Managers of Wealth Americas

The Quiet Hedge Fund That Came to American Apparel's Rescue

A New York hedge fund that manages about a billion dollars in assets and looks to invest in good companies with bad balance sheets

Hedge Funds Turn to Raves, Madoff Claims on Distress Scarcity

It’s opportunistic, you have these one-offs

Sprott Gold Miners ETF Launches on NYSE

The goal of the ETF is to provide exposure to the Sprott Zacks Gold Miners Index

BlackRock launches global long/short equity fund

BlackRock has launched a new absolute-return fund for its quantitative equity team.

State Street growth falls behind top firms in ETFs

State Street Global Advisors is lagging its biggest rivals in the capture of exchange-traded funds business.

J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management names 'Manager of the Year' Among Large Fund of Hedge Funds Firms

For more than 19 years, J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management has been dedicated to managing hedge fund products and solutions

Marijuana Industry a New High for Alternative Investments?

Alternative investments comprise a quarter of the portfolios of the wealthiest households, those with a net worth of at least $25 million,

KKR Said to Buy Stake in BlackGold for Hedge Fund Growth

Kristi Huller, a spokeswoman for New York-based KKR, declined to comment.

ICI Global welcomes Asian Fund Passport

The Asian fund passport is a "timely and exciting" initiative says a major US investment fund body

Fund managers warned that wirehouse outreach may not pay off

Consultancy says fund houses must pivot to independent advisers and new products to drive growth

Two Sigma Investments Is Having a Great Year And Becoming A Hedge Fund Powerhouse

Like all quant hedge funds, Two Sigma guards its mathematical trading models diligently

Blackstone Alternative Asset Management and Legg Mason Choose State Street to Service Liquid Alternative Funds

As Liquid Alternatives Grow in Popularity, Product Innovation Must be Matched by Education

Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Ray Dalio Is Back, All Weather Fund Up 11%

Things are looking sunnier for Dalio.

New Jersey Plans Hires in Alternatives Investments

The private equity portfolio (including debt-related investments) has generated a five-year return of 15.75 percent annually

After Nailing “Big Short,” Eisman Closing Hedge Fund

Eisman gained fame after being profiled in the Michael Lewis “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine .” Eisman departed FrontPoint Partners in 2011 amid investor withdrawals following charges that Joseph F. “Chip” Skowron, a co

Ultimus fund services for Pinnacle

Pinnacle Capital Management is a boutique investment management firm with more than $100 million in AUM as of March 31, 2014. The company specializes in managing equity portfolios.

Axa IM charts new path in the US

The Axa brand suffered a blow in the US fund management industry three years ago when a software glitch at quantitative equity house Axa Rosenberg resulted in a multi-million dollar regulatory settlement.

Z Capital Partners Closes Special Situations Fund II at $750 Million

We are pleased to announce the close of Fund II with $750 million of committed capital

China urges talks between Argentina, hedge funds

China understands relevant concerns of the Argentine side on debt issues related to the 'vulture fund

Obama Decries Big Bonuses at Bank Trading Desks as Risky

This idea that Wall Street is this sort of great evil is at best simplistic