FS Investments BDCs Close on Nearly $1 Billion of Middle Market Commitments in the Third Quarter Includes four commitments of more than $100 million PHILADELPHIA, PA, December 1, 2016 – FS Investments, a leading alternative investment manager, announced that its business development company (BDC) direct lending platform committed approximately $988 million in senior secured loans…

New specialty REITs may star in Trump's infrastructure rebuild Thomas Yeatts | S&P Global Market Intelligence The REIT industry, led by a vanguard of potential new niche players, could play a significant role in president-elect Donald Trump's plan to rebuild the country's infrastructure via a range of new public-private partnerships, observers say. In his "Contract…

No, The End Is Not Near For Brick-And-Mortar Retail NOVEMBER 28, 2016 | BY ERIKA MORPHY | GlobeSt.com WASHINGTON, DC--The problem isn’t that online sales are rocking the Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend but underperforming properties and retailers. Never before has the divide between online retail and brick-and-mortar retail sales been as stark as it has this…

Priority Income Fund Declares Bonus Distributions NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Priority Income Fund, Inc., announced today that its board of directors has declared a bonus distribution of $0.09696 per share of common stock. The bonus distribution is payable on or around January 3, 2017, to stockholders of record at the close of…

Priority Income Fund Declares Distributions for December 2016 Through February 2017 NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Priority Income Fund, Inc. ("Priority" or the "Fund") announced today a series of distributions with weekly record dates and payable monthly to the stockholders of record as of the close of business each week from December 2, 2016 through February…

IBDs overwhelmingly say Trump should revoke fiduciary rule: survey Nearly 90% of respondents to a Financial Services Institute survey indicate their support for repeal Nov 29, 2016 @ 1:09 pm | By Greg Iacurci | Investment News Registered representatives of independent broker-dealers overwhelmingly believe president-elect Donald Trump should revoke the Labor Department's fiduciary rule, according to a…

Hartman XX Buys San Antonio Shopping Center November 22, 2016 | by DI Wire Hartman Short Term Income Properties XX Inc., a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust, purchased the Village Pointe shopping center in San Antonio, Texas. According to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, the purchase price was approximately $7.1…

Payroll problems dog small nontraded REIT First Capital Real Estate Trust, formerly known as United Realty Capital Trust, has also missed filing financial statements with the SEC for more than a year and recently cut its dividend to investors Nov 23, 2016 @ 12:42 pm | By Bruce Kelly | Investment News A small nontraded real estate…

Corporate Capital Trust Announces New COO and CFO -- Steve Shackelford leaves to pursue calling in global ministry -- November 28, 2016 | Corporate Capital Trust [caption id="attachment_11303" align="alignright" width="200"] Steve Shackelford[/caption] (ORLANDO, Fla.) Nov. 28, 2016 – After more than 20 years at CNL Financial Group, Steve Shackelford, who currently serves as president and…