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Alternative strategies fight index investors while longing for a 'black swan' event
EQUITIES NOV 22, 2016
Alternative strategies fight index investors while longing for a 'black swan' event

Analysts, advisers struggle with when, where and why to use alts

By Jeff Benjamin
When talking to clients about alternative investments, keep it simple: experts
ALTERNATIVES NOV 22, 2016
When talking to clients about alternative investments, keep it simple: experts

Also remind clients that performance is “manager-dependent instead of market-dependent,” says Blackstone's Avi Sharon.

By Jeff Benjamin
Texas regulator bans adviser from selling alts, including nontraded REITs
ALTERNATIVES NOV 22, 2016
Texas regulator bans adviser from selling alts, including nontraded REITs

Adviser loaded up client with alts beyond what his risk profile indicated, according to state agency.

By Bruce Kelly
Raymond James gains alternative investments with Alex. Brown deal
EQUITIES NOV 21, 2016
Raymond James gains alternative investments with Alex. Brown deal

Raymond James clients will have opportunity to invest in private-equity and hedge funds

By Christine Idzelis
FINTECH NOV 18, 2016
WisdomTree invests $20 million in robo-adviser Vanare, now AdvisorEngine

Asset manager takes 36% stake and its ETF models will be made available through the digital platform, which has changed its name.

By Liz Skinner
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 18, 2016
Fund flows make screeching U-turn after election

Money flows out of bonds into stocks.

By John Waggoner
Morningstar to create new style box for liquid alt funds
EQUITIES NOV 17, 2016
Morningstar to create new style box for liquid alt funds

It will help advisers and investors measure correlation and volatility of past returns.

By Jeff Benjamin
Capital One will eliminate commissions on IRAs
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 14, 2016
Capital One will eliminate commissions on IRAs

The transition will be completed by the time the Department of Labor fiduciary rule takes effect.

By Grete Suarez
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 14, 2016
Vanguard, Pimco feel the pain as long-term funds get smacked

The bond market selloff is getting more serious, with some popular funds down nearly 20% since the summer.

By John Waggoner
FIXED INCOME NOV 11, 2016
Investors flood TIPS funds as Trump win stokes inflation concerns

Funds that invest in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities saw a net inflow of $1 billion the week ended Nov. 9, the second-largest since records began in 2002.

By John Waggoner
FIXED INCOME NOV 11, 2016
DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach predicted Donald Trump victory

One of the few prominent money managers who correctly predicted the next president of the U.S. also pretty much nailed this year's bottom for Treasuries

By Lisa Abramowicz
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 10, 2016
Alternative energy funds have dim prospects under a Trump presidency

By John Waggoner
EQUITIES NOV 10, 2016
Making sense of the stock market's post-election run

Plus: Industrial stocks ride infrastructure-spending hopes, Warren Buffett makes nice with Donald Trump, and suddenly it's the Democratic party that might not survive in tact

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 10, 2016
What you can learn from 30 years of stock-picking

Veteran managers from Ariel, Gabelli, Monetta and Pioneer share their lessons.

By John Waggoner
SEC uses F-Squared saga to drive home due diligence message
RIA NEWS NOV 10, 2016
SEC uses F-Squared saga to drive home due diligence message

Telling advisers to never assume enough is enough when it comes to research.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 10, 2016
John Hancock ceases sales of traditional long-term-care insurance policies

"Macroeconomic trends" led Hancock to ditch new policy sales, in the latest example of an LTC market beleaguered by negative consumer perception and low interest rates.

By Greg Iacurci
Advisers brace for the transition toward a President Trump
EQUITIES NOV 10, 2016
Advisers brace for the transition toward a President Trump

Republican power balance puts DOL rule into question

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME NOV 09, 2016
The Federal Reserve meets Donald Trump

Plus: The Obama administration fast-tracks banking regs, active managers feel pain in the bottom line, and embracing a little humility

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES NOV 09, 2016
Donald Trump's transition team says scrapping Dodd-Frank is job one

Plus: Five ETFs to help you prosper under the Trump administration, Dawn Bennett lands in more hot water, sending the media back to journalism school, and Happy Veterans Day

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES NOV 09, 2016
Election over, advisers plan their next moves with clients

Advisers ready trades and talking points for crushed Clinton supporters

By Liz Skinner