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With Blackstone as Bellwether, Q3 Data Signal Confidence Returning to NTR Industry
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‘Facts vs. Feelings’ Podcast: Focusing on What Matters to Advisors
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Priority Income Fund Achieves Record Common Equity Fundraise of $52.4 Million in September Quarter
Priority Income Fund Achieves Record Common Equity Fundraise of $52.4 Million in September Quarter October 6, 2022 |Priority Income Fund, Inc. Priority Income Fund, Inc....
US Mortgage Rates Rise for Seventh Week to Highest in 16 Years
US Mortgage Rates Rise for Seventh Week to Highest in 16 Years October 6, 2022 | James Sprow | Blue Vault US mortgage rates jumped to a 16-year high of 6.75%, marking the...
REIT Share Prices Continue to Fall During Final Week of September
REIT Share Prices Continue to Fall During Final Week of September October 5, 2022 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Share prices for U.S. equity real estate investment trusts...
Net Lease REITs and Private Aggregators Increase Retail Acquisitions Targets
Net Lease REITs and Private Aggregators Increase Retail Acquisitions Targets October 3, 2022 | Jenn Elliot | WealthManagement.com As rising interest rates and slowing...
EnviroSpark Signs Nationwide Deal With Starwood Capital Group
EnviroSpark Signs Nationwide Deal With Starwood Capital Group October 4, 2022 | Envirospark Atlanta-based electric vehicle (EV) charging company EnviroSpark has partnered...
Gladstone Commercial Provides a Business Update
Gladstone Commercial Provides a Business Update October 5, 2022 | Gladstone Commercial Corporation Gladstone Commercial Corporation (Nasdaq:GOOD) (“we” or...
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Sam Zell on why interest rates need a “shot clock”
Sam Zell on why interest rates need a “shot clock” April 6, 2017 | by E.B. Solomont | TheRealDeal From TRD New York: Sam Zell is tired of waiting for Godot. Raise those damn interest rates already, he says. “The kinds of interest rates we’ve had are like basketball...
Nontraded BDCs post a 12.95% total return for 2016, beating the S&P 500
Nontraded BDCs post a 12.95% total return for 2016, beating the S&P 500 April 17, 2017 | Blue Vault Nontraded BDCs have had one of the best years yet, even in the midst of sluggish capital raise. The average nontraded BDC total return in 2016 was 12.95%, with the...
Financial Choice Act to Be Reintroduced by End of April
Financial Choice Act to Be Reintroduced by End of April Latest iteration of Choice Act still requires DOL to promulgate fiduciary rule similar to SEC’s April 12, 2017 | by Melanie Waddell | ThinkAdvisor Rep. Jeb Hensarling’s Financial Choice Act, which seeks to...
Carey Watermark Announces $10.80 NAV Per Share
Carey Watermark Announces $10.80 NAV Per Share April 18, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated announced April 12, that its estimated net asset value (“NAV”) as of December 31, 2016, has been determined to be approximately...
Are Retail Stocks and Mall REITs a Value Play?
Are Retail Stocks and Mall REITs a Value Play? April 13, 2017 | by Debbie Carlson | U.S. News Retail stocks and the mall and shopping center real-estate investment trusts have been hit hard by investors worried about the impact of online shopping on both retailers and...
Crowdfunding—a Viable Source of Capital?
Crowdfunding—a Viable Source of Capital? April 14, 2017 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault In October 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to permit companies to offer and sell securities through “crowdfunding.” Mary Jo White, SEC...
Which has more impact on the average rate of return for a stockholder in a nontraded REIT, assuming an eight-year holding period, an elimination of acquisition fees of 1.00% or a reduction of asset management fees of 0.20%?
Which has more impact on the average rate of return for a stockholder in a nontraded REIT, assuming an eight-year holding period, an elimination of acquisition fees of 1.00% or a reduction of asset management fees of 0.20%? Answer: The reduction in asset management...
FS Investments Closes on More Than $1.7 Billion of Middle Market Commitments in the Fourth Quarter
FS Investments Closes on More Than $1.7 Billion of Middle Market Commitments in the Fourth Quarter April 10, 2017 | FS Investments PHILADELPHIA, April 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — FS Investments, a leading alternative investment manager and the largest manager of...
Fears mount over US construction boom
Fears mount over US construction boom April 12, 2017 | by Alistair Gray | Financial Times More than a million new apartments have sprung up across the US in a post-crisis construction surge. Now bankers who funded the boom are worried: have developers built too much?...
Blackstone real estate head on future of retail
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