Managers of Wealth Americas

US Expansion And Merger Of JLT Specialty And LPL

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc to drive a new phase of growth through the significant expansion of its US specialty capabilities and merger of JLT Specialty and Lloyd & Partners

Gar Wood Securities and Axxcess to introduce emerging hedge fund managers to investors

The initiative allows Gar Wood Securities and Axxcess Wealth Management the ability to deliver wealth management solutions

GAM launches US mortgage-backed securities fund

The fund will invest in mortgage backed securities (MBS) assets

AllianceBernstein Continues Liquid Alts Push With New Fund

The AllianceBernstein Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund is designed to generate long-term capital appreciation

US fund managers lose out to European rivals

European fund managers reclaimed territory from their US rivals in the first half of the year, taking three of the top five spots in the league table for net sales in Europe, according to Lipper data.

Alkhabeer Capital and USAA Real Estate Co. make acquisition of US real estate assets

Alkhabeer Capital together with its investment partner, USAA Real Estate Company have announced the acquisition of Lake Pointe Center III and IV

CalPERS seeks safer path but can’t eliminate investment risk

The nation’s largest public pension fund has reduced its holdings in hedge funds in recent months and is examining whether it should pare back its investments in commodities and possibly other asset classes.

Citigroup Facing Restrictions On Sales Of Hedge Fund Investments: WSJ

Citigroup said in the letter to hedge fund firms that it was working with the SEC to resolve the issue, the newspaper reported.

Financial services powerhouse Launches Its First ETF

JPGE tracks the FTSE Developed Diversified Factor Index

Fall of the Titans: The Story of African Bank and Lehman Brothers

In early August this year, African Bank, the banking arm of African Bank Investments Limited, received a 1.6 billion US dollar bailout by the South African Reserve Bank

US hedge funds hope to bridge European cultural divide

In Henry James’s late 19th century novel The American, a brash businessman travels to France in search of a wife only to leave defeated by the baffling social mores of the Parisian aristocracy.

How to run a $1 billion fund after both your co-founders go to jail

What do you do when two of your business partners—among the biggest names on Wall Street—are sent to prison for their involvement in the largest insider trading fiasco in decades, leaving you to manage $1.4 billion of investments in South Asia

Hedge Fund Assets Drop 0.49% - Flows Still Positive, But Slowing; Macro, Credit Fund See

The July 2014 eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows report shows some slowing in hedge fund asset growth and the impacts of outflows from several hedge fund sectors.

Pundits see shining future for safe-haven gold

Sheltering in gold is back on the table for fund managers who believe that global markets have yet to react fully to new geopolitical issues.

Asset manager Medley Management files for a $150 million IPO

At the end of June, it has $3.3 billion of AUM, up from $2.0 billion one year ago.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Renames Exchange Traded Product Suite in the Americas

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management announced that it has renamed the db X-trackers exchange-traded funds to Deutsche X-trackers ETFs

Exchange-Traded Fund Accentuates Merger Arbitrage Highs, and Lows

Merger-arbitrage funds aim to eke out steady returns by playing the spreads between a company's market price and the price at which it may be acquired

Ex-SAC Executive's Hedge-Fund Firm Gets Leucadia Investment

Precise terms, such as the potential ownership breakdown and revenue-sharing details, couldn't be learned.

Q&A: Fred Reinhardt, leads Espirito Santo Bank in Miami — which is now for sale

Espirito Santo Bank’s chairman and chief executive in Miami shares his views about the latest circumstances of his bank, which is for sale.

Hedge fund investing strong in 2014

Headline-making cutbacks raising questions, but most investors stay the course

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