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INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 03, 2015
Oil-price slide is starting to get scary

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Talk of an oil comeback is fading fast. Plus: Some good news for gold investors, bankers head for greener pastures, and a St. Patty's Day spelling bee

Cash-heavy mutual funds take downside protection to the extreme
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 03, 2015
Cash-heavy mutual funds take downside protection to the extreme

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Some funds using cash for protection. Lots of it. Plus: Adviser charged with stealing $1.3M from widows and church friends, up from the ashes arises a new subprime giant, and Wall Street courts millennials.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 03, 2015
Advisers slow to embrace socially responsible investments sought by clients

Despite being increasingly in-demand from clients like Bryan Wilson (pictured), advisers have been slow to embrace socially responsible investments. <b><i>(Plus: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20150301/IMPACTINVEST&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Our full Impact Investing special report</a>)</b></i>

Bill Gross a victim of the plunge in oil prices
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 03, 2015
Bill Gross a victim of the plunge in oil prices

Manager's $1.46 billion fund at Janus hit by investments in debt issued by U.S., Russian and Brazilian energy companies.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 03, 2015
Coming off a big year, Janus files for exotic ETFs

Move launches competition with Goldman Sachs in alternative space

ARCP names new CEO
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 02, 2015
ARCP names new CEO

RCS Capital Corp. suffers big revenue hit in fourth quarter
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 02, 2015
RCS Capital Corp. suffers big revenue hit in fourth quarter

Fallout from ARCP hurt wholesaling unit but executives remain confident in recovery.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 01, 2015
Go where the NBA finals go: Cleveland and Oakland looking better as investment destination

Is there Examining the correlation between success in professional basketball and the economic performance and cultural dominance of particular cities.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 01, 2015
Why an offense-only strategy won't succeed

Risk management is as important to long-term financial planning as the growth of investments

Fund managers warned on exotic ETFs
INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 26, 2015
Fund managers warned on exotic ETFs

As industry turns to smart beta to capture growth, product developers may need to step up stress testing.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2015
Due diligence in the age of flash crashes

The dominance of algorithms in trading means advisers need to re-evaluate their processes

Schorsch, ARCP dodge bullet as defamation suit dropped
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2015
Schorsch, ARCP dodge bullet as defamation suit dropped

Lisa McAlister, the company's former chief accounting officer, pulls her defamation suit, in which she claimed she was a scapegoat for a $23 million accounting error.

The Fed's first interest rate hike hits another speed bump
INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 24, 2015
The Fed's first interest rate hike hits another speed bump

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Fed continues to hem and haw on raising interest rates. Plus: Options-based funds get it done, hedge funder spills the beans on 2015, and the outlook for oil prices is all over the map.

ProShares gives ETF traders aggressive way to play gold miners
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 23, 2015
ProShares gives ETF traders aggressive way to play gold miners

Four new funds not for the faint of heart or buy-and-hold investors.

Pimco, J.P. Morgan build out smart beta franchises as sector heats up
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 23, 2015
Pimco, J.P. Morgan build out smart beta franchises as sector heats up

Massive investment firms look to tackle a growing theme in fund management.

William Kahane replaces Nick Schorsch at American Realty Capital Global Trust
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 20, 2015
William Kahane replaces Nick Schorsch at American Realty Capital Global Trust

New executive chairman at REIT is longtime investment partner.

Former compliance officer sues Cabot Lodge owner
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 20, 2015
Former compliance officer sues Cabot Lodge owner

Jacob Frydman is focus of complaint that alleges plaintiff was fired for reporting 'certain improprieties' to Finra.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 20, 2015
SEC's Daniel Gallagher questions need to revise accredited-investor standard

Commissioner says that the private market is working just fine and that the effort to revise the accredited-investor standard is a waste of time.

Oil finds the sweet spot for debate over how, or if, to invest
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 19, 2015
Oil finds the sweet spot for debate over how, or if, to invest

Buy low now vs. waiting a year and hoping for the best from the commodity.

ETF outdoes hedge funds in the M&A game
INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 18, 2015
ETF outdoes hedge funds in the M&A game

In trying to capitalize on the news of mergers and acquisitions, hedge funds are being outdone by an exchange-traded fund clone.