Asset Managers
The latest news on top asset managers, including updates on mergers and acquisitions, as well as new investment strategies and fund offerings.
Volatility and Quant Research is Basis for Stutland Volatility Funds
By Kate McBrideJoint venture brings Sabrient Systems and Stutland Volatility Group together.
March 14, 2011
Three Due Diligence Challenges in Evaluating ‘Emerging’ ManagersIt can be challenging to assess the rewards—and risks—of boutique money managers. But it may be worth the effort.
March 11, 2011
Ponzi Schemer Kenneth Starr Goes to Jail for Defrauding CelebritiesKenneth Starr, whose celebrity clients included Sylvester Stallone and Martin Scorsese, was sentenced to seven and a half years in jail for a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
March 11, 2011
Commonwealth’s Bloom on FA Payouts, Giving Back and Consolidation: Weekend InterviewAdvisorOne spoke with Commonwealth Financial CEO Wayne Bloom about several developments at his firm.
March 04, 2011
Weekly Money-Market Assets Up, ICI SaysThe total amount of money-market mutual fund assets is up slightly from a week ago, but lower than the Feb. 16 level of $2.756 trillion.
March 01, 2011
Jerry Jordan's Napoleon ComplexIts hard to get big when youre small, because nobody wants to invest with somebody whos small, says Jerry Jordan, portfolio manager of the Jordan Opportunity Fund, when asked about his status as an overlooked manager.
March 01, 2011
‘The Big Short’ Author Sued for DefamationMichael Lewis, who wrote the best-seller “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine” about the mortgage meltdown, has become the target of a lawsuit by an asset manager he wrote about in the book.
February 28, 2011
Pensions: How Deep is Deep?Managers of large U.S. defined benefit pension plans now seem to have a better sense of the gap between the resources they need to cover pension liabilities and the resource they actually have.