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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 18, 2014
Finra tacks on more time to REIT pricing change

Gives SEC another month to act on proposal.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 18, 2014
Giant Inland REIT to spin off lodging portfolio into separate company

Spinoff is part of REIT's long-term strategy to split holdings into categories, including multi-tenant retail and student housing.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 17, 2014
Derivative basket options questioned

By Robert N. Gordon
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 15, 2014
Barclays rains on the equity market parade

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Barclays warns on stocks. Plus: Gold finds some safe-haven love; how the Fed is off target; Argentina uses social media to attack creditors; Nasdaq's version of d&eacute;j&agrave; vu; and what people buy when money is no object.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 15, 2014
Fed watchers are spinning over Janet Yellen's mixed messages

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> brings you up to speed on reactions to Janet Yellen's mixed messages on the U.S. job market, gold's surge, and Russian mutual funds' fall.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING RIAS AUG 15, 2014
REITs, RIA regulation, retirement planning and risk grab advisers' attention

<i>InvestmentNews</i>' four must-read stories of the week cover this ecclectic set of 'R' subjects.

By Andrew Leigh
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 15, 2014
Time is ripe for unconstrained bond funds

Advisers warned to do their homework, however, as funds can be complicated.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 12, 2014
Multialternative mutual funds gain in popularity

But funds are built differently and due diligence is critical.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 12, 2014
Schorsch's RCS Capital moves into crowdfunding

With acquisition of Trupoly portal, RCS will run the 'We R Crowdfunding' investment platform.

By Joyce Hanson
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 11, 2014
Northstar Realty pays $4B for nontraded REIT

In another liquidity event, Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc. agrees to deal that includes stock, cash and debt.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 11, 2014
MainStay jumps into MLP space with mutual funds

A mutual fund wrap provides easier access to MLPs but mutes their tax advantages.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 10, 2014
Dodd-Frank strikes again

By MFXFeeder
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 09, 2014
Liquid alts to get their own benchmarks

New measures aim to combat challenge of assessing performance; investible products may not be far behind.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 09, 2014
Alternatives: No passing fad

A new report chronicles the growth of alternative investments from retail to institutional investors. The upshot for advisers: Alternatives have reached the mainstream and are here to stay.

By Minda Smiley
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 07, 2014
Onetime rival Cole now a selling machine for Schorsch

After getting broker-dealers like LPL Financial to sign selling agreements, asset manager Cole Capital expects to raise $3.1 billion this year for American Realty Capital Properties.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 05, 2014
Worried about the end of easing? The effects of QE3 haven't even been felt yet

Real estate investors should be thinking about moving to actively managed assets.

By Jacob Frydman
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 05, 2014
Who's Finra protecting, anyway?

By MFXFeeder
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 05, 2014
Popular liquid alts funds face regulatory scrutiny

It could be a long summer for the fastest-growing segment of the mutual fund business as regulators zero in on both the marketing of the funds and the investment strategies they employ.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 04, 2014
MLP investors face prospect of new taxes after Kinder Morgan deal

New entity likely to benefit, though the firm's acquisition could leave MLP investors with an unexpected tax consequence.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 04, 2014
Barack Obama's attempt to both embrace and shun the financial markets

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Obama's attempt to embrace and shun markets. Plus: Volatility awakens nervous investors; crowdfunding and crowd funding; building your own hedge fund made easy; and bacon prices soar because we Americans just love that greasy stuff.

By Jeff Benjamin