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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 20, 2013
Will bitcoin bury the banks?

One tech guru says the value and promise of bitcoin can completely revolutionize the global economy and has the potential to bypass banks altogether.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 20, 2013
Do your clients really need long-term care insurance?

What's <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin reading this morning? Whether your clients need long-term care insurance, hedge funds loading up on GM stock, Greenspan calls Bitcoin a bubble, JPMorgan confirms cardholders were hacked and Britain gets bullish. Breakfast with Benjamin is served.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 20, 2013
An alternative to alternatives

Ventura Wealth Management's strategy analyzes 40 different asset classes as part of an ongoing asset-rotation technique designed to emphasize the potential of the top five asset classes.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 18, 2013
Buffett sitting pretty in hedge fund bet, but strategy leaves much to be desired

Recent history shows why and how diversification and active strategies not only work but are necessary.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 18, 2013
Schorsch's American Realty Capital trims offer price for related nontraded REIT

&quot;Challenging&quot; market environment leads to slightly lower price for ARC IV.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 17, 2013
Guidance on taxes lacking for certain alternatives

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 17, 2013
Solving the alternatives riddle

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 15, 2013
Few advisers recommend alternative investments

Most respondents to a Natixis survey said they use alternatives sparingly and stick to strategies that can be explained to clients more easily.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 14, 2013
Bernanke looks past end of QE and sees low rates for a long time

Today's Breakfast with Benjamin: Bernanke sees low rates for a long, long time; holiday retailers on the ropes; SAC Capital jury selection; investigating fishy employment data; coal becomes the next tobacco-style villain

INVESTING RIAS NOV 14, 2013
Taper threat triggering global debt fallout

Today's Breakfast with (<i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff) Benjamin: SEC targets advisers; hedging with gold mining stocks; new muni bond math, and how athlete IPOs pull a hammy.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 14, 2013
Sales of nontraded REITS, other illiquid investments surge amid hunt for yield

Sales of nontraded REITs and other illiquid securities are surging even as stocks hit record highs. Talk about diversification.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 14, 2013
Nontraded REIT shareholders OK listing but price still uncertain

Nontraded REIT Cole Real Estate shareholders OK a listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock will begin trading tomorrow but the price is still uncertain.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 13, 2013
Morningstar alts expert Papagiannis moves to GSAM

Will focus on liquid alternatives education as money manager launches new fixed income fund.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 13, 2013
Chinese markets embrace a blueprint for economic reform

China's economic reform blueprint stokes markets. Plus: Strategies for early retirement, how Tim Geithner is getting really rich, the bleeding edge of biotech, and women flood the U.S. labor market. Expertly curated by <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 13, 2013
SEC to mutual fund industry: Stop promising safety and protection

Today's Breakfast with Benjamin: The regulator tells the mutual fund industry to stop promising safety and protection. Plus, the QE government bonanza, JPMorgan's Twitter beatdown, SAC Capital trial could go inside the hedge fund.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 13, 2013
Cliffwater and Virtus combine to launch alternative mutual funds for financial advisers

Firms developing series of multistrategy, multimanager offerings under new venture.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 13, 2013
Highbridge to seek $250M for Asian hedge fund

Highbridge Capital Management LLC, the JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. unit that manages about $31 billion, is starting an Asia hedge fund, returning to the market more than two years after shutting a predecessor fund.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 13, 2013
Massachusetts hits five IBDs with $10.75M charge on nontraded REIT sales

After settling with five independent broker-dealers in May over nontraded REIT sales practices with a $6.1 million deal, Massachusetts' top securities cop, William Galvin, has closed Round 2. Bruce Kelly has the latest details.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 11, 2013
Gold demand declines to four-year low

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 10, 2013
Economics of retail real estate improving