Alternative Investments

Increasing longevity means clients are looking for income. After years of strong growth, marketplace lending may be the place to find it.

Brighthouse Financial completed its spin off from MetLife and was listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Monday.

Financial Darwinism, though, is beginning to work its evolutionary magic.

A Twitter chat covering risks and opportunities for advisors investing in marijuana.

The Qube Fund, which uses computer models to trade stocks, will be managed by Credit Suisse Quantitative and Systematic Asset Management, which will be a separate group as part of a management buyout.

Investors looking to take a flyer on the “budding” industry need to understand that risks go up when companies “touch the plant.” Safer plays are further down the supply chain.

"That’s why I’m there. The profit opportunity isn’t now. It’s in two or three years.”

There are ways to access the asset class without investing directly in futures.