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Apollo Funds Acquire Majority Stake in Noble Environmental, Inc.
The investment supports Noble Environmental’s vertically integrated regional waste management platform serving the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest United States.
Private Credit Performance Belies Media, Investor Qualms
As we dig deeper into Blue Vault data, we uncover findings that add important context to the industry’s strong performance.
Are Your Alternative Investment Marketing Materials Confusing Your Sales Team?
Clean, compliant, and current alternative investment marketing materials support stronger conversations, smoother audits, and better alignment between marketing and sales.
How to Manage 50+ Conferences a Year Without Losing Control
Managing 50+ conferences a year is possible, but only if the process is structured enough to support that volume.
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Ares Management Acquires Stake in Diversified U.S. Energy Portfolio from EDPR
Ares Management Corporation Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares”), a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today that a fund managed by the...
Smart Marketing for Alts Firms
Marketing Intent Marketing alternative investments requires more than technical precision. It calls for foresight, clarity, a steady rhythm of communication, and smart...
Based on the offerings tracked by Blue Vault, what was the average distribution rate for interval funds in the first half of 2025?
Answer: As of June 30, 2025, the average distribution rate for interval funds tracked by Blue Vault was 8.69%, based on most recent filings. Note: The average distribution...
Peachtree Group Expands Hotel Management Portfolio with Six New Properties
Peachtree Group Peachtree Group’s (“Peachtree”) hospitality management division has added six new hotels to its growing third-party management platform, underscoring the...
Brookfield and Angel Oak Complete Strategic Partnership Transaction
Brookfield Brookfield and Angel Oak Companies (“Angel Oak”), a leading asset manager specializing in innovative mortgage and consumer products, today announced the closing...
SEI Announces Strategic Partnership with Graphene
SEI SEI® (NASDAQ:SEIC) today announced a strategic partnership between SEI Investments (Europe) Limited (SIEL) and Graphene, a U.K.-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service...
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The True Life Companies Expands Capital Group with Two Highly Tenured Appointments
The True Life Companies (TTLC) , a real estate investment firm focused on repurposing underutilized property to create new attainable housing options in high-need U.S. markets, announced that it has added two senior professionals to its wholesale operation, The True Life Capital Group…
The Word on WealthTech for August 2023
The Word on WealthTech for August 2023 Aug 03, 2023 | Doug Fritz | Wealth Management Welcome to the Word on WealthTech. Each month we offer our take on a few recent industry news stories, identifying what they could mean for advisors across the industry. As we...
Messing With The Magic: Why DFW Might Not Outperform This Cycle
The end of 2007 was a tense time for commercial real estate. The subprime mortgage crisis had spread worldwide, the lending market had dried up, and the Federal Reserve began to cut interest rates in a bid to stop turmoil in the housing and financial markets from tanking the economy…
US Hotel Occupancy, RevPAR Tick Down in Week Ended July 29
US hotel performance showed mixed results during the week ended July 29, STR reported, citing the latest data from CoStar, which provides information and analytics in the property markets. Occupancy slightly dropped to 72.2% from 72.9% a week earlier and was up 0.6% from the comparable week in 2022.
Explainer: Moody’s latest views on the US government: The last triple-A standing
Moody’s remains the last of the three major credit rating agencies to maintain a top rating for the United States, after Fitch cut the sovereign rating earlier this week and Standard & Poor’s lowered it in 2011…
U.S. Industrial Leasing Down A ‘Staggering’ 47% From Last Year: JLL
The industrial sector is still delivering a wave of development across the country that started during the pandemic-era boom, but new data shows demand is not keeping up with the pace of new supply….
Rising Interest Rates a Boon for Blackstone BDC, Interval Fund Investors
As interest rates continue to rise, investors in Blackstone’s business development company (BDC) and interval fund are seeing a similar spike in distribution payments, reflecting the asset manager’s profit-generating prowess amid extended economic turbulence. On Blue Vault’s July 26 webinar, A Deeper Look at Blackstone, Senior Financial Analyst Luke Schmidt said both funds are performing very well, with Blue Vault data revealing healthy returns from the funds’ respective investments in software, healthcare, IT services, and other resilient industries…
Capital Square Fully Subscribes DST Offering of Multifamily Build-for-Rent Community Near Raleigh, North Carolina
Capital Square Fully Subscribes DST Offering of Multifamily Build-for-Rent Community Near Raleigh, North Carolina August 3, 2023 | Capital Square Capital Square, one of the nation’s leading sponsors of tax-advantaged real estate investments and an active developer of...
Investors Looking To Seize On Depressed Property Valuations Create New Crop Of REITs National
It may seem like an odd time to launch a new commercial property venture, with interest rates at a 22-year high and valuations of basically every property type dropping, but a fresh wave of nontraded REITs has arrived to take advantage of those very same conditions…
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….










