Asset Managers
The latest news on top asset managers, including updates on mergers and acquisitions, as well as new investment strategies and fund offerings.
Applying Behavioral Analytics to Fund Managers
By Savita Iyer-AhrestaniMost financial advisors and individual investors judge the worth of investment vehicles solely by their performance, but there's more to the story.
April 28, 2014
Two New Alternative Asset Classes Here to Stay?It's no secret that investors are hailing the U.S. residential real estate market as the new alternative asset class.
April 28, 2014
The Short List Revealed for the 10th Annual SMA Managers of the YearAdvisors are good at many things, but theyre not good at all things.
April 28, 2014
Sterne to Buy WRP; Baird to Merge with MWRSterne Agee Financial Services says it will buy WRP Investments, which has some 350 independent advisors. “We quickly recognized the unique culture…
April 25, 2014
Listen up, advisors: Only fire clients when it makes senseNo one seems to talk about the two most important factors in letting clients go: hiring and timing.
April 24, 2014
Richest Colleges: What Makes an Endowment Outperform?Commonfund researchers analyzed eight years of college endowment data to tease out the characteristics related to better performance over time.
April 24, 2014
DC Plan Savers Kept on Saving in 2013; Loans and Withdrawals Stable: ICILess than 3% of defined contribution plan participants stopped contributing to their workplace plans in 2013, according to the Investment Company Institute.
April 21, 2014
Exchange plan grading rules get an incompleteColorado calls for simpler, more meaningul measures.