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Which is the easier question: How do you feel about liquid alts or how to regulate them?

It's easy to vilify liquid alts; it's much harder to draft the kind of regulation that allows an investor to make an informed decision about the risk-return profile of their investments.

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Options to invest in innovative technologies that address water shortages are limited

Despite a multitude of water shortages, options to invest in innovative technologies that address the problem remain limited.

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How to explain alternatives’ place in portfolios to your clients

By viewing alternatives through the lens of the three primary colors, they can be demystified

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  • May 29, 2015

Liquid alts’ drawback: High cost

The more alternative products that fund companies offer, the bigger the dilemma facing financial advisers. For those…

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Why it’s time to believe the hype behind ESG investing

Studies show socially conscious investing principles positively affect long-term, risk-adjusted returns.

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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

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Reading between the lines of liquid alternatives fund expense ratios

What you see might not be what you get and the real cost of running some strategies can be steep.

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Alternatives are earning their keep in 2015

The solid relative performance of alternatives makes the case for diversification of portfolios in 2015.

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  • January 6, 2015

As hot as liquid alts are, most can’t compete against the bull market

'The only thing that's working right now is the S&P'

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  • December 8, 2014

Investment managers ditching 60/40 portfolios in favor of more liquid alternatives

On its last legs, the 60/40 portfolio will be replaced by 30/30/40, some managers say.

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The perfect storm: Why alts make sense

High equity prices, low bond yields and geopolitical risk are all leading to new popularity for this once-shunned allocation. Find out how more portfolio strategists are moving away from the traditional 60/40 split.