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The Wall Street Journal: Pensions Venture Into Risky Corners of the Market in Hunt for Returns
Retirement programs are increasing bets on private debt, junk bonds and real estate as negative yields pare asset growth ByAvantika Chilkoti and Caitlin Ostroff November 7, 2019 Some pension-fund managers are venturing further into unusual investment territory as this year’s plunge in bond yields makes it harder to find decent long-term returns. Funds are dabbling in riskier asset classes, including private markets, real-estate projects, infrastructure financing and direct lending. Some are making riskier fixed-income bets, buying volatile assets such as 100-year Argentine government bonds. Others are going farther afield, investing in greenhouses and [...]
Curaleaf Announces Sale-Leaseback Transaction with Freehold Properties Totaling $28.3 Million
WAKEFIELD, Mass., Aug. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) (“Curaleaf”), a leading vertically integrated cannabis operator in the United States, today announced it has signed a sale-leaseback agreement with Freehold Properties valued at approximately $28.3 million for six of its properties in Florida, Massachusetts and New Jersey. Read More
Chris Ragland of Greenbelt Capital featured in American Association of Private Lenders
Proud to see Chris Ragland of Greenbelt Capital and his strong team at Noble Capital featured in the July issue of the American Association of Private Lenders. Private Lender by AAPL conducted a round-table interview with the partners at Noble Capital: Jadon Newman, Romney Navarro and Chris Ragland. Newman founded the company in 2002 to create alternative investment opportunities that provide shelter from the volatility associated with other investment models. Navarro and Ragland joined the firm as partners later. The growth that ensued led to three divisions: private lending, retirement [...]
Landlords are the Winners in Pot’s Booming Business
Cannabis legalization has seen—to the chagrin of drug warriors at the state and local level—upticks in tax revenue, tourism and local economics, and a steady decrescendo of use among youth. But the people benefiting most from legal cannabis—to the chagrin of folks hoping to break into the newly legal industry—are landlords. Because most cannabis farming is done indoors, massive amounts of warehouse space have to be rented. What’s more, most landlords are still wary of the cannabis industry, so the ones who are willing to rent to cannabis businesses can [...]