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Inside real estate & private markets

Helping you to navigate the evolving landscape of real estate and private markets with confidence and clarity.

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Alongside the information you’ll find here, our wealth alternatives team is happy to take your questions, or if you’d prefer, to have a 1-1 consult with you.

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Building knowledge in alternative investments

As more investors look to expand their portfolios beyond traditional stocks and bonds, it brings new layers of complexity to your portfolio discussions with clients. At Principal Asset Management, we are committed to helping financial professionals like you understand, evaluate, and implement alternative investments—effectively and responsibly.

Inside real estate and private markets helps to demystify complex investment considerations, offering clarity on everything from market access to risk-return profiles.

Confident portfolio design

Build stronger, more resilient portfolios by understanding where alternatives fit - and why they matter now.

Clarity across asset classes

From real estate to private credit and infrastructure, get a grip on the building blocks of alternatives and how to use them.

Stronger client conversations

Sharpen your language, framing, and tools - so you’re prepared to explain, position, and personalize alternatives with ease.

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Private markets in portfolios

Using real estate and private markets to help strengthen client portfolios

Alternative investments offer compelling opportunities to enhance traditional portfolios. Strategically integrating private markets and real estate can potentially lead to attractive long-term outcomes.


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Private markets in portfolios

An introduction to real estate and private markets in wealth portfolios

As these real estate and private market opportunities continue to democratize, prepare to educate clients and build portfolios that responsibly incorporate these investments.


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Advisor enablement

Acting on alternatives: Your toolkit for guiding clients into real estate and private markets

Understand the pros and cons about the different ways to access alternative investments; we’ll debunk some common myths and share tips for how to discuss with your clients.


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Real estate

Real estate in modern portfolios: A wealth advisor’s guide

Leverage real estate investments in various ways for clients who want to enhance income, diversification, and capital appreciation.


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Private markets in portfolios

Exploring paths to income with private market debt

Adding private market debt to a traditional income portfolio may improve yield, diversification, and portfolio resilience. We discuss the different product types, how they can be used in a portfolio, as well as considerations advisors should think about when determining allocations for clients’ portfolios.

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Alongside the information you’ll find here, our wealth alternatives team is happy to take your questions, or if you’d prefer, to have a 1-1 consult with you.
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Disclosure

Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Asset allocation and diversification do not ensure a profit or protect against a loss. The risk management techniques discussed seek to mitigate or reduce risk but cannot remove it.

Real estate investment options are subject to risks associated with credit, liquidity, interest rate fluctuation, adverse general and local economic conditions, and decreases in real estate values and occupancy rates.

Fixed-income investment options that invest in mortgage securities, such as commercial mortgage-backed securities, are subject to increased risk due to real estate exposure and carry greater risk compared to other securities in times of market stress.

Private market investments, unlike publicly traded stocks, involve various risks due to illiquidity, lack of transparency, and higher minimum investment requirements. These risks include liquidity risk, market risk, capital risk, and regulatory risk. Additionally, private market investments often involve higher fees and expenses and may have longer investment horizons. Investment risk may be magnified with alternative investment strategies due to their use of arbitrage, leverage, and derivatives. Fixed‐income investment options are subject to interest rate risk, and their value will decline as interest rates rise.

Principal Real Estate is a trade name of Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC, an affiliate of Principal Global Investors.

Principal Alternative Credit is an investment team within Principal Global Investors.

Principal Asset Management℠ is a trade name of Principal Global Investors, LLC.

Principal Funds, Inc. is distributed by Principal Funds Distributor, Inc.