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http://www.realert.com/ranks.php Fund-Performance Scorecard for Third Quarter HIGH-YIELD DEBT FUNDS

Executive Interview with Chris LaBianca September 17th, 2009 | Author: Dave Jacobs Christopher LaBianca President RCG Longview Christopher LaBianca joined the RCG Longview series of Real Estate Debt Funds in April of 2008 and serves as the President of their current high yield debt fund RCG Longview Debt Fund IV, L.P. His responsibilities include oversight of the origination, underwriting, closing, servicing and asset management of all fund investments. Since the inception of RCG Longview Debt Fund Series in 1999, the managers, Peter Cohen and Michael Boxer (Ramius Capital Group, LLC),Jeffrey Feil and Jay Anderson (The Feil Organization), Morton Olshan (Mall Properties), and Jon Estreich (Estreich & Company), have originated more than $1.8 billion in real estate mezzanine debt and other related instruments through RCG Longview fund vehicles. The investment strategy of the funds is driven by the collective experience of the managers as owners and operators of real estate. R...

Hard Times in Office Space Conversation over lunch at Nocello with William E. Hartman, Executive Vice President, Cushman & Wakefield BY ALEXEI BAYER September 1, 2009 Who: William E. Hartman, Executive Vice President, Cushman & Wakefield Where: Nocello, 257 West 55th Street, New York City, July 27, 2009 On the Menu: Gnocchi, salmon and real estate travails Nocello, a midtown Italian restaurant I reserved for a lunch interview with Cushman & Wakefield's William Hartman, happens to face a long blue construction fence stretching the entire length of a city block. Behind the fence, the foundation of another huge Manhattan skyscraper looks nearly complete. http://www.advisorone.com/2009/09/01/hard-times-in-office-space