Interval Funds a Bright Spot in Alternative Investments Space
January 4, 2018 | James Sprow | Blue Vault
Interval funds were filing registration statements at a healthy pace in the fourth quarter of 2017. Six new interval funds filed initial registration statements with the SEC in Q4 2017, compared to just three nontraded REIT offerings. For the year, 2017 saw 13 new interval fund registrations compared to a total of 27 in 2016. At the end of 2017, interval fund assets exceeded $23.8 billion, and net assets increased to $19.9 billion, according to Interval Fund Tracker. This compares to the approximately $87.9 billion in total assets within the nontraded REIT space.
Four of the six new interval fund registrations have strategies to invest in credit instruments while two will plan to focus on real estate. Carlyle and Broadstone, two large alternative investment managers, have entered the interval fund market with new products. Carlyle’s global credit platform has over $31 billion in assets under management and their interval fund, OFI Carlyle Global Private Credit Fund will focus on fixed-income securities and credits, including loans, private credit, opportunistic credit and liquid credit. Broadstone Real Estate Access Fund will invest in private CRE and focus on direct real estate investments or in real estate operating companies that acquire, develop and manage real estate. Broadstone currently manages two privately offered REITs, Broadstone Net Lease and Broadtree Residential, and manages commercial and residential real estate across 37 states.
Interval fund offerings are continuous and are required to offer to repurchase shares from shareholders at periodic intervals, often quarterly, and also provide improved transparency by determining net asset values of shares as often as daily.
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