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ALTERNATIVES NOV 12, 2012
Behringer Harvard opportunity fund under water

A prominent property investment company's opportunity fund's 'liabilities are greater than its assets.' Clients will be informed on Friday.

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES NOV 05, 2012
The unspoken cost of liquid alternatives

Retail products introduce a liquidity premium

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES NOV 05, 2012
Taking the alternatives route to portfolio construction

By MFXFeeder
EQUITIES OCT 31, 2012
IntercontinentalExchange to acquire NYSE Euronext

Combo of stock exchange, futures market could reignite exchange merger mania.

By Gregory Crawford
ALTERNATIVES OCT 31, 2012
Franklin angles into alts with major acquisition

Acquisition expands retail-focused shop's push into alts

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2012
Rise in offbeat investments correlated to 'correlation crisis'

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES OCT 29, 2012
Who needs CDS? ETFs can do the job now

ETFs poised to overtake credit derivatives by year-end as a way to speculate on junk bonds

By Gregory Crawford
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 28, 2012
Mortgage REIT CEO was industry trailblazer

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES OCT 28, 2012
Advisers' next chore might be to clip the hedges

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 26, 2012
Legg Mason's Bill Miller seeks redemption as housing bull

By Bloomberg
Investors seeking alts as stock/bond mix fails to excite
EQUITIES OCT 24, 2012
Investors seeking alts as stock/bond mix fails to excite

Natixis report says savvy advisers in catbird seat amid search for new approach to asset allocation

By Jeff Benjamin
Finding value in unpopular alpha
OPINION OCT 23, 2012
Finding value in unpopular alpha

If everyone is scared to go into an asset class, then there will be no competition and prices will not get bid up.

By Brad McMillan
Rise in offbeat investments correlated to 'correlation crisis'
ALTERNATIVES OCT 23, 2012
Rise in offbeat investments correlated to 'correlation crisis'

Promising asset classes include fisheries, vineyards and the movie business

By Jeff Benjamin
To outperform, advisers must have game theory: Singer
ALTERNATIVES OCT 22, 2012
To outperform, advisers must have game theory: Singer

Fundamental analysis no longer enough in 'unstable multiplayer world,' says William Blair strategist

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES OCT 22, 2012
First REIT case goes against Lerner

By AOSTERLAND
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2012
SEC probes giant private REIT

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES OCT 21, 2012
Nontraded REIT waives fee

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES OCT 21, 2012
SEC must hedge bets on advertising

The agency should go back to the drawing board to come up with a plan that has safeguards in it to minimize the very real dangers facing the investing public.

By MFXFeeder
ALTERNATIVES OCT 04, 2012
Study: Alternatives ETFs buck trend

By JKEPHART
ALTERNATIVES OCT 03, 2012
Alternative strategies: Addressing market risk – An alternative approach

This white paper, sponsored by Principal Funds, examines how alternative investment strategies can be used to hedge risk while seeking to achieve positive absolute returns during periods of extreme volatility.

By Bloomberg