FS Investments (FS) and EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG) have announced the closing of their previously announced transaction to manage FS Energy and Power Fund (FSEP), said to be the largest energy-focused BDC in the marketplace with $4.3 billion in assets under management.

Through its affiliated relationships, which include Benefit Street Partners (BSP) and BDCA Adviser, Business Development Corporation of America (BDCA) has announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Triangle Capital Corporation.

Liquidity Partners Trust I has offered to pay $3.1 million to shareholders of InvenTrust Properties Corp. to purchase up to 2 million shares of the company's common stock at $1.55 per share.

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT, Inc. (CVREIT) and Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, Inc. (CVREIT II) each announced on April 10 that Michael A. Seton is now Chief Executive Officer of both REITs effective immediately following John E. Carter’s resignation.

The Investment Program Association announced March 9 that the organization is changing its name to the Institute for Portfolio Alternatives (the new IPA).

FS Investments and KKR today announced the closing of their previously announced transaction to create the market's largest business development company (BDC) platform, with $18 billion in combined assets under management.

Commercial real estate investors can expect that property prices will trend downward in the near future, according to Green Street Advisors, a real estate research firm headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc. (SST IV), a public non-traded real estate investment trust sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management, LLC (SmartStop), announced on April 6 its acquisition of a 460-unit self storage facility located at 3167 Van Buren Blvd. in Riverside, California.

In an 8K filing on April 2, Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT II announced changes to its IPO Share Redemption Program (SRP) to allow stockholders to redeem their shares at 100% of net asset value of the applicable share class one year from purchase date.