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Cardea reboots to Fourcore with backing from Nobel dynasty members
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 21, 2024
Cardea reboots to Fourcore with backing from Nobel dynasty members

The firm has secured a $25M funding commitment to support its push to build a unique next-gen approach to asset management.

By Leo Almazora
Private markets set to grow into a $65T opportunity, says Bain
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 21, 2024
Private markets set to grow into a $65T opportunity, says Bain

The alternative investment giant sees private markets growing rapidly through 2032 as retail interest increases and public market returns slow down.

By Leo Almazora
MassMutual continues to build out its alts shelf
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 20, 2024
MassMutual continues to build out its alts shelf

The firm’s latest partnership expands on its efforts to give advisors at its IBD unit a more diversified investment menu.

By Leo Almazora
Gen AI takes priority for asset managers as ESG excitement cools
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 20, 2024
Gen AI takes priority for asset managers as ESG excitement cools

Index Industry Association survey reveals growing adoption of AI tools, tempered ESG expectations, and evolving demands for index providers.

By Leo Almazora
Challenge for ETFs in the ether
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 19, 2024
Challenge for ETFs in the ether

The first spot-price ether ETFs have been out for a month, during which time investors pulled money from the biggest product and prices dropped 20 percent.

By Emile Hallez
Private credit narrative (still) gathering steam
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 19, 2024
Private credit narrative (still) gathering steam

Private credit brings risks but do the risks outweigh the rewards? Advisors weigh in.

By Josh Welsh
PE firms under pressure to pay investors are turning to risky debt
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 16, 2024
PE firms under pressure to pay investors are turning to risky debt

The practice of loading up companies with junk debt has sparked concerns from some watching the private equity space.

By Leo Almazora
Goldman and Morgan Stanley split on bitcoin ETFs
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 16, 2024
Goldman and Morgan Stanley split on bitcoin ETFs

The two Wall Street giants have substantial stakes, but a closer reading of their disclosures suggest different stances on the alternative ETF class.

By Leo Almazora
Russell Investments taps Goldman Sachs vet for global alts role
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 12, 2024
Russell Investments taps Goldman Sachs vet for global alts role

The global asset manager’s latest executive hire will be in charge of developing its global alts strategy, with a special focus on private markets.

By Leo Almazora
Advisors should ride the high and invest in cannabis, expert says
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 12, 2024
Advisors should ride the high and invest in cannabis, expert says

The cannabis industry offers high risk rewards and proposed reclassification could improve profitably and access to capital.

By Josh Welsh
Sanctuary Wealth strikes alts education partnership with CAIA
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 12, 2024
Sanctuary Wealth strikes alts education partnership with CAIA

The hybrid RIA is helping partner firms brush up on alternative investments through its new SWAP initiative.

By Leo Almazora
Robinhood has answered SEC's crypto warning
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 08, 2024
Robinhood has answered SEC's crypto warning

The retail fintech's CEO says it has filed a "high-quality" response to the regulator's query as it beat earnings expectations.

By Bloomberg
Advisors say REITs right as rates sink and stocks sell off
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 07, 2024
Advisors say REITs right as rates sink and stocks sell off

REITs are making a comeback as the market hits a summer rough patch.

By Gregg Greenberg
GPB's 8% yield as real as the Easter Bunny
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 05, 2024
GPB's 8% yield as real as the Easter Bunny

GPB clients needed "that 8% to live and buy medicine," says one industry executive.

By Bruce Kelly
Morgan Stanley unlocks the door to bitcoin ETFs
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 02, 2024
Morgan Stanley unlocks the door to bitcoin ETFs

The Wall Street giant is giving its advisors license to recommend bitcoin ETFs to clients – but with certain strict conditions.

By Leo Almazora
Apollo stands behind alts as profit miss provokes concerns
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 01, 2024
Apollo stands behind alts as profit miss provokes concerns

CEO offers investors reassurance as the firm's Athene annuities business weighs on second quarter earnings.

By Bloomberg
BlackRock pushes to the fore in private-asset ETF race
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 31, 2024
BlackRock pushes to the fore in private-asset ETF race

The high-stakes contest among major money managers hinges on their ability to solve some technical and regulatory challenges.

By Bloomberg
SEC claims B-D, advisor violated Reg BI in GWG bond sales
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 30, 2024
SEC claims B-D, advisor violated Reg BI in GWG bond sales

"This was not a systemic issue for us," says LifeMark Securities' CEO James Prisco.

By Bruce Kelly
GPB "not a Ponzi!" defense attorney claims
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 30, 2024
GPB "not a Ponzi!" defense attorney claims

GPB executives Gentile and Schneider "are guilty as charged," says federal prosecutor.

By Bruce Kelly
Growth equity "an easy concept to grasp" for clients
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 30, 2024
Growth equity "an easy concept to grasp" for clients

Many people have hoarded cash and growth equity has attractive performance characteristics, advisors say.

By Josh Welsh