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Tender secondary note funds are buying discounted private credit positions from motivated sellers, filling a late-stage gap that banks, CLOs, and traditional secondaries platforms largely ignore.

Tender Option Bond trusts offer tax-exempt leverage through a split-tranche structure that amplifies municipal bond returns – but residual holders carry real risks worth understanding.

Rated feeder fund notes are drawing RIA capital by combining private fund yields with formal credit ratings that clear compliance hurdles most unrated alternatives cannot.

Tender offer exchange funds let wealthy investors swap concentrated stock for diversified exposure without triggering immediate capital gains taxes. Here’s how the structure works and what risks investors rarely hear about.

Tender Option Bond trusts offer tax-exempt leverage to institutional investors and closed-end funds through a structure most retail allocators never encounter.

Regional banks are quietly buying CLO senior tranches for yield above agency MBS. Here’s why the trade works, what the risks are, and how banks are navigating it.

Non-bank allocators are quietly moving into mortgage credit risk transfer notes, drawn by spread pickup and structured transparency. Here is what the trade involves and where the risk sits.

Synthetic convertible notes are returning to deal pipelines as growth allocators seek asymmetric exposure. Here’s how the structure works and where the real risks lie.

Royalty streaming contracts are drawing private allocators seeking yield outside traditional asset classes. Here’s how the structure works and where the risks sit.

Catastrophe bond issuance is surging as reinsurers push peak disaster risk into capital markets. Higher spreads and uncorrelated returns are drawing in pension funds and hedge funds.