Despite the generally dismal performance of alternative investment funds, investors continued to pour money into them in 2011
Last year's stock market volatility has taken its toll: Financial advisers are a lot more skittish about equities now than they were at the start of 2011.
Emerging-hedge-fund managers are getting more attention from institutional investors because they tend to produce better returns than larger, more established funds, but industry insiders disagree about the extent of the outperformance.
“Impact investing” is a relatively new term that describes investments that aim to solve social or environmental challenges while generating financial profit. Impact investors actively seek to place capital in businesses and funds that can harness the positive power of enterprise.
A Finra arbitration panel has ruled against Société Générale SA and a handful of its affiliates, ordering the bank to pay $61 million to a California-based fund manager.
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B-D failed to supervise adequately ex-rep in Oregon who flogged the investments; some clients in their 80s
Environmentally friendly portfolios will attract more investors, experts say
Real estate money managers are becoming the dominant buyers and sellers in the commercial real estate market, increasing the likelihood that institutional investors could have exposure to both sides of a single transaction.
Correlation drops dramatically over five years; investors holding too much stock, too little real estate, says Nareit economist
Despite gloom and doom, retail real estate still strong; outlets poised for dramatic growth, says Tanger
U.S. Representative Barney Frank urged members of the congressional committee charged with reducing the U.S. budget deficit to impose a risk-based fee on large banks with over $50 billion in assets and hedge funds with over $10 billion.
Don't make the mistake of assuming the growth of Internet retail sales is the beginning of the end for retail stores.
To hear it from the perspective of retail-sector real estate specialists, it might be easy to assume that the U.S. economy is moving full-steam ahead, and that bodes well for investors in retail properties, particularly outlet centers
With stock trading down, the major online brokerage firms continue to ramp up their options-trading capabilities. While futures generate sizable commissions, critics worry that the use of greater leverage could leave less-sophisticated investors wondering where their money went.
