Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Kim Kardashian to Pay $1.3M to SEC for Crypto Touting
By Lydia BeyoudHer 2021 Instagram post "may have been the financial promotion with the single biggest audience reach in history," said one regulator.
September 28, 2022
Analysts Look Inside Private Equity-Owned Insurers' VaultsHere's what the NAIC found in the portfolios that support the benefits promises.
September 27, 2022
The IRS Hates What Some Wealthy Clients Put in Their Life Policies: Larry RybkaThe Valmark CEO sees the private placement life fight turning into an investor control fight.
September 27, 2022
Housing Prices Fall for First Time Since 2012The biggest month-over-month declines in July were in San Francisco (-3.6%), Seattle (-2.5%) and San Diego (-2%).
September 21, 2022
Ultra-Wealthy Clients Are Sitting on Cash, Ready to InvestActivity has picked up lately as they've pounced on "market dislocations," John Mathews, UBS' private wealth head, tells ThinkAdvisor.
September 20, 2022
Meet Today's Real Estate Winners and LosersThe fortunes of households that bought homes before the recent rise in borrowing costs are diverging from those that did not.
September 15, 2022
Life Settlement Firm Sues John Hancock Over UL Cost-of-Insurance IncreasesAn Irish asset manager says the insurer singled out 1,500 universal life policies for unexplained COI changes.
September 15, 2022
Fidelity, Schwab Among Backers of New Crypto ExchangeEDX Markets will start limited trading of spot, crypto tokens in November, with an official launch set for January.