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John Hancock Closed-End Funds Declare Quarterly Distributions
Manulife John Hancock Investments serve investors through a unique multimanager approach, complementing our extensive in-house capabilities with an unrivaled network of specialized asset managers, backed by some of the most rigorous investment oversight in the industry.
Blue Vault Begins Publishing Q3 2025 Nontraded REIT & BDC Performance Reports
Nineteen Q2 2025 Nontraded BDC reports are now available for members. Track BDC performance with Blue Vault’s Individual Performance Pages.
Griffin Capital Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund II, L.P. Announces the Completion of Construction on a 396-Unit Multifamily Community in Herndon, Virginia
Griffin Capital has successfully raised approximately $2.0 billion in equity across its various Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds.
Based on the offerings tracked by Blue Vault, in what year did nontraded REIT industry sales reach its highest peak?
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Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund Celebrates its 50th Consecutive Quarterly Distribution
Bluerock Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund, one of the largest real estate interval funds in the world (“TI+,” tickers: TIPRX, TIPPX, TIPWX, TIPLX, TIPMX)...
Capital Square Debuts Completed Opportunity Zone Development, The Nickel Hotel in Historic Charleston
Capital Square Capital Square, one of the nation’s leading sponsors of tax-advantaged real estate investments and an active developer and manager of housing...
How many new nontraded REIT offerings were introduced in 2024?
Answer: Zero. 2024 was the first year on record to lack the introduction of a single new nontraded REIT. Discover...
Nontraded BDC Fundraising, Asset Levels Rise in Q1 2025
Johnathan Rickman | Blue Vault With market volatility making it more difficult for banks to justify lending, small- and mid-size companies are increasingly turning to...
ExchangeRight Enhances REIT Access with Consolidated PPM and Class D Share Launch
ExchangeRight ExchangeRight, one of the nation’s leading providers of diversified REIT and DST investments, has announced the launch of new Class D shares for its Essential...
2025 CAIS Alternative Asset Manager Survey Report
CAIS Independent wealth management has moved from the periphery to a strategic priority for alternative asset managers. In our inaugural 2025 CAIS Alternative Asset...
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SmartStop Self Storage Sponsors ‘Flight for Hope’ Round-the-World Journey
SmartStop Self Storage REIT Inc., a self-managed real estate investment trust, is sponsoring the plane for Flight for Hope, a round-the-world journey by Callum Wallace to raise awareness and funds for the nonprofit Home Suite Hope and other charities. An advisor at real estate firm Engel & Völkers Oakville, Wallace is the fourth Canadian to attempt the challenge, according to a press release….
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 acquisition of Indyfin and its investor experience platform August 2, 2023 | Wiser Advisor Today, WiserAdvisor, a leading investor referral generation platform for...
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…











