November 29, 2021 | Kimberly Flynn As various access points for institutional-quality alternative investments have evolved in recent years, the closed-end fund (“CEF”) structure has gained visibility as a suitable vehicle for institutional investment strategies. Key elements of CEFs relative to private funds are lower investment minimums, better liquidity through secondary trading and tender offers,… Continue reading Permanent Capital Vehicles: Diversify Revenue Streams and Benefit from Demand Growth
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Career Insights with Danielle Cupps
March 8, 2021 | Danielle Cupps For International Women’s Day, XA Investments would like to recognize Danielle Cupps. Dani is a mom of three children and currently serves as Director of Digital Customer Engagement Market and Team Alignment at McDonald’s Corporation. We are also proud to have her serve as an Independent Trustee for the… Continue reading Career Insights with Danielle Cupps
Income and Volatility: Paid to Ride Out a Storm
January 15, 2020 | David Adler Instead of staying invested for the long-term, investors may react to short-term volatility by rushing to the exits. Unfortunately doing this and realizing losses can cause damage to one’s financial health. Dividend or other income producing investments can help investors with the volatility “problem” as income creates incentives for… Continue reading Income and Volatility: Paid to Ride Out a Storm
An ALTERNATIVE Approach to Retirement Planning
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
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?