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The SEC wants to know your views on Bitcoin ETFs
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 07, 2022
The SEC wants to know your views on Bitcoin ETFs

The agency is asking the public to comment on recent applications for exchange-traded funds linked directly to the price of Bitcoin and whether such funds could be a vehicle for fraud.

Digital asset industry group forms to promote market confidence
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 07, 2022
Digital asset industry group forms to promote market confidence

The Crypto Market Integrity Coalition is amendable to regulation and wants to help shape it. The 17 members signed a pledge to combat fraud and manipulation and ensure fair digital markets.

Institutional investors back in charge of stock market as Fed awakens big money
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 07, 2022
Institutional investors back in charge of stock market as Fed awakens big money

Retail buying dwarfed by institutional selling in January as the value of daily trading rises faster than the number of shares.

Merchant Investment Management takes stake in Minnesota RIA
INVESTING RIAS FEB 04, 2022
Merchant Investment Management takes stake in Minnesota RIA

Summit Investment Advisory Services manages $490 million for clients in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Florida.

ETFs give advisers varied tools for fighting inflation
INVESTING RIAS FEB 04, 2022
ETFs give advisers varied tools for fighting inflation

The new Amplify Inflation Fighter ETF joins a short list of strategies designed to hedge and leverage price pressures.

Carlyle pledges net zero by 2050
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 04, 2022
Carlyle pledges net zero by 2050

The PE firm emphasized working with companies to change their practices rather than divesting from those with unfavorable climate change characteristics.

Behind that bombshell shareholder vote at Costco
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 03, 2022
Behind that bombshell shareholder vote at Costco

Several institutional investors favored a resolution to reduce the company's greenhouse gas emissions, which passed with 70% approval

Cryptocurrency giant launches push to become ‘world-class ETF issuer’
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 03, 2022
Cryptocurrency giant launches push to become ‘world-class ETF issuer’

Future of Finance ETF is designed to track companies that are 'actively building and advancing the digital economy.'

Private equity influence on wealth management is big and getting bigger
INVESTING RIAS FEB 02, 2022
Private equity influence on wealth management is big and getting bigger

The 38 direct PE investments in wealth management last year compares to 23 in 2020 and 11 in 2019. Now PE is eyeing the wealthtech space.

River Wealth Advisors sells minority stake to Merchant Investment Management
INVESTING RIAS FEB 01, 2022
River Wealth Advisors sells minority stake to Merchant Investment Management

Merchant insists the noncontrolling investment is distinct from traditional private equity capital, which often comes with a short-term commitment.

60/40 portfolio suffers worst loss since March 2020
INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 01, 2022
60/40 portfolio suffers worst loss since March 2020

Both equities and bond prices dropped sharply in January as markets priced in a faster pace of interest-rate tightening during 2022 from the Federal Reserve.

The rise of the crypto robo-advisors
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 31, 2022
The rise of the crypto robo-advisors

Recent market volatility is making crypto robos more appealing in the traditionally passive world of digital advice.

Rising crypto star faces SEC, volatile markets
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 31, 2022
Rising crypto star faces SEC, volatile markets

Ophelia Snyder, 29, is already managing $2.5 billion. She is now teaming up with Cathie Wood to bring a Bitcoin ETF to the U.S. — if regulators allow it.

SEC keeps up pressure on private fund advisers
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 28, 2022
SEC keeps up pressure on private fund advisers

Under Chairman Gary Gensler, the agency is taking a closer look at private equity, hedge funds.

Firm spices up Bitcoin IRA option with in-app game
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 28, 2022
Firm spices up Bitcoin IRA option with in-app game

Choice is adding a Price-Is-Right-style game that rewards account holders with small amounts of Bitcoin that are added to their retirement savings.

Crypto collapse sheds new light on loyalty to digital assets
INVESTING RIAS JAN 27, 2022
Crypto collapse sheds new light on loyalty to digital assets

Without saying 'I told you so,' advisers are reminding their clients that investing in crypto will be stomach churning.

Crypto firms Celsius Network, Gemini face SEC scrutiny
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 27, 2022
Crypto firms Celsius Network, Gemini face SEC scrutiny

The SEC enforcement review focuses on whether the companies’ offerings should be registered as securities, people say.

Finra approves Winklevoss crypto exchange Gemini
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 26, 2022
Finra approves Winklevoss crypto exchange Gemini

Now that it has broker-dealer status, Gemini Galactic Markets can operate an alternative trading system that will facilitate the trading of digital asset securities.

$2 billion in GWG junk bonds sold by advisers are under pressure
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 26, 2022
$2 billion in GWG junk bonds sold by advisers are under pressure

GWG Holdings Inc., an investor in life settlements, missed $13.6 million in payments this month to investors in its L Bonds.

Massachusetts says Fidelity rubber-stamped options applications
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 26, 2022
Massachusetts says Fidelity rubber-stamped options applications

Regulator's complaint details examples of repeated applications – in some instances as many as 13 in one month.