Videos & Podcasts

Shop Talk: Crowdfunding platforms seek to underwrite infrastructure projects

Crowdfunding platforms have now set their sights on underwriting infrastructure projects, albeit modestly, having raised only about $600 million thus far, and the vast majority of that for the energy sector. Still, it is a new and growing effort that is being tracked by our guest, Kate Gasparro, a Ph.D. student at Stanford University. (04/2019)

Shop Talk: Privately funded high-speed passenger train coming to Texas

Come 2025, travelers will be traveling between Dallas and Houston at upwards of 200 mph on Japanese manufactured trains as part of a roughly $17 billion project being entirely underwritten by private investors. What is the cost structure for the organization and what is its revenue model? What will it cost passengers? What ridership level is required to make a profit? Will the system compete with air travel? And what is it expected to do for surrounding real estate development…

Shop Talk: Apartments moving into short-term rentals

Did you know Airbnb, VRBO and other hospitality marketplaces have started cutting deals with apartment communities to place short-term renters? Or that the economics of short-term rentals are allowing for more dynamic pricing in apartment communities and the potential for higher profitability? Our guest, Georgianna Oliver, CEO of Package Concierge, is operating in the thick of these new trends and sensibilities. She joins us to elaborate. (04/2019)

Shop Talk: Challenges and opportunities in senior housing

What does it mean that skilled nursing has moved from fee-for-service to value-based care? Why are there occupancy challenges despite the aging of the baby boomer generation? When is senior housing scheduled to reach its peak, and how long will that peak be sustained? What are the opportunities going forward? We discuss those issues with Bill Kauffman, who works with the research team at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care. (04/2019)

Focus on Alternatives: Larry Lyons on endowment model investing

Larry Lyons, senior vice president, due diligence officer with Kalos Financial, discusses endowment model investing including key benefits, specific types of investments that can be used with this strategy and how financial advisers implement this approach with retail investors. (04/2019)

In Focus: a primer on 1031 exchanges

A primer on 1031 exchanges explains how 1031 exchanges are more than a tax-advantage real estate transaction. (04/2019)

Author Spotlight: How nuclear power can solve the climate crisis

How did countries such as Sweden and France de-carbonize their energy industries? How did private investors and industries benefit from their nuclearization programs? What do we have to learn from those experiences? What is the current state of nuclear energy in the United States? What about the new generation of more advanced nuclear reactors? Joshua Goldstein, co-author of A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow, joins us to discuss the issues. (04/2019)

In Focus: Sarah Quinlan on the current economy

Sarah Quinlan, managing director at Carolantic Fund, discusses the uncertainty in the economy, how leaning into the volatility of the economy can positively raise the return of real estate, behavior changes that have happened in the population post-recession and more. (04/2019)

Focus on Alternatives: Kevin Shields on the office market

Kevin Shields, founder and CEO at Griffin Capital, discusses the office market including the various sectors and what influences each of them, lending strategies and where the market may be heading. (04/2019)

Focus on Alternatives: Paul Cullen on off-campus housing

Paul Cullen, CEO at Preferred Campus Communities, discusses the state of college enrollment, the popular amenities that students and parents are looking for in off-campus housing communities, and how to attract future tenants. (04/2019)

Inside the Edition: Fielding Miller, founder and CEO of CapTrust Financial Advisors

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Fielding Miller of CapTrust Financial Advisors. Miller’s cover profile appears in the April 2019 edition of Real Assets Adviser. (04/2019)

Author Spotlight: Rocket billionaires and the new space race

Tim Fernholz — who covers space for Quartz and is the author of Rocket Billionaires: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and the New Space Race — joins the program to discuss the rise of private-sector space exploration, adventure capitalism, the role of NASA, and what the future might hold in humankind ventures into its final frontier. (03/2019)

Author Spotlight: Driverless cars and the road to the future

Sam Schwartz was a New York City cab driver before eventually becoming New York City Traffic Commissioner and chief engineer of the city's Department of Transportation, before founding Sam Schwartz Transportation Consultants, a firm that specializes in transportation planning and engineering. His latest book is titled No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future. He joins the program to talk about the pros and cons of the coming driverless car revolution. (03/2019)

In Focus: Greg Lindsay on the city of tomorrow

Greg Lindsay, journalist, urbanist, futurist, speaker and author, discusses the attributes that the city of tomorrow will have that have always made successful cities great. (03/2019)

Shop Talk: Building low and minimum volatility equities portfolios

What is low and minimum volatility investing? What is the goal of this type of investment? What are some of the strategies available for creating these types of equities portfolios? Our guest, Dana D’Auria, managing director of Symmetry Partners, explains the process. (03/2019)