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Cetera to Buy Tax-Focused Avantax in $1.2B Deal September 12, 2023

Cetera to Buy Tax-Focused Avantax in $1.2B Deal

Cetera to Buy Tax-Focused Avantax in $1.2B Deal September 11, 2023 | Janet Levaux | Think Advisor Cetera Financial Group is buying Avantax, formerly Blucora, in an all-cash transaction for $1.2 billion — a transaction that adds Fidelity as a custodial partner for Cetera. The news comes a month after Cetera wrapped up its purchase…
NBIM: Listed and Private Real Estate is All The Same in The Long Run September 6, 2023

NBIM: Listed and Private Real Estate is All The Same in The Long Run

For the past three years Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the $1.43 trillion Government Pension Fund Global, has managed its listed and unlisted real estate teams under one umbrella. It was part of a re-organisation to bring the teams closer together following the 2019 shift to manage the real estate exposure in one combined…
US Hotel Metrics Drop in Week Ended August 26 September 6, 2023

US Hotel Metrics Drop in Week Ended August 26

US hotel performance weakened during the week ended August 26, matching historical seasonal patterns, STR reported, citing the latest data from CoStar, which provides information and analytics in the property markets.
How Wall Street’s REIT giants are reshaping U.S. real estate September 5, 2023

How Wall Street’s REIT giants are reshaping U.S. real estate

U.S real estate investment trusts today manage $4.5 trillion in real estate worldwide. Many groups on Wall Street offer these tax-friendly funds to retail investors. KKR’s real estate business is one of the big players in the REIT game. The private equity firm manages multiple REIT funds. The KKR Real Estate Select Trust, which currently manages…
Growth on US REIT’s same-store net operating income slows in Q2 August 31, 2023

Growth on US REIT’s same-store net operating income slows in Q2

US equity real estate investment trusts saw weaker gains on same-store net operating income during the second quarter. S&P Global Market Intelligence prefers to take cash-based same-store net operating income, if available. However, a noncash-based net operating income will be used if not...
Sluggish CRE Lending Persists: CBRE August 21, 2023

Sluggish CRE Lending Persists: CBRE

In the face of market uncertainty, CRE lending slowed in the second quarter, according to CBRE. The company’s Lending Momentum Index fell from 204 in the first quarter to 193 in the second quarter, representing declines of 5.4 percent from the first quarter and 52.2 percent year-over-year....

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