Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Podcast

If you're a real estate investor, buying raw land is probably not your thing. Generally speaking, neither is investing in ranches, farms, plantations and recreational areas in rural America. Most property investors favor developed real estate with proven track records in top-tier U.S. cities and suburbs. But there are companies that specialize in raw and rural land, and one of them is National Land Realty. Jason Burbage, president of that organization, joins the program to explain the interest in America's raw and rural land. (04/2020)

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Pepper Anderson, CEO of Chilton Trust Co. Anderson’s cover profile appears in the April 2020 edition of Real Assets Adviser. (03/2020)

If you're a real estate investor, buying raw land is probably not your thing. Generally speaking, neither is investing in ranches, farms, plantations and recreational areas in rural America. Most property investors favor developed real estate with proven track records in top-tier U.S. cities and suburbs. But there are companies that specialize in raw and rural land, and one of them is National Land Realty. Jason Burbage, president of that organization, joins the program to explain the interest in America's raw and rural land. (03/2020)

If you're a real estate investor, buying raw land is probably not your thing. Generally speaking, neither is investing in ranches, farms, plantations and recreational areas in rural America. Most property investors favor developed real estate with proven track records in top-tier U.S. cities and suburbs. But there are companies that specialize in raw and rural land, and one of them is National Land Realty. Jason Burbage, president of that organization, joins the program to explain the interest in America's raw and rural lands. (03/2020)

Tokenization, blockchain, digital vaults — these are some of the phrases associated with tech platforms that are helping facilitate, make liquid and take the friction out of investing in alternatives and hard assets, as well as lowering the minimum investments required. What are the advantages of this kind of tokenization, and why has the adoption of tokenization not been more widespread to date? We put those questions to one of the executives playing in this emerging space, Ed Nwokedi, CEO of Red Swan, a tokenized commercial real estate marketplace. (03/2020)

Tokenization, blockchain, digital vaults — these are some of the phrases associated with tech platforms that are helping facilitate, make liquid and take the friction out of investing in alternatives and hard assets, as well as lowering the minimum investments required. What are the advantages of this kind of tokenization, and why has the adoption of tokenization not been more widespread to date? We put those questions to one of the executives playing in this emerging space, Ed Nwokedi, CEO of Red Swan, a tokenized commercial real estate marketplace. (03/2020)

Tokenization, blockchain, digital vaults — these are some of the phrases associated with tech platforms that are helping facilitate, make liquid and take the friction out of investing in alternatives and hard assets, as well as lowering the minimum investments required. What are the advantages of this kind of tokenization, and why has the adoption of tokenization not been more widespread to date? We put those questions to one of the executives playing in this emerging space, Ed Nwokedi, CEO of Red Swan, a tokenized commercial real estate marketplace. (03/2020)

The private wealth space is going through wholesale changes. What are the prevailing trends and where is the private wealth business headed? Neil Menard, an executive with Conversus, a newly minted StepStone Group company, offers his observations. (03/2020)

The global pandemic has landed in Europe with magnum force and brought economic activity to a virtual standstill, forcing euro zone governments to begin rolling out financial rescue and stimulus measures. Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, explains the situation. (03/2020)

Have tactical fund managers gotten caught flat-footed by the coronavirus and the collapse in oil prices? What could (or should) tactical managers have done in light of recent events? Is tactical management all it is advertised to be, or is mostly a marketing play? What have studies of long-term performance comparing strategic versus tactical fund management taught us? John Traynor, executive vice president and CIO at People’s United Advisors joins the program to share his experiences and insights. (03/2020)

Have tactical fund managers gotten caught flat-footed by the coronavirus and the collapse in oil prices? What could (or should) tactical managers have done in light of recent events? Is tactical management all it is advertised to be, or is mostly a marketing play? What have studies of long-term performance comparing strategic versus tactical fund management taught us? John Traynor, executive vice president and CIO at People’s United Advisors joins the program to share his experiences and insights. (03/2020)

How do women invest compared with men? Why do women tend to focus on ESG and socially responsible investing in higher percentages? What role are they playing — or should be playing — in family investment and wealth preservation decisions? And why are there so dreadfully few women among the financial adviser ranks? We take up these subjects with Carol Schleif, deputy CIO of asset management at Abbot Downing. (03/2020)

Mitesh “Mit” Shah, CEO of Noble Investment Group, has invested around $4 billion in the U.S. hotel business through his organization’s real estate funds. He talks about his past and present strategies, why so many real estate investors leave the hotel/hospitality property type out of their portfolios, and why the select-service and extended-stay segments of the hotel business offer such good opportunities. Shah is also part of the ownership group that controls the Atlanta Hawks, the franchised rated as having the No. 1 fan experience in the NBA. (03/2020)

Loretta Clodfelter, senior editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, and Mike Consol, editor of Real Assets Adviser, discuss the recent reporting done by both magazines and via podcasts about the affordable housing crisis and some of the approaches being pursued by investors. (03/2020)

Loretta Clodfelter, senior editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, and Mike Consol, editor of Real Assets Adviser, discuss the recent reporting done by both magazines and via podcasts about the affordable housing crisis and some of the approaches being pursued by investors. (03/2020)