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Advisors and Firms Must Now Adapt to Survive May 23, 2017

Advisors and Firms Must Now Adapt to Survive

Advisors and Firms Must Now Adapt to Survive April 27, 2017 | by Bob Curtis | Financial Advisor IQ  Everyone is talking about the uncertainty around whether the Department of Labor’s proposed fiduciary rule will be delayed further due to the executive order from President Donald Trump, or if it will be implemented at all. What they…
The truth about T shares May 18, 2017

The truth about T shares

The truth about T shares Created to help ease conflicts, the new class has some drawbacks May 13, 2017 | by Rob Cirrotti | GlobeSt.com Regardless of the future of the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule, it is clear that the fiduciary mindset is here to stay and will continue to be a catalyst for change.…
Good Retail Times Or Troubled, It’s All A Matter Of Attitude May 18, 2017

Good Retail Times Or Troubled, It’s All A Matter Of Attitude

Good Retail Times Or Troubled, It’s All A Matter Of Attitude OAK BROOK, IL--Maybe it’s experience. Maybe it’s a natural optimism. Maybe it’s both. But Inland’s Joe Cosenza doesn’t flinch in up times or (the inevitable) down times. May 12, 2017 | by JOHN SALUSTRI | GlobeSt.com OAK BROOK, IL–Joe Cosenza loves an upmarket. The president of…
Latest Readings Show Commercial Property Prices Continuing to Moderate May 18, 2017

Latest Readings Show Commercial Property Prices Continuing to Moderate

Latest Readings Show Commercial Property Prices Continuing to Moderate Commercial real estate prices remain flat according to the most recent readings from three major indices. May 16, 2017 | by Elaine Misonzhnik | National Real Estate Investors  With reported increases in cap rates and a slowing investment sales market, the three major commercial property prices indices…
The Net Lease Market In One Word May 17, 2017

The Net Lease Market In One Word

The Net Lease Market In One Word The first quarter of 2017 can be summed up with a single word: Stable.  According to our Calkain research team, the entire market only moved 11 bps.… May 11, 2017 | by JONATHAN HIPP | GlobeSt.com The first quarter of 2017 can be summed up with a single word: Stable.…
Student Housing Sales Outperform the Rest of the Market May 17, 2017

Student Housing Sales Outperform the Rest of the Market

Student Housing Sales Outperform the Rest of the Market May 8, 2017 | by Bendix Anderson | National Real Estate Investor Not counting portfolio deals, investors bought and sold $1.1 billion in student housing properties in the first quarter of 2016, according to real estate services firm CBRE. Commercial real estate investors are increasingly keeping their wallets…
SEC’s Piwowar Warns About ‘SAFE’ Crowdfunding Instrument May 15, 2017

SEC’s Piwowar Warns About ‘SAFE’ Crowdfunding Instrument

SEC’s Piwowar Warns About ‘SAFE’ Crowdfunding Instrument SEC Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issues ‘SAFE’ alert the same day May 9, 2017 | by Melanie Waddell | ThinkAdvisor The Securities and Exchange Commission is monitoring a troubling trend arising out of its Regulation Crowdfunding – the use of a new startup-financing instrument, the so-called “SAFE,” in…
A $420 million Merrill Lynch team joins LPL May 11, 2017

A $420 million Merrill Lynch team joins LPL

A $420 million Merrill Lynch team joins LPL May 9, 2017 | by InvestmentNews  A four-person team that managed $420 million in assets at Merrill Lynch in Melville, N.Y., has gone independent and affiliated with LPL Financial. The Choice Group Wealth Management, led by advisers Ira Katz, John Scala, Bryce Wilinski and Daniel McNicholas, will operate…

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