By Taimour Zaman, Founder, AltFunds Global The SBLC market is full of scams. Let me say that again - the SBLC market is absolutely infested with fraudsters, fake banks, and elaborate schemes designed to separate you from your money. But legitimate standby letters of...

By Taimour Zaman, Founder, AltFunds Global Cash flow timing can make or break investment opportunities. You find the perfect real estate deal, but your money is tied up in another project. A business acquisition becomes available, but closing takes 60 days, and the...

By Taimour Zaman, Founder, AltFunds Global TL;DR: Structured finance leverages asset-backed securities and tailored instruments to unlock liquidity, spread exposure, and reduce risk for both companies and investors. Structured Financing: Converts illiquid assets into...

By Taimour Zaman, Founder, AltFunds Global The private capital market is changing fast. And if you're an accredited investor, you need to understand what's real and what's just noise. I've been in this business long enough to see both sides. The genuine opportunities...

By Taimour Zaman, Founder, AltFunds Global You've probably heard the pitch. Someone approaches you about "Private Placement Programs" or "PPP trading" with promises of guaranteed returns between 20-30% monthly. They claim these are exclusive, bank-backed trading...

By Taimour Zaman, Founder, AltFunds Global Blackstone just won Asset Manager of the Year for PE Firms with an AUM over $100B at the end of 2024. With $1 trillion AUM and 85 portfolio companies, they're not alone in dominating the private capital landscape. The numbers...

By Taimour Zaman, Founder, AltFunds GlobalPrivate capital firms closed 2023 with a record $3.9 trillion in dry powder. That's unallocated capital sitting in bank accounts, waiting for deployment. BlackRock projects nearly $4 trillion heading into 2024. Never has so...

By Taimour Zaman, Founder, AltFunds Global The alternative investment market hit $12.8 trillion in 2023. By 2032, it's projected to reach $25.8 trillion. That's a 7.9% annual growth rate while traditional markets struggle. Most accredited investors know alternatives...

By Taimour Zaman, Founder, AltFunds Global The Reserve Bank of India just rewrote the playbook for alternative financing. And most accredited investors missed it. In August 2024, the RBI issued revised master directions on peer-to-peer lending. These changes don't...