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How Institutional Alternative Managers Can Accelerate Capture of Retail Market Share
We recently caught up with Alliance 160’s Amanda Teeple to discover ways that institutional alternatives offerings can be packaged for RIA firms, broker-dealers and family offices. Alliance 160, a strategic consultancy that provides critical support for institutional alts managers seeking to develop products that adhere to compliance guidelines for the independent broker-dealer (IBD) and Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) channels, sees intensifying growth opportunities.
Interval Funds: The Growing Market That’s Turning Advisors on to Alts
As economic uncertainty continues to tame investment expectations, the market for interval funds and tender offer funds has grown into a fierce, $133 billion industry, 1 raising over $25 billion in capital last year alone. Interval funds are an increasingly popular allocation because they solve some of the structural and regulatory limitations associated with private funds while offering the potential to generate higher total returns…
US Public Pensions Invest Record $1.6 Trillion in Alternative Assets
US public pensions have boosted their exposure to private equity to $622 billion, the highest in at least two decades, as part of a push for higher investment returns, according to a new report by the Equable Institute…
UK takeover wave rolls on with £470 million bid for fund manager Gresham House
Shareholders in alternative asset manager Gresham House (GHE) will be popping the champagne corks today after the firm revealed it had agreed a buyout by private investment group Searchlight at £11.05 per share, a 63% premium to its last price.
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December 2020 Nontraded REIT Capital Raise Increases 41% for Reporting Offerings
December 2020 Nontraded REIT Capital Raise Increases 41% for Reporting Offerings January 13, 2021 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Blue Vault received December sales totals for 12...
How did Bluerock Residential Growth REIT’s multifamily portfolio perform in Q4 2020?
How did Bluerock Residential Growth REIT‘s multifamily portfolio perform in Q4 2020? Answer: The REIT collected 97% of rents in Q4 2020 and increased occupancy rates...
Brian Jones of Envision Financial Systems wins 2020 Nicsa NOVA Strategic Leadership Award
Brian Jones of Envision Financial Systems wins 2020 Nicsa NOVA Strategic Leadership Award December 18, 2020 (Costa Mesa, Calif., Dec. 17, 2020) – Envision Financial Systems,...
Envision’s Lani Oneil Appointed to Nicsa Alternative Investments Committee
Envision’s Lani Oneil Appointed to Nicsa Alternative Investments Committee December 18, 2020 (Costa Mesa, Calif., Dec. 18, 2020) – Envision Financial Systems, Inc., a...
Nontraded REITs Compare Favorably When Market Volatility Increases
Nontraded REITs Compare Favorably When Market Volatility Increases January 13, 2021 | James Sprow | Blue Vault In the history of the nontraded REIT industry, it has been...
2021 Outlook for REITs and Commercial Real Estate: Risk and Resilience
2021 Outlook for REITs and Commercial Real Estate: Risk and Resilience Commercial real estate and REITs are likely to begin to recover in 2021, with the pace of improvement...
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Blackstone Amasses $755 Million for Up-and-Coming REIT
‘The new Blackstone REIT is steadily adding to its pile of gold with buy-ins from “mom-and-pop investors…”’
Top 10 Restaurant Brands for Retail Landlords
Top 10 Restaurant Brands for Retail Landlords April 12, 2017 | by Donna Mitchell | Despite choppy same-store sales coming in 2016, the current market environment might be just right for ramping up the line-up of restaurant tenants, according to some industry...
The True Value of Inflection Points
The True Value of Inflection Points What will be the big disruptor in 2022? Advisor Group CEO Jamie Price tells advisors to view its inevitable arrival as an opportunity. May 11, 2017 | by Jamie Price | WealthManagement.com I have been reading about the demise of our...
One NTR owned 242 industrial properties as of September 30, 2016, more than any other NTR with industrial property investments. Which NTR was it?
One NTR owned 242 industrial properties as of September 30, 2016, more than any other NTR with industrial property investments. Which NTR was it? Answer: Industrial Property Trust,...
Acosta declines to extend delay of DOL fiduciary rule
Acosta declines to extend delay of DOL fiduciary rule Labor Secretary finds no legal basis to delay implementation; rule to become applicable June 9 Mya 22, 2017 | by Mark Schoeff Jr. | InvestmentNews Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta confirmed Monday night that the...








