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Peachtree Group Expands Hotel Management Portfolio with Six New Properties
Peachtree Group’s hospitality management division manages hotels across leading brands and markets nationwide.
Brookfield and Angel Oak Complete Strategic Partnership Transaction
The partnership will accelerate Angel Oak’s growth while reinforcing Brookfield’s strategy of combining best-in-class credit managers alongside its direct investment capabilities.
SEI Announces Strategic Partnership with Graphene
SEI wealth platform to drive growth for U.K. wealth infrastructure provider.
Demand for Private Real Estate Indexing Surges as Advisers Seek Diversification Amid High Equity Market Valuations
Accordant ODCE Index Fund sees strong adoption as advisers turn to institutional private real estate for inflation protection and stability.
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LODAS Six-Month Trading Volumes Rose 73%; Transfer-Agent Business Continues Momentum
LODAS Markets LODAS Markets, the only fully automated online marketplace to buy and sell alternative investments, reported 366 trading transactions for the first half of...
Go Store It Self Storage Names Adam Willey as New Director of Operations
Go Store It Self Storage Go Store It Self Storage, an affiliate of Madison Capital Group, has appointed Adam Willey as the new Director of Operations. With an impressive...
Watch: ExchangeRight Surpasses $6 Billion in Assets Managed on Behalf of Investors
ExchangeRight WATCH NOW>> ExchangeRight, one of the nation’s leading providers of diversified real estate DST and REIT investments, has announced the company has...
Blue Owl Capital Significantly Expands Alternative Credit and Asset-Based Finance Capabilities with Acquisition of Atalaya Capital Management’s Business
Blue Owl Capital Blue Owl Capital Inc. (“Blue Owl”) (NYSE: OWL), a leading alternative asset manager, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement...
Which nontraded REIT acquired the most properties in the fourth quarter of 2023?
Answer: Ares Real Estate Income Trust acquired four properties for $139.5 million during the fourth quarter. Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust acquired 11 properties for...
How North Carolina’s Cornerstone Leverages Faith to Help its Clients Manage ‘Eternal Wealth’
Johnathan Rickman | Blue Vault Cornerstone Wealth Management, a Raleigh, NC-based financial services firm, was founded on of a leap of faith. Former pastor R. Floyd Green...
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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…










