03/31/2014
Managers see smart beta pickup among institutional investors
Smart beta's popularity among institutional investors has grown substantially in the past couple of years and experts believe that will continue in 2014 and beyond.
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03/31/2014
SEI Launches New Tax-Managed ETF Strategies to Help Advisors Meet Growing Investor Demand
In a move designed to help financial advisors meet the growing demand for low-cost, tax-conscious investment strategies, SEI today announced that it has launched a set of new tax-managed exchange traded fund strategies.
03/31/2014
Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. Opens First New Hampshire Office
St. Louis-based brokerage Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. opened its 42nd office in New London, N.H., and with it brought aboard four experienced financial professionals, company officials announced today.
03/28/2014
Aviva Investors to sell US asset manager
Aviva Investors is to sell off US-based boutique investment firm River Road Asset Management as it continues to restructure.
03/27/2014
The largest hedge funds now control more cash than ever
Americas-based firms that each invest at least $1 billion managed a record high of $1.71 trillion as of Jan. 1.
03/27/2014
BNY Mellon Automates Calculation of Collateral Requirements in ETF Marketplace
BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, has automated the calculation of collateral requirements in the exchange-traded funds marketplace.
03/26/2014
Wealthy Families See Attractive Opportunities in Commercial Real Estate
Institutional capital has been pouring into the commercial real estate sector recently, helping push investment sales volumes up each year since the downturn.
03/26/2014
Hedge Fund Managers Rank EY Top Global Accounting Firm
Hedge fund managers voted EY as the top global accounting organization in this year's Institutional Investor's Alpha 2014Alpha Awards.
03/21/2014
Leave one fund, start another: DSK chief to start macro hedge
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn plans to raise $2 billion in a macro hedge fund, his firm, LSK & Partners.
03/21/2014
North American bitcoin startups garner $98.6 million from investors
What’s one of the biggest things in the market today that angel investors are pouring their money into?
03/21/2014
Billionaire investor to lose one of his top portfolio managers
He expected to leave before the end of the year
03/21/2014
A Collector Changes Course
The collection is likely to bring in more than $70 million, the auction house said yesterday in an e-mailed statement.
03/21/2014
Macro wins US contract with Atlantic Trust
Macro has won an integrated facilities management contract with Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management for its property portfolio, covering 125,000ft2 across ten locations in the United States.
03/21/2014
Bermuda fund services group makes New York acquisition
The deal is part of a wider growth strategy
03/21/2014
SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for March 2014 measured 3.81%, up from 3.38% in February.
03/21/2014
Kaye’s Fidelity overhaul bears fruit
An ‘inflection’ style has helped manager Peter Kaye boost growth on Fidelity American fund.
03/21/2014
Two Ivy Funds, Three Waddell & Reed Advisors Funds Receive 2014 Lipper Fund Awards
Ivy Funds and Waddell & Reed Advisors Funds this week were awarded Lipper Fund Awards for strong risk-adjusted performance from national fund research firm Thomson Reuters/Lipper.
03/20/2014
17% of hedge fund managers are currently subadvisors to '40 Act multi-manager funds, survey finds
Opalesque Industry Update - Infovest21's just-released Eighth Annual Manager Snapshot Survey provides an updated profile of the typical hedge fund manager.
03/20/2014
State Street Introduces International Junk Bond ETF
Bond investing in the U.S. was down last year on a global sell-off thanks to the Fed’s taper concerns and the resultant rise in long-term interest rates.
03/20/2014
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Acquires Las Olas Centre in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management's real estate investment business today announced that it has acquired 350 and 450 East Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida on behalf of one of its clients.