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TriLinc Global Impact Fund makes investments in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia

TriLinc Global Impact Fund has approved an additional $13.9 million in term loans and trade…

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White House to nominate EBSA assistant secretary

The Trump administration has plans to nominate a new assistant secretary for the Department of…

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Another $1b data center coming to Northern Virginia

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Vantage Data Centers has acquired 42 acres in Ashburn, Va.

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China, U.S. Lead Infrastructure Shortfall: Nearly $100t in global spending is needed by 2040

by Mike Consol

Almost one-fifth of the $94 trillion in global infrastructure investment needed by 2040 risks being unfunded if current spending trends continue, the G20-backed Global Infrastructure Hub reported, but there is an $18 trillion shortfall between current investment projections and required spending.

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Houston Real Estate After Harvey: With property damage estimates upward of $100 billion, the storm might end up the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history

by Paul Fiorilla

Hurricane Harvey slammed into Houston on Aug. 25 and dropped more than 50 inches of rain over the next few days, producing a swath of flooding in low-lying developments and areas near rivers, lakes and reservoirs. The flooding damaged tens of thousands of single-family residences and apartments, commercial properties, vehicles and infrastructure. The storm might end up as the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history, with property damage estimates upward of $100 billion.

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Yale’s Endowment returns 11.3% for fiscal year

Yale’s endowment earned an 11.3 percent investment return for the year ending June 30, 2017.

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Brookfield to buy Center Coast Capital Holdings

Brookfield Asset Management’s Public Securities Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Center…

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Starlight commences $1.3b U.S. multifamily acquisition program with new institutional partners

Starlight Investments has commenced its $1.3 billion U.S. multifamily acquisition program with new institutional partners.

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How to Invest in Farmland

by Steve Gruber and Howard Kaplan

Agriculture encompasses a broad swath of economic activities — from providing grower inputs and equipment, to operating farmland, to processing raw commodities and distributing food products. Investment in farmland is a relatively recent phenomenon, and early investors have generally reaped meaningful returns thanks to increasing acceptance. Future return prospects are promising due to supply growth slowing and effective demand growth increasing. The influx of capital into the sector has led to a proliferation of investment products for investors that vary based on their risk and return characteristics, exposures and cost.

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The Silver Tsunami Meets the Robo-Adviser: Fintech could help the wealth advisory business serve many more clients

by Benjamin Cole

As widely chronicled, those unruly college kids of the 1960s, the visible spear-point of a post-World War II baby boom that has defined U.S. popular culture and macroeconomics for decades, are now on the doorsteps of retirement. Through life, baby boomers have swamped institutions and markets, from elementary schools, to universities, to jobs and housing situations, and soon will become the golden-year habitués of cruise ships, retirement homes and hospices.