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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 14, 2013
Nontraded REIT shareholders OK listing but price still uncertain

Nontraded REIT Cole Real Estate shareholders OK a listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock will begin trading tomorrow but the price is still uncertain.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 13, 2013
Morningstar alts expert Papagiannis moves to GSAM

Will focus on liquid alternatives education as money manager launches new fixed income fund.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 13, 2013
Chinese markets embrace a blueprint for economic reform

China's economic reform blueprint stokes markets. Plus: Strategies for early retirement, how Tim Geithner is getting really rich, the bleeding edge of biotech, and women flood the U.S. labor market. Expertly curated by <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 13, 2013
SEC to mutual fund industry: Stop promising safety and protection

Today's Breakfast with Benjamin: The regulator tells the mutual fund industry to stop promising safety and protection. Plus, the QE government bonanza, JPMorgan's Twitter beatdown, SAC Capital trial could go inside the hedge fund.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 13, 2013
Cliffwater and Virtus combine to launch alternative mutual funds for financial advisers

Firms developing series of multistrategy, multimanager offerings under new venture.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 13, 2013
Highbridge to seek $250M for Asian hedge fund

Highbridge Capital Management LLC, the JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. unit that manages about $31 billion, is starting an Asia hedge fund, returning to the market more than two years after shutting a predecessor fund.

By Matt Ackermann
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 13, 2013
Massachusetts hits five IBDs with $10.75M charge on nontraded REIT sales

After settling with five independent broker-dealers in May over nontraded REIT sales practices with a $6.1 million deal, Massachusetts' top securities cop, William Galvin, has closed Round 2. Bruce Kelly has the latest details.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 11, 2013
Gold demand declines to four-year low

By Matt Ackermann
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 10, 2013
Economics of retail real estate improving

By MFXFeeder
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 07, 2013
Say #Hello to the new Twitter billionaires

Plus: Deutsche Bank's new China ETF hottest launch since 2007

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 05, 2013
Nasdaq focus on resiliency, "robustness" in wake of outage

Exchange CEO says need &quot;to improve our defensive driving ability.&#8221;

By Gregory Crawford
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 04, 2013
How Lewis Altfest makes the alternatives talk not so spooky

Renowned financial adviser suggests that clients stretch themselves a little bit.

By JKEPHART
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 04, 2013
ETF strategies for precarious times

Financial advisers aren't powerless and have options in today's challenging income environment.

By Howard Atkinson
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 01, 2013
After market's rapid climb, Einhorn pares bet on rally

Hedge-fund manager David Einhorn is taking a more conservative approach to his investment portfolio even as wagers that stocks would fall caused his results to trail the Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Index.

By Matt Ackermann
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2013
Who's next? BNY Mellon starting bond hedge fund

The bank that manages $1.5 trillion in client asset is starting a hedge-fund unit led by a trader who specializes in government bonds and related derivatives.

By Gregory Crawford
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2013
Tradeweb Markets acquires BondDesk Group

Tradeweb deal will combine technology and services from BondDesk and Tradeweb Retail to create a rebranded Tradeweb Direct retail fixed-income division.

By MDURISIN
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2013
Now for something different at Fidelity: Event-driven investing

Fidelity is adopting a popular hedge fund strategy as the basis for a planned mutual fund, embracing event-driven investing. But don't assume they're going full-bore into the alternatives world.

By JKEPHART
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 29, 2013
REIT urges Thompson to resign in wake of regulatory charges

Finra's fraud allegations cited as Tony Thompson is urged to resign his role with the REIT he runs. <b>Also: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20130811/REG/308119973&quot;>Details on Finra's initial allegations.</b></a>

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 28, 2013
Hedge fund trackers shooting the lights out

A pair of funds that track hedge fund filings are performing better than the real McCoys. But what's going to happen when stocks take a dive? Jason Kephart has the story.

By JKEPHART
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 25, 2013
Alternatives crackdown continues as Finra fines VSR

More pain for broker-dealers as Finra fines another alternatives specialist. One exec cites the regulator's powerful message on need for supervision and approval processes among alternatives.

By Bruce Kelly