Alternative Investments

Gamma squeezes are the talk of both Wall Street and the amateur crowd following the GameStop drama.

Blank check companies are a great deal—for their sponsors. For investors? The results so far have been abysmal, argues Jon Henschen.

This week in fund news: Hercules debuts fund amid unprecedented volatility, the growing interest in impact investments in Black communities and Hamilton Lane’s continued push into the wealth channel.

Hamilton Lane is acquiring Denver-based long-short equity fund manager 361 Capital, with more than $600 million of assets. It's the third acquisition in Hamilton Lane's 30-year history.

iCapital Network moved closer to its overall vision of a one-stop alternative asset platform, buying LMS AI Insight.

The Accelerate Arbitrage Fund, launched in April by Julian Klymochko, invests in SPACs, before they’ve announced deals, and also incorporates merger arbitrage.

A Hartford, Conn.–based team partnered with RIA support platform Integrated Advisors Network to go independent and expand client access to alternative investments.

VanEck Associates Corp. has started a new push to launch an ETF tracking the world’s largest digital currency, according to a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Building on the biggest annual gain in a decade, gold has made a strong start to the new year as virus angst clouds the outlook for the economic recovery.