We believe a currency has to satisfy two key issues to be considered a viable currency. First, it needs to be a “medium of exchange” and one needs to be able to use it as a payment mechanism. Second, it needs to be a “store of value.” In our opinion, Bitcoin fails as a payment mechanism for legitimate commercial transactions, but it is gaining traction as a store of value.
... Read more »The Alternatives Watch Investor Scorecard tracked a total of $7 billion of institutional investor commitments in the month of February spread across 56 investment commitments across active private equity, real estate and private debt aims
... Read more »Over the past several months, I have had many conversations with alternative managers preparing to boost their marketing efforts in a variety of real estate or related market investment strategies, all geared towards high net worth investors. This inspired me to ask the question, ‘Why is real estate the place to invest in 2021?’
... Read more »The following report is provided free each week by McAlinden Research Partners exclusively to members of Hedge Connection. Today’s issue cluster focuses on Cybersecurity
... Read more »If the pandemic brought investors and managers anything in spades in 2020, it was the proliferation of private credit opportunity
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