Videos & Podcasts

Shop Talk: Investor behavior and the conferences business in the age of COVID-19

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected alternative investments? Why have some alt investments been sidelined? What has been the impact on investor behavior? And when will industry conferences come back and how will they differ from the past? We talk with guest John Harrison, executive director of the Alternative & Direct Investment Securities Association, better known as ADISA. (04/2020)

Shop Talk: E-sports booms as competitive video-gamers shelter

Competitive video-gaming is heralded to be a bigger category than TV viewing, triple the size of the global film business, and the leading form of entertainment among the Gen Z and millennial cohorts. The world's 2.6 billion video-gamers are represented by teams and leagues built around videogames, including Super League Gaming, whose CEO, Ann Hand, is our guest. The Super League Gaming platform was cited by Zacks Investment Research earlier this month as one the five recession-proof stocks. (04/2020)

Shop Talk: The impact of government stimulus on the multifamily and affordable housing sectors

The coronavirus-triggered economic emergency in the United States has left many people unemployed and struggling to pay bills, including their rent fees. Inna Khidekel, a partner at Bridge Investment Group, operates in the multifamily, workforce housing and affordable housing spaces, and she joins the program to discuss the impact the federal government’s stimulus program is having on the U.S. housing sector. (04/2020)

The Dohrmann Report: April 2020

What did the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic teach us about the world's ability to rebound from medical and economic trauma? What are some of the factors that need to be taken into account with regard to the current COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown? And, on a microcosmic level, how has it been affecting business operations at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., parent company of Real Assets Adviser? Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of the company, offers some perspectives. (04/2020)

In Focus: Tom Masthay on TMRS' real assets portfolio

Tom Masthay, director of private equity at Texas Municipal Retirement System, provides an update on TMRS' real estate and infrastructure strategies and shares goals for the real assets portfolio in 2020. (04/2020)

Shop Talk: Industrial properties flexing muscle during economic shutdown

Even as large swaths of U.S. commerce have plunged in the grips of the COVID-19 economic shutdown, the industrial/warehouse real estate sector has shown great resilience, maintaining high occupancy rates and benefiting from the “on-shoring” and “near-shoring” trends. Jon Pharris is co-founder and president of CapRock Partners, which specializes in the acquisition of middle-market, value-add assets, as well as developing large scale industrial warehouse facilities. He joins the program to elaborate on the property type’s outperformance. (04/2020)

Shop Talk: A defense of the long-term strength and viability of office space

By the time he attended college, he was dreaming of a career as an NFL linebacker. That was followed by visions of being a Hollywood actor. In the end, Christopher Rising followed in the footsteps of his father — longtime Los Angeles real estate developer Nelson Rising — in the construction and leasing of office buildings. Now, with office space under big pressure from the forced telecommuting of millions of U.S. office workers, Christopher Rising, co-founder and CEO of Rising…

In Focus: Haresh Patel on it’s not your ESG score – it’s what it means

Haresh Patel, CEO of Mercatus, discusses how to measure data at the "asset level," what the impact of ESG is having on asset management right now, what ESG metrics are driving behavioral changes for investors and more. (04/2020)

Shop Talk: A history of pandemics and their economic symptoms

What does history teach us about pandemics and their economic damage and aftermath? How does the COVID-19 virus compare to past viral outbreaks? What have been the economic and health management lessons learned from the current pandemic? And how quickly can we expect the U.S. and global economy to make a full comeback. Dan Catone, founder and CEO of Golden State Wealth Management, delved into the recent history of such matters and joins the program to offer some perspectives. (04/2020)

In Focus: Jan-Peter Mueller on energy grid infrastructure

Jan-Peter Mueller, head of infrastructure investments at Commerz Real, discusses how energy grids contribute to ESG compliance, why they present a stable investment opportunity in times of volatility, and how investors can enter this growing niche. (04/2020)

In Focus: Max Sharkansky on real estate alternatives

Max Sharkansky, managing partner and co-founder at Trion Properties, discusses the reason RIAs should be advising their clients to add real estate alternatives in their portfolio. (04/2020)  

Shop Talk: COVID-19 and its likely impact on the housing market

Will we face another housing crisis? How will prices be affected? How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect the supply chain for homebuilding materials? What about the fallout for the overall economy and labor markets? Brad Dillman, chief economist for Cortland, a multifamily real estate investment company, is our guest. (04/2020)

Focus on Alternatives: Bill Shopoff on value-added real estate

Bill Shopoff, president & CEO at Shopoff Realty Investments, discusses the difference between value-added, opportunistic and income-based investing when it comes to real estate, gives examples of what these types of properties and investment situations would look like, and more. (04/2020)

Inside the Edition: Pepper Anderson, CEO of Chilton Trust Co.

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Pepper Anderson, CEO of Chilton Trust Co. Anderson’s cover profile appears in the April 2020 edition of Real Assets Adviser. (03/2020)

Shop Talk: Investors buying raw land in rural America

If you're a real estate investor, buying raw land is probably not your thing. Generally speaking, neither is investing in ranches, farms, plantations and recreational areas in rural America. Most property investors favor developed real estate with proven track records in top-tier U.S. cities and suburbs. But there are companies that specialize in raw and rural land, and one of them is National Land Realty. Jason Burbage, president of that organization, joins the program to explain the interest in America's…