Alternative investments

This move shows how large asset managers have taken note of certain trends.

Banks such as UBS aim to offer money managers refuge from jittery markets by combining bonds with more exotic options.

It’s largely hedge funds that have been bailing out while equity and bond fund managers have remained on the sidelines.

Less than a third of those polled analyze transaction costs before a trade.

The private equity firm’s credit arm grew significantly with the addition of a new insurance platform and an energy investment management unit.

The offering will either directly lend to businesses or invest in the credit of companies facing distress.

Both long and short investments focused on volatility were mostly crushed lately.

The firm invested the widow's money in oil and gas securities, real estate investment trusts and other investments that did not square with her conservative risk profile, her lawyer argued.

The proliferation of esoteric funds not easily understood by retail investors has created greater potential for damage.

Winners were from Fidelity, Causeway, T. Rowe Price and Prudential.

The group hopes to have about 1,000 holders of its new retirement planning designation within three years.

New sections on real assets and passive investing vehicles are coming to the CIMA exam this summer.

The regulator outlined the top priorities for 2018 examinations.

The first pure-play pot ETF in the U.S. expanded 13-fold in five trading days.

Many millennials find it difficult to think beyond their student debt, which averages $32,731 with an average monthly payment of $393, according to the Federal Reserve.

These three bellwethers offer insight into the forces that will shape the investing landscape in the decade to come.

The estimated $490 million deal is a part of a push from Nippon Life to expand its asset management operations.

"I was making money hand-over-fist, and I couldn’t sleep," says Dave Grant of his brief dally in the cryptocurrency.

Wealth managers are fielding calls and emails from clients worried they’re missing out on something big.

Even alternatives must be readily convertible to cash.