Unit focused on real estate and distressed debt is a bright spot in the firm's quest for profitability and growth.
Citizenship by investment is a growing method that allows high-net-worth clients to shield their assets from the U.S. government.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The numbers are in, and it turns out the $12.4 trillion worth of quantitative easing has only worsened inequality.
Funding model is based on platforms such as those developed by Kickstarter Inc. and Indiegogo Inc. that allow entrepreneurs, artists and engineers to solicit donations for projects ranging from virtual-reality headsets to music festivals
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The specific things to watch for in today's jobs report that could influence the Fed's decision on interest rates.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bond market appears uninterested in the Fed's subtle hints of a looming rate hike next month, or the month after that, or someday, maybe, eventually.
To buffer clients' portfolios ahead of a rising-rate environment, financial advisers should consider allocating to liquid alternative strategies.
Smart-beta funds offer investors more transparency because they must announce rule changes ahead of time.
The new model includes private equity, venture capital, activist investing, gold, timber and collectibles
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The economy has historically done better with a Democrat in the White House. Why that is remains a mystery.
Funds that employ alternative strategies — even those in the same general category — can perform drastically differently.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: TV stock barker Jim Cramer received a failing grade from a finance professor for a dismal 28% success rate in picking stocks.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Larry Summers is sounding the alarm for secular stagnation.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Carl Icahn's smooth move to try and halt corporate inversions in the name of tax patriotism is, naturally, also pretty good for his own portfolio.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Warren Buffett's distaste for activist investing boils down to simple math.
But performance of the alternative asset class still ahead of stocks.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A dead asset no longer, gold shines bright above its 200-day moving average for the first time in five months.
How much to allocate is both an unanswerable question in general and one that absolutely needs to be addressed for each client. </br><b><i>(More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20151011/ALTS2015" target="_blank">IN's Spotlight on Alternative Investments special report</a>)</b></i>
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Top hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz (pictured) hits the bricks, and the firm is closing its flagship macro hedge fund.
Three allocation strategies that could let clients tap into the global infrastructure boom
