Portfolio

With low rates in the U.S., investors may be wondering where to turn for more income. It just so happens that more income can be found offshore.

BlackRock plans to liquidate and close the iShares Diversified Alternatives Trust (ALT).

To bring alternative investments to a wider investor base, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched the Goldman Sachs Multi-Manager Alternatives Fund (GMAMX, GMCMX, GSMMX, GIMMX, GRMMX).

Jerry W. Miller has been named head of asset and wealth management, Americas at Deutsche Bank, a newly created position.

The United States is the best market for fund investors based on criteria such as investor protection, transparency, fees, taxation, and investment distribution, according to Morningstar’s Global Fund Investor Experience report.

There is nothing simple about taxes. Combining taxation in dozens of countries with that of the United States brings even greater complexity.

Investors are reminded almost daily that the world is changing—that the post-war era of U.S.-led economic growth is becoming a thing of the past. While the U.S. economy remains one of the most dynamic and resilient in the world, the collective economic might of the developing nations—with China at the forefront—continues to grow and expand on both an absolute and a relative basis.

Pacific Investment Management Co., whose co-founder Bill Gross said last week the 30-year bull market in bonds is probably over, attracted the most client deposits ever in the first quarter.

New rules being considered for U.S. money-market mutual funds will make them safer for investors while forcing some smaller providers out of the business, Moody’s Investors Service analysts said this week in a research report.

The United States is the best market for fund investors based on criteria such as investor protection, transparency, fees, taxation, and investment distribution, according to Morningstar’s Global Fund Investor Experience report.