Videos & Podcasts

ESG ‘greenwashing’ and the carbon emissions problem dogging real estate

Did you know that, on average, the world’s 20 largest ESG funds hold investments in 17 fossil-fuel producers, and two own stakes in Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil producer? Or that one fund holds a stake in a Chinese coal-mining company? It’s called “greenwashing” — the conveying of false or misleading information suggesting a company’s products and activities are environmentally sound. And the practice is rampant. Breana Wheeler, the U.S. director of operations for BREEAM (the Building Research Establishment),…

An executive in bruised senior housing business offers a cautiously upbeat assessment

Don Husi is a managing director on the senior housing and care finance team at Ziegler, a Chicago-based organization he joined in 2018, only to find himself staring down the barrel of the COVID-19 pandemic within a couple of years. Husi and his fellow industry executives are now working to bring the industry back to its pre-pandemic form when it was a hot real estate category among investors. We talk to Husi about how things are progressing. (06/2021)

The hot single-family rental market faces new stress

Investors have been rushing into the so-called SFR market and creating an environment where lots of money is chasing fewer good deals. Add to that rising material and labor prices, as well as uncertainty surrounding a post-pandemic reshuffling of the housing market, and you might have cause for concern. Mark Wolf, founder and CEO of AHV Communities, a builder of master-planned rental communities, joins the program and discusses those issues. (06/2021)

In Focus: Jason Schwartz on student housing in the United States

Jason Schwartz, managing principal at Blue Vista Capital Management, discusses how the student housing sector has fared throughout the pandemic, what makes the sector so attractive, myths about this asset class and Blue Vista’s outlook for the future. (05/2021)

Modern real estate investing means putting investors first

"Today, a modern investor would view a fee-laden mutual fund or high-priced stock trading commissions as out of touch relics from a greedy sponsor," writes Aaron Halfacre, CEO of Modiv Inc. "Yet, in the real estate investment industry that caters to individual investors we find high-fee relics at nearly every turn." Halfacre — whose pedigree includes executive stints at BlackRock, Campus Crest, Cole Real Estate Investment, Green Street Advisors and RealtyMogul — joins the program to discuss what it really…

Archegos debacle has family offices facing off with federal regulators

The implosion of Archegos Capital Management is giving thousands of secretive family offices the greatest challenge to their privacy in a decade, reports Bloomberg, and they are pushing back hard against coming under the purview of the SEC. What’s at stake? We ask former SEC and FINRA examiner and investigator Amy Lynch, now president of FrontLine Compliance. (05/2021)

An interview with John Valentini, CEO of Fiera Private Alternative Investments

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with John Valentini, CEO, Fiera Private Alternative Investments. Valentini’s profile appears in the May 2021 edition of Real Assets Adviser. (05/2021)

In Focus: Adrian Mucalov on opportunities and success factors in hard asset investments (Part 2)

Adrian Mucalov, partner of infrastructure at Actis, discusses how emerging market infrastructure has fared throughout COVID-19, as well as the main investment opportunities that investors should watch for, post-pandemic. This is part 2 of 2 in a video series. You can watch part 1 here. (05/2021)

In Focus: Adrian Mucalov on the investment outlook for hard assets (Part 1)

Adrian Mucalov, partner of infrastructure at Actis, discusses political risk in emerging markets, the role of private capital and why investors should consider greater allocations to emerging markets. (04/2021) This is part 1 of 2 in a video series. You can view part 2 here.

In Focus: Sudha Reddy on the current single family rental market

Sudha Reddy, founder of Haven Realty Capital, discusses the evolution of the single family rental market since the Global Financial Crisis, the effect of COVID-19 on the single family rental industry, build-to-rent communities and the role they play in the single family rental market and more. (05/2021)