09/28/2015
Big-money investors get active in volatile times
The cost difference between a passive, index strategy and an actively managed one can be large.
Alternative Investments
09/28/2015
Qatar Sovereign Fund Plans $35 Billion in US Investments
Qatar's government investment fund is making a big bet on the U.S. economy.
09/25/2015
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Spirit Insurance Company and Radius Insurance Company
A.M. Best believes that Spirit and Radius are well positioned at their current rating levels, and the ratings are not expected to be upgraded or their outlook revised in the near term.
09/25/2015
Is Bigger Always Best? A Closer Look At Effect Of Size On Hedge Funds
Preqin’s Hedge Fund Manager Outlook recently revealed that 66% of capital in the industry today is sourced from institutional investors
09/25/2015
Yale Beats Harvard, As Usual
Yale’s endowment gained 11.5% for fiscal 2015
09/25/2015
FlexShares Launches CreditâScored US Long Corporate Bond Index ETF
New ETF to expand the fixed income lineup, provide long maturity bond exposure with improved liquidity, transparency and credit evaluation
09/25/2015
Sacramento-Based Real Estate Company Purchased Manhattan- Based 'United Realty Advisors' for $175 million
Sacramento- based real estate investment firm First Capital Real Estate purchased a New York- based United Realty Advisors for $175 million. According to commercialobserver.com, the purchase was part of First Capital's efforts to set their foot on N
09/25/2015
Tunbridge Partners Formed To Invest in Real Estate and Real Asset Investment Management Businesses
Real assets is the fastest growing asset class for institutional allocations
09/25/2015
Generating Alpha by Focusing on Active Fund Managers
The author in this piece asks the question, “does all of this work” in terms of generating outperformance.
09/25/2015
CWCapital Asset Management Marketing $2.12 Billion UPB of Real Estate and Commercial Mortgage Loan Assets in the U.S.
These offerings present an opportunity to acquire diversified mortgage loans
09/25/2015
Puerto Rico's Biggest Hedge Fund Creditor Group Said to Disband
The creditors had joined to structure and fund a debt package that they thought would help the cash-strapped U.S. territory bridge its budget gap
09/25/2015
Old Mutual Global Investors launches two liquid alternatives funds
The objective of the Funds is to seek to deliver positive total returns on a rolling 12-month basis
09/25/2015
New Jersey reverses course on full redemption of Arden fund
In July, the division announced it would redeem its full interest in the Arden fund
09/25/2015
Hedge funds experiencing quiet revolution
A quiet revolution is happening in hedge funds. Investors continue to allocate to the asset class, but the way they are allocating is changing, while its investor base is growing broader and becoming more inclusive.
09/24/2015
T. Rowe Price launches new emerging markets fund
Emerging markets have been volatile in recent months
09/24/2015
Dayton financial firm to merge with national company
Once the deal closes, CAPTRUST will have more than 340 employees in 26 office locations servicing a nationwide client base of wealth management and corporate retirement plan clients.
09/24/2015
New Global Energy, Inc. Retains CIM Securities as Investment Banker
CIM has the knowledge and years of successful investment banking performance to structure merger and acquisitions that I believe our target candidates will find attractive.
09/23/2015
Activist Hedge Fund Takes Stake in brokerage firm
Has faced regulatory scrutiny in the last year and in May paid $11.7 million to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to settle charges of lax surveillance of trading in customer accounts.
09/23/2015
Detested ex-hedge funder increases price of pill protecting AIDS, cancer patients 5,000% overnight, drawing outcry
A detested ex-hedge funder's company is charging 5,000% more for a pill that protects AIDS and cancer patients -- a drastic move that came overnight and angered public health officials.
09/23/2015
Fortress Investment is liquidating part of hedge fund arm
Partners fund was created by Fortress to emulate the bets of university endowments and other high-net worth investors.