Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Buy-sell agreements: multipurpose tools for business owners
By Tom NawrockiA buy-sell agreement provides for the orderly buy-out of equity interests upon the occurrence of triggering events.
July 06, 2015
Generating Returns While Protecting Portfolios From a CrashBecause stocks have continued to trend higher for so long, there is a growing sentiment that the other shoe may be about to drop.
July 02, 2015
Rajat Gupta loses bid to overturn insider-trading convictionA federal judge rejected the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director's request to throw out his insider-trading conviction.
July 02, 2015
Calpers pension to sell $3 billion of real-estate portfolioThe pension fund is reducing costs as it struggles with the burden of benefits promised to more than 1.7 million government workers.
July 02, 2015
Is Gold Dead Money?Gold is routinely and proudly declared a safe haven. But it hasnt been very safe in 2015, despite problems in Greece and elsewhere, DeLegge writes.
July 02, 2015
SEC Enforcement: AlphaBridge Capital, Deloitte & Touche ChargedSEC charged a hedge fund with a fraudulent fund valuation scheme; Deloitte & Touche hit with violating auditor independence rules.
July 02, 2015
Untangling the FATCA Web for Hedge Funds (Next Up: GATCA)Think that since there is no IRS registration requirement, U.S.-domiciled funds arent subject to FATCA? Think again.
June 30, 2015
Why Institutional Investors Dominate the Liquid Alt MarketThere are a lot of statistics showing investing trends among institutional investors, according to David Katz of Larch Lane Advisors, but tracking retail investors can be more difficult.