Finra enforcement chief Brad Bennett to resign Susan Schroeder, deputy head of enforcement, will take his place on an acting basis while regulator conducts a search for permanent replacement Dec 15, 2016 @ 10:53 am | By Mark Schoeff Jr. | Investment News Finra pursued broad, sweeping cases and also ramped up its crackdown on smaller violations…

After Macy's deal, affiliated investors sell downtown office buildings for $33.4M Dec 8, 2016, 6:00am PST | Jon Bell | Portland Business Journal An affiliate of the company that just a few weeks ago bought five floors of the iconic Meier & Frank Building in Portland has now sold one of its other downtown assets…

The Pack Rat Indicator: Why Hoarding Is a Good Sign No longer just for death, disaster, and divorce, self-storage construction is booming as Americans buy more stuff. December 13, 2016, 4:00 AM EST | by Patrick Clark | Bloomberg For John Bull, a Portland, Ore.-based contractor who specializes in self-storage centers, a typical day entails supervising…

Members of Donald Trump's DOL landing team oppose fiduciary rule While the president-elect's pick to head DOL hasn't said anything about the rule, others on the team have objected to it Dec 14, 2016 @ 1:23 pm | By Mark Schoeff Jr | Investment News Although President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of labor may be a…

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire a Class A Office Building in Atlanta, Georgia December 8, 2016 | Source Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. | Tucson News Now SOURCE Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. ATLANTA, Dec. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: APTS) ("PAC" or the "Company") today announced that on December 2,…

Industrial real estate market is at top of its game, says JLL By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor · December 8, 2016 | Logistics Manager The industrial real estate firm pointed to myriad factors for better than good market conditions in 2016, which it said are likely to continue in 2017, including: low interest rates,…

Is CRE Past Market Peak? Dec 13, 2016 | by NREI Staff | NREI Based on NREI’s survey of industry professionals in November, fewer commercial real estate insiders believe that the market is at its peak than was the case in October. Forty four percent of those surveyed indicated they believe the commercial real estate market is…

Outlook good for expanded accredited investor definition after strong approval in House Sailing through the chamber Monday, 391-2, bill includes changes to who is considered a sophisticated investor eligible to participate in private placements Dec 6, 2016 @ 1:07 pm | By Mark Schoeff Jr. | Investment News Congress could act before the end of the year…

Morningstar's Top Picks for Inflation Protection By Christine Benz | 12-07-16 | 05:00 AM | Morning Star Surveying the fund and ETF landscape, from direct hedges like TIPS to indirect inflation-fighting plays such as floating rate loans and commodities. Over the past decade, many investors have learned some hard lessons about attempting to predict the direction of inflation.…