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Nontraded REIT Full-Cycle Performance Study June 19, 2017

Nontraded REIT Full-Cycle Performance Study

Available Now! The Nontraded REIT Full-Cycle Performance Study is available by subscription only. Subscribers, if you are logged in, click here to access the report now. The Nontraded REIT Full-Cycle Performance Study analyzes the returns that nontraded REITs have provided to shareholders with full liquidity. Full-cycle events occur in the nontraded REIT industry when a…
Carey Financial Closing Its Doors June 16, 2017

Carey Financial Closing Its Doors

Carey Financial Closing Its Doors June 16, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault W. P. Carey Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors approved its plan to end all nontraded REIT fundraising to concentrate on net lease investing. The Company sees the move as eliminating the costs associated with its retail fundraising…
Advisors’ Perspectives: What are the Cons to Alternatives? June 16, 2017

Advisors’ Perspectives: What are the Cons to Alternatives?

Advisors’ Perspectives: What are the Cons to Alternatives? June 16, 2017 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault We’ve been looking at the pros and cons of nontraded REITs and other alternative investments from advisors’ viewpoints. We heard from several independent Broker Dealer (IBD) sales and marketing executives that alternative investments are showing a lot of…
Tax reform is noble goal—but hands off like-kind exchanges June 16, 2017

Tax reform is noble goal—but hands off like-kind exchanges

Tax reform is noble goal—but hands off like-kind exchanges June 9, 2017 | by DAN WAGNER | Chicago Business Rarely do the interests of small businesses owners, multi-generational family farmers and a broad range of local entrepreneurs agree with almost a century of federal income tax policy—especially when it results in billions of dollars in…
DOL fiduciary rule: When advisers actively seek to use BICE June 16, 2017

DOL fiduciary rule: When advisers actively seek to use BICE

DOL fiduciary rule: When advisers actively seek to use BICE Many advisers are embracing an exemption they've frequently derided, even though a less-contentious one is available for annuity sales June 14, 2017 | by Greg Iacurci | InvestmentNews.com To opponents of the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule, the best-interest contract exemption is something akin to the spawn…
Phoenix American Financial Services Announces Zane Doyle as New Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer For Business Development June 16, 2017

Phoenix American Financial Services Announces Zane Doyle as New Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer For Business Development

Phoenix American Financial Services Announces Zane Doyle as New Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer For Business Development June 12, 2017 | Phoenix American Financial Services SAN RAFAEL, CA –Phoenix American Financial Services (PAFS) announced today that the company has hired Zane Doyle as Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer for Business Development. Mr. Doyle will be…
Griffin Capital’s BDC to Merge with Griffin’s Credit Interval Fund June 16, 2017

Griffin Capital’s BDC to Merge with Griffin’s Credit Interval Fund

Griffin Capital’s BDC to Merge with Griffin’s Credit Interval Fund June 16, 2017 | by Jared Schneider | Blue Vault According to a filing from Griffin Institutional Access Credit Fund, there will be a special stockholder meeting to vote on the combination and reorganization of Griffin-Benefit Street Partners BDC Corp. and Griffin Institutional Access Credit Fund.…
Sierra Income Corporation BDC Reduces Sales Load June 16, 2017

Sierra Income Corporation BDC Reduces Sales Load

Sierra Income Corporation BDC Reduces Sales Load June 16, 2017 | by Jared Schneider | Blue Vault According to an announcement on June 15, 2017, Sierra Income Corporation reduced the upfront selling commission from 7.00% to 3.00% and the dealer manager fee was reduced from 2.75% to 2.50%. Additionally, the Advisor will pay the Dealer Manager…

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