Alkymi launches Alkymi Alts to enhance alternative investment data management by Released | Oct 2, 2025 Alkymi, a platform for managing private markets data, has launched Alkymi Alts, a turnkey solution designed to modernize how institutional investors, private banks, wealth managers and service providers manage alternative investment data.
Empower’s personal wealth division looks to acquire a national RIA by Elise Mackanych | Oct 2, 2025 Empower plans to acquire more registered investment advisers (RIAs) alongside its efforts to expand its personal wealth division. With more than 1,000 financial advisers, Empower stands as the second-largest retirement plan provider in the United States, with roughly 19 million participants in its retirement plans and $1.8 trillion in assets under advisement.
S&P Dow Jones expands private markets offering with broad private equity benchmarks in collaboration with NewVest by Released | Oct 2, 2025 S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), the world’s leading index provider, has announced plans to expand its work in the private markets sector with the launch of the S&P Private Equity 50 Indices in collaboration with NewVest, a leading private markets index manager.
Gryphon Advisors joins Savant Wealth Management by Released | Oct 2, 2025 Savant Wealth Management, a fee-only registered investment adviser (RIA), announced it acquired Evanston, Ill.–based Gryphon Advisors, a fee-only RIA with approximately $557 million in assets under management (AUM).
Demand for private real estate indexing surges as advisers seek diversification amid high equity market valuations by Released | Oct 1, 2025 With equity markets trading at historically high valuations and inflationary pressures weighing on investors, financial advisers are increasingly turning to private real estate as a source of diversification, stability and a hedge against inflation.
EP Wealth announces investment by Ares Management by Released | Oct 1, 2025 EP Wealth Advisors, a fee-only registered investment adviser (RIA), has announced that Ares Management Private Equity funds have signed a definitive agreement to acquire a significant minority stake in the company, joining EP Wealth’s existing minority equity partner, Berkshire Partners.
Post Road Group to focus exclusively on real estate investing following sale of digital infrastructure platform to Future Standard by Released | Oct 1, 2025 Post Road Group, an alternative investment manager, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its digital infrastructure platform to Future Standard, an $86 billion asset manager headquartered in Philadelphia.
Arctos announces launch of dedicated sports capital markets platform by Released | Oct 1, 2025 Arctos, a private investment firm that provides bespoke growth and liquidity solutions to sports franchises and alternative asset managers, has announced the launch of Arctos Capital Markets (ACM), a new business line dedicated to identifying and connecting qualified high net worth investors directly with professional sports ownership opportunities.
Groundfloor appoints J. Robert Varghese as head of investments by Released | Oct 1, 2025 Groundfloor, a market investment platform with more than $1.8 billion in investment volume, has announced the appointment of J. Robert Varghese as its new head of investments.
Jim Hays joins IFC Wealth Management from Wells Fargo by Elise Mackanych | Sep 30, 2025 IFC Wealth Management has appointed financial services industry veteran James “Jim” Hays as executive chairman at IFC, where he will broaden client outcomes and expand the firm’s strategic vision.
Alternative investment fundraising increases by 28 percent from July, surpassing $130b through August by Elise Mackanych | Sep 30, 2025 Alternative investment fundraising reached $130.9 billion through August 2025, according to research from Robert A. Stanger and Co.
Global actively managed REIT funds show strength in diversification, according to Nareit by Elise Mackanych | Sep 30, 2025 There are 26 actively managed global listed real estate funds that have reached $16.7 billion in real estate assets under management by second quarter 2025, according to Nareit’s global active managers tracker.
Ducere Wealth appoints Nicholas Bzovi as director of alternative investments by Elise Mackanych | Sep 30, 2025 Nicholas Bzovi has been appointed as director of alternative investments at Ducere Wealth.
Ryan Reid joins Curated Wealth Partners as vice president of investments by Released | Sep 30, 2025 Curated Wealth Partners, a multi-family office and investment management firm serving ultra-high-net-worth clients, has announced that Ryan Reid has joined the firm as vice president of investments.
RIAs are falling behind in alternative allocations by Elise Mackanych | Sep 29, 2025 Wirehouses and broker/dealers are leading the way in the adoption of alternative investments for clients, as registered investment advisers (RIAs) are lagging, according to research by Alternative Investments Market Intelligence.
