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Blackstone Is the First Alternative Asset Manager to Hit $1 Trillion AUM. So Where Does It Go From Here?
In July, Blackstone BX reported that it had surpassed $1 trillion in total assets under management during the second quarter of 2023, being the first alternative asset manager to cross that threshold. A bit of background to start: “Alternative asset management” is an umbrella term for asset managers that specialize in private market investment strategies like private equity, private debt, or real assets, or in strategies that invest in publicly traded securities in a nontraditional manner, like hedge funds or funds of funds. (I am oversimplifying a bit—there is some overlap between these groups.)
Legendary Capital Expands Team with Two New Wholesaling Vice Presidents
Legendary Capital, LLC, a leading Alternative Investment Sponsor, is delighted to announce the recent addition of Devon Gasparovic and Robin Boccardi to its distribution team as wholesaling vice presidents. These strategic hires mark another significant step in the company’s ongoing commitment to strengthening its distribution capabilities and providing superior partnering services to financial advisors across the country…
Apollo Funds acquires Accent family of companies
Apollo Funds, a global alternative asset manager based in New York, has acquired the Accent family of companies, a Tomball, Texas-based full service, value-added industrial distribution company focused on the waste, recycling and building materials industries that includes Accent Wire-Tie, Accent Wire-Tie United Kingdom and Accent Building Materials…
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ExchangeRight Takes Two Net-Leased Portfolios Full Cycle, Achieving 129-168% Total Returns for Investors Including Return of Capital
ExchangeRight Takes Two Net-Leased Portfolios Full Cycle, Achieving 129-168% Total Returns for Investors Including Return of Capital April 13, 2021 PASADENA, Calif. –...
March 2021 Nontraded REIT Capital Raise Increases 116% for Reporting Offerings
March 2021 Nontraded REIT Capital Raise Increases 116% for Reporting Offerings April 12, 2021 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Blue Vault received March sales totals for 10...
They Came, They Saw, They Taxed
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Mall vacancies jump at fastest pace on record, hitting new high, as retailers cull store counts
Mall vacancies jump at fastest pace on record, hitting new high, as retailers cull store counts April 7, 2021 | Lauren Thomas | CNBC If you noticed more darkened windows and...
Ares Management Corporation Closes Oversubscribed Third U.S. Opportunistic Real Estate Fund
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Bluerock Capital Markets Reports Record Equity Inflows in March and $149 Million of New Equity Capital Investment Across its Institutional Product Suite
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Where to Find the Best Deals for Industrial Assets
Where to Find the Best Deals for Industrial Assets September 1, 2017 | Patricia Kirk | National Real Estate Investor A new report from Situs RERC, a global research and advisory firm, has provided a ranking of the best markets for industrial real estate from a value...
Multifamily REITs Pour Money into New Development
Multifamily REITs Pour Money into New Development September 5, 2017 | Bendix Anderson | National Real Estate Investor Multifamily REITs keep building new apartments, and the analysts who track the companies are getting worried. “Both the volume and pace of new unit...
Infighting at Uber puts governance risks in spotlight
Infighting at Uber puts governance risks in spotlight August 21, 2017 | Arleen Jacobius | Pensions & Investments The very public battle surrounding Uber Technologies Inc. is bringing to the surface venture capital investors’ concerns that the best and...
In their recent third-party tender offer for shares of American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust III, Inc. , how many shares were tendered by the REIT’s shareholders to MacKenzie Realty Capital, Inc.?
In their recent third-party tender offer for shares of American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust III, Inc., how many shares were tendered by the REIT’s shareholders to MacKenzie Realty Capital, Inc.? Answer: 3,365 shares were tendered or less than 0.05% of all...
Why Atlanta Has A National Multifamily Advantage
Why Atlanta Has A National Multifamily Advantage August 30, 2017 | Jennifer LeClaire | GlobeSt.com ATLANTA—Employment growth is positive nationwide—but Atlanta, Florida, Las Vegas and Nashville are reporting robust growth. That bodes well for the multifamily market in...











