Real estate investment managers raised about $23.5 billion in 285 private equity funds in the first half of the year, according to Ernst & Young.
The private-equity tax hike will not go gentle into that good night, according to published reports.
The Treasury is weighing a number of guidance projects, including one on hedge funds’ tax treatment of management fees.
Despite faltering performance for hedge funds in the last few months, fees aren't dropping anytime soon, Reuters reported.
The SEC today charged Sandell Asset Management Corp. with short-sale violations.
Hedge fund managers may be overvaluing prices on illiquid securities to keep investors in the game.
Emerging equity markets returned 13.81% in the quarter ended Sept. 30, more than six times the developed equity markets’ return of 2.07% in the same period.
The fierce battle over an increased private-equity tax is stalling in the Senate, according to The Washington Post.
More than two years after the launch of the first variable annuity based on exchange traded funds, VA providers and financial advisers are still ap-proaching the product with caution.
PowerShares will expand its family of fixed-income exchange traded funds on Oct. 11.
After mid-August’s lows, indexes across the board posted improvements.
Goldman Sachs's new private-equity fund has purchased a stake in a $10 billion London-based hedge fund manager.
Investing in the commodities markets without actually buying commodities enables the managers of the <b>RS Global Natural Resources Fund</b> (RSNRX) to look beyond such basics as the fluctuating price of corn.
More than two years after the launch of the first variable annuity based on exchange traded funds, VA providers and financial advisers are still ap-proaching the product with caution.
The debate over issues related to the broker-dealer exemption rule continues.
The market for debt securities from issuers already in, or heading for, default has virtually stalled. And issuance may become even scarcer.
Financial planners and investment advisers apparently are doing their jobs well — their clients and other individual investors are diversifying their investments as never before.
With the launch of the first-ever life cycle exchange traded funds, TDAX Funds Inc. plans to muscle in on the fast-growing life cycle mutual fund market.
To introduce brokerage customers to its life cycle mutual funds, John Hancock Financial Services Inc. has unveiled a free Internet tool that allows advisers to generate investment plans for clients.
