Tagged: alternative assets

July 19, 2023 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alto, a self-directed IRA custodian and platform that enables individuals to invest in alternative assets using their retirement funds, announced its new partnership with crypto exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN). All Coinbase One members that open an Alto CryptoIRA account “will enjoy a 1% match (up to $100)… Read More

July 2, 2023 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alto, a self-directed IRA platform that enables individuals to invest in alternative assets using their retirement funds, announced the appointment of Scott Harrigan as CEO of Alto Securities and Oliver Plattner as Chief Product and Technology Officer. Before joining Alto, Harrigan was previously “the CEO… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zodia Custody, an institution-first digital asset custodian by Standard Chartered in association with Northern Trust, and LMAX Digital, the regulated institutional crypto currency exchange operated by LMAX Group, announce a collaboration to deliver institutional-grade trading infrastructure and custody services for the European leading Alternative Asset… Read More

May 19, 2023 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Public, an investing platform that allows members to invest in stocks, treasuries, ETFs, crypto, and alternative assets, announced the rollout of Alpha, a project to enhance your investing experience with artificial intelligence powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4. Alpha reportedly “reduces the time retail investors spend researching… Read More

April 26, 2023 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alto, a self-directed IRA platform that enables individuals to invest in alternative assets using their retirement funds, announced “a breakthrough solution that makes it easy for issuers to raise capital by tapping into the more than $10T held in IRAs.” The Alto platform “simplifies raising… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Templum, Inc., a provider of Cloud-based capital market infrastructure for alternative assets and private securities, announced today its partnership with Sydecar, a “frictionless” deal execution platform that provides venture investors, syndicates, and funding platforms with the foundational services needed to execute deals. The explosion of… Read More

April 15, 2023 @ 11:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, the alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, continues to see an increase in demand for customized white label funds among independent broker-dealers (IBDs) and registered investment advisors (RIAs) “seeking alternative asset allocations on behalf of their clients.” CAIS’ white label fund solutions–Custom Funds–”allows… Read More

February 26, 2023 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Eric Satz, CEO of IRA platform Alto, in order to discuss why alternative assets are the new bonds when it comes to portfolio diversification. As the head of a self-directed IRA that enables individuals to diversify their portfolios using retirement… Read More

January 4, 2023 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Yieldstreet notes that in this challenging market environment, where stocks and bonds have been largely underperforming, investors “may be looking to allocate their capital to assets with little correlation to public markets.” Yieldstreet points out that one of the most, if not the most, uncorrelated… Read More

January 4, 2023 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AltoIRA notes that December is a “hectic” time of year. Between buying the right gifts, making holiday party appearances, and visiting with family, you’d be forgiven if your “top concern” isn’t maximizing your IRA contributions. According to AltoIRA, end-of-year IRA contributions are “something you should… Read More

June 24, 2022 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A portfolio with an “optimal” risk-return ratio by the end of 2022 “could yield 13.7%,” according to an update from Robo.cash. Its largest share is allocated towards P2P lending, the team at Robocash wrote in a blog post. In their latest study, Robocash investment platform… Read More

June 13, 2022 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vincent, the alternative investment search platform, recently announced VALT Asset Management will provide investors access to “world-class” alternative assets once “reserved only for institutional investors.” Open for investments, VALT offers portfolios of institutional-grade alternative assets — “including venture capital, cryptocurrency, collectibles, real estate, art, and… Read More

May 26, 2022 @ 2:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AssetTribe announces the launch of its digital platform, connecting investors “to a broad and diverse range of alternative assets, opening up this interesting and important asset class especially during these turbulent times of high inflation and uncertain stock markets.” AssetTribe is an investment community aiming… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 12:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, the digital asset and crypto technology provider, recently announced the launch of a Web3 Engine with a suite of tools for developers “to build DeFi, GameFi and NFT products and services.” Fireblocks has also “unlocked secure access to the world of decentralized applications, exchanges,… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 2:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rocket Dollar, an investment platform allowing individuals to invest in alternative assets, unveiled a rearchitected API-enabled platform as it tops $650 million of assets. Mike Panzarella, who was most recently Block’s (previously known as Square) deposit operations lead, will serve as Rocket Dollar’s chief technology… Read More

August 6, 2021 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

While there is a lot of discussion about digital assets, the world of Fintech and alternative investments also includes non-traditional assets like art, wine, watches, and more. Koia, a startup with a new investment app, is aiming to bring the world of alternative investments to… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 1:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut allows its 7 million customers to purchase cryptocurrencies. This, as reserve banks across the globe have announced huge stimulus packages to support their struggling economies, following the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. This support from Revolut, which is notably one of Europe’s most… Read More

March 6, 2019 @ 8:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Alto, a technology platform for investors to add alternative assets to IRAs,  announced on Wednesday it secured $2.8 million through its seed round in order to expand its offering and integrate additional investment platform partners. The new funding brings Alto’s total funding raised to $3.8… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 9:22 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Shortly into 2015, Kelly Rodriques, president and CEO of PENSCO Trust Company, a leading alternative asset custodian, shared his top five predictions for the year underway. Crowdfund Insider caught up with him for a more detailed Q-and-A about his predictions—from the $1 million investment cap… Read More