Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
September 10, 2001
NU Offers Online Planning Reference GuideNU Online News Service, Sept. 10, 3:15 p.m. -- The National Underwriter Company, Erlanger, Ky., the company that publishes this Web site, is now ...
August 31, 2001
AmerUs CFO Dies At 51NU Online News Service, Aug. 31, 12:15 p.m. -- Michael Fraizer, 51, executive vice president and chief financial officer of The AmerUs Group Company, ...
August 30, 2001
H.D. Vest To Offer Hancock Separate Account StrategiesNU Online News Service, Aug. 30, 11:45 a.m. -- H.D. Vest Financial Services, Irving, Texas, has agreed to market seven investment strategies developed by ...
July 26, 2001
Transamerica Sunset Option Targets Estate Tax UncertaintyTransamerica Sunset Option Targets Estate Tax Sunset UncertaintyBy"The Sunset Provision creates so much uncertainty moving forward that we concluded that special consideration is necessary to ...
July 20, 2001
CFP Board Names New CEO, COONU Online News Service, July 20, 2:15 p.m. -- The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Denver, has appointed Louis J. Garday as chief ...
July 19, 2001
Canadians Show Stronger Interest In Real Estate And Mutual FundsNU Online News Service, July 19, 4:35 p.m. -- Manulife Financial Corp., Toronto, says the latest quarterly Gallup poll it commissioned shows Canadians now ...
July 19, 2001
With Care, Real Estate Offers OpportunityByInsurers continue to find opportunities in real estate, although emphasis is being placed on fundamentals given the vagaries of current market conditions.Today, an investment official ...
July 11, 2001
Hewitt Says Automatic 401(k) Enrollment May Hurt Some ParticipantsNU Online News Service, July 11, 3:33 p.m. -- Hewitt Associates L.L.C., Lincolnshire, Ill., says employees who are automatically enrolled in their employers' 401(k) ...
July 03, 2001
Swiss Re Completes Conning AcquisitionNU Online News Service, July 3, 3:50 p.m. -- Swiss Re, Zurich, has completed acquiring Conning Corp., Hartford, from MetLife Inc., New York.Swiss Re ...
July 02, 2001
Arden Developing Hedge Funds Of Funds For Phoenix UnitNU Online News Service, July 2, 3:25 p.m. -- Arden Asset Management Inc., New York, is developing a domestic hedge fund of funds and ...