Managers of Wealth Americas

New Hedge Fund Managers Join Forbes’ Billionaire List

The new Forbes billionaire list reports that there are now 46 hedge fund billionaires on the list, with 6 of them newcomers.

Warren Buffett Gets Away With Paying His Employees Less By Using This One Weird Trick

The latest Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder letter came out yesterday, and in it, Warren Buffett gives us a status update on two portfolio managers that came to work for the company in recent years.

Top hedge fund third party marketers are more important than ever to investors

Many of these firms have morphed into asset gatherers from alpha generators by managing significantly more assets than their strategies can optimally handle.

The World's Hedge Fund Billionaires

There are now 46 billionaires in the world who have derived most of their wealth from managing hedge funds.

Vanguard Asset Management soft closes two funds

Vanguard Asset Management has soft-closed two of its popular US equity funds to new investors.

Old Mutual To Proceed With IPO Of US Asset Management Business

According to the firm, the offering is to enhance USAM's financial and operating flexibility to deploy capital to continue to grow and develop further its multi-boutique asset management business.

WisdomTree Extends Global Reach in Latin America

WisdomTree Investments, Inc. an exchange-traded fund sponsor and asset manager, today announced the Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP, the Peruvian pension funds investment regulator, has approved 12 WisdomTree ETFs for sale to Peruvian pension fu

Fortress Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2013 Results

Fortress Investment Group LLC today reported its fourth quarter and year end 2013 financial results.

Remy Trafelet reopens hedge fund after 5 years

If the name Remy Trafelet seems familiar, you might remember him and his fund Trafelet Capital Management, a multi-billion dollar long/short fund founded in 1999.

Nicholas Schorsch's Shopping List

Nicholas Schorsch isn't done with the advisory space yet

Broken Walls Set Course for Bitcoin’s ‘Lehman Moment’

The ongoing troubles at bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox highlight a risk for investors: where, in the virtual-currency world, are the boundaries between broker, exchange and clearing house?

AIFMD: How new rules will affect the day job for private equity

With just four months to go until the AIFM Directive for the private equity industry comes in to effect, there is finally some clarity over what the new rules will mean for private equity dealmakers in practice.

Euroclear Bank selected for settlement of US stocks by EuroCCP

Under the service which was launched today, transactions in US stocks listed and traded on Turquoise will be settled on behalf of clients at Euroclear Bank in any of the 54 settlement currencies offered by the ICSD.

SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator

The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for February 2014 measured 3.38%, up from 2.67% in January.

He's back: The best hedge fund of 2013 was...

After steep losses in 2011 and 2012, $21 billion Paulson & Co. was named hedge fund firm of the year

UK giant snaps up US investment firm in $50m deal

GIA was formed in 1994 to create and market customer centric index target date fund products for the DC market and is investment sub-advisor to the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds which have $15.6bn(3) of assets.

Hedge Funds Start 2014 in the Red

According to Preqin’s Hedge Fund Analyst, hedge funds made a loss of 0.17% in January 2014, the benchmark’s first month in negative territory since August 2013.

2014 Alternative Investment Survey highlighting key trends shaping the hedge fund industry - Deutsche Bank

Allocators from 29 different countries completed the survey. Approximately half (46%) of responding investors manage $1bn+ in hedge fund AuM, and 18% manage over $5bn.

BNY Mellon's Dreyfus Launches Global Emerging Markets Fund

Newton's Global Thematic Investment Approach Looks to Unveil Emerging Markets Opportunities

Hedge Funds and Other Financial Institutions Target Rough Diamonds as an Investment

Investment Diamond Exchange, a Los Angeles based firm that specializes in the facilitation of rough and polished diamond transactions, recently expanded its workforce in response to the increasing number of hedge funds and other financial institutions ac

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