Tax reform and the real estate industry

whitePaper | September 8, 2022

India is at the cusp of exponential growth driven by a host of factors that include an enabling regulatory environment, thrust on domestic manufacturing, and growing exports. Correspondingly, wealth in India is accelerating at an unprecedented rate and investors are increasingly demanding innovative investment solutions that they can access in a seamless, efficient, and cost-effective manner. However, the current ecosystem has several prevailing gaps that hinder product side innovation and preclude large swathes of investors from accessing the limited number of innovative products that are currently available in the market. Due to these gaps, investment managers are unable to create innovative products and distribute them at scale while investors need to compromise when it comes to making optimal investment decisions.

whitePaper | February 28, 2023

Mid-last year, Elion Partners, LLC (“Elion”) announced further development to Elion Intelligence (“E.I.”), its proprietary technology platform for data-informed real estate investments and operations. This additional enhancement came in the form of Elion’s April 2022 strategic absorption of White Peak Tech, a technology and data consulting company focused on analytics, data engineering, machine learning, and software development. Here, Elion’s Director of Data Science, Jared Stufft, discusses what makes E.I. powerful, how the Elion team is leveraging its capabilities, and how E.I. differentiates the firm as a tech-enabled investment manager.

whitePaper | December 14, 2022

It’s always difficult to predict what will happen next in the mortgage industry, but there is a consistent theme to what keeps mortgage lending and servicing executives awake at night — profitability and regulatory pressures. Unfortunately these two challenges are often at odds with each other, as compliance costs continue to grow and eat into profit margins. So what investments will deliver the best balance between profitability and compliance while still allowing you to grow your business?

whitePaper | December 8, 2022

Economic change, both positive and negative, has a direct impact on business strategy. Think: As consumer spending slows and revenues drop, companies may cut back on hiring employees or buying new equipment. If spending increases, new employees and more materials are needed to adapt to this change.

whitePaper | July 1, 2022

Real estate is one of the largest assets in the world, but it is also synonymous with low liquidity. Tokenization of real estate emerged in the era of real estate 4.0 as technological innovation to counter the low liquidity, long and expensive transaction process, and high entry threshold of the real estate industry. By Fractionalization, tokenization of real estate reduces the required capital that investors need. It is also based on blockchain and smart contract technology, which provides open and transparent information and greatly improves transaction efficiency. However, tokenization also faces the problems of low demand and insignificant economic benefits.

whitePaper | August 5, 2021

Real assets are tangible, physical assets that have an inherent value deriving from their attributes and usefulness. The asset class includes commodities, land, precious metals, real estate, equipment and machinery, and natural resources. Occasionally, this definition is expanded to include an element of inflation protection, in which case financial assets such as Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) can also be included in the list. Private real assets also come with their own distinct challenges. They are typically illiquid and most suitable for institutional investors with a longer time horizon. Additionally, physical ownership of private assets such as those mentioned above requires a certain degree of operational expertise. Taking all of this into account, developing an optimal allocation to private real assets can become a complex process.