Alternative investments

Assets under management for SMAs that invested in municipal bonds stood at $987 billion as of the first quarter, according to a JPMorgan Chase survey of 74 firms.

Venture capital-backed Purpose Rounds helped ethical leather goods firm Parker Clay raise money outside the traditional routes as the pilot firm on the platform.

The SEC case is the latest to highlight the risks investors run when they get involved with "blank check" companies.

Douglas Hawkins sold more than $2 million in risky alternative investments without even providing his clients a prospectus, investigators said.

Ahead of TEFAF, a top art fair it will sponsor in New York next week, Bank of America shared why art matters to rich investors and what buyers can expect this year.

A pair of veteran brokers and six other defendants face hundreds of felony counts in a long-developing state enforcement case out of Toledo, Ohio.

A new study by the nonprofit ETF Group highlighted how sustainable investors should look at the extractive agrifood sectors the same way they regard the oil, gas and coal industry.

The economic slowdown combined with mounting company stress could result in higher default rates, making the market segment a viable candidate for portfolio diversification.

A 20-year veteran advisor sold more than $7 million worth of investments pitched by an accused fraudster connected to his friend from Bible study, the regulator said.

Collectibles worth up to millions of dollars are securitized into thousands of shares that trade for as little as $10 a pop.

A Hornor, Townsend & Kent broker pitched "Future Income Payments" that turned out to be part of a $300 million scheme targeting veterans, investigators said.

Wealthy individuals, not institutional investors, will drive money into alternative assets, data provider Preqin says in a new study.

The active ETF firm's managing partner talks about the potential for options-based strategies in times when stocks and bonds are plunging.

The partnership brings Opto's private market software to Merchant's slate of partner firms managing more than $140 billion in assets.

A former JPMorgan Chase banker who's now on the run was sentenced to 7 ½ years in jail for his role in a multimillion-pound fraud against the Libyan government.

The industry veteran explained at Future Proof why more financial advisors and their clients are looking outside traditional markets.

An online education service launched by financial advisor George Acheampong is teaching its 2,300 members about private investments.

A collaboration between GTS Securities and JKBX enables customers to tap into the lucrative and growing number of catalogs and song rights changing hands.

The company aims to make fractional ownership of masterpiece paintings similar to an IPO

FINRA accused FSC, Royal Alliance, SagePoint and Woodbury of "negligently omitting material facts" about an alternative asset manager, FINRA said.