Tag: Alternative investments

RBC Global Asset Management Inc. released four new emerging markets and fixed-income fund options.

Alternative strategies have been successful in increasing the portfolio returns of institutions, as well as reducing investment risk, over the past 20 years.

Michelle Borre and her team of investment analysts have moved within OppenheimerFunds to join the investment firm’s global multi-asset group (GMAG).

Five target-date funds (TDFs) are among the nine funds launched by BMO Global Asset Management.

Investment analytics firm ClearVest opened its unified investment management platform to investors and financial advisers seeking access to alternative investments.

Investors can expect more broad-based and self-sustaining recovery next year as economic conditions in the U.S. and Europe continue to improve, new analysis shows.

Advisers can help clients demystify liquid alternatives with a digital education campaign from AllianceBernstein LP.

The new fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing in foreign and U.S. companies within the industrials sector.

The number of hedge funds employing lockup periods during which investors must wait to reclaim assets shrunk in recent years, according to research from eVestment.

About 3,500 wealth management firms that custody at Fidelity will gain access to alternative investment funds, including hedge funds and private equity funds, through a strategic alliance with...

Optimism over global economic conditions and corporate profits shrunk in early October as persistent volatility and high tail risks in U.S. markets outweighed improving sentiments towards Europe.

Touchstone Investments has launched a new alternative investment called the Touchstone Arbitrage Fund.

Investment management firm Neuberger Berman Group LLC introduced its latest Emerging Markets Income Fund, which will trade under the tickers NERAZ, NERCX, and NERIX.

Exchange traded fund (ETF) sponsor and asset management firm WisdomTree announced the availability of the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Consumer Growth Fund (ticker symbol, EMCG) on the NASDAQ.

Principal Real Estate Investors has launched Retirement REdirect, a customizable commercial real estate strategy for defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) plans.

Visium Asset Management launched the Visium Event Driven Fund (VIDVX), the first mutual fund offering for the alternative asset management firm.

A survey from Towers Watson found allocations to alternative assets by pension funds now account for around 19% of all pension fund assets globally.

Alternative mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are being included more frequently in investor portfolios, said a new survey.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued an alert advising investors to be aware of the unique characteristics and risks of alternative funds.