Videos & Podcasts

Shop Talk: The commercialization of water technologies

We are joined by Melinda Kruyer, executive director of Confluence, a Cincinnati-based non-profit organization that runs a water technology innovation effort in the Ohio River Valley. The consortium includes federal water laboratories, research universities, water-related business, water utilities and regional development agencies, among other organizations. Confluence brings together 6,000 researchers and nearly $4 billion in annual research spending. (05/2016)

In Focus: Susan Ansel on the multifamily market

Susan Ansel, president and CEO at Gables Residential, discusses the trends in the multifamily sector. (05/2016)

Author Spotlight: Jeremy Balkin on investing with impact

Jeremy Balkin, author of the book "Investing with Impact: Why Finance is a Force for Good," recently grabbed attention at the 9th Annual Axiom Business Book Awards, which honored Mr. Balkin with its Gold Medal for Business Ethics 2016, making him the first Australian author to receive the prestigious international literary prize. He is also a sought-after keynote speaker whose TEDx Talk in New York went viral on YouTube with more than a quarter-million views. He previously served as an…

Shop Talk: The art of mentorship and sponsorship

Mentorship has been a staple of professional advancement for decades, though it is still sorely underused, according to many observers. Then there is "sponsorship," which is a step past mentorship and little understood. To explore these subjects we are joined by Deborah Froling, a financial industry attorney with Kutak Rock LLP, and an advocate of mentorship and sponsorship, especially for the under-represented ranks of women in the financial professions. (04/2016)

Author Spotlight: Peter Frankopan on China's new silks roads

Heads up infrastructure investors and those involved in thematic investment strategies. In his new book, The Silk Roads, historian Peter Frankopan asserts that China is reestablishing a modern-day network of its historic silk roads that connected much of the world and fostered the spread and integration of culture and commerce. This time, though, China is expanding its influence in the form of a trillion dollars in global infrastructure projects in an effort to supply its own vast need for resources…

Shop Talk: What to expect from the DOL's regulatory ruling

What impact will the new U.S. Department of Labor ruling have on brokers and advisers? Is the ruling likely to go through future revisions? What are the remaining unknowns about the ruling? And why did this decision end up in the Department of Labor at all? For answers to those questions we turned to John Grady, president-elect of ADISA and chairman of the organization’s legislative and regulatory committee. (04/2016)

In Focus: Thomas Masthay on the Texas Municipal Retirement System

Thomas Masthay, director, real assets, at the Texas Municipal Retirement System, discusses Texas Municipal’s involvement in real assets, an overview of the real estate portfolio, their recent investment volume/activity and what the investment plans/strategies are for 2016. (04/2016)

Inside the Edition: The co-CEOs of Pathstone Federal Street

This is a slightly edited version of a cover profile interview with Pathstone co-CEOs Steve Braverman and Allan Zachariah discussing the recent merger between Pathstone Family Office and Federal Street Advisors to create the $6.5 billion multi-family office named Pathstone Federal Street. Their cover profile appears in the April 2016 edition of Real Assets Adviser. (04/2016)

Inside the Edition: Airbnb's impact on the hotel business

How do Airbnb users and hotel guests differ? Which markets are most vulnerable to Airbnb? Which types of hotels are most at risk? Is Airbnb reducing hotel asset prices? How can hoteliers fend off the Airbnb challenge? Peter Zabierek, the CEO of Presima, joins us to elaborate on his organization’s research on the subject. (04/2016)

Infrastructure Report: The Infrastructure Strategies 2016 conference

Investors and experts from around the world will gather in Boston for the 11th annual IREI infrastructure conference in June. High on the agenda are fundraising, investment strategies, technology and the hardening infrastructure systems to withstand increasingly violent storms. Drew Campbell, editor of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure (a sister publication of Real Assets Adviser), provides an update. (03/2016)

Shop Talk: Economist Charles Clark on a guarantee minimum income

Did you know that President Nixon nearly passed guarantee minimum income legislation in the early ’70s? Or that the policy can significantly reduce the size of the U.S. government? That a 36 percent flat tax could pay for the program while also balancing the federal budget? Or that an experimental version of the program is afoot in a region of Canada? Charles Clark, a Catholic economist at St. John’s University, joins us to cover these topics and many others. (03/2016)

Author Spotlight: Wade Graham on Dream Cities

What is a Dream City? Where do our urban environments come from? How have they shaped us? How do we, in turn, shape them? We take up these matters with Wade Graham, author of the new book "Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World." (03/2016)

In Focus: Vivek Wadhwa on artificial intelligence

Vivek Wadhwa, Fellow, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University, touches on the future of artificial intelligence and how it will impact real estate. (3/2016)

Shop Talk: The endowment model of investing

What exactly is the endowment model of investing? Why are an increasing number of RIAs gravitating toward its approach to three-dimensional portfolio construction? Prateek Mehrotra, chief investment officer of Endowment Wealth Management, joins us to explain. (03/2016)

Inside the Edition: Harvest season for farmland investors

How do individual investors access farmland as an investment? How does investing in farmland compare to investing in the stock market? What kind of returns can farmland investors anticipate? What trends are making farmland an attractive investment? U.S. Trust specialty asset and farm executives Dennis Moon and John Taylor provide the answers. (02/2016)