Managers of Wealth Americas

Michael D. Robbins, Trusted NYSE Trader for 45 Years, Dies at 80

During 45 years as a member of the NYSE, Robbins was a walking encyclopedia of names and numbers and redefined the role of the independent floor broker.

night Frank, Douglas Elliman Join Forces And Target The Wealthy

wo Powerhouse Names In Real Estate Form Largest International Network For Prime and Super-Prime Properties, Release First Co-branded Wealth Report Supplement

State Street Global Advisors launches a risk aware ETF

The new fund is actively managed by SSGA’s Active Quantitative Equity Group and is based on the firm’s proprietary quantitative market risk measurement model.

Northill Capital buys into US alternatives firm

Alpha Strategic - the strategic investment arm of fund management group Northill Capital - has made a minority investment in US alternatives firm Premium Point Investments.

Stripes Group closes SG Growth Partners III

Stripes Group has closed its third institutional fund vehicle, SG Growth Partners III. The fund attracted $500 million of commitments from institutional investors reaching both its target and hard-cap.

Former BlackRock Executive Shifts to P2P Investor Blue Elephant

The investment opportunity generated by new, innovative peer to peer lending platforms is becoming more and more apparent to mainstream finance.

Fifth Street Asset Management files for IPO

The filing included a nominal fundraising target of about $200 million.

Schwab to Launch First Global Real Estate Mutual Fund to Track a Fundamentally Weighted Index

CSIM is the only asset manager to offer mutual funds and exchange-traded funds

Fifth Street Asset Management files for IPO

Alternative asset manager Fifth Street Asset Management Inc filed with U.S. regulators for an initial public offering of its Class A common stock.

Man completes Numeric acquisition

Man Group has completed its acquisition of Numeric Holdings after shareholders approved the deal this morning.

Controversy Over Mutual Fund Director Pay

Mutual fund directors receive huge salaries for little work and minimal manager supervision

Hedge Fund Blames High-Frequency Trading for Shutdown

Many hedge-fund managers, particularly those that bet on global economic trends, have criticized stock prices

Alternative Investment Management Wins Prestigious Award

This award is a direct result of the hard work of our team

Paulson Starts Climate-Change Program to Fund Research

Cleaning up China’s air also will benefit Americans because airborne pollutants ride the jet stream to the U.S.

InstarAGF Expands Alternatives Investment Platform

The Fund was oversubscribed with equity commitments of approximately $210 million.

AMP Capital invests in portfolio of renewable assets across Canada and the United States

AMP Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II has arranged and structured a C$110 million subordinated loan for Alterra Power Corporation, a leading global renewable energy company headquartered in British Columbia.

Manulife to buy Standard Life's Canadian assets for US$3.7b

The Toronto-based insurer, already Canada's largest, said the transaction will boost earnings after the first year and more than double its presence in the largely French-speaking Canadian province, where it has long been under-represented.

Andrew Madoff, Convicted Conman’s Last Surviving Son, Dies at 48

He died yesterday at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York after battling mantle cell lymphoma, his attorney, Martin Flumenbaum, said in an e-mailed statement.

The State Department Welcomes the Royal Bank of Canada to the Global Equality Fund

Since its launch, the Fund has provided over $12 million in over 50 countries worldwide

US Expansion And Merger Of JLT Specialty And LPL

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc to drive a new phase of growth through the significant expansion of its US specialty capabilities and merger of JLT Specialty and Lloyd & Partners

Alternative Investments