Managers of Wealth Americas

Alaska Retirement Management BoarD Embraces MultiAsset Strategies

The Alaska pension fund allocated US$ 200 million to Quantitative Management Associates LLC

The real threat to pensions is Wall Street

The bludgeon of unfunded liabilities is unfairly used to cut retirement benefits to public sector workers

State Street Global Advisors Launches First Low Carbon ETF

SPDR MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF Aims to Offer Exposure to Stocks with Lower Carbon Emissions and Fossil Fuel Reserves

Rise of liquid alternatives adds to the managed account toolbox

The ways in which investors are employing managed accounts to build their exposure to alternatives are becoming multifarious.

Nomura Launches High Yield Fund

Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc., today announces the launch of the Nomura High Yield Fund.

CIBC Asset Management completes fund merger

Unitholders of the Terminating Fund have received units in the same class of the Continuing Fund.

DALBAR Announces Its 2014 Mutual Fund Service Award Winners

For nearly three decades, DALBAR has conducted rigorous testing of service delivery via its Service Quality Measurement Programs.

RBC Global Asset Management expands U.S. fund offerings

New funds offer greater range of global investment options to serve U.S. institutional and retail advisory marketplace

Henderson Global Investors launches International Long/Short Equity Fund

The Fund includes four regional sub-portfolios with a fundamental, bottom-up approach to stock selection and will generally consist of a total of 60-70 positions.

De Rothschild closes Thomson deal

We are delighted to have Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners on board

Saint Nicholas puts holidays on ice

Saint Nicholas Nicholas Schorsch, that is — is putting the holidays on ice.

OppenheimerFunds Selects Strategic Creative Agency Partner

We are thrilled to be chosen by OppenheimerFunds as their agency partner

After pulling billions, former Pimco investors may not be better off

When Bill Gross bolted Pimco in late September after months of mediocre performance in his Total Return Fund, clients including Wells Fargo & Co. and Charles Schwab Corp. pulled over $61 billion from the Newport Beach, Calif.-based money manager.

The Boston Company Asset Management Launches MLP and Event-Driven Alternative Strategies for Institutional Investors

The energy infrastructure strategy invests primarily in companies that own and operate midstream assets, such as pipelines, terminals and processing facilities, which have long useful lives and offer attractive rates of return.

BlackRock Adopts CFA Institute Asset Manager Code of Professional Conduct

CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals that sets the standard for professional excellence, has added BlackRock to the growing list of investment firms that claim compliance with its Asset Manager Code of Professional Conduct.

Alternative Investments