05/26/2014
Sponsored ETFs continue healthy growth; liquidity cited as big reason
From an institutional perspective, they're appealing in their liquidity
Alternative Investments
05/23/2014
BofA Scrapping Market-Making Unit Amid Trading Scrutiny
Increased regulatory scrutiny of U.S. equity markets and managers’ concerns for the potential perception of a conflict of interest killed the project, said the people.
05/23/2014
BNY Mellon Reaches Agreement to Sell One Wall Street Building
The sale was brokered by CBRE.
05/23/2014
US hedge fund raises money from wealthy Chinese to invest abroad
The company founded by billionaire Ken Griffin won regulatory approval for currency exchange on March 26
05/23/2014
Morgan Stanley in double ‘alpha and alternative’ fund launch
Morgan Stanley has launched two new funds to offer exposure to different types of alternative alpha strategies.
05/22/2014
Bank of New York Mellon In Deal to Sell NYC Headquarters
Bank of New York to Sell Tower to Investor Harry Macklowe
05/21/2014
Morningstar OBSR downgrades Fidelity America after manager departure
Morningstar OBSR has downgraded the $4.8bn (£2.8bn) Fidelity America fund after the departure of manager Adrian Brass.
05/21/2014
US-Based Citadel Completes Yuan Fundraising Under China Investment Trial
Hedge-fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin's Citadel LLC has become the first foreign firm to complete a yuan fundraising under a trial program that allows high net worth Chinese to invest abroad via foreign hedge funds.
05/21/2014
Small Hedge Funds Face ‘Extinction’ over Fees and Regulation
Eurekahedge said. In particular, the report highlighted funds with less than $100 million of assets
05/21/2014
The Key to Unlocking Hedge Fund Wealth
Some people see the eye-popping dollars going to certain asset managers, such as hedge funds, as evidence of their remarkable skill or proprietary trading technology.
05/21/2014
Accumulate IDFC for long term, says Lancelot D'Cunha
Lancelot D'Cunha of ITI Wealth Management is of the view that one can accumulate IDFC at current levels
05/21/2014
361 Capital to expand alternative MF offerings through new single-manager strategies
361 Capital, an asset management firm specialising in liquid alternative investments, is to expand its family of alternative mutual funds by launching a series of funds that will be sub-advised by single managers.
05/21/2014
The Stock This Hedge Fund Has Owned for 16 Years
There are a lot of reasons for not investing in Berkshire Hathaway
05/21/2014
Palmer Square Absolute Return Fund passes three-year anniversary
The Palmer Square Absolute Return Fund provides access to fund managers and strategies, including opportunistic credit strategies run by Palmer Square.
05/21/2014
Hedge Fund Mariner Hires Bowens for Rates as Banks Diverge (1)
Mariner Investment Group LLC, the $11 billion hedge-fund firm, hired Marx Bowens from CRT Capital Group LLC to trade interest rates anticipating a divergence in global central bank policies.
05/21/2014
Brevan Howard’s both hired a ‘quantum entanglement specialist’ and lost a senior FX trader to Lloyds
If you aspire to get a job at one of the world’s biggest and highest paying hedge funds, Brevan Howard should probably be on your list.
05/20/2014
Transamerica Asset Management terminates Pimco as investment sub-advisor: SEC
Calls to Transamerica and Pimco were not immediately returned
05/20/2014
L&G completes acquisition of GIA business
GIA was formed in 1994 to create and market index target date fund products in the US and is now a top 5(2) provider of these funds in the US. The target date fund market in the US is expected to double by 2017.
05/19/2014
The Man Who Made $3.5 Billion Last Year
He's made a staggering $5.7 billion over the last two years
05/19/2014
Hedge Funds Take Muni-Bond Market By Storm
Something big is cooking in Puerto Rico, and it demands our immediate investment attention.