Alternative investments

The profitability of alts for investment managers and product originators promises that the deluge of alternative investment opportunities will continue.

Some research shows that alternatives have as much chance of hurting performance as helping. With so many new products available, how can advisors ensure that they're picking the right ones?

New York is the capital of the art world, but brave investors may want to look farther afield for opportunities. Be very careful, advisors say.

Alternative investments have been growing rapidly in popularity in recent years as new funds have been mushrooming and money has been flowing in. Andy Saperstein, Morgan Stanley’s head of investment products and services, explains the wirehouse’s history of working with alts and Morgan’s current approach to leveraging them in client portfolios.

Schorsch makes big changes to the firm's executive team with a new CEO as well as the hiring of longtime LPL exec Bill Dwyer.

Alternative mutual funds are in the midst of a growth period with asset managers aggressively marketing the investment products to advisors. Here is a look at the top 10 alternative mutual fund launches in 2014 based on net assets, according to Morningstar.

High-net-worth women are savvier about alternative investment choices than their male counterparts, says a study by New York Life MainStay Investments.

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As more and more advisors consider alternative investments, they must ensure that they are conducting thorough due diligence before recommending hedge funds, private equity funds or other non-traditional assets.

As more and more advisors consider alternative investments, they must ensure that they are conducting thorough due diligence before recommending hedge funds, private equity funds or other non-traditional assets.

As more and more advisors consider alternative investments, they must ensure that they are conducting thorough due diligence before recommending hedge funds, private equity funds or other non-traditional assets.

For all the hype around alternatives, advisors should take note that regulators are watching how hedge funds, private equity funds and other non-traditional asset classes are handled.

For all the hype around alternatives, advisors should take note that regulators are watching how hedge funds, private equity funds and other non-traditional asset classes are handled.

For all the hype around alternatives, advisors should take note that regulators are watching how hedge funds, private equity funds and other non-traditional asset classes are handled.

Funds of hedge funds offer a practical way to include diversified opportunistic approaches in clients' portfolios.

Funds of hedge funds offer a practical way to include diversified opportunistic approaches in clients' portfolios.

Funds of hedge funds offer a practical way to include diversified opportunistic approaches in clients' portfolios.

In most bond indexes, the biggest debtors (either corporations or countries) have the largest weightings. But to some investors, that sounds a bit foolish.

Recent years have been discouraging for investors in managed futures but some signs point to a possible turnaround.

In most bond indexes, the biggest debtors (either corporations or countries) have the largest weightings. But to some investors, that sounds a bit foolish.