Videos & Podcasts

Shop Talk: Real estate investing for high-net-worth individuals

How do high-net-worth individuals find entry into the private equity real estate market? What are the opportunities in retail real estate, and what works in brick-and-mortar retailing in the current environment. We discuss those topics with our guest, Karim Fadel, founder of Unison Realty Partners, a privately held retail real estate investment management firm. (08/2016)

Author Spotlight: A history of the REIT revolution

Kenneth Campbell, who spent his professional lifetime reporting on the REIT business and wrote the first full-length book on REITs many years ago, is back with yet another book titled “Watch That Rat Hole: And Witness the REIT Revolution.” He joins us to discuss his new book and what he saw from the industry’s nascent days to its current market capitalization of $1.1 trillion. (08/2016)

In Focus: Richard C. Wilson on family office

Richard C. Wilson, CEO of Family Office Club, discusses raising capital and some trends in the family office sector. (08/2016)

Shop Talk: The cyclicality of real estate

Why are commercial real estate cycles different than cycles of other asset classes? What are the three big cycles that drive the overall cycles governing commercial real estate? Why is DTU — or demographics, technology and urbanization — so critical to commercial real estate success, and where is the DTU dynamic most prominently manifesting itself? Allan Swaringen, president and CEO of JLL Income Property Trust, explains. (08/2016)

Shop Talk: Standardizing sustainability reporting

Why are financials alone inadequate when evaluating a company’s or investment fund’s performance? Why is it important to standardize sustainability metrics? How do companies and fund managers benefit from providing standardized sustainability information? And why does business mogul and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg say that he believes standardizing the disclosure of sustainability information will improve financial performance? We discuss with Bryan Esterly, who leads standards development for the infrastructure sector at the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, better…

Inside the Edition: Jack Markwalter, chairman and CEO, Atlantic Trust

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Jack Markwalter, chairman and CEO of $26.8 billion Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management. Markwalter's cover profile appears in the July 2016 edition of Real Assets Adviser. (07/2016)

Shop Talk: The hottest U.S. real estate markets and property types

What are the hottest U.S. real estate markets and property types? Are some markets and property types becoming overbuilt? Is there still money to be made in secondary markets? We take up these subjects with Bryan Sanchez, co-CIO and portfolio manager at Lionstone Investments. (07/2016)

In Focus: Brent Burnett on private investments

Brent Burnett, managing director at Real Asset Portfolio Management, discusses private investments in public energy infrastructure companies as it speaks to the disconnect today in energy infrastructure asset valuations. (07/2016)

Infrastructure Report: Building information modeling

Building information modeling, or BIM, is sharply reducing the design time, construction costs and budget overruns on infrastructure projects — as well as construction projects in general. It also brings a higher degree of precision to design and construction. Future iterations of BIM will bring even more benefits to civil engineering and construction. For more on this topic we turn to Terry Bennett, the senior industry strategist for civil infrastructure at Autodesk. (07/2016)

In Focus: Danny Latham on the conditions in European infrastructure markets

Danny Latham, co-head of infrastructure investments – Europe at First State Investments, discusses European infrastructure markets. (07/2016)

In Focus: Alison Schneider on sustainable benchmarking

Alison Schneider, director, responsible investment at Alberta Investment Management Corp., discusses the need for sustainability benchmarking across the real assets market. (07/2016)

In Focus: Jeff Conrad on the agriculture industry

Jeff Conrad, president and founder at AgIS Capital, gives an overview of the agriculture market. *Correction: NCREIF Farmland Index tracks nearly 700 properties. (07/2016)

Author Spotlight: NYU professor Hugh Kelly on 24-hour cities

What is a 24-hour city compared with a 9-to-5 city? Did you know that downtown office buildings in 24-hour cities produce investment returns that are more than 150 percent higher than 9-to-5 cities? Hugh F. Kelly, professor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, has authored a new book titled “24 Hour Cities: Real Investment Performance, Not Just Promises,” which elaborates on these topics and many others. He joins us to discuss many of the highlights contained in his…

Shop Talk: U.K. economist on the impact of Brexit

British expatriate and economist Sam Chandan, dean of the Shack Institute of Real Estate at NYU, discusses some of the pressing questions surrounding U.K. voters decision to withdraw from the European Union, including how it will affect U.S. investors. (06/2016)

Shop Talk: Energy MLPs and wealth advisers

After a rough ride triggered by plummeting oil prices, energy-based master limited partnership, or MLPs, are on the comeback trail. But how do wealth advisers gain access to MLPs for their high-net-worth clients? And how can advisers segregate the good from the bad? Hinds Howard, an associate portfolio manager at CBRE Clarion Securities, and the person responsible for evaluating MLPs, joins us to explain. (06/2016)