Flexstone Partners Acquires Glouston Capital: What the $15B Secondaries Roll-Up Means for LPs
TL;DR: On September 2, 2026, Flexstone Partners, a private markets affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, completed its acquisition of Boston-based private equity secondaries specialist Glouston...
September 5, 2026
CoinShares Acquires Bastion Asset Management for Crypto Alts
TL;DR: On September 2, 2026, CoinShares PLC (Nasdaq: CSHR) completed its acquisition of Bastion Asset Management Limited, folding Bastion's systematic crypto hedge fund strategies into a new unit...
September 5, 2026
Harvest Returns Review 2026: Farmland Investing Platform for Accredited Investors
Harvest Returns is a Fort Worth, Texas agricultural investment platform founded in 2016. It lets accredited investors put capital into farmland, timberland, private credit loans, and agritech deals...
September 5, 2026
GenNx360 Closes $865M Fund IV: The Realized-Distribution Test That LPs Are Now Demanding
GenNx360 closed $865M Fund IV above target on Sep 3, 2026, while middle-market PE was down 40%-plus because the firm returned $1.3B in cash to LPs.
September 4, 2026
Sneaker Resale as an Alternative Asset: What the Data Shows
In 2024, 12 of 22 new sneaker releases finished below retail and average depreciation doubled, revealing a weak investment case for this category.
September 4, 2026
Groundfloor Review 2026: Real Estate Debt Investing Without Accreditation
Groundfloor lets non-accredited investors buy real estate debt notes at $10, with 9.91% historical returns and key unresolved SEC disclosures.
September 4, 2026
BCRED Caps Redemptions for Third Straight Quarter: Liquidity Gating Is Now Private Credit's Defining Risk
BCRED capped Q3 2026 redemptions at 5% for the third straight quarter with 4.3B in exit requests, and Fitch found 10 of 16 non-traded BDCs at the wall.
September 4, 2026
Non-Traded BDC and REIT Redemption Gates: A 2026 Snapshot Across Six Funds
In Q2 2026, all three largest U.S. non-traded BDCs gated simultaneously for the first time, trapping more than 11 billion in investor exit requests.
September 4, 2026
The Spaventa Playbook: How Pre-IPO Access Funds Became the SEC's Top Fraud Priority
The SEC charged Andrew Spaventa for a $74M pre-IPO fund fraud built on hidden markups averaging 46% above cost and 100-plus unregistered cold-callers.
September 4, 2026
RealtyMogul Review 2026: New Owner, Falling NAV, Frozen Redemptions
RealtyMogul Income REIT NAV dropped a confirmed 24% in under two years to $6.85, while the Apartment Growth REIT froze all redemptions in April 2026.
September 4, 2026
Why Quant and Algorithmic Hedge Fund Strategies Rarely Work for Retail Allocators
Liquid alternative mutual funds underperform institutional hedge funds by 1 to 2 percent annually, a structural gap retail allocators cannot close.
September 4, 2026
SEC Charges 38 Fake Advisers: How to Verify Any ERA Before You Invest
On August 27, 2026, the SEC filed 38 separate civil complaints in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, alleging that 38 entities filed false Forms ADV between 2025 and 2026 to pose as
September 3, 2026