Inflation is running at 8.6%, and the Fed has been aggressively raising interest rates. It is now signaling that equally large rate hikes could be on the horizon as early as next month. The Fed’s dual mandate is to keep the economy at full employment while at the same time keeping inflation under[...]
Filed Under: Due Diligence, Real Estate, Alternative Investments, Best Practices
In 2017, Congress created the qualified opportunity zone (QOZ) program to encourage long-term investment in economically distressed communities by providing investors with three tax incentives to help drive private capital to lower-income areas throughout the country. Since then, the FactRight team[...]
Filed Under: Due Diligence, Alternative Investments, Qualified Opportunity Funds, Best Practices, QOZ Funds
An investment committee (IC) provides wealth management firms a formalized mechanism for improved due diligence, ongoing monitoring, and decision-making. A good IC aligns organizational goals, roles, and processes and enhances accountability, clarity of purpose, and shared knowledge among the[...]
Filed Under: Alternative Investments, Best Practices
An interval fund is a subcategory of closed-end funds and is a Regulated Investment Company (RIC), which is subject to 1940 Act regulation. Shares of interval funds are not generally “redeemable,” which is why the funds are classified as closed-end rather than open-end funds. Interval funds are so[...]
Filed Under: Due Diligence, Interval Funds
Was it just me, or did our most recent conference in Scottsdale feel, dare I say it, almost normal? I mean, the sun was shining, the palms were swaying, and the beer burro was melting hearts.
Filed Under: Due Diligence
Inflationary pressures have increased markedly in the global economy over the last year. CPI prints have recently reached levels not visited in almost four decades.
Filed Under: Alternative Investments, Market Research, Credit
Many real estate investment trusts (REITs) voluntarily report supplemental performance metrics. Industry organizations established non-GAAP metrics to build credibility and broader capital markets acceptance of REITs by enhancing comparability of operating performance across funds. Two decades ago,
Filed Under: Due Diligence, REITs, Alternative Investments, Best Practices
I like cash, after all, who doesn’t? But I’m talking about financial statement presentation today. The cash-basis, while it may be the simplest presentation method, is not necessarily best for financial analysis of a product sponsor.
Filed Under: Due Diligence, Alternative Investments, Best Practices
In the spirit of the holiday season, FactRight is proud to support the local non-profit Feed My Starving Children, which strives to eliminate starvation in children throughout the world. From March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021, volunteers have helped the organization pack 267 million meals to meet[...]
Filed Under: Due Diligence
The Federal Reserve is sitting on a massively bloated balance sheet, and all major asset markets—stocks, bonds, alternative offerings, and real estate—are long overdue for a massive correction. That was the thinking of many in early 2020, when the size of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet stood[...]
Filed Under: Due Diligence, Best Practices