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Trekking to Europe and Japan for attractive dividend income
EQUITIES MAY 08, 2015
Trekking to Europe and Japan for attractive dividend income

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Where to look when it's time to go beyond the traditional hunting grounds for dividend income.

By Jeff Benjamin
Real estate company seeks $20M for New York City mausoleum high-rise
ALTERNATIVES MAY 07, 2015
Real estate company seeks $20M for New York City mausoleum high-rise

Rest in peace and luxury: Average prices are expected to top $65,000 for crypts and $17,000 for niches for funerary urns.

By Darla Mercado
After big 2014, trend-chasing mutual funds drop
ALTERNATIVES MAY 06, 2015
After big 2014, trend-chasing mutual funds drop

Turnaround interrupts best run for hedge-fund like offerings in more than five years, threatens to diminish their popularity with retail investors.

By Bloomberg
BlackRock alternative credit fund hopes to play rising rates to its advantage
ALTERNATIVES MAY 06, 2015
BlackRock alternative credit fund hopes to play rising rates to its advantage

Hedging out rate risk puts the focus on credit opportunities ... and manager sees plenty of them ahead.

By Jeff Benjamin
SEC to expand alternative investment examination program to more asset classes
ALTERNATIVES MAY 05, 2015
SEC to expand alternative investment examination program to more asset classes

Agency to include credit advisers, infrastructure and timber managers, acting director of OCIE says.

By Arleen Jacobius
ALTERNATIVES APR 30, 2015
Nontraded REIT sponsors changing compensation for advisers

New share class dubbed a &#8220;T share&#8221; cuts upfront commission brokers are paid but creates an annual trailing commission.

By Bruce Kelly
New Hampshire wants LPL to pay $3.6M over nontraded REIT sales
ALTERNATIVES APR 30, 2015
New Hampshire wants LPL to pay $3.6M over nontraded REIT sales

Case, involving 48 sales, stems from an 81-year-old investor who lost a substantial amount on the product.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
The housing market steps up to provide a needed economic boost
EQUITIES APR 29, 2015
The housing market steps up to provide a needed economic boost

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The solid housing market stands in contrast to the dismal first quarter GDP numbers.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES APR 29, 2015
Vanguard tiptoes into the liquid alternatives market

New multialternative fund seen as endorsement of alts, while pressuring fees

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES APR 28, 2015
Take a page from active managers to get clients past the pack mentality

Trends can be tempting and tough to ignore, so knowing where to look for opportunities others are missing is key.

By James Jessee
ALTERNATIVES APR 27, 2015
Morningstar founder Joe Mansueto still dreams big

Morningstar wants to become 'ubiquitous' with investors, according to founder Joe Mansueto. Will their new initiatives turn around the firm's declining share prices and profits?

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Bill Gross has a winning strategy to profit from range-bound Treasuries
ALTERNATIVES APR 23, 2015
Bill Gross has a winning strategy to profit from range-bound Treasuries

Janus fund manager using options, or what he calls 'selling insurance' against volatility to benefit if 10-year Treasury yield stays in tight band.

By Bloomberg
Lessons to learn from the last Nasdaq bubble
EQUITIES APR 22, 2015
Lessons to learn from the last Nasdaq bubble

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Nasdaq is back to 2000 levels, but everything else is different.

By Jeff Benjamin
Investors pile into hedge funds, pushing total assets close to $3 trillion
ALTERNATIVES APR 22, 2015
Investors pile into hedge funds, pushing total assets close to $3 trillion

Equity hedge category leads investor inflows as performance improves.

By Jeff Benjamin
Carlyle Group misses the mark with liquid alts
EQUITIES APR 20, 2015
Carlyle Group misses the mark with liquid alts

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Carlyle Group is shutting down two liquid alternative mutual funds it launched last year.

By Jeff Benjamin
The riddle and the dilemma of global bonds
ALTERNATIVES APR 20, 2015
The riddle and the dilemma of global bonds

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Bond bulls continue to shrug off logic, claiming it's different this time, even despite negative yields.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES APR 20, 2015
Why 'smart beta' strategies deserve all the attention and assets they're attracting

Strategies represent a cost-effective way to harnes quantitative insights and quickl, easily implement them in portfolios

By Dave Donnelly
Hedge fund bulls go big on oil
EQUITIES APR 20, 2015
Hedge fund bulls go big on oil

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Hedge fund bulls go big on oil. What do they know, or think they know?

By Jeff Benjamin
DoubleLine's Shiller CAPE fund beating rivals while adding smart alpha to smart beta
EQUITIES APR 20, 2015
DoubleLine's Shiller CAPE fund beating rivals while adding smart alpha to smart beta

Fixed-income foundation pushed fund to the top of the large-value category.

By Jeff Benjamin
ARCP shareholder calls for new board in wake of accounting scandal
ALTERNATIVES APR 20, 2015
ARCP shareholder calls for new board in wake of accounting scandal

Twin Securities CEO David Simon said in a letter on Tuesday that he has &quot;deep reservations&quot; about the existing board and their ties to Nicholas Schorsch.

By Bloomberg