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Brookfield and iCapital® Unveil Alts Allocator Tool to Help Advisors Model Impacts of Alternatives in Client Portfolios
The tool utilizes three research-based high-net-worth investor profiles to illustrate how adding alternative investments to a traditional 60/40 portfolio can enhance diversification and improve potential investment outcomes.
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
Peachtree Group has closed more than $2.5 billion in co-originated loans with insurance company partners since inception, including such projects as The Point on Lane in Columbus, Ohio.
Unlocking the Power of an Advisor Hub: Why Educational Content Matters
An advisor hub is a centralized repository where advisors can access all the resources they need without searching through emails, contacting a wholesaler, or navigating a complex website.
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CAIS Expands Investment Solutions Suite Through Newly Formed Capital Markets Division
CAIS As financial advisors increasingly adopt defined-outcome strategies to capture market opportunities, manage risk, and meet client goals, CAIS, the leading alternative...
Weekly Alts News Roundup: April 8, 2025
Welcome to another edition of the Weekly Alts News Roundup! Get up to speed with quick reads on industry happenings: new offerings, regulation, technology, and more. Top...
Five Questions with SEI’s Mat Dellorso: Technology’s Transformative Impact
As a financial services entrepreneur, Mat Dellorso was bullish on alternative investments but knew what a bear they were to process. After cofounding the Richmond, VA-based...
What percentage of interval fund assets are held in credit-focused funds as of December 31, 2024, and how does that compare to one year prior?
Answer: Credit-focused interval funds made up 67.0% of total interval fund industry assets as of December 31, 2024, up from 58.7% as of December 31, 2023 and 51.4% as of...
Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund Generated an 11.7% Annualized Distribution Rate over the Trailing 12 Months
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Trend following and the diversification potential of positive skew
Trend following and the diversification potential of positive skew April 26, 2023 | Andrew Snyder | CAIS Investors tend to rely upon well-known risk-adjusted return measures—such as Sharpe and Sortino ratios—when using alternative strategies to build diversified...
Inflation playbook – Managing through an inflation cycle
Inflation playbook – Managing through an inflation cycle April 26, 2023 | MercerInsight Community Speed read • After the 2021-2022 inflation shock, we enter 2023 with signs that cyclical inflation is easing, especially in the US. We anticipate inflation...
Don’t Be Held Hostage By PowerPoint
Don’t Be Held Hostage By PowerPoint April 26, 2023 | Marketing Intent A client we recently worked with was frustrated with their PowerPoint presentations. EVERY SLIDE WAS AN IMAGE CREATED BY A GRAPHIC DESIGNER APPEARING VERY POLISHED (AND VERY HARD TO UPDATE)....
Peakstone Webcast Fails to Buoy Stock Price
On Thursday, April 20, after markets closed for its newly listed common stock (NYSE: PKST), the REIT’s CEO Michael Escalante…
Which listed REIT that issues nontraded preferred stock invests primarily in farm land?
Which listed REIT that issues nontraded preferred stock invests primarily in farm land? Answer: Gladstone Land (NYSE: LAND) is a REIT that currently owns 169 farms comprised of 115,731 acres across 15 states in the U.S., as well as several farm-related...
Wall Street Journal Reports Home Prices Rose in February for First Time Since June 2022
Home prices rose in February from the prior month, snapping a seven-month streak of declines, as buyers competed…
How many common shares did FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust repurchase in 2022?
How many common shares did FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust repurchase in 2022? Answer: During the year ended December 31, 2022,the Company repurchased 9,091,329 shares of common stock under its share repurchase plan representing a total of...
NAV REITs Report Negative Median Total Returns for March
The median monthly total return for 16 continuously offered nontraded REIT programs (“NAV REITs”) was increasingly negative…
Blackstone assets rise 1.7% for quarter, 8.3% for year partly due to inflows
Blackstone on Thursday reported $991.3 billion in assets under management as of March 31, a 1.7% increase from three months…
US home sales fell in March in tepid homebuying season start
The spring homebuying season in the U.S. is off to a tepid start as buyers contend with sharply higher mortgage rates and near historic-low…
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