Non-Traded REIT, BDC Sales Suffer As Pricing Shifts SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 | DAN JAMIESON | Financial Advisor Facing a shifting regulatory landscape, sales of non-traded REITs and business development companies look to be off about 50 percent this year. For the same reason, sales are shifting to lower-cost share classes. Through August, sales of non-traded REITs were…

Pershing Rolls Out Lower-Minimum Advice Platform, Designed To Help Advisors Comply with the DOL Rule September 23, 2016 | By Ben Lee, Contributor | Trust Advisor Commentary on ThinkAdvisor article by Melanie Waddell Pershing wants to make it easier for advisors to comply with the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule, introducing a new platform geared at mass-affluent…

Financial advisers' business models need changing to win over millennial clients: expert Sep 29, 2016 @ 12:08 pm | By Jeff Benjamin | Investment News Products and services geared toward baby boomers won't work for the younger generation, according to a presentation at the IMCA Private Wealth Advisor Conference in Chicago  

ADISA Honors Award Winners at 2016 Annual Conference in Las Vegas GlobeNewswire | September 27, 2016 LAS VEGAS, Sept. 27, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ADISA, the nation’s largest trade association for the alternative and direct investment space, announced today the 2016 winners of the organization’s A Champion of Excellence (ACE), Distinguished Service and President’s awards. The awards…

PIEtech℠ – Adding Bench Strength to Help Financial Advisors PIEtech℠, Inc., increases its focus on helping firms meet the new DOL regulations with the addition of Curtis Shoch to the executive team. Powhatan, VA (PRWEB) September 29, 2016 PIEtech℠, Inc., increases its focus on helping firms meet the new DOL regulations with the addition of…

Blue Vault’s Second Quarter Report – What’s New? Blue Vault has released its Second Quarter 2016 Nontraded REIT Industry Review. Here are some key findings from our research: Sales by nontraded REITs totaled an estimated $1.09 billion, down from the $2.35 billion recorded in Q1 2016. This number is more than 57% below the average…

106 North American real estate companies increase dividends YTD September 2016 | Andrew Barnes | S&P Global Editor's note: This Data Dispatch is updated on a recurring basis. Click here to view these charts in Excel format, and for further dividend analysis, use the Real Estate Dividends Template in SNL's Template Library. Year-to-date through Sept.…

Mall Owners Go on Defensive to Rescue Aéropostale Landlords’ unusual strategy aims to hold on to tenant’s stores and avoid a liquidation Aéropostale filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May and later faced the threat of liquidation. Simon Property Group counts 160 Aéropostale stores and General Growth Properties has 77 in their respective tenant…

Securities America acquires another broker-dealer Purchase of Wall Street Financial Group is the firm's ninth and second in as many months Sep 26, 2016 @ 9:36 am | By Bruce Kelly| Investment News For the second time in as many months, Securities America Inc. said it was acquiring the assets of another broker-dealer. Securities America,…