Alternative investments

Technology gives investors more opportunity to diversify than ever, but experts worry about exotic strategies in IRAs.

A college professor and investment firm partner views real estate and venture funding as a crucial means of building generational wealth.

Money managers are hiking bets on the great inflation trade of 2021, as the biggest risk to price stability in more than a decade rocks corporate boardrooms and Wall Street trading floors.

The alternative investments company hopes to offer increased education and access to the sometimes controversial products.

Will the giant tax incentive thrive as a tool to defer, minimize and eliminate capital gains tax?

With $440 million in capital, the alternative investing company plans to expand internationally and make more acquisitions.

Thousands of clients paid sales charges that they wouldn’t have incurred had they held the pricey alternative products until maturity, according to FINRA.

FINRA arbitrators ordered the wealth manager and closed-end funds manager to pay damages as it resolves outstanding claims stemming from the island’s fiscal crisis.

More investors can now invest in private capital markets thanks to an SEC amendment that broadens criteria beyond wealth and income, writes Sophia Duffy.

Investors betting on a post-pandemic world are sending cash to riskier companies acutely sensitive to the economic cycle.

Non fungible tokens aren’t vaporware, nor are they tulips — they’re blockchain’s promise, realized, writes Gregg Schoenberg.

The Samsung dynasty’s art collection, including classic paintings by Picasso and Monet, is estimated to be worth between $2.2 billion and $2.7 billion.

Could high-fashion collectibles be an asset class that lets advisors connect with millennial clients? Sneaker enthusiast Andrew Shilling thinks it’s possible.

One former rep is responsible for more than 80% of the firm’s sales of the defunct LJM Preservation & Growth Fund.

With markets and cryptos close to all-time highs, the next generation is increasingly exploring the nascent medium of art attached to non-fungible tokens.

The benefits of traditional fixed income are diminishing with today’s low interest rate environment, but alternative investments can help solve the portfolio-allocation problem.

New entrants are gaining traction while established players continue to grow.

Arete Wealth’s niche focus on alts for HNW and UHNW clients has given it a strong foothold in a fractured sector, experts say.

Loose monetary policy and huge stimulus injections have some investors questioning the validity of traditional long-term approaches.

The former J.W. Cole advisor’s practice allegedly sold more than $40 million worth of unsuitable and unregistered promissory notes.