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Envestnet Launches Liquid Alts Platform
Wendy Connett
28 February 2011
Envestnet/PMC,
the portfolio consulting group ofEnvestnet, has launched a liquid alternatives
platform. The
PMC Liquid Alternatives Program was designed to help advisors identify
high-performing liquid alternative strategies, mainly in mutual funds and
exchange-traded funds. "PMC
enables advisors to access a range of pre-screened, vetted alternative
investment products across a wide range of styles," said Brandon Thomas,
Envestnet's co-founder, managing director and chief investment officer. The
platform includes PMC's proprietary universe of more than 150 strategies across
the alternatives spectrum, including long/short, merger arbitrage, absolute
return, global tactical and others. PMC will review on an ongoing basis the
alternatives landscape to add new strategies based on quantitative and
qualitative screens.