Asset Managers
The latest news on top asset managers, including updates on mergers and acquisitions, as well as new investment strategies and fund offerings.
How RIAs Are Growing Assets as More Clients Withdraw Them
By Bernice NapachJon Beatty of Schwab Advisor Services tells ThinkAdvisor what sets the fastest growing firms apart.
July 07, 2017
Cross-Asset Quants Bitten by Fed, Facing Worst Losses in a DecadeCTA funds plunge 5.1% for poorest period since '07; selloff in stocks, bonds worry critics of systematic funds.
July 07, 2017
Natixis Completes First Transaction on Blockchain Platform: Tech RoundupNatixis announced Wednesday that investors have successfully purchased shares on its blockchain-based fund distribution platform, FundsDLT.
July 03, 2017
What is Alpha and Why Do We Care?Professions exist to deliver specific outcomes for their clients. Medical professionals cure the sick. Asset managers produce alpha; this is our business.
July 03, 2017
SMA Manager of the Year Libby Toudouze on Energy and GrowthUnless you can think of anything in your life, in your clients [lives], where theyre going to use less energy, that's the only thing that hurts this story," says Cushing's Toudouze.
July 03, 2017
SMA Manager of the Year James Donald on Taking RisksWe do invest in places that ... might be highly risky, but we think [that] in our process, we take that into account, Lazard Asset Management's Donald says.
July 03, 2017
SMA Manager of the Year Todd Solomon on Beating Passive InvestorsCongress Asset Management uses a strategy best described as steady as she goes.
July 03, 2017
SMA Manager of the Year Dan Meyer on Hitting Home RunsToday, portfolio managers tend to concentrate on short-term performance that has a tendency to hit home runs, says Pacific Income Advisers' Meyer.