Masterworks Review 2026: What the Art-Investing Pitch Leaves Out
Masterworks charges a 1.5% annual management fee plus 20% of profits at sale, on top of a roughly 10-11% markup baked into the purchase price before you...
August 30, 2026
Real Estate Syndication Sponsor Track Record Red Flags: A Due Diligence Checklist
Sponsors write their own track records, and nobody audits the pitch deck before it reaches you.
August 30, 2026
BDC Redemption Gates Explained: What Happens When You Can't Get Your Money Out
Roughly $15 billion in redemption requests are sitting stuck across non-traded business development companies and private-credit funds right now, and the...
August 30, 2026
SEC Greenlights Tokenized Fund Custody: What Franklin Templeton's No-Action Letter Means for Investors
On August 12, 2026, the SEC's Division of Investment Management issued its first-ever no-action letter applying Rule 17f-2 self-custody relief to a...
August 30, 2026
Permanent Capital Ventures Raises $200M Fund II for Applied AI
Permanent Capital Ventures just launched a $200 million Fund II, pushing total capital raised since its early-2024 founding past $350 million.
August 30, 2026
a16z Bets $1.1 Billion That AI's Next Winners Build Hardware, Not Apps
Andreessen Horowitz raised $1.1 billion for a new Machine Age Fund dedicated entirely to AI hardware: chips, memory, networking, data centers, and robots.
August 30, 2026
Victory Capital's $7 Billion First Eagle Deal: What Genstar's Exit Signals for Asset Manager M&A
TL;DR: Victory Capital Holdings (NASDAQ: VCTR) agreed on August 26, 2026 to buy First Eagle Investments from Genstar Capital for approximately $7.0 billion, creating a combined asset manager with...
August 29, 2026
NexPoint vs. Medalist Diversified: Comparing Two DST Sponsors for Your 2026 1031 Exchange
TL;DR: NexPoint launched NexPoint Marina II DST , a $48.97 million Delaware Statutory Trust backed by two marina properties on Norris Lake, Tennessee and Lake Barkley, Kentucky, its 34th DST since a...
August 29, 2026
SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets Proposal: What Form 1-CRYPTO Means for Investors
TL;DR: On August 18, 2026, the SEC proposed "Regulation Crypto Assets," its first purpose-built exemption framework for crypto token offerings, complete with a new Form 1-CRYPTO offering circular, a...
August 29, 2026
The Victory Capital-First Eagle Deal Is a Fee Compression Warning, Not a Growth Story
TL;DR: Victory Capital's $7.0 billion deal for First Eagle Investments, announced August 26, 2026, is being sold to the market as scale-building and 35% accretive to 2027 earnings. I think it is...
August 29, 2026
Blackstone BREC's Monthly Intake Fell 72%: What It Signals for Private Real Estate Credit
TL;DR: Blackstone Private Real Estate Credit and Income Fund (BREC), a non-traded BDC that lends against commercial real estate, took in about $7.13 million of new equity in its August 2026 monthly...
August 29, 2026
Socure's $5.2 Billion Growth Round: What the Summit Partners Deal Structure Signals for Late-Stage Private Investors
TL;DR: Socure, the identity and fraud-decisioning company behind RiskOS, just told the market it is worth $5.2 billion in a growth round led by Summit Partners, with Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Wells...
August 29, 2026