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Jul/Aug 2004
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REITs Get the Bronze for Governance The group of REIT companies studied in this analysis exhibits superior governance practices relative to the entire universe of companies ranked by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS.)   |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2005
Dean Starkman |
The 8 Governance Issues That Matter Most For REIT investors, these 8 corporate governance factors carry the most weight in their investment decisions. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2002
Steve Bergsman |
Direct Effect As the focus on corporate governance issues intensifies, real estate companies will need to ensure that board composition and practices keep pace with rapid changes at all publicly traded companies. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2003
Steve Bergsman |
Independent Voice Four independent directors share their thoughts on joining the REIT industry, making the time commitment and dealing with stricter governance standards. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2006
Dees Stribling |
Inside the Boardroom Top REIT CEOs discuss the major corporate governance issues facing the industry. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2007
Charles Keenan |
Pillars of Good Governance REIT corporate governance is among the best in the United States and boards across the industry remain highly focused on corporate performance and strategy. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2004
Steve Bergsman |
The Business of REITs REITs have ripened with age, thanks in no small part to the industry's management teams, and investors share in the fruits of their labor. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2005
Matthew Bechard |
Earning Praise Publicly traded real estate companies have become the pillars of good governance. However, while total returns and dividend yields are easily quantifiable numbers with direct bearings on shareholder interest, corporate governance is not so easily measured. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2005 |
Forty-Five @ 45 To commemorate the way REITs have changed the face of real estate investment, here are highlights of the milestones, key events and accomplishments that shaped the past 45 years and will help chart the course for the next 45. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2000 |
Corporate Governance Roundtable At this year's NAREIT Law and Accounting Conference, one of the most talked about panel discussions was on the topic of corporate governance... |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2005
David E. Simon |
Raising Standards The modern REITs of today provide investors the opportunity to invest in liquid, dividend-paying, quality real estate firms actively managed for the benefit of all stockholders with the highest level of corporate governance. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2004
Steve Bergsman |
A New Generation More M.B.A. than mogul, a new group of REIT leaders will write the next chapter in the REIT story. |
BusinessWeek
April 3, 2006 |
An Acid Test for Boards Institutional Shareholder Services is making financial performance a metric for supporting directors' reelection. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2003
Matthew Bechard |
Straight From Sam Inside the mind of one of real estate's leading visionaries, Sam Zell. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2004
Hamid R. Moghadam |
Value of Good Governance Every public REIT should have a strong board that is independent and has some skin in the game that ensures the board members' interests are well aligned with those of shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Should We Be Like Britain? The UK's mandating corporate governance rules. Should we follow suit? |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2002
Gove & Valley |
REITs May Be Hitting A Wall Although it's too early to call a solid bottom to the stock market, real estate experts and analysts generally agree that in the near term REIT shares are going to be fighting headwinds due to deteriorating real estate fundamentals and waning investor enthusiasm. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2003
Matt Slepin |
Generating Value with an Outside View Many real estate companies have begun to look outward and incorporate best practices from corporate America, and hiring talent with perspective from outside of the industry has become an imperative. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2005
Michael Fickes |
Bringing the Outside In A few REITs have begun searching beyond the REIT world for senior executive talent, but the path of succession still typically starts from within. |
The Motley Fool
October 30, 2011 |
Limited Seating: Mixed Results on Efforts to Include More Women at the Corporate Board Table A look at what advances are being made, and how. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2008
Allison Landa |
30 Women to Note The REIT and real estate investment communities are no longer solely a man's world. Here are 30 real estate executives to watch. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2004
Jon Fosheim |
A Corporate Governance Report Card We often heard that REITs had worse corporate governance relative to other public companies. Despite all of the numerous shortcomings we found in the publicly traded REIT sector, we found no evidence that REITs were any worse than other sectors. |
CFO
November 1, 2002
Andrew Osterland |
Board Games Boards are supposed to monitor top executives, but too often give them carte blanche. That's why regulators are writing stricter rules for the corporate-governance game. |
National Real Estate Investor
January 1, 2003
Susan Cheng |
Time to revamp `insider boards' Is the fate of corporate giants like WorldCom and Tyco looming at the door of some real estate investment trusts across the nation? |
Knowledge@Wharton
December 18, 2002 |
Re-Examining the Role of the Chairman of the Board Faculty members at Wharton and a board member of a major U.S. corporation say that while there are some circumstances in which a division of authority between a chairman and a CEO may make sense, it is by no means a surefire way to keep companies on the straight and narrow. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2004
Courtney Darby |
T. Rowe Price Real Estate Fund In this issue we profile the T. Rowe Price Real Estate Fund, a dedicated real estate fund that utilizes a long--term, total return strategy. Fund manager David Lee assembles a diverse portfolio in the commercial real estate sector that is varied by property type and geography. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2003
Darlene Bremer |
Equal Opportunities Once a male-dominated industry, more women are climbing the real estate ladder. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2007
Christopher M. Wright |
View from the Corner Office Leading REIT CEOs discuss the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for the industry. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jan/Feb 2003
Christopher M. Wright |
Q&A with Jackson Hsieh We recently asked Jackson Hsieh, U.S. Managing Director of the Real Estate, Lodging & Leisure Group at UBS Warburg, to share his thoughts on the capital markets for publicly traded real estate and the economy as a whole. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2005
Jill Jusko |
Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
This Secret Weapon Could Save Your Stocks The presence of women in the boardroom could be a little-known advantage for shareholders. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2003
James B. Wright |
Governing REIT Compensation As recent well-publicized REIT proxy/management battles have demonstrated, REIT governance issues are no longer under the radar. In time, shareholder concerns (and any REIT vulnerabilities) relative to independent compensation decisions will also receive scrutiny. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2002
Matt Slepin |
Leadership, Leadership, Leadership Publicly traded real estate companies have helped transform the real estate business from one of a collection of assets to one of long term, world class, operating and investment companies... |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2008
Allen Kenney |
Choices, Choices, Choices Investors have more ways to buy and sell real estate than ever before. Read on about some of these new choices. |
National Real Estate Investor
January 1, 2005
Matt Valley |
Is Sarbanes-Oxley worth the pain and suffering? A year ago in this column, I predicted that the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate governance act (SOX) would be a big story for the REIT world and beyond in 2004. The evidence suggests that I was correct. |
Financial Advisor
July 2012
Marla Brill |
Solid Ground Lower dividends and big premiums may not stop new investors from jumping on the REIT bandwagon. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2003
Mike Fickes |
Imagination at Work GE Real Estate, a unit of General Electric, continues to make aggressive strides in expanding its global real estate portfolio. And while real estate may not be the company's signature business, GE Real Estate has amassed a portfolio valued at $27.4 billion and growing. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
Ann Therese Palmer |
Activist Capitalists Today, corporate governance analysts are legion. Here's what two key corporate governance experts say about nuances on corporate governance analysis. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2004
Courtney Darby |
Changing With the Times REITs have evolved successfully while staying true to their charter, and yet still are primed to grow in the future. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 22, 2003
Martha Lagace |
How to Build a Better Board Boards need to work smarter and with a design in mind, says Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch. Lorsch discusses his new book Back to the Drawing Board, co-written with Colin B. Carter. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2008
Martin E. Stein |
Old Faithful The quality of REITs' overall governance has been proven time and again, and even in these challenging times that has shown no true signs of abating. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 9, 2004
Lucian A. Bebchuk |
Bring Shareholders into the Board Room How can we improve board performance? One way is by reducing the extent to which boards are insulated from, and unaccountable to, shareholders. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2006
Michael Fickes |
$1 Trillion Milestone Commercial real estate debt and equity securities now exceed $1 trillion. What does that mean? How did securitized commercial real estate grow so large? |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2007
Steve Bergsman |
Fine Line Like any public company, REITs find retaining executives is a key issue. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2007
Lynn Novelli |
Leader of the Pack Analyst turned portfolio manager Jay Leupp tops the 2006 Stock Challenge. Leupp also beat the performance of the FTSE NAREIT All REIT Index, the primary U.S. REIT benchmark. |
BusinessWeek
April 3, 2006
Emily Thornton |
ISS Looks Like It's Channeling Icahn The proxy advisory firm says Fifth Third's CEO should go despite stellar governance. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004 |
Investors Fight Back From the Netherlands to South Korea, corporate boards are taking major steps to improve shareholder rights in the wake of financial scandals. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2005
Bryson & Gast |
Board Briefing: CEOs on the Board What are the advantages and limitations of CEOs on foundation boards? If the CEO is on the board, should he or she have full voting rights? How do your non-profit colleagues approach this decision? |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Corporate Boards Should Focus on Performance, Not Conformance After the corporate governance revolution of the 1990s that led to a new era of accountability to shareholders, the Enron debacle has brought new attention to the role of corporate boards and governance... |
CFO
March 1, 2003
Lori Calabro |
The Prime of Ms. Nell Minow For the prominent shareholder activist, these have been both the best and the worst of times. |
