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Stacy Chitty: Zombie REITs The Blue Vault Minute
October 5, 2023

Stacy Chitty: Zombie REITs

Some nontraded REITs continue to live on, despite having paid no distributions for many years and seeing their net asset values decline over time. Watch Stacy Chitty talk about one zombie REIT in this Blue Vault Minute.
Blue Vault Bowman Alts Summit 2024 Events
Mar 11, 2024

Blue Vault Bowman Alts Summit 2024

The Blue Vault Bowman Alts Summit is an annual conference that brings together essential voices in the growing alternative investments industry. A portfolio of stocks and bonds was once the gold standard. But it’s no longer serving investors well – and hasn’t for some time. Join the forward-thinkers who are using alternative investments to protect…

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Harnessing the Alts Tech Advantage
December 5, 2023

Harnessing the Alts Tech Advantage

Increasingly, financial advisors are incorporating alternative investments into their client portfolios. This contrasts with the 60/40 approach that had been the traditional investment framework utilized by investment advisors for their clients previously...

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The alternative investments industry is expected to grow to $17 trillion by 2025.

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Alts Strength in Numbers

$236.4B

Total Nontraded REIT AUM

$89.0B

Total Nontraded BDC AUM

$84.0B

Total Interval Fund AUM

$252.6B

Nontraded REIT Capital Raise

(Since 1990)

“I don’t understand advisors who don’t use alternatives even if it’s just alternative mutual funds. I don’t get it because the market is such that you want to mitigate volatility.”

Larry Barocas, Wealth Advisor at Snowden Lane

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