House spending bill includes provision to kill DOL fiduciary rule Congressional Republicans continue to fight the measure that requires advisers to retirement accounts to act in clients' best interest Jul 7, 2016 @ 12:25 pm | By Mark Schoeff Jr. | Investment News House lawmakers approved a spending bill Thursday that included a provision to…

    Office Outlook In A Word: ‘Vigorous’ JULY 12, 2016 | BY JOHN SALUSTRI | GlobeSt.com CALABASAS, CA— “Steady office improvement with balanced development buoy investor interest,” says Marcus & Millichap in its quarterly market report. Office vacancy rates might still hover higher than pre-recession averages, but the outlook for the market remains positive, reports…

Dot Your I’s and Cross Your T’s – Get Ready for the Next Generation of Share Classes  July 13, 2016 - Part Two in a month long series of Share Class blog posts. This week, we’re taking a closer look at some of the more specialized share classes available through alternative investments. June’s sales data…

    June Nontraded REIT and BDC Performance July 13, 2016 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault The numbers are in, and we have the latest data on nontraded REIT and BDC performance for the month of June. After reaching a high mark in February of approximately $543.5 million, sales numbers declined each month…

    Good times for fast-casual chains JULY 8, 2016 | BY MARIANNE WILSON | Chain Store Age Bolstered by the rapid expansion of build-your-own pizza concepts, fast-casual chains had another strong year in 2015. That’s according to Technomic Inc.’s annual Top 250 Fast-Casual Chain Restaurant report, which reported that cumulative sales in the fast-casual dining…

    New Financial Disclosure Rules Pose Latest Hurdle for Beleaguered Non-Traded REIT Industry Capital Raising in Non-Traded REIT Industry Plunges from Previous Years, According to Stanger, as Firms Brace for FINRA 15-02 By Randyl Drummer | June 29, 2016 | CoStar Over the next few weeks, investors in non-traded REITs will begin receiving new financial…

    Despite Rising Vacancies, Apts. Still Strong JULY 5, 2016 | BY CARRIE ROSSENFELD  | GlobeSt.com IRVINE, CA— “This is still a tight vacancy level, so rents will enjoy growth averaging about 3.6% per year” between now and 2018, predicts Ten-X’s Peter Muoio in this EXCLUSIVE interview about the future of the apartment sector.…

    Democratic platform draft includes financial transactions tax, defense of DOL fiduciary rule The party is set to endorse a levy on securities sales when it meets at its national convention in Philadelphia later this month Jul 6, 2016 @ 1:47 pm | By Mark Schoeff Jr. | Investment News Democrats are set to endorse a…

    When the neighborhood is owned by billion-dollar companies By MIKE SCHNEIDER | Jul. 3, 2016 9:42 AM EDT | AP APOPKA, Florida (AP) — Many of the single-family homes in the Piedmont Park neighborhood of Apopka, Florida, used to be owned by families — the Vargases and the Townes, the Pierces and the Riddles. Now,…