--- title: Our Best Insights on RIAs and Alternative Investments description: A collection of recent FactRight blog posts on how RIAs are doing business with alternative investments — and how we can help them. image: https://blog.factright.com/hubfs/investment%20stop%20watch%202-2.jpeg --- behance bloglovin dribbble email facebook flickr github gplus instagram linkedin medium periscope phone pinterest rss snapchat stumbleupon tumblr twitter vimeo xing youtube - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/FactRightLLC/) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/factright) - [Linkedin](http://www.linkedin.com/company/395017?trk=tyah) - [Phone](tel:866-357-7779) [Report Center Login >](http://www.factrightreports.com/Account/Login) - [Home](http://www.factright.com/) - [ABOUT US](http://www.factright.com/team/) - Financial Advisory Firms - [FR Risk Management](http://www.factright.com/fr-risk-management/) - [Report Center](https://www.factright.com/resources/report-center/) - [Product Coverage](https://www.factright.com/resources/list-of-coverage/) - Product Sponsors - [Due Diligence Reporting](http://www.factright.com/due-diligence-reporting/) - [Preparing for FactRight Diligence](https://www.factright.com/preparing-for-factright-diligence/) - [Resources](https://www.factright.com/resources/) - [Report Center](https://www.factright.com/resources/report-center/) - [FactRight Webinars](https://www.factright.com/resources/webinars/) - [FAQs](https://www.factright.com/resources/faqs/) - [Events](https://www.factright.com/events/) - [Weekly Updates](https://www.factright.com/weekly-updates/) - [FactRight Blog](https://blog.factright.com/) - [Contact](http://www.factright.com/contact/) # Our Best Insights on RIAs and Alternative Investments April 18, 2019 by [FactRight](https://blog.factright.com/author/factright) As we continue to review offerings aimed at registered investment advisor distribution, and add more RIAs to our stable of customized consulting clients (read about new partnerships with Independent Financial Partners [here](http://www.prweb.com/releases/ifp_and_factright_announce_partnership_to_evolve_advisor_access_to_alternatives/prweb16204003.htm) and Mirae Asset Wealth Management [here](http://www.prweb.com/releases/factright_announces_partnership_with_mirae_asset_wealth_management_usa/prweb16223243.htm)), I’ve been asked to compile of some of our recent blog posts on RIAs and their use of alternative investments: - [The Alternative Investment Imperative for RIAs](https://blog.factright.com/the-alternative-investment-imperative-for-rias), written by guest author Daniel Wildermuth, makes the compelling case that it is critical RIAs be able to access alternatives for their clients in an era of declining value creation through public markets. - [How RIAs Warming to Annuities Could Be a Positive Sign for Distribution of Alts](https://blog.factright.com/how-rias-warming-to-annuities-could-be-a-positive-sign-for-distribution-of-alts) examines the history of annuities within the RIA distribution channel for what it can tell us about opportunities and challenges to wider adoption of alts within that community. - What We’re Learning About RIAs and Alternative Investments, [parts I](https://blog.factright.com/what-were-learning-about-rias-and-alternative-investments) and [II](https://blog.factright.com/rias-and-alternative-investments-part-2-types-of-firms) share our views from the road. The market will remain inefficient for a while, and is in need of education and operational solutions in particular. RIAs already doing business with alternative investments have done just enough to address the issues, but they need ongoing support. Many are looking for a curated platform of options, but have little idea where to start or how to get in touch with the right sponsors/managers. RIAs not using alts today are becoming aware that sooner or later, these investments may be indispensable for their practice. - And finally, [How We Help RIAs Offer Alternative Investments to Clients – A Case Study](https://blog.factright.com/the-alternative-investment-imperative-for-rias) walks through how FactRight can position RIAs to take advantage of the opportunities created by offering viable investment programs to their clients. (This is a companion post to one describing to how we’re assisting broker-dealer [Kalos Financial](https://blog.factright.com/how-we-can-help-clients-with-1031-due-dilligence-kalos-case-study) with their due diligence on syndicated 1031 programs). We are drawing upon the insight described in these posts and others to better serve our clients—broker-dealers, and increasingly, RIAs and other wealth advisors. We’ll continue to share with you what we’re learning through this blog. 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