05/27/2014
Exclusive hedge funds crack open door to Main Street
Sub-advising portfolios in the (mutual fund) space is a new and diversified source of capital for a firm like ours
Alternative Investments
05/27/2014
Northern Trust wins LUCRF $220m ESG mandate
ESG screening is a core component of our investment decision-making process
05/27/2014
Sun Life pivots to southeast Asia as other markets slow
Earnings in China declined last year as Sun Life focused on retaining profitability
05/27/2014
Janus Launches Unconstrained Bond Fund
We are excited to extend our fundamental, bottom-up, credit-oriented approach to the Janus Unconstrained Bond Fund
05/27/2014
Citi launches futures and options trading suite
Citi Investor Services provides fund managers with access to an end-to-end set of flexible investment solutions with leading capabilities in four distinct areas
05/26/2014
Africa can tap global reinsurance markets; why not Florida?
Capitalized with contributions from Germany and the United Kingdom, the agency’s newly created Bermuda-based specialist hybrid mutual Africa Risk Capacity Insurance Co. Ltd. is offering $135 million of coverage to the participating countries.
05/26/2014
Event-driven strategies are shining this year
Firms profit from activities such as M&As and spinoffs
05/26/2014
Sponsored ETFs continue healthy growth; liquidity cited as big reason
From an institutional perspective, they're appealing in their liquidity
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