Tag: Alternative investments

The SEC announced fraud charges against an Atlanta-based investment advisory firm and two executives accused of selling unsuitable investments to police, firefighter and transit worker pension funds.

The Defined Contribution Real Estate Council (DCREC) launched a podcast series aimed at educating plan sponsors and advisers about the potential benefits and risks of using commercial real...

Strategic Insight announced enhancements to its U.S. investment research content for 2015, including the launch of a dedicated liquid alternatives research practice area.

Towers Watson's Global Survey of Investment and Economic Expectations found pension fund managers anticipate fairly conservative investing approaches, but optimism remain optimistic about the years ahead.

As plan advisers are increasingly focused on new strategies to improve plan participant outcomes, liquid alternatives may present an opportunity to diversify retirement portfolios.

A majority of institutional investors consider ESG criteria when making alternative investment allocations, according to research by LGT Capital Partners and Mercer.

RS Investments has created two long/short alternative mutual funds: the RS Focused Opportunity Fund and the RS Focused Growth Opportunity Fund.

Hartford Funds says it has entered into a preliminary agreement with Navigate Fund Solutions LLC to support the launch of a new family of NextShares exchange-traded managed funds.

Rapid growth in exchange-traded fund assets is causing significant change at asset management firms, including many...

The SEC has charged Standard & Poor’s with fraudulent ratings conduct related to ratings of mortgage-backed securities.

Mergers and acquisitions among health care organizations continue to affect not-for-profit health care organizations and their retirement plan investing decisions.

Standish Mellon Asset Management Company, a BNY Mellon investment boutique focused on fixed income, hired Max Guimond as solutions strategist for its liability-driven investing group.

Given relatively expensive domestic equity market valuations and historically low developed market interest rates, institutional investors...

While institutional investors are optimistic about equities in 2015, their outlook is tempered by market risks that are difficult to predict and control.

The Boston Company Asset Management unveiled two new strategies for institutional investors in the areas of...

New York Life Investment Management announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire IndexIQ, a firm specializing in liquid alternative exchange-traded funds.

Major changes are occurring in the fixed-income markets that are driving asset managers to position clients against volatility and future rate tightening, according to Cerulli Associates.

Mercer said it has agreed to acquire SCM Strategic Capital Management AG, a Swiss-based specialist private...

A majority of individual retirement account (IRA) investors polled recently by PENSCO Trust Company say they are open to learning more about alternative, non-traded assets.