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B-D failed to supervise adequately ex-rep in Oregon who flogged the investments; some clients in their 80s
Environmentally friendly portfolios will attract more investors, experts say
Real estate money managers are becoming the dominant buyers and sellers in the commercial real estate market, increasing the likelihood that institutional investors could have exposure to both sides of a single transaction.
Correlation drops dramatically over five years; investors holding too much stock, too little real estate, says Nareit economist
Despite gloom and doom, retail real estate still strong; outlets poised for dramatic growth, says Tanger
U.S. Representative Barney Frank urged members of the congressional committee charged with reducing the U.S. budget deficit to impose a risk-based fee on large banks with over $50 billion in assets and hedge funds with over $10 billion.
Don't make the mistake of assuming the growth of Internet retail sales is the beginning of the end for retail stores.
To hear it from the perspective of retail-sector real estate specialists, it might be easy to assume that the U.S. economy is moving full-steam ahead, and that bodes well for investors in retail properties, particularly outlet centers
With stock trading down, the major online brokerage firms continue to ramp up their options-trading capabilities. While futures generate sizable commissions, critics worry that the use of greater leverage could leave less-sophisticated investors wondering where their money went.
In a move that highlights regulators' concerns with nontraded real estate investment trusts, Wells REIT II told investors last week that the new estimated value per share is $7.47
An eye-opening analysis of the “distributions” of nontraded REITs sold exclusively by David Lerner Associates Inc. shows that the REITs' property investments largely underperformed the level required to pay promised dividends to investors
Morningstar Inc. is gauging the interest of brokerage firms and financial advisers in research coverage of nontraded real estate investment trusts
Independent research on growing market could help reps and advisers
Having hit bottom, high-end hotels and industrial properties should thrive
Net inflows at five-year high; seekers of yield have few options
Housing is inexpensive and should be attractive to legitimate buyers
Investors are skittish about real estate investments due to the beating that the sector has taken over the past few years, but alternative-investment managers say that real estate has some features that make it worth another look
As sponsors of nontraded real estate investment trusts continue their full-court press on sales, some independent broker-dealers are dialing back their level of risk and have cut back, or are considering reducing, the number of REIT products they allow their representatives to sell
