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…

2017 to be year of independent broker-dealer mergers Jan 22, 2017 @ 12:01 am | by Bruce Kelly | InvestmentNews.com If past is prologue, 2017 should see a steady pace of independent broker-dealer consolidation and mergers and acquisitions. Last year saw transactions involving firms that house thousands of registered reps and financial advisers as the industry scrambled…

RIAs merging at a record clip, more breakaways become RIAs Multiple forces are driving industry consolidation January 18, 2017 @ 7:00 am | by Jeff Benjamin | InvestmentNews Consolidation in the registered investment adviser space has become fast and furious, with no slowdown in sight, according to the latest research from Echelon Partners. The 138 transactions…

Hotel prices in D.C. up 927% ahead of Trump’s inauguration — and protests Airbnb is also seeing 10 times the demand for rooms as it did in 2013 January 17, 2017 11:35 a.m. | by Kari Paul | MarketWatch If you’re planning on attending the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, finding a place to…