Tag: Alternative Investments

September 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Principal Real Estate Investors has launched Retirement REdirect, a customizable commercial real estate strategy for...

September 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court has given the green light to certain claims that fiduciaries to...

August 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Visium Asset Management launched the Visium Event Driven Fund (VIDVX), the first mutual fund offering...

August 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An investment adviser has been ordered to restore plan losses, incentive fees and penalties for...

August 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even in periods when hedge funds underperform the broad market they still provide measurable value...

July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A survey from Towers Watson found allocations to alternative assets by pension funds now account...

June 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Alternative mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are being included more frequently in investor...

June 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued an alert advising investors to be aware of...

June 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors should consider using “alternative” investment structures for better risk balance and the reducing...

May 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The median return for large Taft-Hartley defined benefit plans was 5.13% in first quarter, versus...

May 16 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched the Goldman Sachs Multi-Manager Alternatives Fund to bring...

May 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutions are seeking more consistent returns across economic environments, according to new research from Cerulli...

May 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutions are seeking more consistent returns across economic environments, according to new research from Cerulli...

May 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds returned an average of 1.04% in April and 4.6% through the first four...

May 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new trade group has been formed to educate plan sponsors and consultants about how...

April 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The past few years have seen a steady increase in real estate investments, according to...

March 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) launched a multi-strategy mutual fund dynamically allocated across multiple hedge...

March 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BNY Mellon announced the launch of BNY Mellon Risk View.

February 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investors continue to diversify their investment...

February 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Now is a good time for gold in retirement savings accounts —but only if investors...