There are two reasons why dividend yields increase. Do you know them? Find out in this Blue Vault Minute with Stacy Chitty (Managing Partner, Blue Vault).

Carron Schmick highlights how alts can meet clients' needs, how she explains alts to clients, and how receptive the clients are.

In this Blue Vault Minute, Carron Schmick walks through some of the metrics her firm uses to evaluate asset managers.

One of the unique aspects of REITs is the large, actively managed, dedicated REIT investment community; actively managed funds represent 7% of REIT market capitalization and they have been a key element in REITs’ long-term success because of their combined real estate and equity investment expertise and analysis.

Wondering how to discuss alternative investments with clients? Advisor Nate Oltmans offers insights in this Blue Vault Minute. 

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It's traditional in lease negotiations for the owner of an office building to ask a prospective tenant to show proof that they are in good financial standing and can be expected to pay rent every month....

In this BV Minute, Nate Oltmans gives an advisor's perspective on the challenges facing alternatives this year, and some of the asset managers he uses in his practice.

We recently caught up with Alliance 160’s Amanda Teeple to discover ways that institutional alternatives offerings can be packaged for RIA firms, broker-dealers and family offices. Alliance 160, a strategic consultancy that provides critical support for institutional alts managers seeking to develop products that adhere to compliance guidelines for the independent broker-dealer (IBD) and Registered…