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Financial Advisor to Chair FSI Board of Directors June 29, 2017

Financial Advisor to Chair FSI Board of Directors

Financial Advisor to Chair FSI Board of Directors June 29, 2017 | The DI Wire The Financial Services Institute, a trade organization that represents independent financial advisors and financial services firms, has elected new directors for its 2018 board of directors. The new directors include Ed Forst, president and CEO of Lincoln Investment Planning; Chris…
Resource Real Estate Nontraded REITs COO Kevin Finkel Resigns June 29, 2017

Resource Real Estate Nontraded REITs COO Kevin Finkel Resigns

Resource Real Estate Nontraded REITs COO Kevin Finkel Resigns June 30, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On June 27, 2017, Kevin M. Finkel notified the boards of directors of Resource Real Estate Opportunity REITs I and II, as well as Resource Income & Opportunity REIT, Inc. of his resignation as Chief Operating Officer and…
Institutional sponsors moving in on nontraded REIT market June 29, 2017

Institutional sponsors moving in on nontraded REIT market

Institutional sponsors moving in on nontraded REIT market June 26, 2017 | by TOM YEATTS | S&P Global Market Intelligence  Regulatory changes and the departure of key sponsors have dramatically changed the nontraded real estate investment trust sector, and the players likely to dominate going forward will be much larger, with more prominent reputations, than their…
Why Warren Buffett Just Invested in This $2.6 Trillion Industry, and How You Can, Too June 29, 2017

Why Warren Buffett Just Invested in This $2.6 Trillion Industry, and How You Can, Too

Why Warren Buffett Just Invested in This $2.6 Trillion Industry, and How You Can, Too Here's why net lease real estate could be a smart addition to your portfolio. June 27, 2017 | by Matthew Frankel | The Motley Fool Net-lease real estate investment trust Store Capital (NYSE:STOR) recently announced that Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) (NYSE:BRK-B), the conglomerate led by Warren Buffett, had made a…
What Some BDs are Doing Wrong in Cybersecurity June 29, 2017

What Some BDs are Doing Wrong in Cybersecurity

What Some BDs are Doing Wrong in Cybersecurity June 28, 2017 | by Rita Raagas De Ramos | Financial Advisor IQ Finra has found six common cybersecurity weaknesses it has observed from examinations of its member-firms. And the failings read as a to-do list of things broker-dealers should do to ensure their cybersecurity is up to scratch. These…
Labor’s Alexander Acosta and SEC’s Jay Clayton tell lawmakers they will work together on fiduciary rule June 29, 2017

Labor’s Alexander Acosta and SEC’s Jay Clayton tell lawmakers they will work together on fiduciary rule

Labor's Alexander Acosta and SEC's Jay Clayton tell lawmakers they will work together on fiduciary rule In separate appearances before Senate panels, the regulators stressed the cooperation that Republican legislators and opponents of the DOL fiduciary rule are demanding June 27, 2017 | by Mark Schoeff Jr. | InvestmentNews Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta and Securities and Exchange…
U.S. apartment vacancy rate edges up in second quarter: Reis June 28, 2017

U.S. apartment vacancy rate edges up in second quarter: Reis

U.S. apartment vacancy rate edges up in second quarter: Reis June 27, 2017 | Reuters The U.S. apartment vacancy rate increased in the second quarter and rents were higher, according to a report from Reis Inc (REIS.O). The national vacancy rate rose slightly to 4.4 percent in the second quarter from 4.3 percent in the…
Real estate investors watching Washington to glean sector impacts June 28, 2017

Real estate investors watching Washington to glean sector impacts

Real estate investors watching Washington to glean sector impacts June 21, 2017 | by ARLEEN JACOBIUS | Pensions & Investments  Unlike some asset classes, commercial real estate did not participate in the so-called Trump bump. But real estate growth in coming years could, in part, be affected by which of the administration’s policies becomes reality, according to…

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