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Overall QOF Equity Bounces Back in Second Quarter, but Far Behind 2022 Numbers
Qualified opportunity funds (QOFs) tracked by Novogradac reported raising $2.01 billion in equity over the first six months of 2023, including $1.33 billion during the second quarter of the year. Equity reported by QOFs tracked by Novogradac reached a cumulative $36.10 billion as of June 30, 2023. Novogradac is tracking 1,731 QOFs, of which 1,330 report a specific amount raised…
Stephen Lovell: Begin with Education
When introducing clients to alternative investments, Stephen Lovell (Lovell Wealth Management) advises you start by educating them. Learn more in this Blue Vault Minute.
Stephen Lovell: Advising Clients Through a Negative Alts Experience
Stephen Lovell (Founder & President, Lovell Wealth Management) recounts how he navigated through a negative experience with alts in this Blue Vault Minute.
Chad Clark: Alts Differentiate Your Practice
What does Chad Clark (Partner, Senior Advisor at Redemption Capital) think an advisor should know about adding alternative investments to their practice for the first time? Find out in this Blue Vault Minute.
Of the eighteen nontraded BDCs covered by Blue Vault, how many reported a total return greater than 3% in the first quarter of 2023?
The number of nontraded BDCs…
Nontraded REITs Don’t Own Floundering Enclosed Mall Assets
Using Blue Vault’s exclusive database, we looked at the properties held by nontraded REITs as of March 31, 2023, to see if those assets could be categorized as “older, low-end malls”…
WiserAdvisor announces the successful acquisition of Indyfin
WiserAdvisor, a leading marketplace for wealth management firms, proudly announces the successful...
Chad Clark: Know Who Is Responsible
In this Blue Vault Minute, Chad Clark (Partner, Senior Advisor at Redemption Capital) explains how his advisory firm selects alts to incorporate into its practice.
Blackstone & QTS to spend $8bn building new data centers, as investor prepares for “once in a generation” AI boom
Blackstone’s $68 billion flagship property fund is selling assets and preparing to spend billions on data centers. The Financial Times reports that the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, or Breit, plans to pump $8bn into building new data centers through its asset QTS Data Centers, as it predicts a surge in artificial intelligence workloads…
Investments In Nontraded REITs Up 39%, But Still Far Outpaced By Withdrawals
Fundraising shot back up in June for nontraded REITs after a moribund start to 2023, but the money raised was still far less than investors pulled out of the alternative investment vehicles, according to a new report….
Practice Management: Why Innovators Pounce When Growth Slows
If you want to see how business leaders respond to a volatile climate, there’s no better vantage point than a room full of entrepreneurs. I’ve had the privilege of belonging to my local 180-member chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization. EO Los Angeles has been an amazing experience for many reasons, not least of which is giving me a front-row seat to watch how different owners approach business cycles…
Barry Sternlicht: ‘Category 5 Hurricane’ Has Come For Commercial Real Estate
New distress opportunities are emerging for commercial real estate players able to weather the current storm, but buyers may need to be able to endure the current fiscal difficulties for longer than some expect, billionaire commercial real estate executive Barry Sternlicht said…
Brian Evans: Alternatives Are a True Diversification Class
Brian Evans (Founder, Madrona Financial Services) reviews five attributes of investing and how many apply to alternative investments in this Blue Vault Minute.
Concerns percolate about how SEC’s AI proposal aligns with Reg BI
An SEC proposal to eliminate conflicts of interest in financial advisors’ use of technology that predicts investor behavior is raising concerns about how it will work with Regulation Best Interest. A split Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-2 Wednesday to release a proposal for public comment that would require brokerages and investment advisory firms to “eliminate or neutralize” conflicts related to conducting investor interactions through artificial intelligence, predictive data analytics and similar technology…
Blue Vault Expands Coverage of Tender Offer Funds
Blue Vault’s coverage of tender offer funds expands with first-time reporting on ten offerings....
Blackstone’s EQ Office sells Costa Mesa office campus at 10% loss
Blackstone has sold an office campus in Costa Mesa for $91.5 million — about 10 percent less than what it assembled it for between 2013 and 2015. MGR Real Estate, run by Michael Rademaker, bought the 553,000-square-foot complex at 3070 and 3100 Bristol Street, according to Orange County property records. The sale came to about $165 per square foot…
US commercial property delinquencies rise further in July, report says
Nearly $12 billon of loans in U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) became newly delinquent, pushing the late payment rate up by 34 basis points from June to 3.93%, a report by credit rating agency KBRA said on Wednesday…
Brian Evans: Vetting Alts Sponsors for Your Practice
In this Blue Vault Minute, Brian Evans (Founder, Madrona Financial Services) talks about the factors he considers when choosing which alts sponsors to work with in his practice.
What Government Can and Cannot Do to Make Housing “Affordable”
The U.S. has a “housing shortage” and a popular part of that theme today is an “affordable housing” shortage. Honest economists would have to question that conclusion…
Blackstone NAV REIT Performance Outshines Cash Flow Concerns
Despite indications that Blackstone’s nontraded real estate investment trust (NAV REIT) has struggled to deliver on redemptions, the diversified fund has shown “consistently better” total returns than its peers, proving its post-pandemic staying power, Blue Vault researchers say. As more second-quarter data become available, we’re finding that Blackstone’s Real Estate Income Trust has outperformed or held steady against many of the other large NAV REITs it competes with, said Blue Vault Senior VP James Sprow on Blue Vault’s July 26 webinar, A Deeper Look at Blackstone. Sprow said this is due to several factors, including: Limited office sector exposure, a consistently positive risk-vs-return profile, and a 0.69% rise in NAV in Q2 2023 — the largest Q2 2023 rise in NAV among nontraded REITs…
