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INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 19, 2013
Putnam launches six more funds as Reynolds plays catch up

New list includes offerings to meet advisers' needs, reflect market action.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 18, 2013
Blackstone's new alts fund

By James Comtois
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 18, 2013
REIT board asks Thompson to resign

New CEO calls Finra charges 'severe' and 'troubling.'

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING RIAS AUG 12, 2013
Adviser gets sacked after ripping off her NFL linebacker client

What Jeff's reading today: Jail time for adviser who ripped off her NFL linebacker client, plus: the taper question, 98% chance of a market crash next year, the yen-dollar trade, New Yorkers dodge taxes, and (surprise!) Congress wastes your money.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 11, 2013
W.P. Carey joins nontraded-REIT liquidity conga line

By Andrew Leigh
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 11, 2013
Inland taps a rival for its CEO

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 11, 2013
Real estate fixture Thompson defrauded investors: Finra

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 11, 2013
Schorsch in $2.3B deal with Inland

Real estate investor in 'unique position' to get deal done.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 10, 2013
Three Apple REITs might merge

In SEC filings, three Apple REITS say they are considering a merger. No timetable for a decision has been set.

By DJAMIESON
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 10, 2013
REIT game 'in the late innings'

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 10, 2013
Apple REIT Six OKs merger with Blackstone fund

Liquidity party kicks off for shareholders; Chambers Street Properties up next with planned IPO.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 09, 2013
National Planning latest to cut sales of an American Realty Capital REIT

Another B-D is cutting sales of a fast-selling American Realty Capital REIT. This time, it's not about overconcentration.

By Bruce Kelly
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