Managers of Wealth Americas

Carlyle Buys Hedge Fund Vermillion in Commodities Expansion

The price wasn’t disclosed.

TD Bank Selected as One of the Nation's Best Banks

TD Bank has been recognized by Money as one of the nation's best banks in the magazine's 2012 list of the "Best Banks in America".

Houlihan Lokey boosts real estate team with Rothschild hire

He joins from Rothschild Inc., where he spent eight years, most recently as a managing director overseeing the firm’s North American hotel/leisure and broader real estate practice.

Norway’s Wealth Fund Targets U.S. Real Estate in 2013

The fund is preparing its move as a recovery in U.S. real estate values “lost steam” in the last three quarters.

SS&C Acquires Gravity Financial

The transaction, which adds 40 fund services customers and 10 staff, supports SS&C's strategy of targeted growth and leadership in the alternative fund services industry.

New York Life to Acquire a Minority Stake in Cornerstone Capital Management

MainStay Investments and Cornerstone to Partner on New "MainStay Cornerstone Growth Fund"

State Street Planning Actively Managed Low-Volatility ETFs

The Global Minimum Volatility ETF will hold global equities with low long-term volatility and show low risk factors.

Invesco to buy 49 pct in India Religare's asset management unit

Religare Enterprises is controlled by billionaire brothers Malvinder and Shivinder Singh, who also control hospital chain Fortis Healthcare.

Ex-Wall Street brokerJames Owen kills wife, self in Conn.

According to the New Caanan Daily Voice newspaper, James Owen, 48, fatally shot Billie D. Faigout-Owen, 52, and then himself on Friday.

Global Infrastructure Fund Launched by Northern Trust

Offers exposure to companies with potential for attractive yields, stable cash flows and inflation protection

LPL Expands Model Wealth Portfolios

"The expansion of the MWP platform gives our advisors the tools to address an even wider range of client needs, while accessing the diversification and risk-management benefits that come from non-correlated alternative strategies."

Impax Expands Global Presence

Industry Veteran Joins as Head of Sales, Client Services for North America

Parinvest Asset Management inks Avant-Garde joint venture

International investment banking group Credit des Alpes and Miami-based real estate brokerage and asset manager Parinvest have launched a joint venture designed to significantly bolster and expand both groups' client offering in leading markets acros

Hedge fund exit requests hit 2012-high in September

Hedge fund administrator SS&C GlobeOp's forward redemption indicator, a monthly snapshot of clients giving notice to withdraw their cash as a percentage of its assets under administration, measured 3.76 percent in September.

U.S. hedge fund backs Jenkins' new-look Barclays

Jenkins said the bank would be "balanced, less risky and more predictable" under his leadership.

State Street Global Advisors launches new strategy for institutional investors

SSgA's S&P MLP Index strategy is managed using a replication methodology to proportionally invest in the securities comprising the S&P MLP Index, and is currently implemented as separately managed accounts.

ABN AMRO to shut grain desk on CBOT trading floor

A veteran trader from a prominent brokerage in Chicago said about 1,000 floor traders, phone clerks and runners worked there about two decades ago. Now, there are about 250.

Don’t Blame Hedge Funds for Financial Crisis, Study Says

The study supports what industry insiders have been saying for years: that hedge funds have been unfairly blamed for the worst financial meltdown in decades.

Orinda Asset Management Launches Multi-Manager Macro Opportunities Mutual Fund

To assist in manager selection, portfolio construction and risk management, Orinda Asset Management has again selected SkyView Investment Advisors LLC, an experienced, institutional multi-manager hedge fund advisory firm, to act as the lead sub-advisor to

Ex-MF Global Equity Derivatives Head Bystrom to Start Hedge Fund

Hawksfield Capital will start with $10 million to $20 million of Bystrom and Boyarsky’s own money, as well as capital from friends and family, Bystrom said in a telephone interview.

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