Managers of Wealth Americas

Manulife Financial Completes Standard Life Canadian Assets Acquisition

This transaction significantly builds capability to serve customers in all of Canada, and elsewhere in the world, from Quebec.

The 2015 Trading Technology 40: Going with the Flow

For the better part of two decades, trading technology has exploded, both as a line of business and as a critical infrastructure for the global economy.

Fidelity Acquires eMoney Advisor

Fidelity Investments has agreed to acquire eMoney Advisor, a leading wealth planning software company

Columbia Management teams with Blackstone to launch alternative mutual fund

Columbia Management has launched Columbia Adaptive Alternatives Fund, a liquid alternative fund that will give retail investors access to a portfolio of alternative investments through a collaboration between Columbia and Blackstone Alternative Investment

Blackstone Courts Wealthy Individuals With New Private Equity Fund

Blackstone executives said on Thursday that the firm had raised about $700 million from wealthy individuals for a new fund

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Commits Additional $330 Million to the Canadian Private Equity Market

Northleaf Capital Partners to Manage Expanded Canadian Fund-of-Funds Program for CPPIB

TD Ameritrade Institutional and National Advisors Trust Company Form Strategic Alliance to Offer Trust Services for RIAs

New trust services program can help advisors guide clients in the preservation and transfer of wealth across generations

Sun Life Financial acquires NYC-based Ryan Labs Asset Management

Ryan Labs will retain its brand name and will maintain the location of its headquarters at 500 Fifth Avenue in New York City

New York investment firm opens Pittsburgh office

Snowden Lane Partners, a New York-based independent wealth advisory firm, on Monday said it has opened a Pittsburgh office

Is troubled hedgie Steve Cohen getting back in the SAC?

Former hedge-fund kingpin Steve Cohen may eventually be able to manage outside money again

Legg Mason Looks to Asia for New Opportunities

Under chairman and CEO Joseph Sullivan, the U.S. asset management giant plans to grow its business in the region, with an emphasis on China.

Bill Ackman Joins Ranks of Most Successful Hedge Fund Managers

Activist investor Bill Ackman has become one of the most successful hedge fund managers of all time

Morningstar Names Boston Partners Long/Short Equity as 2014 U.S. Alternatives Fund Manager of the Year

Boston Partners’ experience in long-short strategies dates back to 1998

Temenos forms alliance with Elan Financial Services

Temenos customers will also benefit from Temenos' technological integration with Elan, which is designed to improve back office efficiencies.

Donald Hodges, Fund Manager Praised by Boone Pickens, Dies at 80

Dubbed the “Lone Star stock picker” by Forbes, Hodges founded Hodges Capital and First Dallas Securities Inc. in 1989 with his son, Craig Hodges.

Billionaire Currency Trader George Soros Warns Against Investing Public Pension Money In Hedge Funds

Public pension systems currently have roughly $470 billion worth of investments in hedge funds

Vanguard overtakes SSgA as second-largest ETF manager

In 2014, BlackRock and SSgA saw assets increase but market share declined

Ex-Citi FX head readies $500 mln hedge fund launch in April

Former global head of foreign exchange at Citigroup, Anil Prasad, is preparing to launch his own macro hedge fund in early April with initial start-up capital of at least $500 million

George Soros retires again - and no hedging

The 84-year-old who broke the Bank of England says he is giving up investing - and that this time he really means it.

Hedge fund investors poised for high-risk, highly volatile markets in 2015

Amid the volatility in December, activist hedge funds posted an average increase of 2.5 percent on the month

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