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Blue Vault Publishes March 31, 2026 Tender Offer Performance Reports
See which nine tender offer funds Blue Vault is covering for the first time.
Blue Vault Publishes Interval Fund, Nontraded LLC Performance Reports for March 31, 2026
Which tender offer fund converted to an interval fund? Read more to find out.
Blue Vault Q1 2026 Nontraded REIT and BDC Industry Reviews are Available
Find impactful industry metrics in the newly published Industry Reviews.
Blue Vault 2026 Alternative Investments Outlook and Select Sector Reports
Blue Vault’s 2026 Alternative Investments Outlook provides market insights, sector analysis, and perspectives from leading alternative investment sponsors.
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Of the 18 open nontraded REITs tracked by Blue Vault, how many of those in 2Q 2025 posted a return on assets above the median ROA for all nontraded REITs for the previous four quarters?
Answer: Of the 18 open nontraded REITs tracked by Blue Vault, 7 REITs in 2Q 2025 posted a return on assets above the median ROA for all nontraded REITs for the previous four...
CAIS Enterprise Technology to Power Alternative Investments Across Envestnet, Orion, and Vestmark
CAIS CAIS, the leading alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, today announced expanded strategic partnerships with Envestnet, Orion, and...
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Barry Sternlicht: ‘Category 5 Hurricane’ Has Come For Commercial Real Estate
New distress opportunities are emerging for commercial real estate players able to weather the current storm, but buyers may need to be able to endure the current fiscal difficulties for longer than some expect, billionaire commercial real estate executive Barry Sternlicht said…
Brian Evans: Alternatives Are a True Diversification Class
Brian Evans (Founder, Madrona Financial Services) reviews five attributes of investing and how many apply to alternative investments in this Blue Vault Minute.
Concerns percolate about how SEC’s AI proposal aligns with Reg BI
An SEC proposal to eliminate conflicts of interest in financial advisors’ use of technology that predicts investor behavior is raising concerns about how it will work with Regulation Best Interest. A split Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-2 Wednesday to release a proposal for public comment that would require brokerages and investment advisory firms to “eliminate or neutralize” conflicts related to conducting investor interactions through artificial intelligence, predictive data analytics and similar technology…
Blue Vault Expands Coverage of Tender Offer Funds
Blue Vault’s coverage of tender offer funds expands with first-time reporting on ten offerings. See below for a complete list of all the newly-published classic pdf reports. Tender Offer Funds -AB Multi-Manager Alternative Fund March 31, 2023 NEW! -AIP Alternative...
Blackstone’s EQ Office sells Costa Mesa office campus at 10% loss
Blackstone has sold an office campus in Costa Mesa for $91.5 million — about 10 percent less than what it assembled it for between 2013 and 2015. MGR Real Estate, run by Michael Rademaker, bought the 553,000-square-foot complex at 3070 and 3100 Bristol Street, according to Orange County property records. The sale came to about $165 per square foot…
US commercial property delinquencies rise further in July, report says
Nearly $12 billon of loans in U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) became newly delinquent, pushing the late payment rate up by 34 basis points from June to 3.93%, a report by credit rating agency KBRA said on Wednesday…
Brian Evans: Vetting Alts Sponsors for Your Practice
In this Blue Vault Minute, Brian Evans (Founder, Madrona Financial Services) talks about the factors he considers when choosing which alts sponsors to work with in his practice.
What Government Can and Cannot Do to Make Housing “Affordable”
The U.S. has a “housing shortage” and a popular part of that theme today is an “affordable housing” shortage. Honest economists would have to question that conclusion…
Blackstone NAV REIT Performance Outshines Cash Flow Concerns
Despite indications that Blackstone’s nontraded real estate investment trust (NAV REIT) has struggled to deliver on redemptions, the diversified fund has shown “consistently better” total returns than its peers, proving its post-pandemic staying power, Blue Vault researchers say. As more second-quarter data become available, we’re finding that Blackstone’s Real Estate Income Trust has outperformed or held steady against many of the other large NAV REITs it competes with, said Blue Vault Senior VP James Sprow on Blue Vault’s July 26 webinar, A Deeper Look at Blackstone. Sprow said this is due to several factors, including: Limited office sector exposure, a consistently positive risk-vs-return profile, and a 0.69% rise in NAV in Q2 2023 — the largest Q2 2023 rise in NAV among nontraded REITs…
IRS Extends Relief to 2023 for SECURE Act Era Designated Beneficiaries
The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Notice 2023-54, in which they waived the excise tax on 2023 required minimum distribution failures committed by designated beneficiaries. This extends the waiver already provided for 2021 and 2022 under Notice 2022-53….
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