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What Broader Retail Access to Private Funds Means for the Back Office

July 13, 2026

The U.S. Department of Labor’s recently proposed safe harbor rule for selecting designated investment alternatives has drawn coverage on fiduciary...

Medical Outpatient Real Estate: A Prescription for Portfolio Resilience

July 8, 2026

As the real estate market continues its path toward recovery and core investors seek sectors that deliver both long-term income...

Due Diligence and Retail Readiness: What Emerging Sponsors Need to Know

June 19, 2026

The retail channel offers sponsors a significant opportunity to grow their businesses and expand access to capital. But with that...

Custody: The Next Phase of Alternatives Growth

June 17, 2026

Alternatives have moved from the margins of portfolios to the core. Advisers increasingly rely on private credit, private equity, real...

The SEC Wants More Companies to Go Public. Fixing Registered Offerings Is How It Starts.

June 4, 2026

The number of U.S. public companies has fallen by 40% since the 1990s, and reversing that decline is one of...

Private Debt’s Inflation Advantage: Why Direct Lending Has Outpaced Bonds on Real Returns

June 1, 2026

Understanding Income Opportunities Across Public and Private Credit Markets For most of the past decade, investors struggled to find meaningful yield...

Commercial Real Estate’s Core Challenge Is a Capital Reset, Not a Broad Demand Collapse

May 27, 2026

Commercial real estate’s core issue is not broad-based demand destruction or short-term disruption. While office is working through its own...

Don’t Mistake Private Credit’s First Real Cycle for a Crisis

April 28, 2026

Private credit is in its first real cycle at scale, and most of the critique aimed at the industry right...

When the 1031 Cycle No Longer Fits the Plan

April 14, 2026

For real estate investors who built wealth through decades of 1031 exchanges, the exchange itself was never the strategy. It...

After the Onboarding: The Importance of Ongoing Sponsor Due Diligence

March 27, 2026

The alternative investments industry has developed increasingly rigorous standards for the initial onboarding of investment product sponsors, and broker-dealer firms...

Navigating the SEC’s Path Toward Digital Modernization

March 5, 2026

Financial services regulations are starting to reflect the digital world we live in. At a recent oversight hearing, U.S. Securities...

What Tax Season Is Revealing About Today’s 1031 Exchanges

February 25, 2026

For over 100 years, the 1031 exchange has been the default solution following the sale of investment real estate. Defer...

Pragmatism Prevails in Oil and Gas as 2025 Market Reset Shapes 2026 Outlook

February 20, 2026

If 2025 proved anything for the oil and gas industry, it was that pragmatism – grounded in physics, economics, and...

Wealth Platforms Need to Focus on Opportunity Zone Funds Now

February 17, 2026

As the original opportunity zone program approaches its Dec. 31, 2026, transition to a permanent, modernized framework beginning in 2027,...

Start Me Up: Growth Time for Private Wealth and Private Markets

February 10, 2026

Wealth managers represent the fastest growing investor group in private markets. Boston Consulting Group estimates there could be $3 trillion...

From Boomers to Gen Z: How Advisers Can Capitalize on the $124T Wealth Transfer

January 22, 2026

One of the most dramatic shifts in personal finance is currently underway: the “great wealth transfer.” According to Cerulli Associates,...

SEC 2026 Examination Priorities: What Financial Services Firms Need to Know

December 22, 2025

The SEC’s Division of Examinations has released its Fiscal Year 2026 Examination Priorities, a comprehensive document addressing investment advisers, broker-dealers,...