Advisor & Subadvisor

Institutional Advisor and Sub-Advisors

Bluerock Fund Advisor has engaged the world’s largest asset advisor¹ — Mercer Investments, LLC to advise on the private equity securities investments and DWS to advise on the public real estate securities held by the Fund.

Gain Exposure Alongside Some of the Nation’s Largest Pension Funds

The Fund provides exposure to institutional private equity real estate (iPERE) securities alongside some of the nation’s largest endowment and pension plans. Below is a sample of the Institutional Investors of the Underlying Holdings.

  • Allstate Investment Management
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association
  • California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)
  • Ford Pension Fund (US)
  • General Electric Pension Trust
  • Indiana Public Retirement System
  • New York State Teachers’ Retirement System
  • Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund
  • Oregon State University Foundation
  • Teacher Retirement System of Texas
  • Texas Municipal Retirement System

Source: Mercer Investments, LLC as of March 2023. Mercer’s Assets Under Advisement are derived from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, third-party custodians or investment managers, regulatory filings, and client self-reported data. Mercer’s Assets Under Management include Mercer Investments LLC and global affiliates and may differ from regulatory filings

Mercer Real Estate Strategies: Mercer Investments, LLC’s real estate strategies and rankings maintained in their proprietary Global Investment Manager Database (GIMD). Strategies include all worldwide public and private, equity and debt, core, core plus, value-add, opportunistic, private and public securities and fund of funds that contain real estate-related strategies as part of the investment offerings.

1 Rankings provided by Preqin.com

2 Source: Mercer Investments, LLC as of 6.30.2024. Mercer’s Assets Under Advisement are derived from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, third-party custodians or investment managers, regulatory filings, and client self-reported data. Mercer’s Assets Under Management include Mercer Investments LLC and global affiliates and may differ from regulatory filings. Where available, the AUA Data is provided as of the date indicated. Mercer has not independently verified the AUA data. The AUA Data includes assets of clients that have engaged Mercer to provide project-based services, as well as assets of clients that subscribe to Mercer’s Manager Research database – MercerInsight.

3 Mercer Real Estate Strategies: Mercer Investments, LLC’s real estate strategies and rankings maintained in their proprietary Global Investment Manager Database (GIMD). Strategies include all worldwide public and private, equity and debt, core, core plus, value-add, opportunistic, private and public securities, and fund of funds that contain real estate-related strategies as part of the investment offerings.

4 DWS information as of 6.30.2024. AUM means (a) managed on a discretionary or nondiscretionary advisory basis; including where DWS is the management company and portfolio management is outsourced to a third-party; or (b) a third-party holds or manages and on which DWS provides, on the basis of contract, advice of an ongoing nature including regular or periodic assessment, monitoring, and/or review.

Data presented regarding the Fund Advisor, Sub-Advisors and underlying portfolio is current as of 12.31.2023. This is an actively managed portfolio. There is no guarantee that any investment (or this investment) will achieve its objectives, goals, generate positive returns, or avoid losses.

For a detailed list of current holdings, please visit Investment Holdings webpage.