SEC could step up if DoL fiduciary rule is overturned, FINRA CEO says January 23 2017, 9:56pm EST | Chelsea Emery | FinancialPlanning The SEC has been authorized to craft its own fiduciary standard under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act. However, the regulator has yet to act. In their wide-ranging conversation, Cook spelled out what he saw as…

Broker-dealers have different views on recruiting over next six months DOL rule could prompt some advisers to move ahead of time — and others to stay put until they gauge rule's impact Jan 12, 2017 @ 4:15 pm | Bruce Kelly | InvestmentNews.com Senior executives at leading independent broker-dealers are split in their assessment of recruiting over…

Deals Day: Investor snaps up Dallas office tower; Grapevine shopping center trades hands Jan 23, 2017, 1:09pm CST | Candace Carlisle | Dallas Business Journal Dallas-Fort Worth ranked as the No. 2 market in the United States — behind the Austin metro — in the 38th survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the Urban Land Institute. North…

A $90 Billion Debt Wave Shows Cracks in U.S. Property Boom January 24, 2017, 10:18 AM EST | by Sarah Mulholland | Bloomberg A $90 billion wave of maturing commercial mortgages, leftover debt from the 2007 lending boom, is laying bare the weak links in the U.S. real estate market. It’s getting harder for landlords…

FSI renews efforts to scrap DOL rule and push for universal standard by SEC The trade group for independent broker-dealers will take the offensive in trying to shape the kind of fiduciary standard it believes will be advantageous for its business in the future Jan 24, 2017 @ 12:32 pm | by Mark Schoeff Jr. | InvestmentNews.com…

2016 Sees Surge In Demand For Data Centers CHICAGO—And 2017 should see even more growth, as both the public and corporations flock to the cloud. January 20, 2017 | by BRIAN J. ROGAL | GlobeSt.com   CHICAGO—The demand for data center space intensified throughout 2016, and with the public’s appetite for online videos and a growing corporate thirst for…

Is Trump a threat to the fiduciary rule? The financial services industry has spent months preparing for April 10 Jan 23, 2017 1:08 p.m. ET | by Robert Powell | MarketWatch While the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule is scheduled to take effect April 10, some experts predict that President Trump will somehow, someway put the kibosh on…

The one asset class that investment chiefs are avoiding as ‘Trumponomics’ arrive Returns for government bonds will be sad, a poll of CIOs found Jan 24, 2017 4:08 a.m. ET | by Victor Reklaitis | MarketWatch Some 83% of respondents to a Financial News poll of chief investment officers said government bonds are set for poor returns…

CNL Growth Properties, Inc. Agrees to Sell Oxford Square Property and Will Announce NAV January 24, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault On January 18, 2017, CNL Growth Properties, Inc. together with a joint venture agreed to sell Oxford Square, a 248-unit multifamily residential community, for approximately $65.7 million. The purchaser is the Howard County…