Whether it is to help lock in last year's gains or to put to better use some of the more than $3 trillion parked in money market funds, the creative use of options may be just the tool that finanical advisers need.
Many real estate funds sold to institutional investors are charging too much, according to consultant Towers Watson & Co.
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $100 million in restitution for masterminding what a judge described as one of the biggest real estate frauds in state history.
BNY Mellon Asset Management acquired a 20% minority interest in Siguler Guff, a New York-based multistrategy private equity firm with roughly $8 billion in assets under management and committed capital.
The hedge fund industry's premier trade group, the Managed Funds Association, has decided to ban the media from its upcoming annual conference in Key Biscayne, Fla.
Hedge fund operator Raj Rajaratnam and a codefendant pleaded not guilty Monday to charges they were major players in a scheme that used inside information to make stock trades that generated millions of dollars in profits.
Federal prosecutors say criminal charges have been filed against 14 people, including attorneys and Wall Street professionals, in a widening $25 million insider trading case.
Regardless of the hedge fund industry's hoopla, a lot of investors are paying too much for the performance they're getting, or hope to get, from alternative strategies.
Property prices in Nairobi are soaring, and Somali pirates are getting the blame. The hike in real estate prices in the Kenyan capital has prompted a public outcry and a government investigation this month into property owned by foreigners.
If ever there was a case against an investment strategy limited to traditional allocations to stocks and bonds, it was the global financial market meltdown that unfolded last fall.
Federal prosecutors said Tuesday they will file new charges against billionaire hedge fund operator Raj Rajaratnam alleging he made at least $36 million from trades based on insider information, double what the government previously believed.
A lawyer says a billionaire hedge fund manager charged in a $25 million insider trading case plans to clear his name and is not a flight risk.
A hedge fund company whose manager is criminally charged in an insider trading case told clients Wednesday it's shutting down its funds.
IBM Corp. put a top executive on leave Monday after he was charged in an insider trading scandal for allegedly leaking secrets about IBM's earnings and financial dealings with corporate partners.
But use of commodities and absolute-return strategies appears to be universal, according to a survey from Rydex Distributors
Don't make the mistake of letting this year's powerful rally by real estate investment trusts deter you from considering an allocation to real estate at this point in the cycle.
The ex-wife of one of America's richest men has sued the billionaire in New York for racketeering, saying he hid millions of dollars from her for decades.
Hedge fund performance is cooking again, which means that advisers should brace for a new onslaught of investor inquiries about alternative strategies.
Private equity firm Citadel Investment Group LLC said today that one of its affiliates has canceled a plan to sell a portion of its stake in retail brokerage firm E-Trade Financial Corp.
