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BlackRock: Private Markets Offer Alpha Opportunities in Today’s Macro Environment
BlackRock’s latest Weekly Market Commentary highlights the growing importance of active management and alternative investments as macroeconomic forces reshape markets.
Blackstone Sees Expanding Opportunities Across Private Markets in Mid-Year Outlook
Blackstone’s 2026 Mid-Year Investment Perspectives highlights continued opportunities across private real estate, private credit, infrastructure, and private equity, citing resilient economic conditions, AI-driven investment, and the benefits of active management in today’s evolving market environment.
SmartStop-Sponsored REITs to Merge in $1.2 Billion All-Stock Transaction
The merger creates a larger, more diversified self-storage REIT with expanded U.S. and Canadian holdings and interests in multiple DST programs.
How Much Liquidity Does a Portfolio Need? Balancing Public and Private Market Investments
As private market investments become more accessible to individual investors, portfolio liquidity is an increasingly important consideration.
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BlackRock, Blackstone BDC Data Reveal Divergent Distribution Details
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Based on the nontraded BDCs currently raising capital that Blue Vault tracks, what was the nontraded BDC industry’s median rate of return through the first six months of 2025?
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Peachtree Group Expands Insurance Partnerships, Strengthening Access to Lower-Cost Capital
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Inland & Devon Announce Completion of New Class-A Self-Storage Redevelopment in New Jersey
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Legitimizing Your Firm
Remember the Saturday Night Live skit with Chris Farley and “the van down by the river?” Well, recently, we had a client come to us that made us think of that, because they wanted us to help legitimize their firm so they didn’t look like they worked out of a van down by the river. Read on to learn where we focused that effort…
Is Every Commercial Office Property in Trouble?
Midway through 2023, media coverage of the challenges many commercial office real estate owners are confronting has reached a feverish level. One may wonder if the sector’s current low vacancy rates and refinancing requirements will ultimately bring down our entire economy. We think not…
How Our Series 7 Securities Licenses Benefit Our Clients
You may think of a Series 7 Securities License as the exclusive domain of financial advisors. But can this valuable credential also benefit those of us in the marketing realm? The answer is a resounding “yes.” Let us introduce ourselves – we are Alise and Cherie, both proud holders of Series 7 Securities Licenses. Here’s why it matters…
Blue Vault Nontraded REIT Studies: Tracking the Evolution of an Industry
For more than a decade, Blue Vault has been at the forefront of assessing the performance, fees, and net asset values (NAV) of individual nontraded real estate investment trusts (REITs). Our suite of studies provides a panoramic, historical look
Housing remains a puzzle in Fed’s inflation fight
Analysts don’t expect it to continue, with real-time rent data still pointing to an eventual slowdown in official housing price indexes that include information from a year ago in a moving average.
Manageable debt, quality assets cushion US public office REITs against headwinds
Public office REITs had total debt of $81.69 billion as of the end of the second quarter, 87.8% of which has a fixed rate, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data.
SmartStop Opens New Self-Storage Facility in San Gabriel, California
“We are excited to announce the opening of our newest self-storage facility in the San Gabriel Valley,” said H. Michael Schwartz, Chairman and CEO of SmartStop.
7 Top SEC Exam Priorities for 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission has released its 2024 examination priorities to inform investors and registrants of the key risks, exam topics and priorities that the division plans to focus on in the upcoming year…
Altigo Transactions up 40% Since First Quarter, Crosses $3.5 Billion
Altigo has experienced consistent growth each quarter in volume, number of transactions, and active users on its platform, recently surpassing $3.5 billion in total transactions.
Cantor Fitzgerald Infrastructure Fund Announces Third Quarter 2023 Distribution
The Fund’s investment objective is to maximize total return, with an emphasis on current income, while seeking to invest in issuers that are helping to address certain United Nations Sustainable Goals through their products and services.
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