Managers of Wealth Americas

Aequitas Capital Launches New RIA Membership Network

Aequitas Capital Partners Looks to Partner with Growth-Oriented RIAs Who Have an Appetite and Appreciation for Alternatives

Wall Street Revives Reward Junkets for Top Brokers

With the stock market at record levels and wealth-management fees rising, Wall Street is reviving posh "recognition'' junkets that were abruptly suspended in the 2008-2009

Toscafund joins UK hedge funds in setting up US office

Other hedge funds that have recently opened up US offices include the multi-strategy manager Cheyne Capital, the computer-driven Winton and Odey Asset Management, one of London’s oldest hedge funds.

Fortress Second-Quarter Profit Rises 16% on Holdings Sales

Fortress is benefiting as rising stock markets lift the value of holdings, offsetting the impact of losses at some of the firm’s hedge funds.

Rothschild Larch Lane launches new fund

Rothschild Larch Lane Management Company announces the launch of a liquid, open end alternatives mutual fund which utilizes a risk balanced approach to portfolio construction.

Hedge fund boss Steve Cohen takes on Hamptons social scene

Hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen is shrugging off his troubles and schmoozing in the Hamptons.

Calamos Asset Management Reports Second Quarter 2014 Results

Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.22 for the second quarter compared with $0.20 in the previous quarter

MetLife Announces Second Quarter 2014 Results

MetLife reported operating earnings* of $1.6 billion, unchanged from the second quarter of 2013.

Ex-Citi FX trading head readies macro hedge fund

Former global head of foreign exchange at Citigroup, Anil Prasad, is preparing to launch his own hedge fund in the first quarter of 2015.

Natixis Global Asset Management to Relocate Boston Headquarters to 888 Boylston

The 17-story, 425,000-square-foot 888 Boylston Street is designed to be Boston’s most sustainable office building

Nasdaq OMX Clearing picks BNY Mellon for US Treasury clearing and custody

BNY Mellon demonstrated to us that it has the market position and experience in the US treasury market required to provide effective clearing and custody support

Altreaus goes live with SunGard's risk management service

Atreaus Capital selects SunGard's Hedge360 Risk Reporting Service for risk management.

Ramius and State Street Global Advisors Plan Managed Futures Fund Relationship

Fund to be Renamed State Street/Ramius Managed Futures Strategy FundRamius Files Proxy Statement Seeking Shareholder Approval for Sub-Advisory Agreement

MetLife Joins Norway Fund in $561 Million Boston Deal

The collaboration on U.S. property bets began in December, as the Norwegian fund sought to diversify its holdings.

MB Financial Receives OCC Approval for Pending Merger

The transaction, which remains subject to the satisfaction of other customary conditions to closing, is expected to be completed on or about August 18, 2014.

Natixis Global Asset Management Launches Seeyond Multi-Asset Allocation Fund

The fund’s management team specializes in active volatility investing in Europe

RBC Global Asset Management Announces Changes to Four International and Global Equity Funds

AM-UK specializes in global, European and emerging market equities, as well as global and emerging markets fixed income.

Mitsubishi Corporation Enters into Strategic Partnership Agreement with I Squared Capital

Mitsubishi Corporation has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with I Squared Capital Advisors LLC, an independent infrastructure investment fund manager.

UBS’s Puerto Rico Closed End Funds Have a Troubled Past

Investors over the last several months have been filing legal action against UBS Financial Services Inc. of Puerto Rico over closed-end municipal bond funds that have tanked in value.

Hedge Fund Avoided More Than $6 Billion Tax, Report Says

The hedge fund used contracts with the banks to establish the “fiction” that it wasn’t the owner of thousands of stocks traded each day, said Senator Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat and chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga

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