Ballast Rock Asset Management Names Michael Welch Head Of Investor Relations And Capital Formation
Ballast Rock Asset Management has appointed Michael G. Welch, CFA, as Head of Investor Relations and Capital Formation.
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Tom Carroll Bloomberg Interview 21 November 2025
Tom Carroll, Founder and CEO of Ballast Rock discussing real estate private credit and workforce multifamily housing.
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Will solar stocks shine in the wake of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act?
Max Jackson & other wealth managers shed some light on the future of solar stocks now that the OBBBA has been enacted.
Read more → Navigating Rates, Real Estate & Solar Growth: Key Takeaways from Bloomberg Interview
Tom Carroll, Founder and CEO of Ballast Rock discussing rates, housing and solar development.
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Energy Market Shift: Solar and Wind Gain as Tax Credits Fade
Max Jackson discusses the potential impact of the "One Big Beautiful Bill" on energy prices and the industry as a whole.
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Ballast Rock Launches Private Credit Fund, Lending To Real Estate And Solar Projects
The Real Estate Private Credit Fund will invest in senior or secured debt instruments with the potential for equity upside.
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Alts manager Ballast Rock moves into private credit with new hire
Ballast Rock has hired Max Jackson as a managing director and private credit portfolio manager as it looks to expand into an "attractive niche".
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Due Diligence Report July 2024 | Chapter 1
Politicization of ESG has shaped attitudes and practices in sustainable investing but if anything has caused investors to sharpen their focus on the key sustainability issues.
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Ballast Rock Announces Launch of Sunbelt Multifamily Fund III
The latest Sunbelt fund will continue Ballast Rock Real Estate's focus on workforce multifamily in the U.S. Southeast.
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Ballast Rock Is 2023 Inc. 5000 Honoree
No.1,145 on Inc. 5000’s List of Fastest Growing Private Companies
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Real Estate Alts Sponsor Adds Licensed Broker/Dealer
Ballast Rock Group's Simon O'Shea shares insights on the launch of the firm's new SEC registered broker/dealer and why it felt the move was necessary.
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Ballast Rock Launches Ballast Rock Capital
Ballast Rock Group has announced the formation of Ballast Rock Capital (BRC), a SEC-registered broker dealer.
Read more → Ballast Rock Group Announces Formation of Ballast Rock Capital, its SEC Registered Broker-Dealer
Establishing a broker-dealer is part of Ballast Rock's continued evolution as a diversified investment management firm, focused on private-market opportunities for investors and advisors.
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As the Market Corrects, Startups and VCs Must Prove Their Worth
From mass layoffs to rising interest rates, venture capital is entering a uniquely challenging environment. Yet, with crisis and chaos comes opportunity, and this type of economy is also ripe for innovation.
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Ballast Rock Group CEO On Why Some Real Estate Is Riskier Than Others
Ballast Rock Group is an integrated investment management company. CEO Tom Carroll gives an overview of the company as it operates Ballast Rock Asset Management, Ballast Rock Private Wealth, and Ballast Rock Capital.
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It's Time To Stop Painting Private-Market Investing With An 'Alts' Brush
It may seem like mere semantics, but the words used to describe any investment asset class outside of publicly trade stocks or bonds matter now more than ever before.
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Ballast Rock lands South Carolina property
After getting a discount, the apartment owner closed on the 132-unit Bentree Apartments.
Read more → Finding a loan will be more difficult in 2023
The agencies remain in the game, but questions surround other debt sources.
Read more → Apartment sales volume drops 17% in 2022
"Obviously, the Fed was hiking funds," said Thomas Carroll, founder and CEO of Charleston, South Carolina-based owner and manager Ballast Rock Group.
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Sunbelt Multifamily Fund II Makes Final Acquisition: Bentree Apartments
Sunbelt Multifamily Fund II (SB2) has completed its final acquisition, Bentree Apartments. With the SB2 acquisition stage now fully completed and all investor capital deployed, Ballast Rock expects to launch Sunbelt Multifamily Fund III (SB3) shortly.
Read more → Ballast Rock Group Announces 2022 Year-End Performance of its Sunbelt Real Estate Funds
Ballast Rock Group anticipates launching its third Southeast-focused workforce multifamily fund in Q1 2023.
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Ballast Rock Group Forms Ballast Rock Private Wealth to Provide Financial Advice to High-Net Worth Individuals with a Focus on Alternative Investments
Ballast Rock Group will internally reorganize to create distinct asset management and broker-dealer divisions to support its private equity, real estate, and venture capital offerings.
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Webcast Recording: Workforce Housing Proves Its Value
The pandemic underscored the strength and vitality of workforce housing, which all too often has been seen as a solid but unexceptional corner of the multifamily market.
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South Carolina Investment Group Bolsters Multifamily Portfolio With Latest Purchase in Alabama
Ballast Rock Capital, a Charleston, South Carolina-based investment group, continues to grow its multifamily portfolio with its latest purchase in Alabama.
Read more → Charleston-Based Investment Firm Buys Columbia Multifamily Property
Charleston, South Carolina-based Ballast Rock Capital acquired the Gleneagle Apartments in Columbia, South Carolina, for $17.5 million.
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COVID-19 Recession Reconfirms Watermark Partners' Focus on Workforce Housing
Managing partner Thomas Carroll shares why he thinks this multifamily sector will be one of the most resilient in commercial real estate.
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