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ALTERNATIVES SEP 18, 2014
Is Calpers' move away from hedge funds a bellwether for advisers?

If major institutions cannot justify hedge fund investing, where should advisers turn for alternative asset exposure?

By Dan Thibeault
ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2014
Finra 'unfairly criticized' on REIT pricing rule change

Mark Goldberg of IPA praises regulator's action to extend clarity to investor statements.

By Mark M. Goldberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2014
Schorsch's RCS buys majority stake in Docupace Technologies

Company provides SEC- and Finra-compliant paperless processing systems to financial services firms.

By Joyce Hanson
EQUITIES SEP 17, 2014
Bill Gross rides derivatives around Fed policy

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Bond King levers up. Plus: There is nothing smooth about the Fed's next move, the first nail in hedge funds' coffin and more.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES SEP 17, 2014
A user's guide to this week's "Fedspeak"

On this morning's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, a guide to the Fed's upcoming comments, Calpers sends hedge funds out to pasture, getting on the stock-split bandwagon, and more.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES SEP 17, 2014
Markets wait on the Fed's next move

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Investors are waiting for Janet Yellen and the Fed to pull the trigger on rates. Plus: Buying Alibaba via ETFs; S&amp;P and Nasdaq stocks start to separate; hedge funds ride the wave; and annuity product sales hitting double digits.

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2014
Integration of Schorsch BD empire gets underway

By year end, RCAP expects to consolidate business groups across 9 B-Ds.

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES SEP 16, 2014
Calpers boosts property investments as hedge funds shrink

Pension fund began restructuring real estate portfolio in 2010; has 11% target allocation for FY16.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 16, 2014
Why managed futures aren't getting the job done

Most advisers got involved in managed futures after stocks' poor performance in 2008 but walked right into another poor market environment, this time for managed futures themselves.

By Jeff Malec
ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2014
Nontraded REIT guidelines too late for some clients

State securities regulators are making noise about implementing changes to policies that would limit how much a client's net worth could be invested in nontraded real estate investment trusts. Those limits would have helped clients in the case of a Louisiana broker who now has a Finra complaint.

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES SEP 15, 2014
Are you prepared to make an exit from the stock market?

By Axel Merk
ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2014
Advisers take stock as ETF portfolio manager F-Squared faces legal action

Wary advisers are taking a closer look at F-Squared Investments, the largest manager of exchange-traded-fund portfolios, which is under investigation for misrepresenting past returns.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
ALTERNATIVES SEP 14, 2014
How alternatives are changing the landscape of investing

A correlation between the alternative rock of the '80s and '90s and alternative mutual funds.

By Andrew Rogers
ALTERNATIVES SEP 11, 2014
Feuding partners jeopardize real estate firm's future

The owners of Gemini Real Estate Advisors have dueling claims against each other.

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES SEP 07, 2014
Foot-dragging on rules harms investors

Regulators are notorious for dragging their feet, and investors suffer when new rules take too long to be finalized.

By MFXFeeder
ALTERNATIVES SEP 05, 2014
Bond gurus say the rally is over

In today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, bond experts weigh in on the state of the bond rally, hackers find nothing to steal from Obamacare site, the Fed goes after Libor and another reminder to diversify into alternatives.

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES SEP 04, 2014
Evaluating liquid alts? History offers some lessons

With so many funds out there, these four lessons are worth keeping in mind.

By David F. Sand
EQUITIES SEP 02, 2014
Morgan Stanley bets big on stocks

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> covers Morgan Stanley getting ultra-bullish on stocks, Detroit's big bankruptcy trial kicking off, and how to tread lightly into the MLP space.

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES SEP 02, 2014
Avoid hedge funds' ETF termite problem

Some of the smartest investors, like John Paulson, are bad role models in their choice of exchange-traded funds, which are often celebrated for their low costs.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES AUG 31, 2014
Nonlisted REIT 2Q rankings

By Andrew Leigh