Tag: Alternative investments

Navellier & Associates announced it launched Navellier Select, L.P., an alternative investment fund-of-funds, in January 2010.

Collective trust funds (CTFs) are experiencing a renewed interest over the last few years in the defined contribution landscape, according to the latest retirement-focused research from Cerulli Associates.

Russell Investments is expanding its manager research and consulting advisory services globally in an effort to deepen capabilities in less traditional strategies such as active commodities, private investments,...

Nautical Capital Management LLC has launched its commodity-based absolute return strategies.

Arete Consulting, the owner of structured products information provider StructuredRetailProducts.com, said it now offers a specialist structured products site for registered investment advisers (RIAs).

The majority of financial advisers are looking to alternative investments as a way to diversify their portfolios, believing that traditional stocks, bonds and cash do not provide adequate...

Sustainable Asset Management (SAM), a global provider of sustainability investing and the co-developer of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, has hired Neil Johnson to lead its North American...

Security Global Investors (SGI) has named Jerome Abernathy and David Beeman to its quantitative investment and development/management teams to help shape the firm's efforts in alternative products.

CUSO Financial Services (CFS), a full-service, broker/dealer and registered investment adviser, has launched the ActivePassive Portfolios on the CUSO Asset Management (CAM) platform.

Investment management company Bandon Capital Management, LLC, announced a new relationship with American Independent Securities Group, LLC (AISG), enabling AISG advisers to access Bandon’s flagship investment strategy.

INTECH Investment Management LLC has launched its first Enhanced Global Equity strategy. 

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced a $1.4-billion settlement with three Wells Fargo affiliates to pay back investors, charities, and small businesses that purchased auction-rate securities...

A survey by Morningstar, Inc., and Barron's magazine found that despite questionable performance during the market downturn and hedge fund scandals, institutional investors and advisers still view alternative...

SunTrust Banks has added an FDIC-insured account as an investment option for its 401(k) clients.

Altegris named Ken McGuire as COO to oversee the growth and development of APM Funds, the company’s flagship line of alternative investment products.

The Dreyfus Corporation, part of BNY Mellon Asset Management, has introduced two new fund of funds: Dreyfus Satellite Alpha Fund and Dreyfus Diversified Global Fund.

A federal judge in New York has rebuffed efforts by two credit rating agencies to seek constitutional free speech protection for their evaluations of securities instruments.

Ameriprise Financial has introduced Active Diversified Alternatives Portfolios, a series of professionally managed portfolios designed for long-term investors seeking increased diversification and risk management.

Commonwealth Financial Network announced the addition of three portfolios with alternative asset classes to its lineup of in-house managed portfolios.

47 Degrees North Capital Management announced the launch of the 47 Degrees North Innovation Fund.