Practical analysis for investment professionals

Alternative Investments


2024 US Wealth Management Outlook: In with Alternatives?

The instability and uncertainty of recent years demonstrate how vital it is to look beyond traditional securities and embrace a flexible mindset.

The 60/40 Portfolio Needs an Alts Infusion

How can investors supplement the traditional 60/40 stock/bond portfolio with allocations to alternatives?

The Innovation Advantage: Private Market Investing

The potential advantages of private market investments, specifically venture equity and venture debt investing, extend to five dimensions of performance.

Private Capital: Lessons from the Conglomerate Era

With their sprawling empires, the largest alternative asset managers have adopted strategies that borrow extensively from the octopus-like corporate conglomerate business model.

Book Review: The Worth of Art

The Worth of Art: Financial Tools for the Art Markets, by Arturo Cifuentes and Ventura Charlin, is indispensable for anyone making an initial foray into art as a vehicle for building wealth.

Commercial Real Estate Today: An Overview

How has the post-pandemic world of renewed geopolitical tensions, resurgent inflation, and rising interest rate pressures reshaped how real estate capital markets operate? Where is the commercial real estate (CRE) sector headed and how can investors respond?

The Nuts and Bolts of Private Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Investing

What terms, metrics, and concepts do investors need to have under their belt to approach the CRE asset class?

Private Markets: Guardians at the Gate?

Regulatory reform in the private markets should focus on five areas.

Tricks of the Private Equity Trade, Part 2: Leverage

The essence of maximizing the internal rate of return (IRR) lies in the total amount of leverage contracted to finance a transaction.



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