Managers of Wealth Americas

Hedge Fund Investors Seek to Reduce Their Exposure

More investors look to decrease their hedge fund investments in 2017 than will increase them, but pressure is not being felt equally across the industry

NMS Capital Group Launches Real Estate Private Equity and Advisory Business Unit NMS Capital Realty Advisors, LLC

Formalizing a dedicated real estate private equity, investment and advisory business division was a natural progression'.

Boutique Financial Advisor Reaches Milestone in Service Volume

After working for multinational advisory firms for over a decade, Socha and Bull recognized a shift in demand away from all-in-one financial firms

Platinum Partners Saga Reignites Concerns About Cayman 'Beach Boards'

They are among the most prominent practitioners of what critics call the “jumbo” model – where professional directors sometimes sit on hundreds of boards at once.

Discount pricing could lure more RIAs to outsource asset management

First Ascent Asset Management, which is billing itself as the first flat-fee asset manager, charges just $500 per adviser client

UBS, Morgan Stanley Teams in Texas Merge into Independence

Icon, whose partners were managing about $750 million of client assets, “immediately becomes one of the largest financial advisory firms in Texas

SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator

Movements in the Indicator reflect investor confidence in their allocations to hedge funds.

Emerging market valuations look ‘extremely cheap’ to this fund manager

Valuations on a number of different measures look extremely cheap.

Fulton Market block selling for more than $65 million

If the deal is completed, it would be the latest example of longtime business owners in the area, particularly food distributors

$3.7 Billion hedge fund

But there are also a bunch of reasons to be optimistic.

Invesco Launches Four Simple, Convenient Single-Ticket Multi-Asset Allocation Portfolios

The Invesco Global Solutions team is dedicated to designing goal-oriented, multi-asset strategies seeking improved risk-adjusted returns.

KPMG plans to add 500 more Chicago jobs

The number of local professionals has increased 27 percent at both KPMG and Deloitte since 2012.

As Traditional Strategies Grow Obsolete, Two Former Military Officers Launch Artificial Intelligence-Based Hedge Fund

The hedge fund industry is a crowded space and the barriers to entry are high.

A hedge fund millionaire took a stand for his anti-Trump beliefs, and he could lose his job

He told Gregory Zuckerman at the Wall Street Journal that his boss, hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer, recently called him to inquire about those disagreements.

Legal & General’s US Pension Risk Transfer Business Sees Continued Expansion in 2016

Legal & General's entrance into the US PRT market is one that combines over thirty years of PRT expertise in the UK with its proven US investment capabilities.

Goldman Sachs hands Maple bondholders sweet gift with surprise redemption

The bonds jumped by about 1.76 cents to as much as 100.376 cents on the news.

EPIC's Brian Tanner, Mary Grandy and Tony Lorber Honored as Risk & Insurance Magazine 2017 'Power Brokers'

The brokers awarded Power Broker recognition are judged based on their problem solving, customer service and industry knowledge.

BlackRock, Fidelity Bet Big on Brazil's Booming Equities Market

It’s clear that we’re through the cycle, which is the big thing.

Snowden Lane Partners Forms Strategic Partnership with Artivest

Improves access to alternative investments for clients and advisors

Blackstone in 2017 to Ride on PE, Real Estate, Hedge Funds

It has witnessed fund raises and deployments across the private equity, real estate, hedge funds, and credit markets.

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