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CAZ Investments’ GP Stakes Strategies Now Available via iCapital® Amid Rising Private Markets Demand
GP stakes is an investment strategy generally focused on the purchase of a minority and passive interest in a private equity (or private credit) firm.
The 60-90 Day Approach
By beginning your marketing efforts 60 to 90 days in advance, you’re giving yourself the opportunity to build awareness and establish credibility in a much more effective way.
iCapital® and Apollo Expand Partnership to Enhance Access to Alternative Investments
iCapital’s partnership with Apollo is addressing the growing demand for evergreen private market investments from the wealth management sector.
The Power of Verticalization: Why Domain Expertise Wins in Financial Services
Without context, precision, and compliance readiness, AI can’t deliver the business outcomes that wealth and asset managers need.
Recent News
Loan market braced for rush to Libor finish line
Loan market braced for rush to Libor finish line May 31, 2023 | Harriet Clarfelt | Financial Times About half of the $1.4tn US junk loan market is still shackled to Libor...
Fed’s Beige Book Says CRE Activity Down with Office a Particular Weak Spot
Fed’s Beige Book Says CRE Activity Down with Office a Particular Weak Spot May 31, 2023 | Erik Sherman | GlobeSt.com The May Beige Book from the Federal Reserve says that...
Blackstone Real Estate Fund Facing Substantial Redemption Requests
Blackstone Real Estate Fund Facing Substantial Redemption Requests June 2, 2023 | The Registry Blackstone’s retail real estate fund, valued at $69 billion, experienced a...
Houston REIT turning entire 7M sf portfolio into self-storage
Houston REIT turning entire 7M sf portfolio into self-storage June 1, 2023 | Brandon Sams | TheRealDeal.com Silver Star Properties is making significant changes to its...
Nontraded REITs: First Group of Q1 2023 Pages Now Published
First Group of Q1 2023 Nontraded REIT Pages Now Published The following NTR individual performance pages are newly published and available to Blue Vault subscribers:...
Blackstone Completes Acquisition of Majority Stake of Copeland, Formerly Emerson Climate Technologies
May 31, 2023 | Blackstone Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) have completed the...
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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…









