Videos & Podcasts

Millions of Americans now depend on DC plans for a secure retirement.  The Defined Contribution Real Estate Council (DCREC) was launched with the goal of improving retirement plans through the use of direct commercial real estate and real estate securities in DC plans. Our guest is one of the organization’s co-presidents, Allan Swaringen, who is also CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle Income Property Trust. He joins us to offer an update on DCREC’s progress. (08/2018)

Italy has traditionally been viewed as a domestic investor market, but this has been changing. Why is Italy now attracting attention from cross-border investors? Which real estate sectors and geographic areas are garnering the most interest? What about risks associated with Italy’s threats to leave the European Union? We discuss those topics and other with Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe. (08/2018)

What exactly are separate accounts? When do they make sense for institutional and high-net-worth individuals and families? What do they typically contain, and what potential risks or special considerations do separate accounts pose? Karen Brennan, head of Americas custom and separate accounts at LaSalle, offers her experience and insights. (08/2018)

Jackson Mueller, leader of the fintech program at the Milken Institute, joins us to discuss a recent federal report on fintech, the industry’s development, the prospects of major technology platforms — such as Amazon, Facebook and Google — getting into the finance business, and what his organization is doing to facilitate fintech’s overall progress. (08/2018)

Fred Pierce, president and CEO at Pierce Education Properties, discusses current trends, investment activity, takeaways from the recent EdR transactions and the outlook for the student housing market. (08/2018)

Why has the number of crowdfunding platforms proliferated? Is a shakeout or consolidation coming? How have crowdfunding platforms performed thus far? What will the business look like in five or 10 years? Will it ever compete with tradition real estate funds? Jeff Holzmann, managing director of iintoo, a platform for real estate investments, joins us to discuss. (08/2018)

Even as Congress is expected to soon legalize hemp as a crop — with implications for activities ranging from medical treatments and construction materials to fabrics and investment opportunities — cannabis businesses have effectively been shut out of the banking business, leaving them with piles of cash and few effective ways to secure and manage it. Our guest, Nathaniel Gurien, founder of FINCANN, which connects pot-related business with the so-called Cannabis Banking Financial Network, joins us to discuss those issues.…

One of the most important themes in global real estate investing has been the focus on sustainability — or environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Although most managers have developed talking points about ESG factors, few have attempted to develop a quantitative methodology to assess and rank companies according to their ESG behavior. Our guest, Jana Sehnalova, CEO and CIO of La Francaise Forum Securities, talks about a new index to do exactly that for global real estate securities. (07/2018)

Julianna Ingersoll, CEO and president at RREEF Property Trust, discusses the three main reasons why core real estate is an attractive income play. (07/2018)

Jeremy Gutsche, CEO and author of Trend Hunter, gives highlights from his keynote at the VIP Americas conference about how to get better and faster in two different ways. (07/2018)