Video REIT M&A Likely to Continue Through 2022 Capital One Securities’ Chris Lucas says transactions should be more focused on public to private, with more cash buyouts this year. 04/19/2022
Video Preferred Apartment Communities’ First Sustainability Report Highlights Company-Wide ESG Strategy CFO John Isakson said working on the report helped the REIT coalesce efforts across departments that were already in place. 04/18/2022
Video 2021 Was a ‘Blockbuster Year’ for REIT Capital EY’s Chris Johnston says despite the COVID environment, more than $125 billion of new debt and equity was raised. 04/15/2022
Video The RMR Group’s Assets Under Management Top $37 Billion EVP Matt Jordan says the REIT has tripled its assets over the past 10 years. 04/14/2022
Video Preparation Key to Potential Shareholder Activism Venable’s Jim Hanks said boards should have a rights plan to prepare for hostile tender offers; and a classified board to prepare for a hostile proxy contest. 04/14/2022
Video Investor Interest in ESG Issues Will Evolve and Expand Khalid Husain of Cohen & Steers says investors want to understand how companies are using scenario analysis and decarbonization pathways as part of their overall ESG strategy. 04/14/2022
Video Investors Attracted to REIT ATM Offerings American Campus Communities’ Ryan Dennison said lower fees make the all-in costs to raise capital lower for at-the-market offerings. 04/13/2022
Video REIT M&A Fueled by ‘Significant Capital’ Raised in 2021 Morgan Stanley’s Laurel Durkay said that significant dry powder and the value discrepancy between the public and private markets were major factors spurring transactions in 2021. 04/13/2022
Video Work Culture Remains Key for REITs Amid Great Resignation Duke Realty’s Ann Colussi Dee also said that with a “seasoned workforce,” a segment of REIT employees has retired during the pandemic. 04/13/2022
Video Deloitte Sees Value for REITs That Treat Data as an Enterprise Asset Deloitte’s John D’Angelo also says REITs are reviewing their hiring practices in wake of “great resignation.” 04/11/2022
Video REITs Had a ‘Banner’ 2021 in M&A Activity Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Partner Adam Emmerich said following a difficult 2020, the intensity and diversity of transactions was surprising. 04/08/2022
Video SEC Proposals on Corporate Share Buybacks, Cybersecurity, Climate Most Significant for REITs Sidley Austin’s Sonia Barros said the SEC has an aggressive agenda proposing rules that will significantly change disclosure requirements for public companies. 04/04/2022