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Marketing & Communications as Part of Operational Due Diligence Success
Anything you can package, prepare, and organize upfront signals that you understand the due diligence process.
Ares Makes Significant U.S. Data Center Investments in Northern Virginia
Transactions underscore acceleration of Ares’ vertically integrated digital infrastructure investment capabilities.
SEI Honors Founder Alfred P. West, Jr. as He Retires from Executive Chairman Role After 57 Years of Innovation
Board appoints Independent Director Carl A. Guarino as Chairman as part of planned transition
Eagle Point Closes $30 Million Financing with Circular Services
The tailored financing reflects Eagle Point’s disciplined underwriting, focus on strong asset coverage and commitment to designing capital solutions that enhance long-term value creation for investors.
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Boost Advisor Engagement with Video
Marketing Intent Explaining a complex investment strategy can be challenging—especially over coffee, where diagrams on napkins and animated gestures may leave your audience...
Legendary Capital Announces Sale of Two Hilton Garden Inn Hotels
Legendary Capital Legendary Capital, a leading hotel asset management firm, recently announced the successful sale of the Hilton Garden Inn Charlotte North in Charlotte, NC...
PGIM to merge public/private credit units into $1tn platform
PGIM via Citywire PGIM’s newly minted president and CEO, Jacques Chappuis, is already plotting organizational changes at the firm, including merging the company’s public...
NexPoint Launches Lodging I DST Offering for the Residence Inn Salt Lake City – West Jordan
NexPoint NexPoint, a multibillion-dollar alternative investment firm, today announced the launch of NexPoint Lodging I DST, a Delaware Statutory Trust (“DST”)...
Blue Vault Publishes New Interval Fund Reports
Blue Vault’s research catalog now includes the following March 31, 2025, Interval Fund Individual Performance Pages (IPPs) : Interval Funds BlueBay Destra...
Essential Income REIT – Only in its Class to Fully Cover 2024 Distributions with AFFO According to Blue Vault
ExchangeRight ExchangeRight has announced that the Essential Income REIT was the only Growth and Stabilizing Non-Traded REIT (“NTR”) that fully covered its distributions...
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Ashford Securities Announces $500 Million In Capital Raised Since 2021
Ashford Securities LLC (“Ashford Securities”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ashford Inc. (NYSE American: AINC) (“Ashford”), is pleased to announce that it has reached a milestone of $500 million, including $42.1 million from institutions, in capital raised in less than two years of serving investors via the independent broker-dealer and RIA distribution channels.
Investor Relations and New Investment Processing
Investor Relations and New Investment Processing June 22, 2023 | David Fisher | Phoenix American New investment processing is all about efficiency and accuracy and an essential part of investor relations. The ease and speed with which an investor is brought into a...
The World’s Empty Office Buildings Have Become a Debt Time Bomb
In New York and London, owners of gleaming office towers are walking away from their debt rather than pouring good money after bad. The landlords of downtown San Francisco’s largest mall have abandoned it. A new Hong Kong skyscraper is only a quarter leased…
Silicon Valley, Calif., Office Vacancy Surging
Vacant office space is piling up in California’s Silicon Valley as technology companies reassess their workspace needs, The Wall Street Journal reported. Office vacancies in San Jose, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale rose to 17% in June…
Using Your CRM To Help Build Advisor Relationships
Using Your CRM To Help Build Advisor Relationships June 26, 2023 | Marketing Intent It’s time to ditch the Excel spreadsheet. Let’s talk about CRM systems, why they’re important and how they’re beneficial to help build relationships with advisors. The Purpose of...
What is Document Custody for Private Investments?
What is Document Custody for Private Investments? April 28, 2023 | Pete Bergman | UMB Document custody for private investments is the practice of securely storing and managing legal agreements, contracts, transaction records, and other relevant documents. Private...
Understanding Fund Custody: Private Versus Publicly Offered Fund Vehicles
Understanding Fund Custody: Private Versus Publicly Offered Fund Vehicles May 12, 2023 | Amy Small | UMB When managers of private funds decide to launch a strategy as a registered mutual fund–such as an interval fund, tender fund, or a daily NAV fund— the topic of...
Wave Of Distressed CRE Loans Reaches $64B, With Retail, Office Hardest Hit
The long-anticipated wave of distressed CRE assets is closer to realization, with total distressed assets coming in at $64B during Q1 2023, Bloomberg reports, citing a new report by MSCI Real Assets…
Owl Rock Capital Corporation Announces Upcoming Name and Ticker Change to Blue Owl Capital Corporation
Owl Rock Capital Corporation (NYSE: ORCC, or the “Company”) today announced that it will soon be changing its name, ticker, and website. The Company’s board of directors has already approved these changes and no shareholder vote is required…
California Self Storage Operator Vaults to Fifth Largest Player in Canada
California-based SmartStop Self Storage REIT is expanding in Canada’s largest city, adding eight facilities in the greater Toronto area for $CA300 million…











