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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 19, 2013
Hedge funds benefit insiders only

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 18, 2013
Alternatives get a C grade in first test

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 17, 2013
Nontraded-REIT party is about to commence

A half dozen nontraded REITs are planning 'liquidity events' that could float investors' boats. Bruce Kelly has the details.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 14, 2013
Reg D advertising for public gets OK

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 10, 2013
Bosses of broker-breaker Provident Royalties get prison time

Four top executives of private-placement Ponzi scheme Provident Royalties were sentenced to prison, bringing to a close one of the most sordid tales in the history of alternative investments.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 02, 2013
American Realty Capital in another big deal, this time with GE

Nick Schorsch's American Realty Capital Trust IV strikes $1.45 billion deal with GE Capital for a tasty portfolio of properties. The deal comes hot on the heels of an $807 million purchase for his traded REIT last Friday.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 02, 2013
Will Bitcoin bite the dust?

Bitcoin, the digital currency and investment phenomenon that's up 1,000% this year, plummeted on Wednesday afternoon. Jason Kephart looks at what went wrong.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 01, 2013
Liquidity liquidity everywhere: Schorsch taking REIT brokerage public

It's good times in the nontraded REIT industry. The lastest sign: ARCP boss Nick Schorsch plans to stage yet another 'liquidity' event — this time, taking a REIT brokerage public.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 27, 2013
Three REITs set merger to create $3.5B portfolio

Apple REITs follow through on plan floated in June.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 27, 2013
B-Ds reining in sales of alternatives

Broker-dealers, feeling the heat from regulators, are changing how they sell alternatives. Bruce Kelly has all the details.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 27, 2013
Apple REIT Six OKs merger

Latest nontraded property trust to announce liquidity event

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 24, 2013
Institutions pessimistic on alt holdings

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 24, 2013
Institutions pessimistic about alternatives

But they are more bullish about equities, Natixis survey shows

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 21, 2013
American Realty Capital strikes $2.2B deal for a traded REIT

American Realty Capital strikes a $2.2B deal for traded REIT CapLease as ARC CEO Nicholas Schorsch shakes off his recent Cole bid failure. Bruce Kelly has all the details.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 20, 2013
The Takeaway: Crashtastic!

INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 20, 2013
Five IBDs in $7M settlement over nontraded-REIT sales

Galvin's tally for investors this year tops $11M, fines reach $1.4M

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 20, 2013
Cole Credit shareholders seek to block internal merger

The battle over Cole III has taken a new twist, as shareholders sued to block the REIT's internal merger. Meanwhile, suitor American Realty Capital waits in the wings.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 20, 2013
Nontraded REIT Cole in sweetheart deal with sponsor, manager

Nontraded REIT merger includes big upfront payout to management and company founder. Bruce Kelly has the details.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 19, 2013
Nontraded REIT halts fundraising, seeks new broker-dealer

United Realty Trust shelves IPO until it can replace struggling Allied Beacon

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 19, 2013
Cole battle is over — here comes the war

Even though American Realty Capital Properties Inc. has withdrawn its bid to acquire Cole Credit Property Trust III, the controversy over the merger of the REIT with its manager is just getting going.