Two pensions put $300m into US Farm Trust REIT Funding comes from two pension funds that are not willing to be disclosed at this point, and the REIT will acquire row crop farmland in the Pacific Northwest region. Read more by visiting Agri Investor: https://www.agriinvestor.com/two-pensions-put-300m-into-us-farm-trust-reit-exclusive/
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Tortoise in Barron's
Tortoise Expects Generous Distribution Growth from MLPs By Amey Stone The bear market in master limited partnerships accelerated last week, with the sector falling 8.4% as many companies reported earnings. MLPs are now down 18.3% for year, and down 30% from peak level a year earlier. Read the full article here.
EquityZen in Benzinga
Tank Alert: Did Etsy IPO Too Soon? Etsy Inc. is ailing. The peer-to-peer eCommerce site tumbled 28 percent on Wednesday after investors reacted to worse-than-expected Q2 earnings. The company has had a rough first few months on the NASDAQ. Trading under $14 per share, Etsy is now pegged by the market as worth less than […]
Alopexx work is cited
This new approach could be a solution to our superbug crisis Drug-resistant bacteria, commonly known as superbugs, are making public health officials nervous, and a team of scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital think they may have two possible solutions to the problem: vaccines and antibodies designed to take on not just one superbug, but […]
Tortoise on Obama’s Climate Plan
Tortoise Capital Advisors Managing Director Rob Thummel discusses the impact of President Obama’s climate plan on energy investments. He speaks on “Market Makers.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Quad on Bloomberg
Quad Group’s Chief Strategist Peter Borish discusses the performance of small hedge funds. He speaks on “Market Makers.” (Source: Bloomberg)
root9B creates pursuit center
Firm builds Adversary Pursuit Center for remote cyber services An Adversary Pursuit Center is going up in Colorado Springs, Colo. Built by root9B, a cybersecurity services firm, the $2 million cybersecurity facility will provide remote security services to the company’s government and commercial clients. Read more here.
Memories of a funeral…and leadership
There are some things I remember from my childhood. Not a lot…but those that have stuck, stuck well. One is a memory of a funeral service for Walter Kimbrough. Walter was the lead groundskeeper for the Bayonne Housing Authority. My dad was the executive director. On Saturdays and Sundays when dad would go to the […]
EquityZen’s CEO in Fox Business.com
Airbnb Poaches Blackstone CFO on Path to IPO Airbnb, the vacation rentals startup, announced Friday that it hired Laurence Tosi away from Blackstone (BX) to join the company as chief financial officer. The hiring of Tosi, who spent seven years as CFO at the private equity firm, could be a signal that the $25.5 billion […]
GBI’s Bob Alderman in CNN Money
GBI’s Bob Alderman Talks Gold in CNNMoney
PS&S grows architecture and land practice group in Cherry Hill
Warren-based architecture and engineering firm hires three new architects Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor, a Warren-based architecture and engineering firm, announced it has hired architects Charles Clauser, Harry Wright and Stephen Sgro in its Cherry Hill office. The new hires, formally of Moorestown-based Costanza Spector Clauser Architects, come as part of PS&S’s expansion in South Jersey, […]
root9B in UPI
root9B to help U.S. military combat terrorism Cyber-security services company root9B will develop and implement cyber-capabilities and technologies to combat terrorism for the U.S. military. The special warfare technical support work is for the Department of Defense’s Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office and comes as a sub-contract from Silverback 7 Inc. Read more here.
root9B expands
Colorado Springs company building $2 million cyber security operations center Root9B, a Colorado Springs cyber security provider, plans to open a $2 million operations center next month in a downtown office tower to offer government and commercial clients remote computer network defense, training and other services. Read more here.
root9B in Defense World
root9B To Support Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) Cyber Security firm, root9B has won a $48 million subcontract from Silverback 7 to provide special warfare technical support (SWTS) within the USCombating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO). The company announced Thursday that SWTS contract awarded to Silverback 7 has a period of performance of 5 […]
Horizon print ads roll out
root9B credited
First Java Zero-Day Exploit in Two Years Used to Target NATO Members Operation Pawn Storm, a group of hackers specialized in cyber-espionage, was detected using a Java zero-day vulnerability on the armed forces of a certain NATO member and a US defense organization, as Trend Micro reports. Read more here.
More on Tortoise’s new product
Master limited partnerships (MLPs) which had put up a great show last year despite plunging oil prices saw a weak start to the year. MLPs finally had to give in to the oil price massacre. However, the weakness in the space gave many an entry point in these products, given their high level of yield. […]
Quad Group expands
Quad Group expands futures trading desk with key hires Quad Group, consisting of Quad Capital Management, Quad Securities Holdings and Quad Advisors, has recently added several experienced futures traders to its growing team. Read more here.
Our take on ops for the US Women
The next goal Jersey’s Carli Lloyd may find marketing her World Cup success to be a tougher task Let’s play a game of By The Numbers, soccer-style. The U.S. victory in the Women’s World Cup final over Japan earlier this month was the most-watched soccer game in the history of American television. Read more […]
Tortoise launches new fund
Top Portfolio Products: Schwab Adds Commission-Free ETFs Tortoise rolls out a North American pipeline fund; Compass launches volatility-weighted ETFs. New products and changes introduced over the last week include an expansion of Schwab’s commission-free ETFs; three ETFs from Compass EMP; an ETF from Tortoise; and an ETF from First Trust. Read the full article here.
TABB Forum highlights our blog
NYSE – Once Upon a Time: A Great Brand The NYSE’s big mistake last week wasn’t the software glitch. It was the silence that resonated from a nearly empty trading floor during the outage.The post-Dick Grasso leadership at the exchange has de-emphasized quality of execution and concern for the least-sophisticated investor to focus on speed, […]
GBI's new offering
Gold-Heavy Christian Fund Puts Faith in Brink’s Vault A fund managed according to Christian values is placing faith in a Brink’s vault for its gold bullion, relying on no-action relief granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission that changes the rules on where funds could keep precious metals. Read more here.
Once Upon a Time: a Great Brand
Yes, this will be a biased view. In the mid-1990’s we spent time, energy and money building the NYSE into one of the great brands in the world. The result was an 83% market share, global dominance in the listings business, and the status – documented by independent research firms – of being one of […]
Joe Grano with Maria Bartiromo on cybersecurity
Improving the strategy against cyber attacks – Root9B Technologies CEO Joe Grano on improving cyber security and the NYSE’s handling of its technical issues.
Bob on the NYSE outage
NYSE Says It Wasn’t Hacked, Blames Technical Issue For Trading Halt Trading on the New York Stock Exchange is halted, but the reason for the trading suspension is not because the system was hacked, the NYSE said. Read more here.
CMS Technology on food safety
How technology can make the food supply safer In the food industry, consumer perception is everything, and nowhere is that more important than the safety of the foods they buy. Read more here.
PS&S in Civil + Structural Engineer
Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor (PS&S) announced that John Sartor, president and COO of PS&S, has been named CEO of the company. The company also announced the promotion of Thomas Heim, CFA, as the new COO of PS&S. Company founder Dr. Anthony J. Sartor will remain chairman. Read the piece here.
Tortoise launches new fund
Tortoise Capital Advisors Introduces its First MLP ETF Tortoise Capital Advisors, a Kansas-based money manager specializing in energy investments, introduced its first exchange traded fund today, the Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund (NYSEArca: TPYP). Read more here.
Johnson Controls in Fortune
Is Johnson Controls still bullish on the auto business? As the company explores options to divest in its automotive division, Brian O’Keefe sits down with CEO Alex Molinaroli to discuss the move and the company’s outlook on auto. View more here.
root9B Technologies’ IPSA subsidiary in Global Finance
A Conversation With…Dan Wachtler, President and CEO of IPSA International A discussion on the challenges of Anti-Money Laundering for Banks & Corporates and the growing role of foreign governments. View more here.