Asset Managers
The latest news on top asset managers, including updates on mergers and acquisitions, as well as new investment strategies and fund offerings.
Investing in themes
By John SullivanTheme investing, like most other things, has its good and bad. If you're choosing funds by looking at broad trends, there are some issues to...
May 28, 2008
2006 Fund Assets$2,000,000,000,000 - Hedge fund assets in 2006 Tiburon Strategic Advisors 63 - The average age at which baby boomers expect to retire AIG SunAmerica Retirement Markets Inc. $104,000,000,000 -...
May 28, 2008
A million-dollar equationWhat hard numbers are needed to build a million-dollar business? According to David Mullen, author of "The Million-Dollar Financial Services Practice," you should have at...
May 28, 2008
Baby boomer assets85% - Percent of boomers who own their own home. $71,400 - Approximate average annual income for boomers born in 1946. $297,900 - Average...
May 28, 2008
Go beyond a million-dollar practiceTo go beyond a million-dollar practice you should aim to bring in $50 million in new assets each year, according to David Mullen, Jr., author...
May 28, 2008
Bending the rulesSome rules were made to be broken. Christine Benz of Morningstar highlights some misleading conventional wisdom. "It's possible for a fund to have an unblemished record...
May 28, 2008
Balance quantity and quality to retain clientsServing your clients well depends on finding the right balance between the number of relationships and what each relationship is worth, according to David Mullen,...
May 01, 2008
Asset Allocation, May 2008To learn this month's recommended asset allocations of Investment Advisor's panel of distinguished economists and money managers, click here.