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The Essentials of Due Diligence Verification
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The Essentials of Due Diligence Verification

In the world of alternative investments, ensuring the accuracy of information isn't merely a suggestion; it's an imperative. Considering you're entrusting someone with your hard earned funds, it's crucial to adopt a "trust but verify" approach to your verification process, a topic I frequently discuss in my webinars.

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The Value of Skilled Management in Private Investments
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The Value of Skilled Management in Private Investments

The number of family offices has tripled between 2019 and 2023, now overseeing a total of $10 trillion worldwide, underscoring a notable consolidation of wealth within this sector.

In recent years, there has been a noticeable trend among Family Offices towards favoring direct investments over conventional investment funds with 80% of them now engaged with Direct Investments. This change is primarily driven by a desire to avoid the fees associated with fund investments, such as management and incentive fees.

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What Sets Kirkland                  Capital Group Apart?
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What Sets Kirkland Capital Group Apart?

Kirkland Capital Group (KCG) is an investment fund manager combining 75+ years of investment management, real estate, and technology experience to Build and Fortify Your Wealth. Our principal preservation focused income fund generates passive high-yield income, delivering over 11% compounded net return for 2022 and 2023. Investors feel happy they capture strong returns, and are doing good, as the Fund’s micro-balance real estate loans are used to rehabilitate middle-income affordable housing and neighborhoods, making a positive social and environmental impact.

But how does KCG distinguish itself from the other income funds in the market?

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The Allure and Illusion of Averages: Understanding the Pitfalls of Averaging in Investment Performance
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The Allure and Illusion of Averages: Understanding the Pitfalls of Averaging in Investment Performance

The thrill of investing has always been centered around the performance of investments for many investors. Witnessing the growth of one’s portfolio over time brings a sense of fulfillment. Observing the numbers climb, witnessing the increase in returns, and recognizing that one’s hard-earned money is actively generating more can be truly satisfying. However, grasping investment performance thoroughly is crucial. One common mistake that investors often make is solely focusing on the average return of investments. Let's delve deeper into the concept of average return in investments, its implications, the associated challenges, and the alternative approaches that investors can consider.

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Build Your Own Investment Team with These 6 Networking Tips
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Build Your Own Investment Team with These 6 Networking Tips

In many of my webinars I talk about how investors without large teams and resources still complete effective due diligence and source investment opportunities. One of the aspects I talk about is creating a network around you to help develop resources for yourself. You still need to identify what you are looking to add to your investment portfolio, determine your “non-negotiables” terms, and read the documents but insights from others with varied backgrounds and investment experience can help you catch more issues and benefit from people’s extended network.

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Rocket Dollar Performance Assessment Like A Pro
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Rocket Dollar Performance Assessment Like A Pro

Most individuals tend to evaluate the quality of investments based solely on their performance numbers. However, performance returns are merely the starting point that should prompt further inquiries. In a recent discussion on Rocket Dollar, Chris Carsley, our Chief Investment Officer at Kirkland Capital Group, shared insights on how professionals assess investment performance. This will empower investors to pose relevant queries in order to make well-informed investment choices.

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Diving Deeper - Due Diligence in the World of Alternative Investments
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Diving Deeper - Due Diligence in the World of Alternative Investments

Understanding due diligence goes beyond knowing what’s going on. You have to be willing to do the work no matter how mundane it is and be willing to take the time to ensure your investment and investors are in good hands.

Join Chris Carsley, our Chief Investment Officer at Kirkland Capital Group, on another episode of the Purpose-Driven Wealth podcast, with Mo Bina. In this second episode of a two-part series on the Purpose-Driven Wealth podcast, Mo Bina welcomes back Chris in a continuation of their discussion on due diligence in alternative investments. Diving deeper, they discuss specific areas to focus on, inefficiencies, repeatability, and risk management, to name a few.

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Due Diligence in the World of Alternative Investments
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Due Diligence in the World of Alternative Investments

Due diligence is the most important aspect of making an investment. Though an institutional level investment firm has a massive system for making sure everything checks out, it pays to know how these things are going from the perspective of an expert.

Join Chris in this episode of the Purpose-Driven Wealth podcast with Mo Bina. This is a must-see, must-listen episode for aspiring investors, as well as those who have already established themselves in investing. Learn about the importance of due diligence, and how pros like Chris get it done the right way.

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Sense Financial Alternative Due Diligence
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Sense Financial Alternative Due Diligence

Have you ever wondered how to invest in alternative assets like hedge funds, private credit or commercial real estate? If so, you’re not alone. Many investors are looking for ways to diversify their portfolio and generate higher returns outside of traditional investments. But how do you evaluate these opportunities? Chris Carsley, our Chief Investment Officer, joins Sense Financial for another webinar. He talks about how to perform alternative investment due diligence that is applicable to different types of funds or investments.

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How to perform due diligence like a pro?
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How to perform due diligence like a pro?

Chris Carsley, our Chief Investment Officer, joins IRA Club for another webinar. He talks about how to perform due diligence like a pro with insights from industry professionals on their non-negotiables when evaluating an investment opportunity. If you want to level up your investment due diligence, you should not miss this video!

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How to Invest in Alternatives Like a Pro?
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How to Invest in Alternatives Like a Pro?

From the last OpenAlt conversation, I talked about the basics of Due Diligence and identify the key areas that you need to take a look at before making an investment. In this webinar, I dive into areas you need to look at for potential red flags so you can invest like how the pros do it.

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Alternative Due Diligence Basics
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Alternative Due Diligence Basics

From the last OpenAlt conversation, we talked about the importance of Diversification with Alternative Investments. But before you invest in any Alternative Investment, it’s wise to do your due diligence to make sure you are making an informed investment decision every time. In this interview, I talk about the basics of Due Diligence and identify the key areas that you need to take a look at before making an investment.

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Alternative Investments: Investment Allocations 5 Questions to Ask
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Alternative Investments: Investment Allocations 5 Questions to Ask

Kirkland Capital Group Chief Investment Officer Chris Carsley’s paper, Alternative Investments: Due Diligence Red Flags, was published in the prestigious CAIA Blog, Portfolio for the Future. This paper provides important, and accessible, education to investors on how to identify and vet certain red flags during the pre-investment due diligence process.

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Dive into Private Investment Due Diligence with a Guided Tour of the PPM
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Dive into Private Investment Due Diligence with a Guided Tour of the PPM

Identify key aspects of a and define what fits your investment goals so you can pull that information quickly from the document and determine if you need to read further. Get to the “No” quickly so you can move to a better opportunity.

Watch Chris Carsley walk you through the private placement memorandum and the due diligence it requires to invest with confidence.

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Alternative Investments: Due Diligence Red Flags
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Alternative Investments: Due Diligence Red Flags

Kirkland Capital Group Chief Investment Officer Chris Carsley’s paper, Alternative Investments: Due Diligence Red Flags, was published in the prestigious CAIA Blog, Portfolio for the Future. This paper provides important, and accessible, education to investors on how to identify and vet certain red flags during the pre-investment due diligence process.

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