Even though alternative investments that follow hedge-fund-like strategies are currently frowned upon because of poor absolute performance, Nuveen Investments LLC is betting that such investments once again will be viewed favorably.
Fidelity Investments' decision last week to replace the head of its adviser unit with an executive from Morgan Stanley is another sign that the former is serious about recruiting more breakaway brokers.
As representatives from the American auto industry plead for a multibillion-dollar federal bailout, some financial advisers are already bracing for worst-case scenarios that could leave thousands of autoworkers, retirees and those working in related industries scrambling to fill retirement and health care funding gaps.
In the current economic maelstrom, exchange traded funds are beating mutual funds in the fight for investor dollars — a battle that will have long-term implications for the asset management industry.
Mutual funds fees will be going up next year, with market turmoil likely to be the main culprit.
MetLife Inc. of New York said that State Street Global Advisors in Boston will subadvise a pair of exchange-traded-fund-focused asset allocation portfolios for the carrier’s variable annuities.
Reserve Management Co. Inc. has announced that its U.S. Government Fund is now covered by Treasury’s temporary guarantee program for money market funds.
Now that the Federal Reserve Board has cut the federal funds rate to 1%, the focus needs to be on increasing liquidity, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank president James Bullard said yesterday.
The global economic meltdown has walked back the hedge fund industry to where it was at the end of 2006, according to the latest data from Hedge Fund Research Inc. in Chicago.
