REITs

Recent Nareit research looked at actively-managed real estate funds, REIT balance sheets and the state of ESG among publicly-traded real estate investors.

Former broker Megurditch Patatian allegedly recommended 81 purchases totaling more than $7.8 million of the high-risk product over the course of several years, according to regulators.

The VanEck Office and Commercial REIT ETF is part of a trend of increased specialization among REIT ETFs.

While historically Nuveen Real Estate has worked with institutional investors, it sees the retail investor channel as increasingly important going forward.

With some publicly-traded REITs beginning to pick up assets from the private markets it may be an indication that they are entering a phase when they tend to deliver the highest returns.

Institutional investors remain committed to the best-performing sectors, although there is some interest in newer subsectors, according to exclusive WMRE research.

Office REITs were up 13.3% in July, helping push the FTSE Nareit All Equity Index up 2.0% for the month.