Tagged: alternative investments

January 24, 2022 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this month, the team at European lender Mintos had released their extensive Insight Report. Mintos noted that their monthly publication offers an overview of what’s been happening on their platform, including commentary from their team of experts, recent investor activity, educational topics, and other… Read More

January 18, 2022 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Yieldstreet explains that they aim to provide a diverse range of “unique” private market investment opportunities that offer “potentially attractive benefits” to investor portfolios. But before a particular offering makes it onto the Yieldstreet platform, it needs to go through a “stringent” multi-step vetting process,… Read More

January 16, 2022 @ 4:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry, an alternative investment marketplace, claims that its operations grew almost three times in 2021. According to an extensive update from PeerBerry, 2021 was “the year of outstanding growth” for their platform. They almost tripled the scope of their business operations within the previous year…. Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 1:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mintos, an investment firm that claims to be the leading alternative investment platform in the European Union, says they’ve made “big things” happen at Mintos in 2021, resulting in “a lot of transformative change.” According to Mintos, the loans asset class (for… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 1:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A Lithuanian renewable energy firm Litelektra, which is reportedly co-owned by Gofingo Group shareholders, has teamed up with PeerBerry, which is an alternative investment marketplace with “up to 12% return on investment” and offers innovative investment tools. As mentioned in the update, the new business… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 5:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peer-to-peer lending has become an increasingly popular strategy among online investors. Platforms like Prosper have brought the P2P lending model “into the spotlight,” according to an update from YieldStreet, a multi-asset alternative investment platform that’s focused on reducing friction and offering “previously unattainable” access to alternatives… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 6:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SimCorp, an independent provider of software-as-a-service or SaaS investment management solutions, has formed a partnership with Domos FS, resulting in a “complete front-to-back-office investment management offering covering both public and private markets for asset managers, asset owners and service providers.” As mentioned in the announcement,… Read More

November 14, 2021 @ 1:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Yieldstreet, a multi-asset alternative investment platform that’s focused on reducing friction and offering “previously unattainable” access to alternatives for millions of consumers, announced the expansion of its art platform into equity ownership investments of physical art, “complementing the wide range of debt-backed opportunities offered.” As… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YieldStreet, an investment crowdfunding platform for alternative assets, notes that they were founded on the principle that “access to and the distribution of income-generating investment products was fundamentally broken.” Yieldstreet’s primary goal is to offer investors access to alternative investments across asset classes that were… Read More

October 19, 2021 @ 9:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, the alternative investment platform, and Digital Asset, the creators of the Daml multi-party application platform, have confirmed  a working collaboration to “explore specific use cases for blockchain, distributed ledgers, and smart contracts at the intersection of wealth management and alternative investments.” The two firms… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 1:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

One in nine adults in the United Kingdom could make their first cryptocurrency purchase over the next year, data from UK money app Ziglu suggests. Should they all take the plunge that would mean 21 percent of UK adults would own some digital currency. Of… Read More

June 3, 2021 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YieldStreet, an online marketplace for a diverse array of asset-backed investments, revealed on Wednesday (June 2, 2021) that it has secured $100 million in capital through a Series C round, as alternative investments “heat up.” Michael Weisz, YieldStreet Co-Founder and President, told Yahoo Finance that… Read More

May 11, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alternative Investment Exchange (AIX), the platform that aims to  make it easier to purchase, own, and sell alternative investments, has revealed that Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation chose the AIX platform as one of its electronic platform providers in order to onboard new funds and… Read More

March 13, 2021 @ 8:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lithuania-based Debitum, which offers borderless small business financing, notes that many people are now beginning to understand that making smart investments can be a good way save money for later or for making bigger purchases. However, Debitum claims that companies or businesses “rarely” think about… Read More

February 1, 2021 @ 8:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robin Melnick, Director, Alliances & Partnerships at Addepar, a leading provider of technology for the wealth management industry, recently connected with Bob Miller, CEO of PCR, a private client wealth aggregator assisting wealthy families, their advisors, and wealth tech companies develop “winning” digital transformation strategies…. Read More

October 9, 2018 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

HSBC Global Private Banking, Americas announced on Tuesday it has formed an agreement with financial technology firm iCapital Network to expand and streamline client access to alternative investments. HSBC reported that the partnership is part of its initiative to enhance investment management capabilities and expand its product… Read More

December 14, 2017 @ 12:58 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

iCapital Network, a US fintech platform democratizing alternative investments for high-net-worth individuals and their advisors, acquired the US Private Equity Access Fund Platform from the Asset Management division of Deutsche Bank; earlier this year the platform had stated its acquisition plans. The transaction was completed… Read More

July 25, 2017 @ 11:14 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (NYSE: MS) has invested in iCapital Network, a fintech platform that aims to democratize alternative investments for high-net-worth individuals and their financial advisors. Morgan Stanley’s investment, together with investments from UBS Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: UBS) and lead investor BlackRock (NYSE:… Read More