BackStory Adds Matt Ferguson as Senior Vice President, Capital Markets
December 15, 2025
BackStory Capital, a capital advisory firm specializing in the distribution of alternative investments, has added Matt Ferguson as senior vice...
Mari Nicholson
Mari Nicholson is the managing editor of AltsWire. She reports on alternative investments for retail investors that are distributed via broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, as well as topics that affect these investors, financial advisers, and sponsors. Alternative investment funds covered by AltsWire include real estate investment trusts, business development companies, interval funds, closed-end funds, Delaware statutory trusts, utilized for tax-advantaged 1031 exchanges, qualified opportunity zone funds, as well as other unlisted publicly registered offerings and private placement investments.
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NexPoint Launches Multifamily $32.9M DST Offering for Birmingham Property
December 15, 2025
Alternative investment firm NexPoint announced the launch of NexPoint Outlook DST, an approximate $32.9 million Delaware statutory trust offering of...
Capital Square Adds Pair of Wholesalers for External, Internal Sales
December 15, 2025
Capital Square, a sponsor of tax-advantaged real estate investments and a national developer and manager of housing communities, announced it...
Greenwood Star Holdings Multifamily REIT Debuts on iCapital Marketplace
December 15, 2025
Greenwood Star Income & Growth Trust Inc., or GSREIT – a perpetual life private placement real estate investment trust sponsored...
Capital Square Fully Subscribes $34M Active Adult Community DST Offering in Texas
December 14, 2025
Capital Square, a sponsor of tax-advantaged real estate investments and a national developer and manager of housing communities, has fully...
Focus Financial’s Succession Strategy Underway With Birenbaum Replacing Nathanson as CEO
December 14, 2025
Focus Financial Partners Inc. (Nasdaq: FOCS) – a partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms with more than $520 billion...
Callodine Adds Hunter Allen, Formerly of StratCap, as Head of Intermediary Distribution
December 14, 2025
Callodine Group subsidiary Manning & Napier has added Hunter Allen as head of intermediary distribution. In his new role, Allen...
SEC Obtains Final Consent Judgments in $1M Offering Targeting Black Community
December 14, 2025
The U.S. district courts for the Northern District of Texas and the Southern District of Texas respectively entered final consent...
House Passes INVEST Act to Modernize Capital Markets, Expand Investor Access
December 11, 2025
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act (H.R. 3383), also...
Blackstone’s BCRED Reports Record Fundraising, Increased Share Repurchases
December 11, 2025
Blackstone Private Credit Fund, or BCRED – a publicly registered, non-traded business development company sponsored by Blackstone Inc. (NYSE: BX)...
Team-Based Adviser Practices Outperform Solo Practices in Growth and Service Offerings
December 11, 2025
Teaming has gained momentum in the wealth management industry due to its numerous benefits, including higher organic growth rates and...
Former UBS, Cetera, and Edward Jones Advisers Affiliate With $14 Billion Ameriprise Advisory
December 11, 2025
Ameriprise Financial Inc. (NYSE: AMP) recently added four financial advisers who collectively manage nearly $300 million in client assets. Approximately...
Creative Planning Caps Acquisition Spree With Nearly $2B in Added AUM
December 10, 2025
Registered investment adviser Creative Planning closed out the year with a wave of consolidation and strong growth, announcing two acquisitions...
FSXchange Launches $98M DST Offering of Industrial Properties
December 10, 2025
Four Springs TEN31 Xchange LLC, known as FSXchange – a sponsor of Delaware statutory trusts focused on industrial and healthcare...
Half of Advisers Allocate More Than 10% to Alts, According to CAIS-Mercer Study
December 10, 2025
Alternative investments are increasingly transitioning from a niche offering to a mainstream component of retail portfolios, according to the findings...
SEC Charges Canadian Citizen With $18M Fraud Schemes Marketed on Discord
December 10, 2025
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged 26-year-old Canadian citizen Nathan Gauvin and three entities he controls – Blackridge LLC,...
NexPoint’s Traded REIT Fully Subscribes $400M Private Placement, Launches $200M Offering
December 10, 2025
NexPoint Real Estate Finance Inc. (NYSE: NREF) – a publicly traded real estate investment trust sponsored by NexPoint – announced...
Inland Real Estate Income Trust Stops Considering Sale, Reports New NAV
December 9, 2025
Inland Real Estate Income Trust Inc., a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust, has announced an estimated net asset...
New FINRA Report Warns of Gen AI, Cyber Fraud, and Vendor Risk Exposure
December 9, 2025
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has published its 2026 FINRA Regulatory Oversight Report, a resource that draws insights from FINRA’s...
Hines Global Income Trust Acquires Pair of Midwest Properties for a Combined $354M
December 9, 2025
Hines Global Income Trust Inc., or HGIT, a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust sponsored by Hines, has completed...
