More than a decade ago, before the Internet bubble burst, investors focused on return on capital. Today they seem more concerned with risk-adjusted returns. They want to know that their hard-earned ...

Much of the confusion about what an absolute-return portfolio is arises from the rather cavalier way that some of these funds are labeled. Many funds are advertised as absolute-return plays simply ...

The investment seeks total return. The fund's primary strategy consists of selling and purchasing put and call options on equity indexes and exchange traded funds. The sale of put options generates ...

Putnam Investments has developed what the firm calls the first suite of target-date funds that integrate target absolute return strategies with traditional mutual funds. Challenged by market ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors who bought into "absolute return" funds hoping to make money in relentlessly turbulent trading are instead finding their capital eroded in markets that are making a habit ...

The ideal portfolio mix should have at least 20% allocated to absolute-return strategies, Joseph Dowling, senior managing director and global head of Blackstone multiasset investing, said in an ...

For Nicholas Tompras, CEO and chief investment officer of ACR Alpine Capital Research, aligning mission objectives with a value-based approach defines his practice. After all, at the heart of ACR's ...

Columbia Threadneedle Investments has launched the Threadneedle (Lux) Global Investment Grade Credit Opportunities fund. The strategy, which will be managed by Alasdair Ross and Ryan Staszewski, will ...

One of the best strategies for succeeding in the stock market is patience. The market’s volatility can definitely lead to losses in the short term, but if you keep your money in long enough, you will ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors who bought into "absolute return" funds hoping to make money in relentlessly turbulent trading are instead finding their capital eroded in markets that are making a habit ...