Alternative investments

Manulife Asset Management has expanded its equity investing capabilities.

Natixis Global Asset Management has launched the Aurora Horizons Fund (AHFAX), an alternative multi-strategy mutual allocated across multiple hedge fund managers.

Two private equity firms have teamed up to buy their way into the alternative mutual fund space.

Salient Partners, a $17.4 billion asset management firm, has appointed Rusty Guinn and Todd Centurino, as Directors of Investments.

Collaboration between the Division of Enforcement and the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations at the Securities and Exchange Commission "really is very seamless," according to OCIE director Carlo V. di Florio.

PALM DESERT, Calif.—Developing products to meet intermediary demands is one challenge but a whole new can of worms is opened once that product hits the market.

The Two Roads Shared Trust is prepping a managed futures offering to launch within the next few months.

Federal regulators would “like to codify exemptive relief” from provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, so they can focus on more innovative fund applications.

Two brand name firms are extending their exchange-traded fund distribution venture. Fidelity Investments and BlackRock has teamed again up to bring iShares ETFs to Fidelity's army of investors.

Naperville. IL-based Calamos Investments is prepping its Long/Short Fund to launch in the next month or so.

Legg Mason's officially got itself a hedge fund.

More advisors say tax deferral will become increasingly important in annuity sales. In a recent poll by the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI), 28% of advisors expect tax deferral to take on greater importance in the next five years, a “notable increase” from 20% of advisors expressing this opinion in 2011.

Financial Risk Management Ltd., a unit of the world’s largest publicly traded hedge-fund manager Man Group Plc, may see the best return from its multistrategy funds of funds since 2009, said its chief investment officer.

Houston-based Salient Partners, a $17.4 billion asset management firm, has officially lifted the veil on its Salient Pure Trend Fund (SPTAX, SPTCX, SPTIX). Money Management Executive previously reported on the fund’s launch.

Forbes has compiled its list of the world's billionaires and a few mutual fund executives have made the cut.

Principal Global Investors is betting big on alternatives.

Principal Global Investors is betting big on alternatives.

William Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, last week called out Charles Schwab & Co. for recently changing up its customer arbitration agreements by striking its investors' ability to join class action lawsuits.

Karen Wimbish, head of retail retirement at Wells Fargo discusses her 16 years in the securities business.

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