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Alternative investment fundraising slowed in early 2026 as investors pulled back from credit strategies and business development companies while directing more capital toward hard assets with durable demand. Through the first five months of the year, alternatives raised about $75.0 billion, down 9% from $82.8 billion in the same period of 2025, according to Robert …

AE Wealth Management has launched its securities-based lending solution across its platform for advisors to tackle growing liquidity concerns from their clients.  The securities-based lending solution allows clients to borrow against eligible investment assets, including stocks, bonds, ETFs, and mutual funds, with no fees or prepayment penalties and the flexibility to draw or repay funds depending on their changing needs, AE Wealth said.  …

Peachtree Group, an investment management firm, has partnered with Goldman Sachs Custody Solutions to expand its reach of alternative investment offerings to investors.  Through Goldman Sachs’ custody solutions platform, RIAs will gain access to Peachtree’s investment products, to provide high-net-worth and affluent clients with“streamlined” access to Peachtree’s real estate and credit products.  Additionally, Peachtree’s investment vehicles are accessible through alternative investment platforms, including iCapital, SEI …

Figure Technology Solutions is making a bold move to expand its blockchain-based capital markets platform, announcing a $717 million agreement to acquire Kiavi, an AI-powered lending platform serving residential real estate investors. The deal includes a joint venture with Sixth Street to purchase loans off Kiavi’s balance sheet. Kiavi has spent 13 years building a …

Securitize has expanded its Tokenized AAA CLO Fund (STAC) to the Solana blockchain, with Ethena Labs planning to allocate $250 million to the strategy in what would rank among the largest commitments to tokenized structured credit on the network to date. STAC employs a fundamentals-driven investment strategy without the use of leverage, investing substantially all …

Wafra has agreed to acquire Navitas Credit Corp. from United Community Bank for $1.9 billion in cash, expanding its presence in specialty finance and equipment leasing. The acquisition will be made through investment funds advised by Wafra and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026. Founded in 2008, Navitas specializes in financing …

Financial executives grew slightly less optimistic about the U.S. economy during the second quarter as inflation, rising costs and geopolitical uncertainty weighed on business sentiment, according to the latest CFO Survey conducted by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Richmond. The survey found that chief financial officers …

The nation’s largest banks remain well capitalized and capable of continuing to lend through a severe economic downturn, according to the Federal Reserve’s 2026 annual bank stress test, which found all 32 institutions maintained capital levels above regulatory minimums despite absorbing more than $708 billion in projected loan losses. The hypothetical scenario modeled a deep …

AE Wealth Management has launched its securities-based lending solution across its platform for advisors to tackle growing liquidity concerns from their clients.  The securities-based lending solution allows clients to borrow against eligible investment assets, including stocks, bonds, ETFs, and mutual funds, with no fees or prepayment penalties and the flexibility to draw or repay funds depending on their changing needs, AE Wealth said.  …

Peachtree Group, an investment management firm, has partnered with Goldman Sachs Custody Solutions to expand its reach of alternative investment offerings to investors.  Through Goldman Sachs’ custody solutions platform, RIAs will gain access to Peachtree’s investment products, to provide high-net-worth and affluent clients with“streamlined” access to Peachtree’s real estate and credit products.  Additionally, Peachtree’s investment vehicles are accessible through alternative investment platforms, including iCapital, SEI …

OpenAI and Broadcom have unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI’s first custom AI accelerator chip, designed from the ground up to handle large language model inference rather than adapted from general-purpose hardware. Engineering samples are already running production workloads in the lab, including GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, at target frequency and power. Early testing shows performance per watt substantially ahead of …

Conifer Infrastructure Partners has closed its inaugural investment vehicle, Conifer Infrastructure Partners I, LP, at its $900 million hard cap, exceeding its initial $500 million target and completing fundraising in less than five months. The fund will invest in infrastructure platforms focused on the energy and critical materials sectors, areas Conifer believes are poised to …

Financial executives grew slightly less optimistic about the U.S. economy during the second quarter as inflation, rising costs and geopolitical uncertainty weighed on business sentiment, according to the latest CFO Survey conducted by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Richmond. The survey found that chief financial officers …

Morgan Stanley’s North Haven Private Income Fund (PIF), an $8 billion non-traded business development company, limited investor withdrawals during the second quarter after redemption requests exceeded the fund’s quarterly liquidity threshold. According to a company filing, investors sought to redeem 11.6% of outstanding shares during the quarter, well above the fund’s 5% quarterly redemption cap. …

Figure Technology Solutions is making a bold move to expand its blockchain-based capital markets platform, announcing a $717 million agreement to acquire Kiavi, an AI-powered lending platform serving residential real estate investors. The deal includes a joint venture with Sixth Street to purchase loans off Kiavi’s balance sheet. Kiavi has spent 13 years building a …

Moomoo is expanding its cryptocurrency trading business into Texas while introducing a new feature that allows U.S. users to transfer digital assets directly between external wallets and their platform accounts. The global investment and trading platform said Texas-based investors can now trade 52 cryptocurrencies through Moomoo Crypto with zero commissions and transaction fees as low …

Financial executives grew slightly less optimistic about the U.S. economy during the second quarter as inflation, rising costs and geopolitical uncertainty weighed on business sentiment, according to the latest CFO Survey conducted by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Richmond. The survey found that chief financial officers …

The nation’s largest banks remain well capitalized and capable of continuing to lend through a severe economic downturn, according to the Federal Reserve’s 2026 annual bank stress test, which found all 32 institutions maintained capital levels above regulatory minimums despite absorbing more than $708 billion in projected loan losses. The hypothetical scenario modeled a deep …