Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Actively Going Passive, but at What Cost?
By Cliff Stanton, CFAOver the past few weeks, as weve traveled around the country visiting with advisors, a few common themes have arisen.
October 24, 2016
U.S. Hedge Funds Dominate Global Industry: PreqinNew York leads the country with most institutional investors in hedge funds.
October 20, 2016
Hedge Fund Managers Expect ‘Massive’ 34% Pay Cut: SurveyOdyssey Search surveyed 500 hedge fund professionals; firms with outflows expected to pay less in bonuses.
October 20, 2016
L Bonds: The High-Yield Alternative Asset You Probably Never Heard OfGWG Holdings L bonds are yielding 5.5%-8.5% for maturities from two to five years, but the bonds are unrated and illiquid.
October 19, 2016
Oil Rises to 15-Month High on U.S. Supply Drop, OPEC OptimismThe increase followed a 5.25 million barrel drop in U.S. crude inventories just weeks before OPEC ministers will meet to discuss supply cuts.
October 18, 2016
Investors’ Cash Level Highest Since Brexit, 9/11: BofA Merrill SurveyWhats making investors so risk averse? Investors are bearish, with fears of an EU breakup, a bond crash and election results, says BofAs Michael Hartnett.
October 18, 2016
14 everyday attitudes that kill successOperating in a self-imposed silo and believing company rules don't apply to you are just two dangerous attitudes at work that can eat away at your success.
October 17, 2016
Liquid Alts Underperformed Hedge Funds in SeptemberThe Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index returned 0.1%, compared with the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Indexs 0.6% return.