Videos & Podcasts

Real Assets Adviser Hot Minute with Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management's Jay Frank

Real Assets Adviser's "Hot Minute" segment takes a minute or so to introduce members of the RAA community to the community at large, all via a "semi-rapid fire" question and answer format. This latest "Hot Minute" features Jay Frank, President and COO at Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management. (01/2024)

It’s 2024, do you know how your industrial portfolio is poised to perform?

Stephanie Rodriguez, national director for industrial services at Colliers, oversees a complex network of warehouses, data centers, distribution centers and last-mile delivery hubs for the company. We ask about her outlook for industrial during 2024, including reshoring/nearshoring, speculative development, data centers, cold storage, the rise of in-house micro-fulfillment centers, construction starts and rent growth. (01/2024)

Real Assets Adviser Hot Minute with Franklin Templeton's Tony Davidow

Real Assets Adviser's "Hot Minute" segment takes a minute or so to introduce members of the RAA community to the community at large, all via a "semi-rapid fire" question and answer format. This latest "Hot Minute" features Tony Davidow, senior alternative investment strategist at Franklin Templeton. (01/2024)

Institutional investors partner on “Airbnb-friendly apartments” program

Jesse Stein, global head of real estate at Airbnb, has rolled out an initiative that grabbed the attention and participation of institutional investors such as Greystar, Starwood Capital and Equity Residential. The program allows renters to list their apartments part-time on Airbnb to earn extra income. Investment managers and apartment operators hope to use the program to attract and retain more renters. (12/2023)

A look at the year ahead for private alternatives and the IPA

Anya Coverman, president and CEO of the Institute for Portfolio Alternatives, discusses her organization and the forces at play in the private wealth channel. (12/2023)

The surging financial commitment to impact investing

Ben Briggs, managing director of Briggs Capital Investments, points out that impact investing is targeting social needs ranging from assimilating refugees into the United States, to revitalizing communities, to battling the scourge of human trafficking — all while making returns on those investments. (12/2023)

Bain Capital's Ryan Cotton on a new era in high performance real estate

Ryan Cotton, head of real estate at Bain Capital Real Estate, discusses how the alternative real estate asset class has evolved over time, and how has applying a private equity mindset to asset ownership impacted investing in the sector, the outlook for alternative real estate investing in 2024 and beyond, how catalysts in the market (debt maturities, continued high interest rates, ongoing inflation) are impacting your view of key real estate investment sectors and more.

With real estate projects on hold, onsite water reuse taking center stage

Aaron Tartakovsky, co-founder and CEO of Epic Cleantec, says only 2 percent of U.S. wastewater is recycled, and the built environment is the location where a high percentage of that waste is taking place. Meanwhile, real estate projects in locations including Phoenix and Tampa have been halted for lack of water. Enter the emerging era of onsite water recycling and reuse. What does it cost? What does it save? What are the continuing costs? And when does it pay for…

The rationale for ground leases for investors and building owners

Jim Small, founder and CEO of SANTÉ Realty Investments, makes the argument for the utility, simplicity and steady returns of commercial ground leases. (11/2023)

Harrison Street's Paul Bashir on the alternative property sector markets

Paul Bashir, CEO, Europe at Harrison Street, discusses the market for alternative property sectors and how has the market evolved, what the main areas of opportunity are in Europe across the build-to-rent, student housing and life sciences sectors, which areas geographically across Europe are more appealing right now for alternative real estate investing and more.