Investors may want to DIY in 2023.

BREIT, which was designed for wealthy individual investors, has struggled in recent months and been forced to limit withdrawals.

Not every advisor sees a role for alternative investments like private placements or nontraded REITs. For those who do, making the allocations in reaction to declines in traditional portfolios is a mistake.

Increasingly, dynamic, high-growth companies are staying private, closing off significant options for workplace retirement savers. But putting a traditional PE fund inside a 401(k) plan would bring more problems than it solves.

The DOJ and CTFC are also bringing charges against the FTX co-founder.

According to a recent CAIS survey, private wealth allocation to new asset classes is set to take off over next two years.

Savvly's new pooled equity index fund has some similarities to a tontine, an investment that pays out at higher amounts as other participants die or withdraw early.

The author believes regulation of digital assets is overdue, but with it the industry can build public trust and integrate the assets into the global financial system.

Crypto companies seeking the public markets’ stamp of approval face a rightly skeptical SEC.