Dividend Cap Forms Advisory Firm

Dividend Capital Group, Denver, has announced the formation of Dividend Capital Investments, an investment advisory firm focused on managing public real estate securities.DCI plans a March 16 launch of the Dividend Capital Realty Income Fund, which will invest in securities of real estate investment trusts and other companies chiefly engaged in the real estate industry. The fund will be offered to individual investors through DCI's network of broker-dealer relationships, Dividend Capital said. Russell Platt, DCI's chief investment officer and the former CIO of Morgan Stanley Asset Management's real estate division, will head the fund's investment team.