Private Equity
Read about how private equity investments offer investors the ability to invest in long-term profitable assets, known often as PE investments.
June 06, 2007
Prudential Gets Out Of Equity BusinessPrudential Financial Inc. today announced the closing of its Prudential Equity Group unit, which has been selling and trading stocks and providing stock research for ...
June 01, 2007
Another Asset Class for AdvisorsOver the years, a number of alternative investments have become increasingly available to RIAs and their high-net-worth clientele. Hedge fund of funds burst into the scene about 15 years ago, followed by mutual funds that utilize a plethora of market neutral strategies. Private equity may well be the next piece...
June 01, 2007
Outside HelpLast month, we looked at how three advisors went outside of their practices to create an ad hoc network to solve the unique advanced planning...
May 04, 2007
Laptop Stolen? Blow It Up!ComputerWorld recently reported on the theft of yet another laptop computer that contains vital, sensitive, private information about innocent people. Read about why NU Tech ...
May 02, 2007
CDA: LTD Benefits Grow 7.5&The disability insurers that support the Council for Disability Awareness say they paid $7.2 billion in long-term disability claims in 2006, up 7.5% from the ...
May 02, 2007
Private Equity Firm Agrees To Acquire BISYS Insurance ArmBISYS Group Inc. has agreed to sell its operations to Citigroup Inc., and Citigroup says it will keep the BISYS mutual fund and hedge fund ...
May 01, 2007
Behind the Numbers, with Gail DudackThe Principal of the Dudack Research Group believes that equities are presently the best valued asset. "Supporting this view is the fact that the trailing...
April 01, 2007
Don't Forget DiversificationWhen considering commodities, don't neglect their diversification benefits, which historical research has amply demonstrated, says Hilary Till, principal of a proprietary trading firm in the...
March 30, 2007
SMA Award Winners RevealedInvestment Advisor and its awards partners, Prima Capital and Standard & Poor's, announced on March 30 the winners of the third annual Separately Managed Accounts Awards.
March 22, 2007
Private Equity Funds To Pay More For HubA U.S. investment bank and a British private equity firm have agreed to pay more for Hub International Ltd., a large insurance broker, to beat ...