Asset Manager News & Perspectives

June 4, 2019

FS/KKR Announce Plan of Merger for Non-Traded BDCs

FS/KKR Advisor, LLC, a partnership between FS Investments and KKR Credit Advisors, LLC, announced on June 3, 2019, a definitive agreement to merge four non-traded BDCs under its advisement: FS Investment Corporation II (“FSIC II”), FS Investment Corporation III...

June 4, 2019

Accessing Direct Lending with Interval Funds

While interval funds have been around for many years, their popularity did not begin to grow until more recently. The flexibility in investment options has drawn interest from investors who crave access to the alternative space but do not want to be limited to the stricter investment...

June 3, 2019

How Co-working, Labor Costs, and M&A May Impact Real Estate Investing

Ethereal drivers like the government and politics seem to have a stranglehold on the media optics of real estate investing: the polarization of D.C., while creating volatility and opportunity, continue to drive eyes and form sentiment...

May 22, 2019

The Evolving State of the Retail Sector

The retail sector has suffered adverse headlines during the current economic expansion, but a closer examination of brick-and-mortar retailing shows the present and future are bright. The pressure from online retailers...

May 22, 2019

April NTR Sales Climb, Expected to Exceed $910 Million

Reporting nontraded REITs booked capital raise of $910.7 million in April, up 16% from the $786.4 million total for March and up 121% from the $412.6 million monthly average for the same NTRs in Q4 2018. Blackstone REIT saw capital raise increase in April by 23.7%, but...