October 1, 2019 | David Adler The responsibility for retirement outcomes has drastically shifted away from institutions and to individuals. From 1998 to 2017, the percentage of employers offering a traditional defined benefit plan to newly hired employees fell from 50% to around 3%.1 For wealthy retirees, Social Security benefits alone can only replace a… Continue reading An ALTERNATIVE Approach to Retirement Planning
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What Are Non-Listed CEFs?
July 8, 2019 | Kimberly Flynn In the U.S. market, the non-listed closed-end fund structures known as interval funds and tender offer funds provide intermittent liquidity while offering a more appropriate wrapper for a large swath of alternative strategies. Both types of non-listed CEFs may invest in private and public assets.1 Both typically provide shareholders quarterly… Continue reading What Are Non-Listed CEFs?
Alternative Access: The Old and the New
July 1, 2019 | Jennifer Pruett The means by which investors access alternatives continues to evolve. Although limited partnerships have existed for decades and liquid alt mutual funds have become a popular access point in recent years, the closed-end fund (“CEF”) structure is gaining visibility and traction within the alternatives industry, and arguably represents the… Continue reading Alternative Access: The Old and the New
How Much Liquidity Do Investors Need?
June 24, 2019 | David Adler For most individual investors, the vast majority of their investment portfolio is dedicated to funding goals with long time horizons: retirement, paying for children’s college expenses and generational wealth transfer. Even though investors do not need immediate access to these funds, their portfolios typically comprise mostly public equities, bonds… Continue reading How Much Liquidity Do Investors Need?