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The future of retail in an era of changing technology and consumer tastes

by Jody Barhanovich

As the economy of the future becomes increasingly high-tech, the retail sector must follow. New technologies such as smartphones and automated checkout stands, especially in grocery stores, are paving the way for the future of retail and how consumers will shop. In addition, retailers and landlords have an increasing number of high-tech tools to better track shoppers and better tailor retail offerings to shoppers’ needs and wants.

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Ten years after: Global gateway cities underperforming regional gateways

by Jennifer Molloy

Since the global financial crisis, property investors have sought the perceived safety of portfolio diversity and capital growth in global gateway cities, on the premise these economically dynamic and well-connected cities would provide greater liquidity and more stable cash flows than secondary markets, according to MSCI. In its February report, Global Gateway Cities: The Performance Behind the Hype, MSCI asks, “Have these cities, which include London, New York and Tokyo, offered the superior and safer investments to justify their premium pricing?”

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What next for the DOL fiduciary rule? Though overturned by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, a high level of uncertainty remains

by John Harrison

On March 15, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Department of Labor “lacked statutory authority to promulgate the [fiduciary] rule with its overreaching definition of ‘investment advice fiduciary.’” In their decision, the court determined the DOL relied on an “a historical and strained interpretation of ‘fiduciary’ and boasted ‘arbitrary and capricious exercises of administrative power.’”

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