Alternative Investments

Jean Hynes discusses active management, private equity and lessons she can offer other women on Wall Street.

Gamma squeezes are the talk of both Wall Street and the amateur crowd following the GameStop drama.

Blank check companies are a great deal—for their sponsors. For investors? The results so far have been abysmal, argues Jon Henschen.

This week in fund news: Hercules debuts fund amid unprecedented volatility, the growing interest in impact investments in Black communities and Hamilton Lane’s continued push into the wealth channel.

Hamilton Lane is acquiring Denver-based long-short equity fund manager 361 Capital, with more than $600 million of assets. It's the third acquisition in Hamilton Lane's 30-year history.

iCapital Network moved closer to its overall vision of a one-stop alternative asset platform, buying LMS AI Insight.

The Accelerate Arbitrage Fund, launched in April by Julian Klymochko, invests in SPACs, before they’ve announced deals, and also incorporates merger arbitrage.

A Hartford, Conn.–based team partnered with RIA support platform Integrated Advisors Network to go independent and expand client access to alternative investments.

VanEck Associates Corp. has started a new push to launch an ETF tracking the world’s largest digital currency, according to a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission