Having hit bottom, high-end hotels and industrial properties should thrive
Net inflows at five-year high; seekers of yield have few options
Housing is inexpensive and should be attractive to legitimate buyers
Investors are skittish about real estate investments due to the beating that the sector has taken over the past few years, but alternative-investment managers say that real estate has some features that make it worth another look
As sponsors of nontraded real estate investment trusts continue their full-court press on sales, some independent broker-dealers are dialing back their level of risk and have cut back, or are considering reducing, the number of REIT products they allow their representatives to sell
Apparently, hedge funds are a hit with financial advisers who run family offices
Turbulence is where this hedge fund manager thrives
A survey by Natixis found that about 47% of some 463 investors said they are worried about losing money due to volatility, but most still aren't interested in alternative products and strategies.
September wasn't good for hedge funds, but the alternative strategies on average still managed to outpace the broad equity market indexes, according to the latest report from Hennessee Group LLC
Even though the majority of advisers are not as well-versed on the subject of alternative investments as they might like, few are deterred from increasing allocations in their clients' portfolios.
Finra is continuing to shake up the way broker-dealers show the value of illiquid investments such as non-traded real estate investment trusts and private placements on clients' account statements.
Clients of David Lerner Associates Inc. holding shares in nontraded REITs created by Apple REIT Cos. Inc. received account statements at the end of last month in which the longtime value of the shares was shown as “not priced”
The price of one in a series of 10 nontraded REITs sold exclusively through David Lerner Associates Inc. took a hit yesterday when management from Apple REIT Eight Inc. said that its book value was $7.57 per share at the end of March, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That's in contrast to the $11-per-share price that Apple REIT Eight posted last week in a separate SEC filing.
Some of the most popular private-equity funds — those once in such demand that they could get away with charging above-market fees — are finding it hard to fill their dance cards
Bruce Wasserstein, dead for two years, still casts a pall over the Rogue River Valley of southern Oregon, home of Harry & David Holdings Inc.
The month of September was not good for hedge funds, but the alternative strategies on average still managed to outpace the broad equity market indexes.
Alternative investments have become compulsory in recent years as investors have sought gains in all kinds of markets, according to investment experts
As the mutual fund industry continues to migrate toward the alternatives arena, financial advisers might find individual fund selection among the more challenging parts of their job
BlackRock Inc. will give its retail clients access to alternative investments through mutual funds
