Several factors, including consolidation in the independent advice industry and PE's own growing mountain of cash, are fueling the zeal to invest

On December 11, the board of trustees of Corporate Capital Trust II, a business development company (BDC) that invests in the debt of privately owned American companies, announced that the fund intends to suspend its offering to new investors effective January 10, 2018.

The board of directors of Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust V Inc., (formerly Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT II, Inc.) a publicly registered non-traded REIT, determined and approved an estimated net asset value per share of $7.98 for the company’s common stock, as of September 30, 2017.

In the financial services industry where pretty much everything you’re “allowed” to do is strictly regulated, achieving great marketing becomes even more of a challenge.

Most industry professionals seem to believe something has to give.

Triton Pacific Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm with asset and investment management services, has appointed 20+ year veteran Brian Buehler as new CEO of Triton Pacific Securities, LLC, the managing broker-dealer for Triton Pacific’s suite of investment offerings.

The amount of funds raised by non-traded REITs is expected to hit a 15-year low for 2017 amid increased federal regulatory scrutiny and pressure on companies to reduce their fee structures and increase transparency into their operations.

“Investors are looking to engage in secondary and tertiary markets, where they see increasing opportunity," says Jeff Lee with Capital One Multifamily Finance.

CNL said Stephen H. Mauldin and Chirag Bhavsar have been named as co-CEOs of the company.