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KKR, Capital Group team up to launch funds for rich investors
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2024
KKR, Capital Group team up to launch funds for rich investors

The alliance aims to package "the best of both" private and public investments into a new hybrid category.

iCapital seals deal to scoop up AltExchange
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2024
iCapital seals deal to scoop up AltExchange

The alts-focused wealth tech giant is looking to ramp up its data management capabilities with an AI-driven solution courtesy of its latest strategic acquisition.

CAIA expands UniFi learning platform with PE microcredential
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 29, 2024
CAIA expands UniFi learning platform with PE microcredential

The association's latest alts education offering gives advisors a self-paced exploration of private equity categories, evolving PE vehicles, and their place in portfolio construction.

Bitcoin surge has advisors once again answering questions
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 28, 2024
Bitcoin surge has advisors once again answering questions

Clients are starting to take notice as the cryptocurrency flirts with record highs.

Robinhood wades into event trading with Harris and Trump contracts
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 28, 2024
Robinhood wades into event trading with Harris and Trump contracts

The retail trading titan is offering users new ways to trade on the outcome of the hotly contested presidential election.

Blackstone-owned Hipgnosis plots $1.47B music bond sale
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 25, 2024
Blackstone-owned Hipgnosis plots $1.47B music bond sale

The new debt issuance will be backed by royalties from chart-topping artists like Shakira, Journey, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Guggenheim founder Mark Walter hits $12B net worth on Dodgers' rising stock
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 25, 2024
Guggenheim founder Mark Walter hits $12B net worth on Dodgers' rising stock

The 64-year-old's trailblazing 2012 investment has paid off handsomely as the LA-based squad squares off against the Yankees in the World Series.

Risk is the "permanent impairment of capital"
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 25, 2024
Risk is the "permanent impairment of capital"

Wealth manager reflects on how alternatives arose from turmoil.

Advisor suspended, fined for pushing elderly clients into high-risk GPB private placements
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 24, 2024
Advisor suspended, fined for pushing elderly clients into high-risk GPB private placements

Recommendations of more than $800k in limited partnerships led to unsuitably large concentrations of alts in their portfolios, Finra finds.

Art market upheaval is on the horizon, says global report
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 24, 2024
Art market upheaval is on the horizon, says global report

Declining representation in affluent portfolios, decreased spending from next-gen investors, and other forces are converging to form a complex picture.

What's the best investment case for private market assets?
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 22, 2024
What's the best investment case for private market assets?

Blackstone advisor pulse survey reveals around 80 percent see private investments as a way to land new clients.

North American institutions keeping long-term focus amid near-term noise
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 18, 2024
North American institutions keeping long-term focus amid near-term noise

Two-thirds of survey respondents agree upcoming elections a distraction, while three-fourths are prioritizing central bank actions and private market investments.

Good as gold? Why it might be a safer haven than Treasury bonds
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 18, 2024
Good as gold? Why it might be a safer haven than Treasury bonds

BofA commodity strategist argues the yellow metal is a good option as governments go deeper into the red.

Pair-trade ETF strategies raise questions on risk
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 18, 2024
Pair-trade ETF strategies raise questions on risk

One manager's filing for strategies bundling long and short bets extends debate on where the ETF innovation machine is headed.

CAIS announces new division to support advisors' alternative investment efforts
INVESTING PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 18, 2024
CAIS announces new division to support advisors' alternative investment efforts

The firm will offer customizable model portfolios, advisory services, and a portfolio construction tool as part of its latest alts offensive.

StepStone Private Wealth welcomes two industry veterans to lead growth push
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 17, 2024
StepStone Private Wealth welcomes two industry veterans to lead growth push

The fast-growing asset manager specializing in private markets is looking to build on its momentum after achieving a $5B milestone.

Gold approaches another record as election race, Fed rate cuts come into focus
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 16, 2024
Gold approaches another record as election race, Fed rate cuts come into focus

Near-term policy and economic uncertainty, including new pronouncements from Republican candidate Donald Trump, are pushing the metal toward a new high.

Wealth firms want asset managers to step up specialist support
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 15, 2024
Wealth firms want asset managers to step up specialist support

Broadridge industry survey unpacks sentiments and gaps around active ETFs, alts, indexing solutions, and AI adoption.

Nuveen taps industry veteran Moshe Bajnon in private wealth push
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 14, 2024
Nuveen taps industry veteran Moshe Bajnon in private wealth push

The asset management giant is looking to solidify its relationships with wealth platforms, broker-dealers and RIAs through a newly created global leadership role.

iCapital launches multi-investment workflow advisor tool
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 11, 2024
iCapital launches multi-investment workflow advisor tool

The alts-focused global fintech's latest enhancement aims to further streamline the investment process for financial professionals.