Leverage Lessons Learned, REIT Privatization Specialist Says

Adam Emmerich, partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2016: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C.

Emmerich participated on a panel at REITWise that looked at privatizations in the REIT industry and the lessons learned from the last privatization wave.

Emmerich noted that one of the lessons that the investing world has learned more broadly is that leverage can be “very, very serious.”

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Professor Finds Strong Effects of Leverage on REIT Values

Tim Riddiough, a professor in the Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics at the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin Madison, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWorld 2015: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Wynn Las Vegas.

Riddiough discussed his recent research on the relationship between REITs and their capital structures. He explained that the motivation for the study came from the insufficient appreciation given to the value of REITs’ financial management.

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