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1031 ‘Like-Kind’ Exchanges Are Under Fire. Again July 6, 2017

1031 ‘Like-Kind’ Exchanges Are Under Fire. Again

1031 'Like-Kind' Exchanges Are Under Fire. Again June 29, 2017 | by Ben Mattlin | Financial Advisor With all the turmoil in Washington, one important proposed tax change has mostly fallen through the cracks: the gutting or outright elimination of the 1031 exchange provision. Essentially, Section 1031 of the tax code allows those who sell a parcel…
Focus on Alternatives: Richard Gann on share classes July 6, 2017

Focus on Alternatives: Richard Gann on share classes

Focus on Alternatives: Richard Gann on share classes July 2017 | Real Assets Adviser  Richard Gann, chief products officer at Steadfast Capital Markets Group, discusses the different share class structures in non-traded alternative investments, including the basics of A, T, and R/I shares, differences in pricing and distribution yields, fee structures and more. Read Full Article…
Finra Freezes Executive Pay as Revenue Declines July 6, 2017

Finra Freezes Executive Pay as Revenue Declines

Finra Freezes Executive Pay as Revenue Declines July 5, 2017 | by Mason Braswell | AdvisorHub Seven top executives at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority earned at least $1 million in 2016 but a 6% decline in revenue has led the industry-financed organization to freeze salaries and promotions in 2017, according to the group’s annual report. “We expect…
Trump Administration Rebuffs Challenge to Fiduciary Rule in Appeals Court July 6, 2017

Trump Administration Rebuffs Challenge to Fiduciary Rule in Appeals Court

Trump Administration Rebuffs Challenge to Fiduciary Rule in Appeals Court U.S. asks Fifth Circuit largely to uphold the rule as regulators move to revise it, or further delay implementation July 4, 2017 | by Mike Scarcella | ThinkAdvisor   The U.S. Labor Department late Monday urged a federal appeals court to largely uphold Obama-era regulations that confronted…
Blackstone agrees to buy Singapore-listed REIT for $650 mln July 3, 2017

Blackstone agrees to buy Singapore-listed REIT for $650 mln

Blackstone agrees to buy Singapore-listed REIT for $650 mln June 28, 2017 | Reuters   SINGAPORE, June 28 (Reuters) - U.S. private equity group Blackstone Group LLP agreed to buy Singapore-listed and Japan-focused Croesus Retail Trust (CRT) for S$900.6 million ($650 million), part of an trend of buyouts of real estate investment trusts (REITs). Affiliates…
DOL Asks You if it Should Delay Fiduciary Rule Again July 3, 2017

DOL Asks You if it Should Delay Fiduciary Rule Again

DOL Asks You if it Should Delay Fiduciary Rule Again June 30, 2017 | By Alex Padalka | Financial Advisor IQ The Department of Labor has issued a request for information on the fiduciary rule, comments from which could lead to an eventual delay of its scheduled implementation date. The first set of questions in the RFI, for which the comment period…
Total Income+ Real Estate Fund Announces 2Q Distribution at a 5.25% Annualized Distribution Rate July 3, 2017

Total Income+ Real Estate Fund Announces 2Q Distribution at a 5.25% Annualized Distribution Rate

Total Income+ Real Estate Fund Announces 2Q Distribution at a 5.25% Annualized Distribution Rate Jun 29, 2017, 18:00 ET | Bluerock's Total Income+ Real Estate Fund  NEW YORK, June 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluerock's Total Income+ Real Estate Fund ("Fund" or "TI+," tickers: TIPRX, TIPPX, TIPWX, TIPLX) has paid a second quarter distribution of $0.3878per share, or 1.31% for the…
Griffin Capital Company Celebrates Three Year Anniversary for Griffin Institutional Access™ Real Estate Fund July 3, 2017

Griffin Capital Company Celebrates Three Year Anniversary for Griffin Institutional Access™ Real Estate Fund

Griffin Capital Company Celebrates Three Year Anniversary for Griffin Institutional Access™ Real Estate Fund June 30, 2017 12:22 ET | Source: Griffin Capital Real Estate-Focused Interval Fund Achieves $1.7 Billion in AUM EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Griffin Capital Company, LLC (“Griffin Capital”) announced today that its Griffin Institutional Access Real Estate Fund (NASDAQ:GIREX) (NASDAQ:GCREX)…

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