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Blue Vault Begins Publishing New Q4 2024 NTR Research Pages
Blue Vault has started publishing new Q4 2024 non-traded REIT (NTR) research pages. These reports offer detailed analysis to support due diligence and investment decisions. More updates coming soon!
Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. Increases Offering Amount of 7.00% Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock to $200 Million
Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. has increased its public offering of 7.00% Series AA and AB Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock to 8 million shares at $25 each, aiming to raise $200 million in capital.
Eye on Alts: April 22, 2025
Eye on Alts for advisors: a weekly digest of industry news.
Wealthtech Key to Advisor Shortage Pickle: Reports
“Solving the advisor capacity challenge will require a deep rethinking of the advisor operating model.” McKinsey and Company
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How did the capital raised by nontraded REITs in Q4 2022 compare to the amount raised in Q4 2021?
How did the capital raised by nontraded REITs in Q4 2022 compare to the amount raised in Q4 2021? Answer: Nontraded REIT programs raised $5.29 billion in Q4 2022, down from...
Private Credit Funds: Challenges and Opportunities
Private Credit Funds: Challenges and Opportunities May 16, 2023 | SS&C Changes in the mainstream lending landscape and the market’s less volatile nature drive more...
Poll: Biggest Challenge to Investing in Alts
Daniil Shapiro (Cerulli Associates) analyzes the results of a poll taken during the webinar, Integrating Alternative Investments into Your...
Luke Schmidt: Education is Key
Luke Schmidt (Senior Financial Analyst, Blue Vault) discusses the importance of ongoing alts education for advisors in this video clip from the webinar, Integrating...
Daniil Shapiro: Defining Alts
Daniil Shapiro (Cerulli Associates) defines alternative investments in this video clip from the webinar, Integrating Alternative Investments into Your...
Kimberly Flynn: The Growth of Interval Funds
Kimberly Flynn (Managing Director, Alternative Investments at XA Investments) talks about the growth of interval funds introduced by asset managers and RIAs in this Blue...
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Goldman Sachs: US GDP to Plunge 34% in Q2; Unemployment to Peak at 15%
Economists at Goldman Sachs rewrote their already grim estimates for the coronavirus pandemic’s economic toll in the U.S., forecasting an even steeper downturn in the first half followed by…
That Rent Concession Could Trigger A Loan Liability
An untold number of businesses, retailers and renters will be unable to make their rent this month due to the disruption from the coronavirus. Landlords have been urged to work with tenants…
California Apartment REIT Buys Dallas Property After Merging Funds
An affiliate of Irvine, California-based Steadfast Apartment REIT is expanding its portfolio in Texas weeks after the company completed a merger of its three sponsored funds with…
Coronavirus Leads to Tough Landlord-Tenant Negotiations
Many retail and restaurant landlords are in a tight spot right now. A lot of their tenants are coming to them asking for rent reductions. And, while the landlords would like to help…
Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT Cuts Distributions, to Report NAVs Quarterly
In an April 2 letter to shareholders, Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT announced that it would reduce its distributions to an annualized rate of $0.35 per share, all cash, subject to adjustments for…
Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust Enters into $100 Million Credit Facility
On March 26, 2020, Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”), through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, entered into a credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with…
Blackstone REIT Cancels Plans to Acquire Uptown Station in Oakland
The Blackstone Group Inc. is canceling its plans to acquire Uptown Station building in Oakland, Calif., and will forgo the $20 million deposit it made for the asset…
Carey Watermark Investors, Carey Watermark Investors 2 Move Merger Outside Date
Carey Watermark Investors Inc. and Carey Watermark Investors 2 Inc. agreed to push back the outside date of their pending merger to May 31 from…
Strategic Wireless Acquires Oregon Cell Tower
COSTA MESA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Strategic Wireless Infrastructure Funds Management, LLC. (“Strategic Wireless”) announced the acquisition of a cell tower located in…
CIM Income NAV Converts to Monthly NAVs, Pricing and SRP Policies
Based on, among other things, the current competitive landscape, the management and board of directors (the “Board”) of CIM Income NAV, Inc. (the “Company”) have concluded that it is…








