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Building Strong Marketing Foundations for Alternative Investments
Financial advisors may navigate an ever-expanding universe of offerings, but what they truly seek is clarity: a concise understanding of how your fund works, how it performs, and how it fits into a client’s financial picture.
iCapital® Expands Global Footprint with New Office in the United Arab Emirates
Strategic presence at Abu Dhabi Global Market reinforces iCapital’s strong commitment to the Middle East and enhances regional access to private markets.
CIM Group Named Infrastructure Manager of the Year by Insurance Investor
CIM Group was also shortlisted for Real Estate Manager of the Year, underscoring the firm’s growing influence and leadership in insurance for both its real estate and infrastructure strategies.
Fourth Annual CAIS Mercer Survey Shows Alts Moving From Niche to Norm With Half of Advisors Now Allocating 10%+ to Alts
Nine in 10 advisors now allocate to alternative investments and nearly half of respondents dedicate more than 10% of client portfolios, with demand growing from non-accredited clients.
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Blue Vault 2025 Alternative Investments Mid-Year Outlook and Select Sector Reports
Download the Mid-Year Outlook >> As the financial landscape continues to evolve, wealth advisors are staying ahead by broadening their expertise in alternative...
Advisor Relationships That Last
Marketing Intent Picture this: After months of effort, an advisor finally decides to bring your fund to their clients. It’s a big milestone—but it’s not the finish line. If...
Blue Vault’s alternative investment data includes coverage of 38 active (open and closed) nontraded REITs. What was the median debt ratio among these offerings in Q1 2025?
Answer: The median debt ratio for the 38 active nontraded REITs tracked by Blue Vault was 47%. Discover...
ExchangeRight REIT Credit Facility Commitments Increase to $150 Million Following Renasant Bank’s Addition
ExchangeRight ExchangeRight, one of the nation’s leading providers of diversified real estate REIT and DST investments, has announced Renasant Bank’s $15 million commitment...
Blue Vault Publishes 4-30-2025 Interval Fund, Tender Offer Fund Reports
Blue Vault added nine Interval Fund and five Tender Offer Fund Individual Performance Pages (IPPs) to its research catalog. An orange font signifies that Blue Vault is...
Capital Square Housing Trust Launches $40 Million Preferred Stock Offering
Capital Square Capital Square Housing Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT) sponsored by Capital Square, announced today the offering of up to four million shares of...
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Which nontraded REIT raised a majority of its capital via the issuance of preferred stock in Q2 2023?
The REIT raised $27.5 million…
A Brief History of Alternative Investments (and the Current State of Play)
The history of alternative investments is a story of diversification, innovation, and adaptation to changing financial landscapes. Alternative investments refer to a broad category of assets that extend beyond conventional investments like stocks, bonds, and cash. “Alts” have garnered increased interest over the years as investors seek new ways to boost portfolio returns, reduce risk, and access fresh opportunities…
ExchangeRight’s Essential Income REIT Acquires $84 Million Portfolio
“Rather than taking a blind pool approach, the Essential Income REIT’s aggregation strategy begins with a large, fully identified portfolio of rigorously vetted properties…”
AI Is Only As Good As The Humans Behind It
AI Is Only As Good As The Humans Behind It September 15, 2023 | Marketing Intent With the rise of AI, people think it can do everything. But it’s important to understand AI not as all-powerful, but rather as an effective tool influenced by its human operator. In this...
Self Storage Isn’t Just For Hoarders: A Primer For Investors
Only one asset class has an average occupancy of 92% and outperformed other asset classes in 2021, self-storage.
ShopOne and its JV Partners Expand Presence in New England, Acquiring Grocery-Anchored North Providence Marketplace Shopping Center in Rhode Island
North Providence Marketplace has been a fixture of the North Providence community for over 50 years, and is considered the dominant center of its kind in the trade area.
Legendary Capital Welcomes Back Chad Whatley as Regional Sales Director
As Regional Sales Director, Chad will play a pivotal role in expanding Legendary Capital’s reach and strengthening relationships within the financial advisor community.
How many full-cycle events for nontraded REITs are documented in the upcoming 8th Edition Blue Vault Nontraded REIT Full-Cycle Performance Study?
The 8th Edition will include…
It Should Be Obvious What Rising Rates Are Doing to Commercial Real Estate
In an article we published on the Blue Vault website on September 6, 2023, we asked the question “What Happened to Ares Industrial REIT’s NAVs.” After looking at the possible relationship between Ares Industrial REIT’s NAVs over the past two years and the monthly returns posted by NAREIT’s listed REITs categorized as “Industrial” REITs, we concluded that the factors impacting listed REITs with similar investments in industrial assets couldn’t be the cause for Ares Industrial REITs relatively lackluster trends in per share NAVs…
Urban Catalyst Floats Housing Instead Of Offices At Icon/Echo
If altered, Icon/Echo could create over a thousand units from the two-acre parcel.
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