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Chicago RIA unveils partnership with iCapital
The collaboration will allow the firm to offer more alternative invesstments to clients.
Alt managers’ push to advisors hits resistance at some B-Ds
‘When I got here in 2016, I had no idea who the alternative investment sponsors were,’ says Jamie Price of Osaic.
iCapital expand advisors’ access to alternatives platform
Wealthtech provider opens opportunities for portfolio diversification to more than 350,000 wealth advisors.
Alts winning out as family offices evolve their strategies
A KKR survey of CIOs reveals increasing portfolio allocations to private credit, infrastructure, and private equity.
The case for ‘retailization’ of alts is getting stronger: BNY Mellon
Stronger performance, growing life expectancies, and easing regulatory barriers are among the trends supporting increased adoption of alternatives.
Giant conflicts alleged involving a former advisor
'I worked my whole life trying to save for now, and I can't retire,' says Galia Meiri, one of the advisor's clients.
Investing lessons from the Beanie Babies bubble
The collectibles market is very different from the stock market, and value can be difficult to assess.
Yieldstreet opens art fund
The alternative investments platform has funded more than $2.4 billion in investments across a range of asset classes since its founding in 2015.
BlackRock’s Fink puts private equity on the front burner
CEO Larry Fink said access to private equity should increase and allocations should be in the 20% range, while speaking at the Charles Schwab Impact conference.
Alternative investments platform iCapital lands $440 million in fresh funding
Assets serviced by iCapital have exploded to $80 billion across more than 780 funds to date, up from $46 billion in March 2020.
Active cryptocurrency SMA aims to outperform Bitcoin
Leavenworth Capital has a short but impressive track record of actively trading cryptocurrencies to double the performance of Bitcoin this year.
Demand for alternatives puts pressure on asset managers: State Street
To avoid data inefficiency, alternative managers must take a tech-led approach to meet the evolving needs of their clients, State Street says.
Berthel Fischer sees sharp decline in commissions, turns to building RIA
Revenues have dropped sharply, by as much as 40%, at the broker-dealer over the past seven years as the industry moved away from commissions on alternative investments to recurring revenue from managed money products.
SEC charges Texas oil-and-gas fund managers with $17 million fraud
Patrick Duke and Paul Haarman of APEG Investors allegedly kept $2.6 million of what they raised from investors.
Cambridge Investment Research working on Finra settlement over alt fund sales
Finra's department of enforcement has investigated Cambridge's due diligence of the sale of the defunct LJM Preservation and Growth Fund.
iCapital leverages KKR to lure investors into private equity
The rebranded PE fund targets the country's 13 million accredited households with an offer of access to KKR's investment expertise.
$1.8 billion mutual fund halts redemptions over alleged fraud
The manager of the Infinity Q liquid alt fund was fired after being accused of fudging asset values. The fund could not value its assets for purposes of calculating its net asset value.
Securities firm owner, late scammer’s trust ordered to cough up $2.7 million
SEC obtains judgments against Seth Leyton and the trust of the orchestrator of a fraud involving collateralized mortgage obligations.
In first, B-D that sold GPB private placements loses arbitration
The first investor arbitration claims involving the products have been decided over the past few months, but the claim against Arete Wealth Management appears to be the first substantial win for investors against a broker-dealer.
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