Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> July 15, 2016

REIT Investor Base Broadens as Generalist Investors Enter the Sector

Stevenson, Rob
Rob Stevenson is Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Research at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. Mr. Stevenson joined Janney in 2015 as a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst covering the real estate sector. Prior to joining Janney, Mr. Stevenson was a Managing Director and the Head of the U.S. REIT Research team at Macquarie Capital following that company’s acquisition of Fox-Pitt Kelton in 2009, where he had started the firm’s REIT and homebuilding practice. Earlier in his career, Mr. Stevenson covered REITs and homebuilders for 12 years at Morgan Stanley, where he was an Executive Director and Senior Research Analyst. Mr. Stevenson earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Johnson School of Business at Cornell University. Profile
TWST: When we spoke a year ago you were covering apartments and planning on rolling out more coverage. Would you give us an update and overview of your REIT coverage