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Real Estate

Global economic stress to drive increased sale-leaseback activity

Despite a slowdown in commercial real estate markets, a tough macroeconomic backdrop and tighter lending…

Energy

Swell Energy raises $120m to bring total solar and battery virtual power plants to 600 MWh

Swell Energy has raised $120 million to further its popular virtual power plant (VPP) programs.…

Commodities

Desert Royalty Company acquires Legacy Mineral Position from private seller

Desert Royalty Company has purchased a material mineral position from a private seller in core…

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The living sector: Investors take bigger step into housing alternatives

by Beth Mattson-Teig

Institutions that once focused solely on multifamily assets are increasing allocations across a broader spectrum of rental housing strategies. Supply/demand fundamentals paint a fairly compelling picture for market-rate and affordable residential investments.

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Tax Update: Roth conversion ladders make more tax-free retirement savings possible

by Elizabeth Ayoola

The Roth IRA can be an attractive retirement account for investors. One reason is that Roth IRAs can help you save money on taxes, especially if you anticipate being in a higher tax bracket in the future. A strategy called a Roth conversion ladder can help with more tax savings on money you may have stashed away in other retirement accounts. What is a Roth conversion ladder?

Resource Center

Principal Asset Management’s Emily Foshag on why institutional investors should consider listed infrastructure

Glossary, videos, podcasts, research in the Resource Center

Real Estate

Institutions expected to increase target allocations to real estate, says report

Institutions continue to increase target allocations to real estate, with the expectation that attractive buying…

Real Estate

FD Stonewater launches evergreen fund targeting single-tenant assets

FD Stonewater has launched a new value-add evergreen fund targeting single-tenant assets. The FD Stonewater…

Transactions

Big Sky Medical closes investment in Texas A&M Health Science Center

Big Sky Medical, an investment manager focused on commercial real estate across the United States…

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Talking Points: Quotations from people in the news

Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, commenting on high gas prices: “We’re definitely concerned. We want the cost to our drivers to be as low as possible, and the good news is used car prices are coming down, new car prices are coming down, gas prices in the U.S. are elevated but generally moving in the right direction, and we’re seeing more and more drivers flip over to electric vehicles.”

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The single-family rental: Is the emerging asset class a complement or competitor to traditional housing options

by Sabrina Unger and Britteni Lupe

With capital shifting from the more challenged office and retail sectors toward residential, investors are increasingly broadening their scope to include different forms of for-rent housing. Yet some wonder whether these new schemes are simply a repackaging of a familiar product, and whether doubling down in this segment creates unwelcome correlations in a downturn.