The trade association is trying to insert language into capital formation legislation that would deem investors accredited if they work with a fiduciary advisor.
Grayscale sued, asking the DC Circuit Court to overturn a decision the firm called arbitrary and discriminatory because the agency had already approved ETFs that track bitcoin futures.
But investors looked to redeem fewer BREIT shares in February than in January, potentially a positive sign for the company.
The SEC chairman said using predictive data technologies may create 'inherent conflicts' of interest for investment advisors.
The advisor, Ryan R. Riley, also pleaded guilty in a criminal manner and was ordered to pay restitution of at least $434,000.
According to investment bank Robert A. Stanger & Co. Inc., January nontraded REIT sales to retail investors totaled just $596 million.
The firm, which has been a dealmaking machine since it launched in 2004, will go private as a result of its acquisition by private equity manager Clayton Dubilier & Rice.
After leaving Thomas H. Lee Partners in 2006, he started another firm, Lee Equity Partners, that made a handful of significant transactions in wealth management shops.
In 2020, the global real estate market had a value of more than $326 trillion, which is more than the value of all the stocks and bonds in the world.
Lee invested more than $15 billion in hundreds of transactions as of 2020, which included his best-known transaction, the 1992 purchase of Snapple Beverage Corp.
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A relatively smoother ride in the financial markets this year should allow advisors and their clients to breathe a sigh of relief.
The SEC alleges the longtime Boston Celtic touted a crypto token without disclosing that he was paid to do so.
Even though investors can't access their accounts with bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Networks, they still owe taxes on the interest income they earned from the accounts last year.
The agency is considering extending the regulation to cover all assets in a client's portfolio, not just securities and funds.
A House subcommittee considers GOP measures that would amend accredited-investor rules. The ranking Democrat said 'fiduciary' advisors could help retail investors become sophisticated vicariously.
The SEC said brokers in the firm's Lexington, South Carolina, branch office recommended variable interest rate structured products to dozens of retail customers for whom they weren't suitable.
As fixed income weighs down the classic 60/40 portfolio, allocations to alternatives are expected to rise over the next three years.
With the deal for Portfolio Advisors, FS Investments also gets its hands on a private equity fund that targets both wealth management and institutional clients.
Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust told investors that it fulfilled repurchase requests for 2% of its net asset value.
