Rising interest rates this year are helping property-linked stocks outperform the broader U.S. equity market as investors bet real estate investment trusts (REITs) will provide a better return as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary policy further.

The 75-year-old co-founder of IBD firm Cadaret, Grant & Co. has agreed to sell his company to Atria Wealth Solutions, a wealth management services holding company launched last summer by two former Morgan Stanley executives with the help of a private equity firm.

On April 23, 2018, the board of directors of Hines Global REIT, Inc. (“the Company”) unanimously approved a plan of liquidation.

Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc. ("SST II") announced on April 20 that its board of directors has approved an estimated per share net asset value ("NAV") of its Class A common stock and Class T common stock of $10.65, calculated as of December 31, 2017.

On April 19, 2018, the board of directors of SSGT (the “Board”) approved an estimated value per share for Class A shares and Class T shares of $11.58 based on the estimated value of assets less the estimated value of liabilities, or net asset value, divided by the number of shares outstanding on an adjusted…

On April 18, 2018, a subsidiary of Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc., entered into a purchase and sale agreement for the acquisition of a portfolio of seven self storage facilities in Texas.

KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT has filed additional details regarding its acquisition of City Tower on March 6, 2018.

KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT has filed articles of dissolution effective April 18, 2018.

As expected, reactions to the SEC’s proposed standard of conduct or fiduciary rules pertaining to brokers’ relationships with clients met with mixed reviews.