Managers of Wealth Americas

Top 100 Firms Have Combined $3 Trillion AUM‎ - Research

Towers Watson survey shows total global alternative assets under management near $5 trillion

Chicago Board of Trade seat sales hot despite chill on floor

Hedge funds and trading firms from as far away as Taiwan fueled the most active month of membership trading in more than a year last month, angling to get a seat on the CME Group's signature platform to profit from drought-driven volatility in grain

Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index Up 1.40% in June

Performance for the LAB indices is shown below. Research, performance, descriptions, statistics and downloadable index performance history can be found online at www.credit-suisse.com/LAB or on Bloomberg at .

Insight: As banks deepen commodity deals, Volcker test likely

In joining private equity firm Carlyle Group to help rescue Sunoco Inc's Philadelphia plant from likely closure, the Wall Street titan cast its multibillion-dollar physical commodity business as an essential client service, financing inventory and tr

Why Are Hedge Funds Allowed to Invest in Litigation?

Unfortunately, that glorified image of the U.S. justice system is at odds with today's reality.

AMG completes investment in Yacktman

As part of the transaction, all of Yacktman’s senior professionals have agreed to long-term commitments with the firm. In addition, Yacktman’s two mutual funds have become part of the Managers family of funds. The terms of the transaction were

Study reveals hedge funds are not such bad guys on the herding front

Sias comments on the study, that hedge funds are widely viewed as the bad guys, trading excessively, herding to the latest fad, and crowding into the same trades, behaviour which leads to excess volatility and driving prices from fundamental value.

Natixis Global Asset Management Launches Vaughan Nelson Select Fund

The Vaughan Nelson Select Fund invests in undervalued companies across the market capitalization spectrum. Lead portfolio manager for the Fund is Scott J. Weber, CFA, along with co-managers Chris D. Wallis, CFA, and Dennis Alff, CFA. Weber and Wallis co-

Lehman Brothers offloads subsidiary

Shortly after Lehman filed for bankruptcy in 2008, Aurora and Lehman's other multi-billion dollar subsidiary bank, Woodlands Commercial Bank ("Woodlands"), were at risk of being seized and placed into receivership by the FDIC.

Hedge Fund Jobs Act May Be Postponed

Comments submitted to the SEC have suggested that new rules should raise the threshold for accredited investor qualifications, require copies of advertising to be filed with the SEC, or prohibit performance claims in advertising materials

Stark Investments closing key hedge funds

Stark stated in the letter that it will concentrate on managing single-strategy hedge funds.

Sotheby’s International to Enter China Property Market

Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC, a unit of Realogy Corp., plans to start business in China’s luxury property market by the first half of next year to tap the country’s growing wealth.

Hedge Fund Exits From Trades That Made Waves for J.P. Morgan's 'Whale' - Sources

The complex trade that saddled J.P. Morgan's "London whale" with at least $2 billion in losses had three key components, according to people familiar with the strategy, but the bank earlier this month reduced a substantial chunk of that exp

Charles Stanley announces exclusive partnership

The integration will offer an engaging and valued web experience allowing Charles Stanley Direct clients to view their wider financial affairs in one place: putting the client in control and allowing them access to further products and services from Charl

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