08/02/2017
BlackRock's Ultra Cheap Hedge Fund Doubles Assets in Six Months
Style Advantage long-short fund charges less than 1% in fees
Alternative Investments
07/31/2017
Pimco attracts $50bn as investors drawn to new star
New money concentrated in just one product run by Dan Ivascyn
07/31/2017
The Chinese Company That Bought the Waldorf Astoria May Have to Sell It
The Waldorf Astoria was the largest of a flurry of deals totalling over $30 billion by Anbang since 2014.
07/28/2017
Nordstrom family offers preferential terms to clinch buyout partner
The family's move has been successful in reinvigorating talks with potential partners.
07/27/2017
Japan's Daiwa Securities to buy two U.S. M&A advisory firms
Signal Hill serves mainly growth companies.
07/26/2017
Crystal Century Investment Announces Private Client Alternative Investment Experience
Working to meet the alternative investment demands of family offices and institutional clients, Crystal Century Investment has presented its alternative offering for over two decades.
07/26/2017
Independent broker-dealer revamps to focus on impact investing
The $3B AUM firm rebrands itself with commitment to sustainability in investment options and own culture
07/25/2017
China Wealth Fund Backs TPG Lender as Part of U.S. Property Push
TPG, founded in 1992 by David Bonderman and Jim Coulter as a private equity firm, has branched into other asset classes
07/25/2017
280 CapMarkets Opens New York Office
Team Brings Local Service and Relationships for Bond Buyers
07/25/2017
RBC to pay $560,000 for transferring retiree's pension
Finra panel says Wyoming couple lost right to receive monthly benefits
07/24/2017
Anthony Scaramucci Has Yet To Close Deal On Own Hedge Fund To Chinese Conglomerate HNA Group
While SkyBridge announced the sale of those shares plus those owned by an Australian firm in January 2017, the deal has yet to close.
07/20/2017
HK: Blackstone commits $100m to ex-TPG-Axon exec’s Seiga Asset Management
A spokeswoman for Blackstone declined to comment as did Seiga’s chief operating officer Irene Law.
07/20/2017
A hedge fund set up by Steve Cohen's former chief investment officer is crushing it
Suvretta focuses on mid-to-large cap stocks and uses a fundamental, bottom-up investment process.
07/20/2017
Hedge fund activist Elliott opens new front in war against miner BHP Billiton, taking aim at plans to splash out billions on potash mine
The company has invested about £2bn so far to develop the mine, but the board needs to approve further investment to bring it into production.
07/20/2017
KKR, a private-equity giant, lays out its succession plan
But the industry as a whole is still unprepared for generational change
07/19/2017
The $328bn US pension fund is considering making its own direct private equity investments
The pension scheme currently has $25.9bn invested in private equity.
07/19/2017
Swell Investing: Building A Portfolio Of Companies Make The World A Better Place
When we look at impact, we take a very different approach from others in the space.
07/19/2017
Blackstone’s assets under management climbs to record $371bn
The figures came slightly below expectations.
07/17/2017
BlackRock assets under management climbs to $5.68 trillion
BlackRock’s active strategies generated $8 billion of net inflows, led by multi-asset, fixed income and alternative offerings, contributing to strong organic base fee growth this quarter.
07/17/2017
Why the massive rise of ETFs may be just getting started
BlackRock is the biggest player in the burgeoning ETF industry, with assets in its iShares family crossing $1.5 trillion in the past quarter.