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Troubled Texas REIT defaults on $35 million loan
ALTERNATIVES AUG 04, 2016
Troubled Texas REIT defaults on $35 million loan

UDF IV also has suspended distributions to shareholders.

By Bruce Kelly
Will Franklin Square start a nontraded product price war with its cheaper BDC?
ALTERNATIVES AUG 04, 2016
Will Franklin Square start a nontraded product price war with its cheaper BDC?

Forget 10%, the firm's new business development company has a hard cap on fees and commissions at 8.95% of gross offering proceeds.

By Bruce Kelly
New York REIT to liquidate
ALTERNATIVES AUG 02, 2016
New York REIT to liquidate

The real estate investment trust will seek to sell its assets and return the proceeds to shareholders, pay off its debt and delist from the New York Stock Exchange.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 28, 2016
Rob Arnott says cheesy copy cats are hurting smart beta investing

Plus: Gold is investing in monetary chaos, corporate bonds fly off the shelves, and more fuzzy employment math

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUL 25, 2016
REIT ETFs trouncing stocks thanks to low interest rates and flight to passive investing

Real estate-focused exchange traded funds attracted $1.5 billion in new money in June, followed by $1.3 billion the month before, according to FactSet.

By Jeff Benjamin
Report says REIT changes proposed by AR Global would remove investor protections
ALTERNATIVES JUL 11, 2016
Report says REIT changes proposed by AR Global would remove investor protections

Robert A. Stanger & Co. critical of proxies firm has sent out in preparation for possible consolidations.

By Bruce Kelly
Former AR Global REIT director cries foul over potential merger
ALTERNATIVES JUL 11, 2016
Former AR Global REIT director cries foul over potential merger

Robert Froehlich says fact that both acquiring REIT and REIT being acquired have same CFO is a 'manifest conflict of interest.'

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES JUL 10, 2016
Decades after being barred, 85-year-old investment fraudster strikes again

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Forty-five years after being barred from the investment industry by the SEC, Donald Conrad was still able to rip off investors.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETF liquidity a growing point of financial industry contention
ALTERNATIVES JUL 10, 2016
ETF liquidity a growing point of financial industry contention

Little to indicate the ETF industry is fully prepared for a major rush to the exits by investors.

By MFXFeeder
ALTERNATIVES JUL 06, 2016
Moore Capital tells hedge fund manager to pound sand after raucous Hamptons party

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The saga of a Moore Capital fund manager involves a $27,000 Airbnb rental, a $1 million lawsuit, and &#8220;dwarfs with Champagne guns.&quot;

By Jeff Benjamin
A hedge fund manager's view of liquid alternative funds
ALTERNATIVES JUN 29, 2016
A hedge fund manager's view of liquid alternative funds

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Liquid alternative strategies are growing up, and that means some growing pains.

By Jeff Benjamin
SEC fines WFG Advisors $100,000 for overcharging clients in alternative investments
RIA NEWS JUN 28, 2016
SEC fines WFG Advisors $100,000 for overcharging clients in alternative investments

The wealth manager overbilled for investments in REITs and BDCs

By Christine Idzelis
Brexit vote whipsaws markets, tests financial advisers' resolve
EQUITIES JUN 27, 2016
Brexit vote whipsaws markets, tests financial advisers' resolve

The fallout from Britain's shocking vote could last at least two years. Meanwhile, advisers told their clients to <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20160624/FREE/160629940/financial-advisers-reach-out-to-clients-as-stocks-plunge-in-brexit&quot;>keep calm and carry on</a> as stock markets tumbled, creating a buying opportunity.

By Jeff Benjamin
Carlyle Group, KKR and other private equity firms target individual investors with interval funds
ALTERNATIVES JUN 27, 2016
Carlyle Group, KKR and other private equity firms target individual investors with interval funds

Weighing the pros and cons of the new registered fund

By Jeff Benjamin
Bond bears licking their wounds as stock funds lag amid low-interest rates
ALTERNATIVES JUN 23, 2016
Bond bears licking their wounds as stock funds lag amid low-interest rates

The average long-term government bond fund has soared 10.1% this year, according to Morningstar.

By John Waggoner
Layoffs hit Pimco, GMO as assets shrink amid flight from active management
EQUITIES JUN 21, 2016
Layoffs hit Pimco, GMO as assets shrink amid flight from active management

The departures include top managers and the closure of some funds.

By John Waggoner
EQUITIES JUN 16, 2016
Wall Street figuring out how to hedge against a Donald Trump presidency

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Wall Street investors are working on how to position their portfolios for a potential Donald Trump presidency.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUN 16, 2016
How a Brexit will hit U.S. stocks

Plus: The Fed moves bonds, the downside of diversification, and don't rule out a staycation this summer

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUN 14, 2016
A tale of two Chinas: one old, one new

By Monique France
ALTERNATIVES JUN 07, 2016
Hillary Clinton's hedge fund ties get trimmed by one

Plus: Don't hold your breath waiting for normal interest rates, the minimum wage truth, and it takes some luck to become super rich

By Jeff Benjamin