Trading Nation: Traded real estate lags badly   Monday, 5 Dec 2016 | 2:52 PM ET | CNBC Erin Gibbs, S&P Global, and Craig Johnson, Piper Jaffray, discuss the real estate investment trust sector with Brian Sullivan. News Story Located Here

Blackstone's Schwarzman sees historic regulatory overhaul from Trump By By Dan Freed Published December 06, 2016 Features Reuters Blackstone Group LP Chairman and CEO Steve Schwarzman said on Tuesday he expected to see a "very substantial reversal of regulations of all types," for the financial sector, following Donald Trump's U.S. presidential election victory. Schwarzman, who…

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NAFA seeks stay of DOL fiduciary rule during appeals process The insurance industry group wants the April 10 applicability date of the rule extended while it pushes the case up the court chain Nov 30, 2016 @ 12:51 pm | By Mark Schoeff Jr. | Investment News An insurance industry group suing the Labor Department over an…

Office And Industrial: Buy Or Sell? NOVEMBER 28, 2016 | BY CARRIE ROSSENFELD | GlobeSt.com CARLSBAD, CA—One sector has space to spare; the other is tight as can be. Lee’s Peter Merz weighs in with GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY on the disparity between the two property types and the trends affecting both of them. In Carlsbad, as in…

What Phyllis Borzi has to say about the DOL rule now The architect of the Department of Labor fiduciary regulation claims it is already paying dividends by lowering costs for investors — and isn't going away Dec 1, 2016 @ 4:05 pm | By Mark Schoeff Jr. | Investment News Labor Assistant Secretary Phyllis Borzi said the…

Understanding Asset Management Fees December 1, 2016 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault Asset management fees (also known as Advisory Fees) are ongoing fees charged to investors in nontraded REIT programs. These fees accrue monthly or quarterly and are based on the sponsor’s definition of asset totals. While Blue Vault’s recent Fee Study found…

No, The End Is Not Near For Brick-And-Mortar Retail NOVEMBER 28, 2016 | BY ERIKA MORPHY | GlobeSt.com WASHINGTON, DC--The problem isn’t that online sales are rocking the Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend but underperforming properties and retailers. Never before has the divide between online retail and brick-and-mortar retail sales been as stark as it has this…

IBDs overwhelmingly say Trump should revoke fiduciary rule: survey Nearly 90% of respondents to a Financial Services Institute survey indicate their support for repeal Nov 29, 2016 @ 1:09 pm | By Greg Iacurci | Investment News Registered representatives of independent broker-dealers overwhelmingly believe president-elect Donald Trump should revoke the Labor Department's fiduciary rule, according to a…