Private Credit Raised $16 Billion in Q2. Only Half of It Found a Home
Direct lending funds raised $16.25 billion in Q2 2026, up from just $1.3 billion in Q1, according to a Reuters report citing Preqin data . But the money isn't finding a home fast enough. That...
July 16, 2026
Long Angle Review 2026: Is a Vetted Investor Community Worth the Dues?
Long Angle built its membership around a simple thesis, according to the community's own site : high-net-worth operators make better investment decisions in a room of peers than alone with a...
July 16, 2026
SkyKnight Capital Closes Fund V at $2 Billion, More Than Doubling Its Last Raise
SkyKnight Capital just closed its fifth buyout fund at $2 billion, according to Connect Money . The fund, SkyKnight Capital Fund V, was oversubscribed against a $1.5 billion target, closed on...
July 16, 2026
EquityBee Review 2026: Should You Fund Someone Else's Stock Options?
EquityBee has built its entire business on a problem most startup employees discover too late, according to the company's own platform : you can't afford to exercise your options after you...
July 16, 2026
CLO Equity Explained: The Riskiest, Highest-Paying Slice of Private Credit
CLO equity is the tranche that eats losses first and profits most, and according to the SEC's investor education office , it's also one of the least understood corners of private credit. A CLO,...
July 16, 2026
Three PE Funds Closed Oversubscribed This Week. Here's Who Actually Benefits
Three private equity firms announced oversubscribed, hard-capped fund closes within 48 hours of each other this week, according to Connect Money . I don't think that's a coincidence, and I don't...
July 16, 2026
Sagard's Third Private Credit Fund Just Hit $1 Billion. Here's What It Means for Direct Lending
Sagard just closed the first tranche of its third direct-lending fund at more than $1 billion, according to Alternative Credit Investor . The Canadian alternative asset manager pulled...
July 16, 2026
Warren Equity Partners Closes $2.8B Fund V: Why LPs Doubled Down on Infrastructure Services
Warren Equity Partners closed its fifth flagship fund at a $2.8 billion hard cap on July 13, 2026, according to Alternatives Watch. That's more than double the $1.4 billion the Jacksonville Beach, Flo
July 16, 2026
Whiskey Cask Investing: A Barrel Full of Risk Behind the Alternative-Asset Hype
TL;DR: Whiskey cask investing can deliver 11% to 15%+ annualized returns through regulated platforms, but the market sits in a regulatory blind spot where the Financial Conduct Authority offers zero...
July 15, 2026
Bridgepoint's $1.4B Kayne Anderson Real Estate Grab: Diworsification or Genuine Platform Play?
TL;DR: Bridgepoint Group plc is paying an upfront enterprise value of roughly $1.393 billion for Kayne Anderson Real Estate (KARE), according to PE Forum . The deal pushes Bridgepoint's combined...
July 15, 2026
Ares Takes Whitestone REIT Private for $1.7B: Is $19/Share a Steal or a Signal That Public Non-Mega-Cap REITs Are Broken?
TL;DR: Ares Management closed its $1.7 billion, all-cash acquisition of Whitestone REIT on July 14, 2026, paying $19.00 a share for 54 grocery-anchored shopping centers and pulling the stock off the...
July 15, 2026
The Endowment Model: Can Individual Accredited Investors Really Replicate the Yale Playbook?
TL;DR: The Yale Model made David Swensen famous by dumping public stocks and bonds for private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, and real assets. Individual accredited investors now have real...
July 15, 2026