Verdict may increase pressure on colleague to cooperate in investigation of founder Steven A. Cohen.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The latest IPO candidate has filed, and its numbers are 'insane.' Plus: Currency traders on their way to extinction, hedge fund managers boost gold bets (mostly), small cap strategies rule, two powerful women on Wall St. could be out of work and an Olympic update.
Aside from competition, it's a sign that liquid alternative investments are here to stay
When the news broke this month that $24 billion hedge fund firm Grosvenor Capital Management was breaking out of its otherwise secretive shell with plans to launch a registered alternative strategy mutual fund, it was generally interpreted as just the latest evidence of a continuing trend.
Shares of company nontraded REIT czar is using to build a B-D empire have more than doubled since beginning of December .
Paris Hilton can invest in hedge funds, but I can't.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Women-run retirement funds have consistently higher returns than those run by men. Here's why. Plus: Four data points to watch this morning, dealing with a bankrupt hedge fund, how the FBI is watching high-frequency trading, and April Fool's Day around the web.
Strategies designed to eliminate interest rate risk or even benefit from rising rates.
More financial advisers are becoming licensed mortgage loan originators as full-service brokerage firms look to be one-stop shops for wealthy investors, but some regulatory gray areas are causing concern.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> How the Russia situation could hit the economy. Plus: JPMorgan abandons its commodities business, Morningstar's deep dive into the Pimco mess, expect the expected from Yellen today, retirees give Boomers the playbook, and, big surprise, short-sellers badmouth stocks.
As volatility increases, more investors are using new strategies to soften the potential drag on performance.
The yellow metal is back in the spotlight, but strategists say that despite Ukraine tension, a long-term comeback is not in the cards. <i> Plus: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140303/FREE/140309988" target="_blank">Ukraine worries sink stocks</a>.</i>
Inland's biggest REITs journey from crisis back to relevancy
Mitchell Sabshon plots a course for nontraded REIT sponsor Inland Real Estate Investment Corp. to recreate its prior success.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Asian investors spooked by China economic worries, Ukraine. Plus: Japan concerns surface, U.S. stock valuations not horrible, Washington as a Wall Street battleground and look who's worried about the Treasury market.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Stocks holding steady after spike. Plus, Global markets shrug off Obama's meager sanction efforts, Yellen tries to have it both ways with rates, the Senate's housing market destruction plan, and 1,000 years of European border shifts.
Combined company is the largest publicly traded net-lease REIT, with value of $21.5B
In an era of heightened scrutiny for alternatives fund managers, investors are demanding more accountability but there's little consistency in boards in the private-fund sector.
Deal finalized, creating the largest net lease REIT with an enterprise value of $21.5 billion.
The Tesla chief wants to get into military satellite launching. Plus, brokers failing to report trouble to Finra, stocks (and Costco earnings) drop, the Citi/Oceanografia plot thinkens, who you should follow on Twitter, and more.
