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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 23, 2014
ARCP shareholders reject Schorsch's executive compensation plan

Shareholders of Nicholas Schorsch's American Realty Capital Properties turned thumbs down on the eye-popping pay plan for Mr. Schorsch and other top execs. <i>(Plus: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140602/FREE/140609999&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Schorsch sells a health care REIT</a>)</i>

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 20, 2014
Iraq's instability spreads to the world's weaker currencies

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Currencies feeling pressure from Iraq. Plus: Gold bugs still not convinced of the next big move, select energy stocks correlate with Iraq unrest, Americans are unable to save money in this economy, and the SEC zeros in on liquid alternative funds.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 20, 2014
Four hot markets beating the Dow

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Four hot markets right now; investors turn their focus to Europe; the SEC stops an adviser; a digital currency cautionary tale; dark pool transparency (thanks, Finra); and World Cup fever.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 19, 2014
REIT begins trading on NASDAQ

United Development Funding IV launches tender offer in conjunction with listing.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 19, 2014
After large shareholder criticizes ARCP, Schorsch says REIT will slow down activity

Responding to a letter from an activist investor, Nicholas Schorsch says he will keep building the company but his acquisition pace will slow. <i>(And on Monday, <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140602/FREE/140609990&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>ARCP shareholders rejected Schorsch's executive comp plan</a>)</i>

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 19, 2014
Finra holds off sending nontraded REIT share price rule to SEC

Regulator still reviewing industry comments on rule to give investors better handle on share values.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 19, 2014
You, too, can play hedge fund manager with new credit swap ETFs

Eight new funds offer chance to wager on the riskiest to safest corporate borrowers.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 18, 2014
Next on Janet Yellen's to-do list: Winding down a $4.5T balance sheet

On Friday's menu: What's next on Yellen's to-do list. Plus: Small-cap stock weakness as a leading indicator, an SEC official dishes on PE funds, big banks are loving big mortgages, three finance questions you better be able to answer, and getting by on $6,000 an hour.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 18, 2014
Nontraded REITs want delay in Finra's proposed disclosure rule

Nontraded REIT industry backs Finra's proposed disclosure rule but wants implementation pushed out to late 2015.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 18, 2014
W.P. Carey completes acquisition of affiliated nontraded REIT

Acquisition of Corporate Property Associates 16 Global is industry's latest liquidity event.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 18, 2014
Nontraded REITs set up for strong year but speed bumps loom

With heady momentum after a record year of sales, nontraded REITs are expected to be popular with advisers and investors again in 2014 but new regs and climbing interest rates could dampen enthusiasm.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 16, 2014
Why REITs are looking like the year's hottest market sector

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> looks at what's propelling REITs into their position as the year's hottest market sector, plus emerging market stocks' record month, Japan's inflation woes, and much more.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 15, 2014
Best- and worst-performing alternatives mutual funds

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 15, 2014
The $20 billion MainStay Marketfield fund's chicken or egg problem

Fund performance sagged as assets ballooned and performance sagged &amp;ndash; but the manager says his bad bets were the culprit.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 13, 2014
BlackRock lists Ukraine among the biggest threats facing the markets

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> BlackRock calls Ukraine a market threat. Plus: JPMorgan gets a slap on the wrist from Finra, Yellen ponders fuzzy unemployment data, where the gold rally is headed from here, and the emergence of subprime business loans.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 13, 2014
Is Nicholas Schorsch's RCS Capital the new LPL?

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 13, 2014
With business booming, Schorsch's RCS Capital eyes further growth

Nick Schorsch's RCS Capital is building the second-largest independent broker-dealer network &amp;mdash; 9,000 registered reps and financial advisers &amp;mdash; through several acquisitions it announced last year.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 12, 2014
Risk-control alternatives fund restructures to attract more investors

Strategy seeks to take advantage of rising rates; performance solid.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 12, 2014
Nice gain for hedge funds in '13 but they still fell way short

Hedge funds had a decent year in 2013, with an average gain of 7.4%. But they still fell short of the S&amp;P 500's advance by 23 percentage points last year, the biggest gap since 2005.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 11, 2014
Tommy Belesis' hedge fund associate sues SEC

Houston radio host George Jarkesy charges the regulator denied him due process in a fraud case.