Real-estate developers are racing to reimagine struggling retail space as apartments or last-mile logistics hubs. But it’s a tricky strategy that’s far from a guaranteed win.

The retail apocalypse was already in full swing before the coronavirus hit. After weeks of total shutdown, and now months of uncertainty, it’s become clear that the pandemic has only made the downwar…
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The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund lost $21 billion in the first 6 months of 2020 as COVID-19 decimated returns

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  • Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, suffered a 3.4% drop in the first half of the year, equivalent to around $21 billion.
  • Norges Bank Investment Managem…
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The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund lost $21 billion in the first 6 months of 2020 as COVID-19 decimated returns

  • Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, suffered a 3.4% drop in the first half of the year, equivalent to around $21 billion.
  • Norges Bank Investment Management, whic…
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REVEALED: The 20 leaders in charge of the powerful Goldman Sachs merchant-banking division that’s raising $100 billion for a new alternatives push

Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division has been through a lot of change recently.
The business unit has been ground zero for CEO David Solomon’s plan to pivot the company away from making private-…
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Public investors plan move to government bonds in safety play – Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – More public institutions, including central banks, sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds, plan to increase their weighting in government bonds than cut back, as they char…
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Learn how to invest in real estate with this $25 bundle

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Update 5: Microsoft explores buying entire TikTok global business (report)
The Financial Times reports that as part of negotiations, Microsoft is now inquiring whether it can buy…
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The Trump campaign has launched an internal audit of spending irregularities during Brad Parscale’s tenure as campaign manager

Hello!
What a week from our new DC bureau. Here’s bureau chief Darren Samuelsohn:
Tom LoBianco landed a major league scoop to close out the week detailing the Trump campaign’s internal audit of spe…
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Legal tech startup Orbital Witness raises $4 million in a funding round backed by Seedcamp and LocalGlobe

Legal tech startup Orbital Witness has raised $4 million in a funding round backed by Seedcamp and LocalGlobe. 
Orbital Witness, based in London, is disrupting the due diligence process in real esta…
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AIA: “Architecture billings remain in negative territory, begin to stabilize”

Note: This index is a leading indicator primarily for new Commercial Real Estate (CRE) investment. 
From the AIA: Architecture billings remain in negative territory, begin to stabilize
Demand for d…
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3 things I learned about being a landlord from an investor who owned nearly 30 rental homes

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