FINRA Fines California Broker-Dealer for Reg BI Violations
October 22, 2025
J.K. Financial, a California-based broker-dealer, has been censured and fined $65,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for a host of compliance...
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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Apollo Names Invesco Vet Bert Crouch to Lead Real Estate Equity Platform
October 21, 2025
Bert Crouch has been named partner and head of real estate equity at Apollo. Crouch will lead Apollo’s real estate...
SIFMA Urges SEC to Modernize Off-Channel Communications Rules
October 21, 2025
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, or SIFMA, is pressing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to modernize and narrow...
Blackstone BDC Reports Dip in NAV Per Share, Reduced Shareholder Distributions
October 21, 2025
Blackstone Private Credit Fund – a publicly registered, non-traded business development company sponsored by Blackstone Inc. (NYSE: BX) – reported...
ExchangeRight Fully Subscribes $28.85M Essential Income 4 DST
October 21, 2025
ExchangeRight, a sponsor of Delaware statutory trust and non-traded real estate investment trust offerings, has fully subscribed its $28.85 million...
MSCI Unveils Classification Standards to Boost Transparency in Private Assets
October 21, 2025
MSCI, a global provider of equity, fixed income, real estate indices and multi-asset portfolio analysis tools, has launched the MSCI...
Capital Square Launches Leveraged $10.4M DST Offering of Miami BFR Community
October 20, 2025
Capital Square, a sponsor of tax-advantaged real estate investments and a national developer and manager of housing communities, has launched...
Sculptor REIT Pads Industrial Portfolio With $122M Distribution Center Acquisition
October 20, 2025
Sculptor Diversified Real Estate Income Trust Inc. – a private non-traded real estate investment trust managed by Sculptor Real Estate...
CAIS Launches ‘CAISey’ AI Tool to Streamline Alts Research for Advisers
October 20, 2025
Alternative investment platform CAIS concluded its annual summit last week, unveiling CAISey, a new AI-powered solution designed to help speed...
FINRA Fines N.Y. Brokerage $275K Over Inaccurate Books and Registration Failures
October 20, 2025
Broker-dealer Aegis Capital Corp. has agreed to a censure and a $275,000 fine from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to settle charges concerning inaccurate...
Private Credit Projected to Anchor $119B in Alternative Flows by 2026
October 19, 2025
Private credit is cementing its position as the anchor of private-wealth investment allocations, with projected flows set to hit $119 billion...
SEC Chair Announces ‘Wells Process’ Reforms, Expanding Disclosure and Response Rights
October 19, 2025
Paul Atkins, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, recently announced changes to the Commission’s “Wells process,” a procedural...
Blue Owl BDC Subsidiary Expands, Restructures $1.35B Credit Facility
October 19, 2025
Core Income Funding VI LLC, a subsidiary of Blue Owl Credit Income Corp. – a publicly registered, non-traded business development company...
Monroe Capital Registers $1 Billion BDC to Target Lower Middle-Market Lending
October 19, 2025
Chicago-headquartered asset management firm Monroe Capital LLC has registered a new non-traded business development company with the U.S. Securities and...
GOP Bill Seeks to Cement Alternative Assets in 401(k) Plans
October 16, 2025
U.S. House Republicans have introduced legislation that aims to permanently open the door for defined contribution, or DC, retirement plans, such...
Syndicated Equities Announces Minnesota Acquisition for $10.75M DST Offering
October 16, 2025
Syndicated Equities, a sponsor of securitized 1031 exchange offerings, has acquired the Legrand AV Global Headquarters in Minnetonka, Minn., for...
Ex-Northwestern Mutual Firm With $1.8B in Assets Joins Cetera
October 16, 2025
Cetera has added Pillar Financial Group, led by seven partners and a 34-member advisory team. The Seattle-based firm brings approximately...
MacKenzie Realty Capital Hires Internal Wholesaler Reggie Cabral
October 16, 2025
MacKenzie Realty Capital Inc., a real estate investment management firm, announced that Reggie Cabral has joined the company as director...
FINRA Fines EFG $650K for Repeated Anti-Money Laundering Failures
October 16, 2025
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has fined Miami-based full-service brokerage firm EFG Capital International and issued a censure for persistent failures in...
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, GeoWealth Partnership Seeks to Broaden Alts Access
October 15, 2025
J.P. Morgan Asset Management announced an expanded strategic partnership with GeoWealth, a leading provider of turnkey asset management platform solutions,...
