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It is a difficult task to regain the trust of shareholders who have been misled in the past. On Thursday, new CEO Glenn Rufrano hosted the inaugural Vereit Inc (NYSE: VER) earnings call for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. Shareholders and investors who follow publicly traded REITs are familiar...

On May 18, W.P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) reported earnings, reaffirmed FY guidance and declared another dividend increase, pretty much business as usual. W.P. Carey is a member of the single-tenant, triple-net REIT family, but trades at a notable discount to its better known peers Realty Income (...

One of last year's biggest REIT stories resulted in American Realty Capital Properties Inc (NASDAQ: ARCP) Executive Chairman Nick Schorsch and then-new CEO David Kay stepping down amid accounting errors and related cover-ups. Fast forward to Thursday and five weeks into his tenure, new CEO Glenn...

American Realty Capital Properties Inc (NASDAQ: ARCP) on Monday hosted a conference call to discuss the delayed release of its Q4 and FY 2014 results. Additionally, ARCP posted a 24 slide presentation of financial highlights and a review of where the business currently stands. By the end of...

On Tuesday, JMP Securities reinstated coverage of beleaguered American Realty Capital Properties Inc (NASDAQ: ARCP) at Market Perform, noting "the risk-reward is balanced at current levels." Shares of ARCP had closed at $10.08 per share on the day the JMP note was released,...

On Monday, American Realty Capital Properties Inc (NASDAQ: ARCP) released a statement and hosted a conference call presentation updating its progress to date regarding the review of its past accounting and other issues surrounding the departure of former Chairman Nick Schorsch late last year....

The agonizing wait for shareholders and registered investment advisors is now over. Nick Schorsch on Tuesday resigned as chairman at RCS Capital Corp (NYSE: RCAP) and New York REIT Inc (NYSE: NYRT). According to Bloomberg, Schorsch has chosen to also resign from 11 affiliates of AR Capital,...

It appears that "winter is coming," again, for battered common shareholders. American Realty Capital Properties Inc (NASDAQ: ARCP)'s corporate suite and boardroom has been in turmoil during the last quarter of 2014. For optimistic investors who were hoping to receive a...

The departure of the architect of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCP)'s "growth at any price" strategy Executive Chairman Nick Schorsch should have been a surprise to absolutely nobody who even remotely follows the REIT sector. However, David S. Kay stepping...

On December 4, RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE: RCAP) announced that it had settled the litigation with American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (NADSAQ: ARCP) over the aborted deal to acquire ARCP's Cole Capital Advisors' business unit. Coincidentally, on December 3, RCS Capital CEO Mike...

Who knew REITs could be so exciting? Here's what investors need to know in order to appreciate the significance of the lack of one e-mail review. First, a small accounting scandal and related cover-up was announced on October 29 by American Realty Capital Properties Inc (NASDAQ: ARCP),...

Despite American Realty Capital Properties Inc's (NASDAQ: ARCP) recent fall from grace, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the single-tenant triple-net REIT business model. In fact, four of American Realty Capital's REIT peers traded at or near 52-week highs on November 4, when...

The adage "where there is smoke there is fire" once more becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy as the FBI reportedly joins the SEC in investigating American Realty Capital Properties Inc's (NASDAQ: ARCP) accounting irregularities that were made public last week. Adding Fuel To The...