<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Now that hedge funds have the green light to market their wares, they're zeroing in on independent advisers.
The goal of alt funds, which track such things as commodities and hedge fund strategies, is to provide returns that don't move broadly in tandem with stock and bond markets. Here's how they did.
Stock market volatility drives up the appetite for alternative strategies.
Current valuations and distribution rates mean long-term investors should take notice
Nicholas Schorsch made hundreds of millions in real estate, but an accounting scandal devastated his business.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: If you can believe it, Janet Yellen is still teasing the markets with the idea of rate hike this year.
As clients clamor for more income, there are eight alternative assets that emerge as viable options
Strategies designed to ride market waves provide the best upside in a market that points down.
Often overlooked by advisers, these noncorrelated strategies can fit well in a thoughtfully constructed portfolio
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Turns out, rare trips to the U.S. by a Pope have not always been good for stocks.
Risk parity comes under scrutiny for its potential impact as prices slumped. The upshot: Maybe not
More takeovers may follow Strategic Hotels, BioMed deals as REIT shares offer 15% discount to buying individual buildings.
New analysis suggests the difference between top and bottom unconstrained funds was Treasury exposure and the effectiveness of the manager's market timing.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Lynn Tilton is now being charged with 'grossly' mismanaging $100 million in investor assets, which she denies.
Plus: Goldman's Cohen says don't chase high-dividend stocks, university endowments become hedge funds, and companies are taking the carbon tax threat seriously
In a year when its peers lost 15% investing in commodities, DoubleLine wades in with a long-short strategy.
Group focuses on mainstream and alternative investments such as nontraded REITs.
Stocks have been murdered, and China seems to have been caught red-handed. But some financial luminaries are pointing to a surprising defendant: the risk-parity strategy pioneered by hedge fund manager Ray Dalio. Who's guilty?
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Pimco finds itself in choppy waters without Bill Gross at the helm.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The swelling gap between public and private valuations is making REITs a sweet target.
