Merchant Cash Advance Funds: High-Yield Private Credit or Regulatory Time Bomb?
TL;DR: Merchant cash advance funds pitch accredited investors on 20-40%+ effective yield by purchasing small businesses' future credit card receivables at a discount, but the FTC has already...
July 7, 2026
Trading Cards as an Alternative Asset: What the Fractional Platforms Won't Tell You About Liquidity
TL;DR: Collectable Sports Assets LLC, the SEC-registered platform that let accredited and retail investors buy fractional shares of vintage trading cards, halted secondary trading in 2024 and issued...
July 7, 2026
Market-Neutral Hedge Fund Strategies: How Uncorrelated Returns Actually Work
TL;DR: A market-neutral hedge fund isn't trying to beat the SP 500. It's trying to earn a small, steady spread over cash by holding roughly 50% of net assets long and 50% short, so the portfolio's bet
July 6, 2026
Moonfare Review: What Accredited Investors Actually Buy in a Feeder Fund — and What It Costs
Moonfare has scaled to 3.9 billion in assets under management with more than 5,600 investors across 24 countries , and it did it by cutting the private equity check size from the traditional $5 millio
July 6, 2026
Deal-by-Deal vs Fund-Level Carry Waterfalls: The Structural Risk Hiding Behind the Headline Carry Rate
TL;DR: 64% of North American buyout funds still use an American, deal-by-deal carry waterfall, versus just 36% on a whole-fund European structure, according to Proskauer's 2026 "Under the Microscope"
July 6, 2026
Structured Settlement Factoring as an Alternative Fixed-Income Asset Class
J.G. Wentworth's securitization vehicle bought structured settlement payment streams from injury victims and lottery winners at an average 10.92% discount rate, then repackaged those same cash flows i
July 6, 2026
SEC Rule 144A: The Institutional Safe Harbor Behind Your Private Credit Fund's Portfolio
A qualified institutional buyer needs $100 million parked in securities before it can touch a Rule 144A bond. You don't have that. But if you own shares in Barings BDC (NYSE: BBDC) or a private credit
July 6, 2026
The 721 Exchange: How Accredited Investors Turn a 1031-DST Into Liquid REIT Shares
DST equity raised hit $8.41 billion in 2025, up 49% year-over-year from $5.66 billion in 2024, and Mountain Dell Consulting projects $10-11 billion for 2026 — a big chunk of that capital is chasing a
July 6, 2026
Stonepeak Infrastructure Credit Fund II's 3(c)(7) Filing Wave: What the Qualified-Purchaser Wall Means for Accredited Investors Chasing the AI Power Buildout
On July 2, 2026, Stonepeak filed a Form D for Stonepeak Infrastructure Credit Fund II LP, an infrastructure credit vehicle relying on Investment Company Act Section 3(c)(7) — meaning it can only accep
July 6, 2026
CarbonSix's $40M Series A and the Rise of Korean-Backed 'Physical AI' Manufacturing Robotics
CarbonSix, a San Francisco-based physical AI robotics startup, closed a $40M Series A on July 1, 2026, co-led by two South Korean venture firms, DSC Investment and LB Investment, with fresh capital fr
July 6, 2026
BlueFive Capital Co-Leads $3B Kling AI Round: Gulf Capital's China AI Bet Locks Out US Accredited Investors
TL;DR: On July 2, 2026, Abu Dhabi-based BlueFive Capital co-led a $3 billion funding round for Kling AI, the video-generation unit of Chinese short-video giant Kuaishou, pushing its post-money valuati
July 6, 2026
Hamilton Lane Closes $3.8B Equity Opportunities Fund VI: What It Actually Means for Accredited Investors
Hamilton Lane just closed its sixth direct equity fund, Equity Opportunities Fund VI, at $3.8 billion raised in and alongside the fund — up 81% from the $2.1 billion its predecessor collected. That's
July 6, 2026