David Bodamer

Many high-cost major markets that have experienced outmigration still have much larger talent pools than most Sun Belt cities.

A recent study by NAREIM and Ferguson Partners assessed the state of management practices among real estate investment managers and private equity real estate firms.

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

Office REITs rose more than 10% among broad-based gains for most property subsectors.

Matt Radgowski steps in to lead the eight-year old firm that specializes in offering access to protective investments, including structured notes, market-linked CDs, buffered ETFs and annuities.

The partnership between the alternative investment platform and the asset management firm aims to give advisors access to structure note strategies via SMAs.

Flows, launches and mutual fund conversions have fueled growth of actively-managed ETFs, and one driver could be investors hunting for non-correlated investments.