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2025 Outlook Q&A: Model Portfolios, UMAs Are the Next Phase for Alts Adoption
The alternative investment industry sees growing advisor adoption with innovations in registered funds, model portfolios, and tech platforms, shaping the future of alts in 2025.
Bluerock Value Exchange Fully Subscribes $41.2 Million Diversified Industrial Portfolio III DST
Bluerock announces the full subscription of its $41.2M Diversified Industrial Portfolio III DST, a six-property industrial portfolio.
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First to market? Three questions for your fund distribution services partner
First to market? Three questions for your fund distribution services partner March 7, 2023 | UMB Asset managers seeking to be first-to-market with an investment strategy or...
Deepest Bond Yield Inversion Since Volcker Suggests Hard Landing
Deepest Bond Yield Inversion Since Volcker Suggests Hard Landing March 7, 2023 |Michael Mackenzie and Liz McCormick | Bloomberg The bond market is doubling down on the...
Blue Vault Bowman Alts Summit 2023 Happening Next Week!
Blue Vault Bowman Alts Summit 2023 Happening Next Week! Summit ’23 is happening next week, March 6-8, at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead. We hope to see you...
Blackstone blocked investor withdrawals from $71 billion REIT in February
Blackstone blocked investor withdrawals from $71 billion REIT in February March 1, 2023 | Chibuike Oguh | Reuters Blackstone Inc (BX.N) said on Wednesday it had...
Median January Total Returns to Continuously Offered NTRs Were Negative
Median January Total Returns to Continuously Offered NTRs Were Negative March 2, 2023 | James Sprow | Blue Vault The 16 continuously offered nontraded REIT programs posted...
ExchangeRight Fully Subscribes $40.75-Million Value-Add Portfolio 2 DST
ExchangeRight Fully Subscribes $40.75-Million Value-Add Portfolio 2 DST March 2, 2023 | ExchangeRight ExchangeRight, one of the nation’s leading providers of diversified...
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“Parking Lot Index” says workers are coming back to the office
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Starwood REIT Buys 7 in Phoenix for $345M
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Bluerock Residential Shareholders OK Takeover by Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust
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How many nontraded REITs had open offerings as of December 31, 2021?
How many nontraded REITs had open offerings as of December 31, 2021? Answer: There were 15 nontraded REITs raising capital as of December 31,...
Return to Office Outlook
Omicron a minor setback, but attitudes are shifting. Before the omicron wave, office leasing activity had reached its highest…










