Texture Capital Review 2026: What This Reg A+ Trading Venue Actually Offers Investors
Texture Capital is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and SEC-recognized Alternative Trading System (ATS) built to solve a real problem: Reg A+ and Reg CF securities almost never trade after you buy the
August 25, 2026
CrowdStreet's iCapital Talent Raid: Can New Leadership Outrun a $63 Million Fraud Scandal?
CrowdStreet just hired Chris Piazza, the former iCapital CTO who helped build a platform now processing over $200 billion in alternative-asset AUM, and Lindsay Obenhaus, a product leader with stints a
August 25, 2026
CLO ETFs Cross a New Threshold: Guggenheim's Entry and a $30B AAA Fund Explained
The CLO ETF market has grown from $6.3 billion in December 2023 to more than $50 billion by mid-2026, and Janus Henderson's AAA CLO ETF (JAAA) alone crossed $30 billion in assets in August 2026. Gugge
August 25, 2026
Rentberry's Reg CF-to-IPO Stack: What a $5M Crowdfunding Cap and a 2027 IPO Target Reveal
Rentberry has raised $4.98 million from 838 investors on Republic, sitting $20,000 short of the $5 million cap regulators put on Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) offerings in any 12-month period, acco
August 25, 2026
Excuse Rights in Private Equity Explained: When an LP Can Opt Out of a Deal and Why GPs Hate Them
An excuse right is a clause in a private equity fund's limited partnership agreement that lets a specific limited partner (LP) sit out one deal, without penalty, when that deal conflicts with the LP's
August 25, 2026
Ripple's RLUSD Becomes Institutional Credit Collateral: Inside the Clearpool-Cicada Fund
Ripple, Clearpool, and Cicada Partners announced on August 20, 2026 a new fund that lends RLUSD directly to fintechs and payment companies as uncollateralized, underwritten credit on the XRP Ledger, a
August 25, 2026
How to Spot Fee Stacking in a Fund-of-Funds Before You Invest: A Checklist
A fund-of-funds (a fund that invests in other private funds instead of buying assets directly) can quietly eat 27% to 30% of your committed capital in stacked management fees alone over a 10-year fund
August 25, 2026
Cost Segregation Studies Explained: How Real Estate Syndicators Accelerate Depreciation
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), bonus depreciation is now a permanent 100% for qualified property placed in service after January 19, 2025, according to IRS guidance issued in Notice 202
August 25, 2026
L1 Group's $500M Entitlement Offer Recharges Its $1.1B ASX Gold Fund
L1 Group wants up to $500 million more for its ASX-listed L1 Gold Fund (ASX: LGF), four months after the vehicle raised $950 million to go public. The structure: a $160 million institutional placement
August 25, 2026
Aldine Capital Fund V: Inside the $308M SBIC Backing Independent Sponsors
TL;DR: Aldine Capital Partners closed Fund V at $308 million in July 2026, oversubscribed, and on August 20 the Fire and Police Pension Association of Colorado disclosed a $20 million commitment to it
August 24, 2026
The Liquidity Promise Evergreen Private Equity Funds Can't Keep
TL;DR: When Blackstone's $69 billion Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) hit its 5% quarterly redemption cap in late 2022, it took until 2024 to pay out the full backlog of investor requests, and only af
August 24, 2026
GP Commitment Explained: What Skin in the Game Really Means
TL;DR: GP commitment is the percentage of a fund's total capital that the General Partner personally invests alongside its Limited Partners, typically 1-5% depending on strategy. Per Carta's 2025 Fund
August 24, 2026