Alternative investments

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.