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How to incorporate alternatives into a portfolio
ALTERNATIVES MAY 30, 2025
How to incorporate alternatives into a portfolio

Michael Henley outlines how he augments his core portfolios with alternative strategies.

By Chris Davis
BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF attracted record $6.35B inflows in May
ALTERNATIVES MAY 30, 2025
BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF attracted record $6.35B inflows in May

Institutions appear to have bolstered the fund.

By Bloomberg
Blackstone, Wellington Management, and Vanguard Group to run new interval fund; face big questions
ALTERNATIVES MAY 27, 2025
Blackstone, Wellington Management, and Vanguard Group to run new interval fund; face big questions

In regards to the new fund, called WVB All Markets Fund, Morningstar analysts wrote that, "despite the brand-name pedigree of the asset managers involved, most of these strategies are untested."

By Bruce Kelly
Residential real estate: what’s happening with sales, prices, rents?
ALTERNATIVES MAY 23, 2025
Residential real estate: what’s happening with sales, prices, rents?

Challenging conditions for investors as market remains pressured.

By Steve Randall
FINRA puts kibosh on David Lerner's sales of proprietary products
ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2025
FINRA puts kibosh on David Lerner's sales of proprietary products

For decades, the bulk of the retail brokerage industry has moved away from selling expensive, proprietary funds.

By Bruce Kelly
Bitcoin at new record high of $110K, traders increasingly bullish
ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2025
Bitcoin at new record high of $110K, traders increasingly bullish

Cryptocurrency trailblazer boosted by wave of optimism.

By Bloomberg
What’s stopping retail investors joining a $1.3T alts investment party?
ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2025
What’s stopping retail investors joining a $1.3T alts investment party?

Lack of understanding is a key barrier that advisors can help clients overcome

By Steve Randall
Bonds are losing their 'shock absorber' status, KKR says
ALTERNATIVES MAY 20, 2025
Bonds are losing their 'shock absorber' status, KKR says

The global alternatives giant argues a breakdown in government bonds as a hedge and a "structurally" weaker dollar creates new diversification challenges.

By Bloomberg
SEC looks to revisit private fund investment rules
ALTERNATIVES MAY 19, 2025
SEC looks to revisit private fund investment rules

The agency's new chairman Paul Atkins says "common-sense" review of 23-year-old restrictions could unlock the $31 trillion industry to more investors.

By Bloomberg
Suspended broker went all in with alternative investment GWG bonds: FINRA
ALTERNATIVES MAY 16, 2025
Suspended broker went all in with alternative investment GWG bonds: FINRA

"It should be literally impossible for a broker to put 96% of a client's money in any investment," said one attorney.

By Bruce Kelly
Wall Street dollar sentiment stays dour amid lingering trade unease
ALTERNATIVES MAY 16, 2025
Wall Street dollar sentiment stays dour amid lingering trade unease

The greenback's wild slide has continued as erratic US policymaking spurs a "love-hate" relationship with international investors.

By Bloomberg
Clearstead strengthens alts push with expanded GLASfunds partnership
RIA NEWS MAY 15, 2025
Clearstead strengthens alts push with expanded GLASfunds partnership

An extended alliance between the Cleveland-based RIA and GLASfunds is set to deliver expanded private market access and back-office simplification for advisors.

By Leo Almazora
Don't forget the downsides of interval funds, Morningstar warns
ALTERNATIVES MAY 14, 2025
Don't forget the downsides of interval funds, Morningstar warns

Easy-to-miss fees and incentives around assets managed could make such alts vehicles a losing proposition for investors.

By Leo Almazora
Private credit's latest golden moment conceals market cracks
ALTERNATIVES MAY 14, 2025
Private credit's latest golden moment conceals market cracks

Companies backed by private capital continue squeezed by stubbornly high interest rates and expected impact of Trump tariffs.

By Bloomberg
Empower opens door to private markets in retirement plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2025
Empower opens door to private markets in retirement plans

The firm is partnering with Apollo, Goldman Sachs, Sagard and others to launch collective investment trusts aimed at portfolio diversification.

By Leo Almazora
Citi offloads private markets funds unit in iCapital deal
ALTERNATIVES MAY 13, 2025
Citi offloads private markets funds unit in iCapital deal

The giant Wall Street bank's deal with the alternative fintech platform provider comes amid a broader effort to simplify its operations.

By Leo Almazora
Private placement executives from GPB Capital, guilty of fraud, get seven and six years in prison
ALTERNATIVES MAY 09, 2025
Private placement executives from GPB Capital, guilty of fraud, get seven and six years in prison

Last summer, the two, David Gentile and Jeff Schneider, were found guilty of fraud in federal court in Brooklyn and received their sentencing today.

By Bruce Kelly
Blackstone, Vanguard, Wellington fire first joint shot into interval fund space
ALTERNATIVES MAY 08, 2025
Blackstone, Vanguard, Wellington fire first joint shot into interval fund space

The proposed "all markets" fund is structured to enable quarterly redemptions, driven by investments in public equities, fixed income, and private market assets.

By Leo Almazora
Private credit fund results point to pockets of weakness
ALTERNATIVES MAY 08, 2025
Private credit fund results point to pockets of weakness

Preliminary earnings reports reveal softness among BDCs, with some expecting challenges to leak in from tariff tensions.

By Bloomberg
iCapital, CAZ help advisors tap into 'golden era' of sports team investing
ALTERNATIVES MAY 06, 2025
iCapital, CAZ help advisors tap into 'golden era' of sports team investing

iCapital is opening the door for independent financial advisors and RIAs to invest client capital in minority stakes across major league sports teams, a "non-correlated" asset class that's "highly resilient to tariff exposure."

By Andrew Cohen