Alternative investments

It's a rare day when a hedge fund manager admits he's never heard of an asset type. But that's just what Ray Schuville, a managing director and private client advisor at U.S. Trust, heard from a client earlier this year.

Bank of America's new campaign looks to tap into millennial demand for values-based strategies.

The most recent crop of alt fund contenders are performing like a classroom full of underachievers.

A run-down of the stories in this issue, which includes a discussion of alternative investments.

Ultrahigh net worth investors are on the hunt for non-correlated asset classes and better returns. To find it, these advisors are pushing the alternative investment envelope.

At Briaud Financial Advisors, the founder said she wanted a succession plan - until her daughter actually made her an offer.

Managed futures have lost some of their luster, but AQR makes a compelling case for the category.

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Bloomberg -- Sovereign wealth funds, which control about $6 trillion of wealth globally, are boosting investments in alternative assets like real estate and private equity to boost returns, a survey by Invesco Ltd. found.

David Rainey likes to take the long view. He's held more or less the same job since 1998, even though the firms and managements around him have changed.

Today Blackstone hosts its inaugural Veterans Hiring Summit to support the hiring of American veterans across its portfolio companies. In support of the White House’s “Joining Forces” initiative, in April Blackstone committed to hire 50,000 American veterans across its portfolio of 78 companies over the next five years.

If forced to choose, most investors would seek to preserve capital rather than pursue higher returns, a survey by Natixis Global Asset Management has found.

More than one in three investors plan to increase their allocations to defensive assets, such as cash, gold and other precious metals, and real estate in the coming year.

With heavyweights like PIMCO throwing its hat into the managed futures mutual fund ring, interest in this investment vehicle appears to be rising.

With heavyweights like Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) throwing its hat into the managed futures mutual fund ring, interest from both investors and asset management in this investment vehicle appears to be rising.

The 2008 and 2009 global financial crisis left many investors disappointed with the high volatility and negative performance of their portfolios and leading them to re-evaluate the risk reducing ability of asset allocation.