Portfolio

In a keynote address kicking off the Insured Retirement Institute's Government, Legal and Regulatory conference, Atkins, now the CEO of Patomak Global Partners, offered a round critique of the Dodd-Frank Act and the myriad rulemaking proceedings that it set in motion.

Franklin Resources has acquired the remaining 80% stake of alternative investments specialist Pelagos Capital Management.

Within the past month, a number of mutual fund shops have embarked on branding campaigns.

RiverPark Funds is closing the RiverPark Short Term High Yield Fund (RPHIX, RPHYX) to new investors on June 21.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management's U.S. money market funds will begin disclosing their daily and weekly liquid assets online each business day as of the prior business day, effective June 18, 2013, according to the firm.

Less than a week after landing another Morgan Stanley advisor, Raymond James has lured a Midwestern group with over $240 million in assets under management from Morgan Stanley to its independent-broker dealer.

A total of 36 firms managed to increase their revenue last year. Check out the firms that moved the needle in 2012.

Now is a good time to buy contemporary art, even though prices have never been higher, the Dallas-based collector Howard Rachofsky says as he digests his bratwurst.

Ridgefield, Conn.-based Simple Alternatives, an alternative mutual fund shop, has added two more long/short managers to its flagship S1 Fund (SONEX), a multi-manager, long/short equity mutual fund.

MainStay Investments is looking to give its retirement business a boost by offering additional non-revenue share class (R6 Shares) for six funds, effective June 17.