Industry News CMBS Market Boosted By Positive Fundamentals as 2014 Comes to Close CMBS issuance in 2014 expected to surpass 2013 levels. 12/10/2014
Industry News REITs’ Modest Gains in November in Line With Broader Market REITs continue to outperform S&P 500 on a year-to-date basis. 12/02/2014
Industry News Real Estate Slated for Eleventh Headline Sector in GICS® Changes to Global Industry Classification Standard expected in August 2016. 11/11/2014
Industry News REITWorld 2014: Capital Flows into REIT Sector Remain Robust, Panelists Says Capital chasing limited number of real estate assets. 11/06/2014
Industry News CEM Benchmarking Releases Direct Comparative Study on Defined Benefit Pension Fund Performance and Costs Data from over 300 pension funds found listed equity REITs to be the top-performing asset class overall, with significantly lower fees than other real and alternative assets. 10/14/2014
Industry News PwC Survey Shows Consistent Signs of Strength in Office, Health Care Real Estate Investors report widespread optimism about direction of real estate market. 09/19/2014
Industry News Survey Finds Commercial Real Estate Executives Overwhelmingly Optimistic About Next Year DLA Piper survey highlights abundant capital availability, low interest rates. 09/12/2014
Industry News Commercial Real Estate Executives Eyeing Secondary Markets, Mid-Tier Assets, Survey Shows KPMG survey points to increased interest in Southeast, Midwest regions. 09/03/2014
Industry News REIT Bondholders Benefitting from Strong Corporate Governance, Fitch Ratings Finds Non-staggered boards a governance plus for REITs, Fitch says. 08/06/2014
Industry News NorthStar Realty Finance Plans to Acquire Griffin-American Healthcare REIT for $4 Billion NorthStar would gain Griffin-American assets in 31 states and the United Kingdom. 08/06/2014
Industry News REIT Returns Outpace Broader Market in Solid First Half Showing Apartment, hotel REITs among strongest performers in first half of 2014. 07/10/2014