What is the rationale for treating intellectual property ownership of music or pharmaceuticals as “real asset” investing? What are the four characteristics of a real asset? How do various types of IP produce cash flow? And what about the difficulty of protecting one’s intellectual property from misuse? Our guest, Jon Rotolo, head of private equity and real assets at Barings, joins us to explain. (04/2018)

What is the current political situation in Italy? Has a new regime taken form yet? Is the new leadership considered friendly or hostile to membership in the euro zone? And how are current circumstances affecting Italy’s property markets and economy at large? Our guest, Vanessa Muscara, associate director of property research at M&G Real Estate, joins us by phone from London to illuminate. (03/2018)

Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, highlights feature stories published in the April 2018 edition of the magazine, including how traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are using technology to fight back against the onslaught from online retailers. (03/2018)

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Jeff Dekko, CEO of Wealth Enhancement Group. Dekko’s cover profile appears in the April 2018 edition of Real Assets Adviser. (04/2018)

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Jeff Dekko, CEO of Wealth Enhancement Group. Dekko’s cover profile appears in the April 2018 edition of Real Assets Adviser. (04/2018)

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Jeff Dekko, CEO of Wealth Enhancement Group. Dekko’s cover profile appears in the April 2018 edition of Real Assets Adviser. (04/2018)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., discusses the movement among institutional investment managers into the private wealth space, as they look to replace lost income from the shrinking defined benefit market, as well as to capitalize on the rising wave of individual and family fortunes in the United States and around the world. (04/2018)

Jeff Jorgensen, portfolio manager and the director of research on the energy infrastructure equities team for the Brookfield public securities group, discusses the company's recent acquisition of $4 billion (AUM) Houston-based Center Coast Capital Holdings, and the implications of the deal. (03/2018)

Jeff Jorgensen, portfolio manager and the director of research on the energy infrastructure equities team for the Brookfield public securities group, discusses the company recent acquisition of $4 billion (AUM) Houston-based Center Coast Capital Holdings, and the implications of the deal. (03/2018)

What key changes have been made in India’s real estate market? What cities and property types are most opportune at this time? And how is the country’s new REIT legislation progressing? Prakash Kalothia, CEO and managing director with Lapis India Capital, joins us for a discussion. (03/2018)