DST Sponsor Comparison: Cove Capital vs. Inland vs. JLL Exchange for 1031 Exchange Investors
Three real DST sponsors dominate conversations among 1031 exchange investors in 2026: Cove Capital Investments, with its all-cash debt-free philosophy and a portfolio over 3.7 million square feet; Inland Private Capital...
August 15, 2026
CAIS Review 2026: The Alts Marketplace Wirehouse Advisors Actually Use
TL;DR: CAIS (caisgroup.com) is a B2B technology platform that gives independent financial advisors and RIAs access to institutional-quality alternative investments: hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real...
August 15, 2026
Master Limited Partnerships Explained: How MLPs Let Accredited Investors Access Energy Infrastructure Cash Flow
TL;DR: A master limited partnership (MLP) is a publicly traded partnership that combines stock-market liquidity with partnership tax advantages. Income passes through directly to you as a limited partner (LP) rather...
August 15, 2026
The 300% Asset Coverage Test: The Leverage Rule Behind Every BDC and Interval Fund
TL;DR: The asset coverage test is the single most important leverage constraint you will find in a business development company (BDC) or interval fund prospectus. Under Section 18 of the Investment Company Act of 1940...
August 15, 2026
UBS's New Interval Fund Seeding Trick: Reorganizing an Existing Credit Partnership Into a Registered Vehicle
TL;DR: UBS Asset Management filed registration documents for the UBS Asset Management Credit Income Opportunities Fund, a non-diversified, closed-end interval fund organized as a Delaware statutory trust on July 9,...
August 15, 2026
Apollo Debt Solutions BDC's $514.9M CLO Close Amid Record Redemption Demand
Apollo Debt Solutions BDC closed a $514.9 million term debt securitization on August 6, 2026, the same week it confirmed that redemption demand had hit its highest level since the fund launched in 2022. According to...
August 15, 2026
Homestead Capital's $1.8B Agriculture Platform: Inside the First Close of Its $350M Private Credit Fund
On August 14, 2026, San Francisco-based Homestead Capital closed the first tranche of its debut commingled agriculture private credit fund, pulling in a $150 million anchor commitment from the private credit team of a...
August 15, 2026
Tokenized Pre-IPO Shares Go Mainstream Overseas: Why US Investors Should Pump the Brakes
Colb Asset SA just won Swiss regulatory approval to sell tokens tracking pre-IPO exposure to SpaceX, Anthropic, and Revolut, with its Anthropic-linked token (CANP) alone holding $865 million in...
August 14, 2026
Private Credit's Split Screen: Institutional Records vs. Retail BDC Redemptions
Private credit ran two completely different playbooks in the first half of 2026. Institutional LPs closed a record ~$190 billion into private credit funds, up 53% year over year, according to With...
August 14, 2026
Senate Hearing Pushes 403(b) Access to Collective Investment Trusts
On Aug. 6, 2026, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs heard testimony backing S.424, the Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act, which would let...
August 14, 2026
Blacksmith's 10x Markup: What Rapid AI Valuation Jumps Actually Signal
Blacksmith, a startup that builds AI tools to test and validate software code, just raised a $45M Series B led by Peak XV Partners at a $550M valuation, according to TechCrunch . That is up from a...
August 14, 2026
Whiskey Cask Tokenization: A Real Alternative Asset or Just a Digital Wrapper on Old Risks
Marrowbone Lane, an Irish whiskey producer, is piloting blockchain-based fractional cask ownership in the UAE starting around £100 per investor, a fraction of the £3,500 to £8,500 you'd normally pay...
August 14, 2026