REITs and Rising Interest Rates

Spotlight REITs and Rising Interest Rates March 31, 2022 REITs and Rising Interest Rates. Fed officials recently said they would be raising their benchmark federal-funds rate. Most officials projected pushing the rate up to 2% by the end of 2022 and maybe even 2.75% by end of 2023. This would put rates back to where […]
Homeowner Insurance

Spotlight Climate Change Comes for Home Insurance June 30, 2023 Climate Change Comes for Home Insurance After the particularly devastating wildfires in Northern California in 2020, some of our neighbors in the Bay Area found it difficult to renew their home insurance policies. Their situation was not uncommon. Between 2015 and 2021, over 1.3 million […]
Fund Commentary | June 30, 2023
June 30, 2023
Derwent

Derwent is a London-focused office REIT with 99% of the company’s portfolio is in central London. Derwent recognizes that climate change is a material issue for their business.
Sam interviewed on TD Ameritrade 2022
Interview Investing in ESG and Real Estate with VGSRX 2022 https://youtu.be/VJQZW7092OE Investing in ESG and Real Estate with VGSRX Sam Adams, CEO, Vert Asset Management, discusses the fund with Market On Close host Oliver Renick. He focuses on companies that can figure out how to make money from their sustainability initiatives.
Empire State Realty Trust

Empire State Realty Trust champions energy retrofits of mid-century buildings in New York City. They published an ESG Playbook in partnership with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
Inflation Reduction Act

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) could easily be renamed the “Enabling the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy Act” because of its many incentives for renewable energy. The IRA aims to reduce in emissions by 40% by 2030.
Five Year Performance Review for VGSRX

Spotlight Five Year Performance Review for VGSRX December 31, 2022 Five Year Performance Review for VGSRX The Vert Global Sustainable Real Estate Fund now has five years of live performance. Since inception the fund has an annualized return of 0.51%, thus underperforming its benchmark, the S&P Global REIT Index, which returned 1.67%. The charts below […]
What to Make of the ESG Backlash?

Readers of the financial press will probably have read about a backlash to ESG. From the volume of articles published it might seem the movement to sustainable investing is stalling. This is a false conclusion.
Fund Commentary | March 31, 2023
March 31, 2023