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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 08, 2013
Wells Fargo agrees to pay $105M to end MedCap suit

Investor recovery pool for failed private placements balloons by $105 million. Bruce Kelly has the details.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2013
New covered-call fund from M.D. Sass hedges stock and bond markets

Offering uses strategy modeled after existing SMA; alternative to long-short equity investing

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2013
Hedge funds sitting on record amount of capital

Fund assets now up to $2.41T; investment gains the big contributor.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2013
What's so bad about hedge fund advertising, anyway?

Fear-monger logic falls short

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2013
Nontraded REIT gets cease-and-desist order from Ohio

Regulators in Ohio have issued a cease-and-desist order against a nontraded REIT for pricing shenanigans. Bruce Kelly reports.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2013
Former CFO of a Thompson REIT slapped for weak due diligence

Actions compromised independence of embattled broker-dealer, TNP Securities, Finra says.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 05, 2013
W.P. Carey joins nontraded-REIT-liquidity conga line

W.P. Carey is the latest nontraded REIT to join in the liquidity event frenzy, the sixth such REIT so far in 2013. The merger deal, if approved by shareholders, could mean a big premium.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 05, 2013
Securities America ends sales of a Schorsch REIT

Securities America, citing risk of overconcentration, ends sales of one of REIT maven Nicholas Schorsch's biggest-selling funds.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 31, 2013
The Takeaway: The best (and worst) ETFs in every sector

By Joshua Brown
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 28, 2013
Berthel Fisher sued over failed Thompson deal

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 26, 2013
Troubles mount as Tony Thompson's nontraded REIT halts dividends

TNP Strategic Retail Trust cites loan compliance issues with lenders.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 24, 2013
Mark Tibergien to speak at IN's Best Practices workshops

By Gregory Crawford
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 24, 2013
Paulson sticks to guns on gold

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 24, 2013
Five IBDs in $7M settlement over nontraded-REIT sales

Ameriprise and four other IBDs agreed to pay fines and restitution in a deal with Massachusetts securities cop William Galvin. The state's action is the latest in a series of crackdowns on the sale of nontraded REITs.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 19, 2013
Senior manager at SAC Capital indicted for fraud

The probe over alleged insider trading at SAC Capital is inching ever closer to boss Steven A. Cohan. On Friday, Michael Steinberg, a senior executive at the besieged hedge fund, was indicted for fraud.

By John Goff
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 19, 2013
Hedge funds benefit insiders only

By MFXFeeder
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 18, 2013
Alternatives get a C grade in first test

By JKEPHART
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 17, 2013
Nontraded-REIT party is about to commence

A half dozen nontraded REITs are planning 'liquidity events' that could float investors' boats. Bruce Kelly has the details.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 14, 2013
Reg D advertising for public gets OK

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 10, 2013
Bosses of broker-breaker Provident Royalties get prison time

Four top executives of private-placement Ponzi scheme Provident Royalties were sentenced to prison, bringing to a close one of the most sordid tales in the history of alternative investments.

By Bruce Kelly