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INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 24, 2014
Don't overlook the housing recovery

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Remember housing stocks? You should. Plus: How Pimco stepped in it, academics take on high-frequency trading, the bad math behind climate-change regs, and men are better retirement savers than women.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 24, 2014
Vanguard urges caution on liquid alts

The fund company says performance of liquid alts has not been living up to the hype.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 23, 2014
Accredited-investor definition revamp backed by SEC panel

Agency's Investor Advisory Committee thinks current standard of income, wealth oversimplifies who should qualify to buy private offerings.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 23, 2014
RCAP buying Cole Advisor for $700 million

Nicholas Schorsch's RCS Capital has agreed to buy Cole Capital, which he also controls. <i>Plus: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20140917/INFOGRAPHIC/140919935&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">See our map of the REIT czar's empire</a></i>

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 23, 2014
Nontraded REIT in big shareholder payout

With special dividend, KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II has paid shareholders $8.50.

INVESTING RIAS SEP 23, 2014
Market risk is ignored by invincible investors

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A real risk thanks to the bull market: investors' sense of invincibility, plus El-Erian dishes on Pimco, second-guessing Calpers, and more.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 23, 2014
Untangling Nicholas Schorsch's vast web of businesses

The REIT czar's empire is broken down in this &quot;simple&quot; visual covering all entities under his purview

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 22, 2014
Nontraded REITs stack up well compared with traded REITs

First-time study recognizes growth in industry and also levels criticism.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 22, 2014
Should you follow Bill?

Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features: Bill Gross is selling bonds. Should you? Plus: Finra might go inside to replace Fienberg; the markets' muted reaction to Obama; pump and dump; more money flows to hedge funds; and Cantor's way of commemorating 9/11.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 19, 2014
What Scotland's 'no' vote means for markets

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: What Scotland's 'no' vote might mean for the markets, Alibaba's IPO prices in record territory, the 'dumb money' is getting smarter, and gold continues to slide.

INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 19, 2014
Liquid alts are a threat to hedge funds as we've known them

Calpers decision raises questions about high hedge fund fees, even as those funds are evolving

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 19, 2014
Are changes ahead in the way nontraded REITs are sold?

Fat commissions could be trimmed if states approve regulations affecting the sale of nontraded real estate investment trusts.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 18, 2014
Is Calpers' move away from hedge funds a bellwether for advisers?

If major institutions cannot justify hedge fund investing, where should advisers turn for alternative asset exposure?

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2014
Finra 'unfairly criticized' on REIT pricing rule change

Mark Goldberg of IPA praises regulator's action to extend clarity to investor statements.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2014
Schorsch's RCS buys majority stake in Docupace Technologies

Company provides SEC- and Finra-compliant paperless processing systems to financial services firms.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 17, 2014
Bill Gross rides derivatives around Fed policy

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Bond King levers up. Plus: There is nothing smooth about the Fed's next move, the first nail in hedge funds' coffin and more.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 17, 2014
A user's guide to this week's "Fedspeak"

On this morning's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, a guide to the Fed's upcoming comments, Calpers sends hedge funds out to pasture, getting on the stock-split bandwagon, and more.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 17, 2014
Markets wait on the Fed's next move

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Investors are waiting for Janet Yellen and the Fed to pull the trigger on rates. Plus: Buying Alibaba via ETFs; S&amp;P and Nasdaq stocks start to separate; hedge funds ride the wave; and annuity product sales hitting double digits.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2014
Integration of Schorsch BD empire gets underway

By year end, RCAP expects to consolidate business groups across 9 B-Ds.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 16, 2014
Calpers boosts property investments as hedge funds shrink

Pension fund began restructuring real estate portfolio in 2010; has 11% target allocation for FY16.