This quiz is based on several recent columns and articles from InvestmentNews that explore the use and performance of alternative investments, as well as developments in the retirement and 401(k) landscape.
CNL Lifestyles Properties expects to post a new valuation in August
A top real estate investor has suspended payments on a private placement hawked by B-Ds
The Oracle makes $3.85B bid for ResCap mortgage business; 'the worst is behind us'
Historically, the only path for an investor to gain exposure to hedge fund “alpha” was to invest directly with a hedge fund or a hedge fund-of-fund.
Press, attention had helped improve nontraded REIT's 'shareholder friendliness'
The switch to Roth IRAs could yield an extraordinary payoff for workers at quantitative-trading specialist Renaissance, while the U.S. Treasury loses.
Firm found to have collected fees for recommending funds of hedge funds to retirement plans
U.S. commercial-property investors are shedding their pessimism about 2012, with almost half expecting healthy profits this year, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
A new study shows that most post-IPO/merger nontraded REITs over the past two decades have badly lagged industry benchmarks. The reason? Hefty fees.
Jefferson National Life Insurance Co. has bolstered its roster of alternative-investment offerings
David Lerner has continued to improperly pitch nontraded REITs, according to an amended complaint filed last month by the self-regulator.
After a year in which securities regulators cracked down on nontraded real estate investment trusts, REIT sponsors and the broker-dealers who sell them are focusing on compliance and whether sales of the products to investors are suitable.
