A recent ruling by the Securities and Exchange Commission has made it easier for private foundations organized as not-for-profit corporations with at least $5 million in investments to access the world of alternative investments. Previously, that...

The variety of alternative investments available to the public has exploded in the last 10 years just as prudent investor standards have empowered trustees to explore strategies that better serve clients. No wonder that fiduciaries increasingly...

Something funny happened on the road to nirvana. After an unusually extended period of calm, the financial markets began acting like markets again at the end of February 2007. On Feb. 27, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged by more than 400...

Saving the world one issue at a time, Mia Farrow championed “Save Darfur,” and some big business listened.

There are a few stumbling blocks, but a U.S. launch could be just around the corner.

Robeco Investment Management, a unit of the largest independently owned money manager in Europe, snatched up four American asset managers and is now targeting U.S. retail financial advisors for the first time. Will advisors bite?

Best-selling author Peter L. Bernstein explains how heretical, academic research has become investing orthodoxy. And yet, Modern Portfolio Theory is under attack from behavioral finance theorists. Who is right?