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CIM Group Advances Hospitality Lending Focus Closing $73.5 Million for Two Hilton Brand Hotels in Louisiana and Pennsylvania
The loans demonstrate CIM Group’s continuing focus on the hospitality industry which includes select-service and extended stay properties in addition to the full-service sector.
Elevating the Conversation: Using Objections to Strengthen Advisor Relationships
Advisors’ inquiries are not adversarial; they are a natural and essential part of their due diligence.
Sealy & Company Named One of Fortune’s Best Workplaces 2025
This distinction highlights the firm’s success in creating a positive, inclusive, and engaging environment for its employees.
Urban Catalyst Breaks Ground on Aquino, a Premier Multifamily Development in Downtown West San Jose
Aquino is among the first major projects to advance under San Jose’s Multifamily Housing Incentive Program, which the City Council approved in December to spur housing production.
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Sovereign’s Capital Closes its Largest-Ever Venture Capital Fund
Sovereign’s Capital Sovereign’s Capital, a diversified alternative asset manager dedicated to excellence in faith-driven investing, has closed its largest venture...
Why Taylor Swift ’s Career Is A Masterclass In Alternative Investment
Fred Hubler | Creative Capital Wealth Management Taylor Swift and her team are a genius organization, to be this popular for this long and put out a product that changes but...
Why Custom Marketing Matters: Beyond The Template
Marketing Intent When marketing alternative investments, standing out from the crowd is not just about having good marketing materials. It’s about having marketing materials...
Inland Real Estate Sells Southwest Florida Asset for $57M
Vicentiu Fusea | Multi-Housing News Interface Properties has acquired Brantley Pines Apartments, a 296-unit multifamily property in Fort Myers, Fla. Inland Real Estate Group...
America’s Growing Appetite for Fast Food
Triton Pacific In the United States, there is a common saying – “As American as apple pie.” Perhaps, however, that phrase should be updated to “As American as fast food.”...
Blue Vault Completes Publication of March 31, 2024 Interval Fund and Tender Offer Fund IPPs
Today Blue Vault completed its publication of 26 Interval Fund and 32 Tender Offer Fund Individual Performance Pages (IPPs) for the period ending March 31, 2024. This...
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Investing For Grownups: Why Asset Allocation Matters
Where you invest is important, but the amount you invest in each type of investment is also significant. Advisors traditionally recommend a 60/40 investment portfolio. This means that 60% of investments are in stocks and 40% in bonds, or 60% is at higher risk than the other 40%. However, history tells us that this traditional model of investing in stocks and bonds is not as effective as the model that endowments (think Harvard and Yale) use. Over the last 30 years, the average return in the US for someone using the 60/40 model is 8.2%, not bad. But, the Endowment Model Yale earned 13.1% over the same 30 years…
Doing More Of What Really Matters
Doing More Of What Really Matters August 23, 2023 | Marketing Intent The book, Essentialism – The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown struck a chord with us when we think about marketing for our clients. The premise of the book is to understand what’s...
Is Every Commercial Office Property in Trouble?
Why Not All Office Space Is Created Equal
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…











