FFR News and Press, First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Fund From 11/20/20

The Great Financial Crisis of the prior decade resulted in long-term lingering pain for the commercial real estate sector. For REITs, "this time has been different," both for better and worse. The pandemic has resulted in a sharp plunge in property-level metrics that dwarfs that ...

Simon Property Group and Brookfield Property Partners obtained approval from bankruptcy court this week to buy the retail and operating assets of J. C. Penney, which had filed for bankruptcy in May. If Simon and Brookfield hadn't stepped in, J. C. Penney might have been liquidated. ...

How global real estate has withstood major economic shocks since 1980. Income stability through global real estate. Cities around the world that will lead returns in real estate. For further details see: Growth Beyond Borders: Investing In Global Real Estate

Prison REITs - the "darkest corner" of the REIT sector - have been slammed in 2020 as pandemic-related operational struggles have clashed with ever-intensifying political headwinds. Undoubtedly, the most controversial real estate sector, Prison REITs have been under assault from the h...

The weak trend in global trade and growth will not be enough to support risky assets such as equities in the coming months. The recent 10%+ consolidation in equities clearly shows how vulnerable is the market currently 'without' central banks and governments' help. Leading indicat...

KKR's Paula Campbell Roberts sees the pandemic catalyzing a number of changes in business and the economy in a KKR Viewpoints report titled, "The New Normal."She sees economic activity spreading to multiple metropolitan nodes beyond gateway cities and affirms her pre-COVID conviction around S...

By Edward D. Perks, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Solutions, and Gene Podkaminer, CFA, Head of Multi-Asset Research Strategies, Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Solutions Ed Perks and Gene Podkaminer of Franklin Templeton's Multi-Asset Solutions team discuss ...

Real Estate ETF and CEF Spotlight Exchange-Traded Funds ("ETFs") are an excellent option for investors seeking low-cost, liquid, and diversified exposure to real estate. Closed-End Funds ("CEFs"), a fund structure that shares some similarities but also some critical differences from ETFs, ...

By Eric Franco and Ajit Ketkar The COVID-19 pandemic upended what had been a healthy real estate market entering 2020. Global real estate securities, as measured by the FTSE EPRA NAREIT Developed Index, are down 21.3% for the year through June 30—trailing global equities—th...

Anthony Okolie recaps the news of the day, including the latest COVID-19 updates, followed by Kim Parlee's talk with Ted Welter, Chief Investment Officer for Alternative Investments, TD Asset Management, about how alternative investments could provide long-term stability in your portfolio...