 per...
September 18, 2008
Fund manager survey finds expectations of global recession on the riseThings aren't looking good overseas, either, right now. According to a newly released Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers, more than 60 percent of respondents...
September 16, 2008
Starr: Greenberg Might Try To Acquire AIGThe C. V. Starr & Company Inc. Trust and other entities associated with Maurice Greenberg say they might try to seek an American International Group ...
September 11, 2008
Collective trusts present growing opportunityAccording to an SEI white paper released in May, collective investment trusts are presenting a significant business opportunity in the defined-contribution market. The paper cites...
September 11, 2008
GAO: Warn Pensions About Hedge FundsA watchdog agency wants federal pension regulators to give plan administrators more advice about the risks of investing in hedge funds and private equity offerings.Officials ...
September 11, 2008
GAO: Warn Pensions About Hedge FundsA watchdog agency wants federal pension regulators to give plan administrators more advice about the risks of investing in hedge funds and private equity offerings.Officials ...