On September 1, 2016, Standard & Poor's (S&P) upgraded real estate as a stand-alone sector within its Dow Jones Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). GICS is the de facto classification system for equity securities...more
In February 2016, Hilton Worldwide announced its plans to spin off the bulk of its hotel real estate into a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) to be owned by its shareholders by the end of the year. The...more