Videos & Podcasts

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)

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…

Christopher McGrew, president and CIO at Parmenter Realty Partners, discusses current changes at Parmenter as well at investment opportunities in the southeast United States. (04/2016)

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)

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)

Mark Roberts, managing director at Deutsche Asset Management, discusses why investors should take a cautious approach. He also identifies a few leading indicators and suggests some strategies investors should consider globally. (03/2016)

Simon Treacy, global CIO at BlackRock Real Estate, discusses global diversification of U.S. capital in the international markets. (03/2016)

Philip Barker, senior managing director at CBRE Capital Markets, touches on how the markets rounded out in 2015, discusses how he is advising his clients for their upcoming year and what trends he thinks may be occurring in the secondary real estate markets in 2016. (03/2016)

John Baczewski, president, Real Estate Fiduciary Services, discusses real estate returns and fees historically, now, and what we should expect in the future. (03/2016)

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)