** Alternative asset specialist Beneficient's BENF.O shares drop ~15% before the bell
** Retail investors pushed stock up over 125% on Friday, days after BENF disclosed the Securities and Exchange Commission had concluded a longstanding investigation into the company
** Co is expected to release its fourth quarter and full-year results before market open on Tuesday
** Messages related to BENF continue to have an "extremely bullish" sentiment on retail-focused social media Stocktwits.com
** Stock had plummeted 87.6% YTD as of last close
(Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru)