Digital Asset Holdings $355M: The Institutional Blockchain Bet You Can't Access Yet
TL;DR: Digital Asset Holdings raised $355 million at a $2 billion valuation in July 2026. The backers include ADIA, Apollo, BNP Paribas, Citadel, CME, HSBC, and S&P Global. Their product — Canton...
July 23, 2026
How Accredited Investors Access Family Office Co-Investment Deals in 2026
How Accredited Investors Access Family Office Co-Investment Deals in 2026 How Accredited Investors Access Family Office Co-Investment Deals in 2026 By Jeff Barnes, MBA · July 23, 2026 ·...
July 23, 2026
Knox Lane's $437M Take-Private: The PE Playbook for Buying Distressed Public Companies
Knox Lane's $437M Take-Private: The PE Playbook for Buying Distressed Public Companies TL;DR: Knox Lane closed a $437 million all-cash acquisition of Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN) at $13.25 per...
July 23, 2026
Why BDCs Are Failing Accredited Investors (And What GoldenTree Got Right)
TL;DR: GoldenTree's Private Credit Fund II closed at its $2.75B hard cap, oversubscribed, with predecessor returns of 16% net IRR and a 1.4x multiple. Meanwhile, Fitch Ratings reported that 10 of 16...
July 23, 2026
Healthcare Real Estate Investing: MOBs, Senior Housing, and Life Science Labs for Accredited Investors
Healthcare real estate is one of the most fundamentally sound property sectors for long-term investors. Senior housing net operating income grew 15% to 20% in 2024-2025 as occupancy recovered post-COV
July 22, 2026
Hurdle Rate in Private Equity: Why the 8% Preferred Return Matters to LPs
The hurdle rate, also called the preferred return, is the annual return threshold that LPs must receive before a private equity GP can collect carried interest. The industry standard is 8%, per ILPA d
July 22, 2026
Private Equity Hidden Costs: What LPs Actually Pay Beyond 2-and-20
The headline "2-and-20" fee structure in private equity understates what LPs actually pay by a significant margin. According to ILPA's Reporting Template v2.0 , which became mandatory for institutiona
July 22, 2026
Greystone LIHTC Fund II $137M: How Accredited Investors Access Affordable Housing Tax Credits
Greystone Real Estate Capital closed its second low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) fund at $137 million on July 21, 2026, per Affordable Housing Finance , with eight institutional investors and a p
July 22, 2026
LIHTC Investing Explained: How Accredited Investors Access Affordable Housing Tax Credits
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) is a $30-billion annual federal program that has produced over 3 million affordable housing units since 1986, per HUD data . Institutional investors — banks,
July 22, 2026
Data Centers as Alternative Investments: AI-Driven Demand and Accredited Investor Access in 2026
AI is creating a data center demand surge that every major private capital allocator is chasing. Blackstone's digital infrastructure portfolio delivered 23.5% annual returns in 2025, per Private Equit
July 22, 2026
Separately Managed Accounts in Alternative Investments: Why the Ultra-Wealthy Skip Commingled Funds
A separately managed account (SMA) in alternative investments is a bespoke portfolio arrangement where a single LP receives customized terms, direct asset-level transparency, and negotiated fee struct
July 22, 2026
Self-Storage as an Alternative Investment: What Accredited Investors Should Know in 2026
Self-storage has delivered the highest total returns of any major REIT sector over the past 30 years, per Nareit data . But 2026 looks nothing like 2021. Occupancy has corrected from a 94% pandemic pe
July 22, 2026