The $121 Billion Record: What Two Competing Data Sets Reveal About Private Equity Secondaries in 2026
TL;DR: The private equity secondaries market logged $121 billion in transaction volume during the first half of 2026 , the highest H1 on record, according to Evercore's H1 2026 Secondary Market Review
September 6, 2026
Sports Team Ownership Funds: A Plain-English Guide to the Alternative Asset Class
TL;DR: Professional sports team ownership has become a recognized alternative asset class as every major U.S. league now permits institutional capital: the NFL became the last holdout when NFL owners
September 6, 2026
CoinShares Acquires Bastion Asset Management for Crypto Alts
TL;DR: On September 2, 2026, CoinShares PLC (Nasdaq: CSHR) completed its acquisition of Bastion Asset Management Limited, folding Bastion's systematic crypto hedge fund strategies into a new unit...
September 5, 2026
Harvest Returns Review 2026: Farmland Investing Platform for Accredited Investors
Harvest Returns is a Fort Worth, Texas agricultural investment platform founded in 2016. It lets accredited investors put capital into farmland, timberland, private credit loans, and agritech deals...
September 5, 2026
Family Offices Aren't Smart Money Anymore, They're the New Retail
The conventional wisdom treats family office capital as patient, sophisticated "smart money" that belongs at the top of any cap table. Here is my read: for a large and fast-growing share of family...
September 5, 2026
Private Credit Funds Promise Retail Access. Their Own Data Shows Class I Getting 99% of the Money.
As of July 31, 2026, PGIM Private Credit Fund had raised $278.1 million through Class I shares out of $281.1 million in total disclosed proceeds. Class S, the commission-based retail share class,...
September 5, 2026
Alpha Dhabi Doubles Its Stake in Mubadala Capital Micad Credit JV to $1 Billion
TL;DR: Alpha Dhabi Holding has doubled its capital commitment in the Micad Credit joint venture to $1 billion, lifting its ownership stake from 20% to 40% in a vehicle that now manages $1.7 billion...
September 5, 2026
Flexstone Partners Acquires Glouston Capital: What the $15B Secondaries Roll-Up Means for LPs
TL;DR: On September 2, 2026, Flexstone Partners, a private markets affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, completed its acquisition of Boston-based private equity secondaries specialist Glouston...
September 5, 2026
Co-GP Investing Explained: How Limited Partners Buy a Piece of the General Partner, Not Just the Fund
Co-GP investing means buying an equity stake in the General Partner entity of a specific real estate or private equity deal, not contributing capital as a passive limited partner. A co-GP investor...
September 5, 2026
Why Quant and Algorithmic Hedge Fund Strategies Rarely Work for Retail Allocators
Liquid alternative mutual funds underperform institutional hedge funds by 1 to 2 percent annually, a structural gap retail allocators cannot close.
September 4, 2026
Groundfloor Review 2026: Real Estate Debt Investing Without Accreditation
Groundfloor lets non-accredited investors buy real estate debt notes at $10, with 9.91% historical returns and key unresolved SEC disclosures.
September 4, 2026
BCRED Caps Redemptions for Third Straight Quarter: Liquidity Gating Is Now Private Credit's Defining Risk
BCRED capped Q3 2026 redemptions at 5% for the third straight quarter with 4.3B in exit requests, and Fitch found 10 of 16 non-traded BDCs at the wall.
September 4, 2026