Videos & Podcasts

Shop Talk: A record year for student housing investments

2016 was the biggest year ever for commitments to student housing, with more than $10 billion pumped into the property sector. Why is student housing so hot, and what type of due diligence is required? Michael Orsak, senior vice president of investments at Campus Advantage, one of the largest student housing owners and operators in the United States, joins us to elaborate. (06/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: Al Haworth on preferred stock

Al Haworth, CEO of Preferred Capital Securities, discusses preferred stock, including its features, potential dividend schedules, risks, potential investors and more. (06/2017)

Shop Talk: Investment perspectives on oil and gas

A look back at the recently completed Mick Law Energy & Global Alts Symposium in Dallas. Bryan Mick and Brad Updike of Mick Law offer a retrospective on the symposium, the sponsors who presented, and the current climate for operating and investing in the oil and gas space. (06/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: Kevin Gannon on what's trending in alternative investments

Kevin Gannon, president and managing director at Robert A. Stanger & Co., discusses the biggest trends in alternative investments, including the focus on transparency, liquidity and fees, regulatory events, technology and more. (6/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: Marci Rossell on how economic forces affect alternative direct investments

Marci Rossell, Ph.D., former chief economist, CNBC, discusses how different economic forces, such as the Internet, labor markets and behavior of the U.S. dollar, can affect alternative direct investments. (06/2017)

Inside the Edition: America's deteriorating water infrastructure

The development of properly updated infrastructure to both deliver and store clean water is a basic — and now critical — need that has been neglected for the past 40 years. So writes Burl East, CEO of American Assets Capital Advisers, in the June edition of Real Assets Adviser. He joins us to discuss the dimensions of the problem and why it exists. (06/2017)

Author Spotlight: The historic challenge facing agricultural investors

Imagine having to harvest more food in the next 40 years than humanity has harvested during the previous 10,000 years. That is  the situation outlined by author Joel Bourne in his book “The End of Plenty.” With an expanding world population, tightening grain supplies, and the prospect of climate change rendering half of global farmland useless by the end of the century, the situation for farmers and investors is urgent. Mr. Bourne outlines the situation. (06/2017)

Shop Talk: Puerto Rico's tax incentives for investors and business

Francisco Luis, a CPA and tax partner with Grant Thornton in the firm's San Juan, Puerto Rico office, joins us to discuss Puerto Rico’s tax incentive Acts 20 and 22. The tax incentive laws, enacted three years ago, are designed to lure wealthy American investors to invest in the United States' so-called 51st state to help revive the island’s economy. (06/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: Matthew Iak on oil and gas investing

Matthew Iak, executive vice president of U.S. Energy, discusses the ins and outs of oil and gas investments, including the different types available, benefits of direct investments, risks and more. (5/2017)

Inside the Edition: Climate change and the risk to real estate portfolios

What U.S. city is at greatest risk to climate change? What city has the lowest risk? Jeff Kanne, CEO of National Real Estate Advisors, discusses a new risk tool the company developed to assess the local and regional threats posed by climate change. Kanne tells us how it was built, what it found and which markets his company is now looking to avoid to protect its real estate portfolio from climatic change and property devaluation. (05/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: Taylor Garrett on Section 1031 trends

Taylor Garrett, managing director of Orchard Securities, provides an update on Section 1031 exchanges and trends in DSTs, discussing equity raise, big market players and more. (05/2017)

Inside the Edition: Ryan DeVore, head of private client advisers, William Blair & Co.

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Ryan DeVore, head of private client advisers at the private wealth division of 82-year-old William Blair & Co. DeVore appears on the cover of the June edition with John Brennan, who jointly manages the private wealth division with DeVore. Because the two executives were interviewed separately, the Brennan interview has been published as a separate podcast. (04/2017)

Inside the Edition: John Brennan, head of investment counseling, William Blair & Co.

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with John Brennan, head of investment counseling at the private wealth division of 82-year-old William Blair & Co. Brennan appears on the cover of the June edition with Ryan DeVore, who jointly manages the private wealth division with Brennan. Because the two executives were interviewed separately, the DeVore interview has been published as a separate podcast. (04/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: Larry Sullivan on Section 1031 like-kind exchanges

Larry Sullivan, ADISA board member and president of Passco Companies, discusses Section 1031 like-kind exchanges and what to watch for on the tax reform front. (05/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: John Grady on DOL Implementation

John Grady, ADISA president and partner with DLA Piper, discusses the status of the DOL Fiduciary Rule and what to expect following the current delay and review. (05/2017)