Strategic Insight announced enhancements to its U.S. investment research content for 2015, including the launch of a dedicated liquid alternatives research practice area.
Towers Watson's Global Survey of Investment and Economic Expectations found pension fund managers anticipate fairly conservative investing approaches, but optimism remain optimistic about the years ahead.
As plan advisers are increasingly focused on new strategies to improve plan participant outcomes, liquid alternatives may present an opportunity to diversify retirement portfolios.
A majority of institutional investors consider ESG criteria when making alternative investment allocations, according to research by LGT Capital Partners and Mercer.
Hartford Funds says it has entered into a preliminary agreement with Navigate Fund Solutions LLC to support the launch of a new family of NextShares exchange-traded managed funds.
Mergers and acquisitions among health care organizations continue to affect not-for-profit health care organizations and their retirement plan investing decisions.
Standish Mellon Asset Management Company, a BNY Mellon investment boutique focused on fixed income, hired Max Guimond as solutions strategist for its liability-driven investing group.
While institutional investors are optimistic about equities in 2015, their outlook is tempered by market risks that are difficult to predict and control.
New York Life Investment Management announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire IndexIQ, a firm specializing in liquid alternative exchange-traded funds.
Major changes are occurring in the fixed-income markets that are driving asset managers to position clients against volatility and future rate tightening, according to Cerulli Associates.
A majority of individual retirement account (IRA) investors polled recently by PENSCO Trust Company say they are open to learning more about alternative, non-traded assets.
Investment management firm Eaton Vance says it has won approval to offer “exchange-traded mutual funds” that deliver nontransparent actively managed investment strategies as exchange-traded funds (ETFs).