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Q2 2025 Blue Vault Nontraded BDC Performance Report Update
Twenty-four Q2 2025 Nontraded BDC reports are now available for members. Blue Vault’s Individual Performance Pages help you track performance.
RIA Email Marketing That Misses
Every email should serve a purpose in the journey toward building a relationship, not just securing a transaction.
Nephila Capital Selects SEI as a Global Strategic Partner
Global operational footprint and technology capabilities enable scale and power growth.
John Hancock Closed-End Funds Declare Quarterly Distributions
Quarterly distributions were announced for the John Hancock Diversified Income Fund and for the John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund.
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Owl Rock Capital Corporation Announces Upcoming Name and Ticker Change to Blue Owl Capital Corporation
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California Self Storage Operator Vaults to Fifth Largest Player in Canada
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SmartStop Adds Eight Self-Storage Facilities in the Greater Toronto Area for Approximately CAD $300 Million
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How Cash Ratios Are Trending for NTRs
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Nontraded REITs Have Downward Trend in Quarterly FFO Y-O-Y for Q1 2020
In a look at changes in funds from operations (“FFO”) for 46 nontraded REITs, comparing the year-over-year quarterly totals for Q1 2019 FFO and Q1 2020 FFO…
Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust Reinstates DRIP, Declares Q2 Distribution
On June 23, 2020, Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that the Company’s Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (the “DRIP”)…
REIT Stock Returns Mixed Last Week
Last week was a week of contrasts in the REIT universe. There had been a common pattern recently where most REIT property sectors moved more or less in line with each other…
Strategic Storage Trust IV Opens First Joint Venture Development with SmartCentres in the Greater Toronto Area
TORONTO, ONTARIO – June 23, 2020 – Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc. (“SST IV”), a public non-traded real estate investment trust sponsored by an affiliate of…
Which three nontraded REITs had the largest increase in FFO (funds from operations) year-over-year from Q1 2019 to Q1 2020?
Answer: Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT (+ $18.5 million), Black Creek Industrial REIT IV (+ $11.7 million) and…
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Nontraded REIT Rent Collections
Some REITs have published letters to their shareholders in which they report how the pandemic has affected their rent collections.
Black Creek Group’s two nontraded REITs own significant portfolios of industrial assets. How have rent collections for their industrial assets performed in May 2020?
Answer: Black Creek Industrial REIT IV reported 91% of the REIT’s industrial asset rents collected in May…
Strategic Storage Trust IV Acquires 800-Unit Self Storage Facility in Southwest Florida
Punta Gorda – (Jun. 22, 2020) – Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc., a public non-traded real estate investment trust sponsored by an affiliate of…
SmartStop Self Storage REIT Opens 12th Wholly-Owned SmartStop® Location in the Greater Toronto Area
TORONTO, ONTARIO – June 16, 2020 – SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop” or FKA Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc.), a self-managed and fully-integrated…
Some Types of Office Tenants are Returning Faster Than Others
An abrupt shift to remote working caused by the pandemic demonstrated that the bulk of office workers can work productively from home (at least during the initial…











