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INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 26, 2013
LPL ordered to pay $2M in restitution

Massachusetts Securities Division seeks payment to investors who bought shares of nontraded real estate investment trusts

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 24, 2013
Stocks, real estate made 2012 a banner year for the wealthy

North America overtakes Asia as home to most millionaires but crown not likely to stay.

By AOSTERLAND
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 24, 2013
Illiquid BDCs demand scrutiny

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 24, 2013
Google the new Apple of big investors' eyes

Loss of institutional backing can grease the skids of a stock in decline.

By AOSTERLAND
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 24, 2013
LPL beefing up its compliance in wake of Massachusetts suit

In the aftermath of a suit filed by Massachussets, LPL has reined in sales of nontraditional mutual funds.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 22, 2013
Pimco's second act: Alternatives?

As debt yields shrink, bond giant looking at other avenues

By JKEPHART
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 21, 2013
Tax reform of financial products?

The idea may be theoretically interesting, but it is too complex and practically unworkable

By Robert N. Gordon
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 16, 2013
Alpha bets for the masses a tough sell: Panel

Alternatives seen as crucial to portfolio constructions, but risk premium still a turn off for many

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 16, 2013
Do hedge funds deliver?

By By John West
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 16, 2013
Size matters: Gundlach says DoubleLine will cap assets around $100 billion

Star fund manager says he doesn't want to resort to 'shadow markets' like derivatives.

By JKEPHART
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 14, 2013
Not so fast, American Realty Capital, Cole REIT board says

Takeover target is considering offer despite claims to the contrary from ARCP chief Schorsch.

By DJAMIESON
Thompson pitching nontraded REIT that's struggling with debt payments
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 12, 2013
Thompson pitching nontraded REIT that's struggling with debt payments

Tony Thompson is pitching a nontraded REIT to broker-dealers. Bruce Kelly reports that the property trust is currently negotiating forbearance agreements — and is paying old investors, in part, with money from new investors.

By Bruce Kelly
$1.5M arb judgment forces B-D to declare bankruptcy, deregister
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 11, 2013
$1.5M arb judgment forces B-D to declare bankruptcy, deregister

A Finra arbitration panel has ordered Cambridge Legacy Securities to pay an investor $1.5 million over private placements

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 10, 2013
BDC dumps distributor over financial issues

VII Peaks Capital actively looking for new wholesaler

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 09, 2013
Nontraded REIT and traded REIT seal deal

American Capital Properties REIT merger OK'd.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 09, 2013
Janus jumps into alternatives game

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 07, 2013
Structured notes offer too-good-to-be true returns

Marketing hype makes structured notes sound like a sure thing. Read the fine print and you might come away with a slightly different conclusion.

By Gregory Crawford
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 05, 2013
ARC lights into Cole, may up bid again

Another day, another twist in the American Realty Capital/Cole III saga. On Tuesday, ARC questioned whether the board of the Cole REIT was considering a sweetened takeover offer or was simply playing for time.

By DJAMIESON
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 05, 2013
Game on: American Realty ups its bid for Cole III

The pitched battle for Cole III heated up Wednesday as American Realty Capital came back with an improved bid for the nontradeded REIT.

By DJAMIESON
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 05, 2013
REIT war erupts as Cole rejects unsolicited bid from ARC

A battle has broken out among real estate investment giants as Cole Properties turns down a $5.7B bid lodged by American Realty Capital.

By John Goff