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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 18, 2015
Assets in world's largest gold fund slump 48% to lowest level since financial crisis

Demand evaporates as stocks rally, investors prepare for higher U.S. interest rates.

Private equity stalwart Pomona Capital launches fund for smaller investors, joining ranks of Carlyle, Altegris
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 18, 2015
Private equity stalwart Pomona Capital launches fund for smaller investors, joining ranks of Carlyle, Altegris

New fund, limited to accredited investors, will target the secondary PE market.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 15, 2015
Why it's time to believe the hype behind ESG investing

Studies show socially conscious investing principles positively affect long-term, risk-adjusted returns.

Your clients might need some hand-holding for that first rate hike
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 10, 2015
Your clients might need some hand-holding for that first rate hike

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> There's no harm in helping investors better understand what it means for them when the Fed starts to tighten interest rates.

Trekking to Europe and Japan for attractive dividend income
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 08, 2015
Trekking to Europe and Japan for attractive dividend income

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Where to look when it's time to go beyond the traditional hunting grounds for dividend income.

Real estate company seeks $20M for New York City mausoleum high-rise
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 07, 2015
Real estate company seeks $20M for New York City mausoleum high-rise

Rest in peace and luxury: Average prices are expected to top $65,000 for crypts and $17,000 for niches for funerary urns.

After big 2014, trend-chasing mutual funds drop
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 06, 2015
After big 2014, trend-chasing mutual funds drop

Turnaround interrupts best run for hedge-fund like offerings in more than five years, threatens to diminish their popularity with retail investors.

BlackRock alternative credit fund hopes to play rising rates to its advantage
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 06, 2015
BlackRock alternative credit fund hopes to play rising rates to its advantage

Hedging out rate risk puts the focus on credit opportunities ... and manager sees plenty of them ahead.

SEC to expand alternative investment examination program to more asset classes
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 05, 2015
SEC to expand alternative investment examination program to more asset classes

Agency to include credit advisers, infrastructure and timber managers, acting director of OCIE says.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 30, 2015
Nontraded REIT sponsors changing compensation for advisers

New share class dubbed a &#8220;T share&#8221; cuts upfront commission brokers are paid but creates an annual trailing commission.

New Hampshire wants LPL to pay $3.6M over nontraded REIT sales
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 30, 2015
New Hampshire wants LPL to pay $3.6M over nontraded REIT sales

Case, involving 48 sales, stems from an 81-year-old investor who lost a substantial amount on the product.

The housing market steps up to provide a needed economic boost
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 29, 2015
The housing market steps up to provide a needed economic boost

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The solid housing market stands in contrast to the dismal first quarter GDP numbers.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 29, 2015
Vanguard tiptoes into the liquid alternatives market

New multialternative fund seen as endorsement of alts, while pressuring fees

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 28, 2015
Take a page from active managers to get clients past the pack mentality

Trends can be tempting and tough to ignore, so knowing where to look for opportunities others are missing is key.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 27, 2015
Morningstar founder Joe Mansueto still dreams big

Morningstar wants to become 'ubiquitous' with investors, according to founder Joe Mansueto. Will their new initiatives turn around the firm's declining share prices and profits?

Bill Gross has a winning strategy to profit from range-bound Treasuries
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 23, 2015
Bill Gross has a winning strategy to profit from range-bound Treasuries

Janus fund manager using options, or what he calls 'selling insurance' against volatility to benefit if 10-year Treasury yield stays in tight band.

Lessons to learn from the last Nasdaq bubble
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 22, 2015
Lessons to learn from the last Nasdaq bubble

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Nasdaq is back to 2000 levels, but everything else is different.

Investors pile into hedge funds, pushing total assets close to $3 trillion
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 22, 2015
Investors pile into hedge funds, pushing total assets close to $3 trillion

Equity hedge category leads investor inflows as performance improves.

Carlyle Group misses the mark with liquid alts
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 20, 2015
Carlyle Group misses the mark with liquid alts

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Carlyle Group is shutting down two liquid alternative mutual funds it launched last year.

The riddle and the dilemma of global bonds
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 20, 2015
The riddle and the dilemma of global bonds

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Bond bulls continue to shrug off logic, claiming it's different this time, even despite negative yields.