Comparing fund administrators? Ask three tough questions April 11, 2022 | Greg Drose | UMB As the asset management industry has changed, so has the fund services industry that serves it. Those changes include offshoring, ownership changes, mergers and divestitures. For asset managers, this may mean changes to service models—which may in turn prompt managers…

Peachtree Hotel Group has added experienced executives with significant investment, operational and organizational expertise to its management teams...

REITs find themselves at an unsettling juncture in the real estate cycle. They are still reaping what Ventas...

Hotel occupancy in the U.S. for the week ended April 2 dropped slightly from the prior week at 64.1%, according to data from STR...

Opportunity Zones (OZs) were established by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to provide an incentive for investing in economically distressed communities...

Infinity Financial Joins Alternative Investment Exchange Platform April 7, 2022 | Alternative Investment Exchange Alternative Investment Exchange (AIX), the platform making it easy to buy, own, and sell alternative investments, has onboarded Infinity Financial Services ("Infinity") to the AIX platform. Through this partnership, Infinity's alternative investing experience is transformed into one that is fast, simple,…

Palladius Capital Management has purchased The Heights, a 672-bed student community in the San Marcos suburb of Austin, Texas...

UBS, Envestnet and iCapital Announce Launch of Alternatives Exchange Platform Offering Expanded Access to Alternative Investment Strategies and Education March 31, 2022 | iCapital UBS (NYSE: UBS), Envestnet (NYSE: ENV), and iCapital1 today announced that the Alternatives Exchange is now live, providing private market investment opportunities to Envestnet’s client base with more than 35 funds available…

How many properties did Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust acquire during Q4 2021? Answer: Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust acquired 892 properties worth approximately $24.4 billion during the fourth quarter of 2021.