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Jim Costello

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Commercial real estate economist helping investors understand the intersection of the capital markets and local economies.
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Cross-Border Capital in US Commercial Real Estate: Historical Trends, Future Flows

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By Jim Costello, Michael Savino
| MSCI Verified
Recent geopolitical instability, trade policies and regulatory changes in the U.S. have made cross-border investors question if the country continues to be a safe haven and to offer attractive returns. Investigating several signals in home countries that drive long-running investment patterns by cross-border investors can offer clues as to whether these investors will return, when and to what degree.
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Will Private Markets Pass the Test?

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By Ashley Lester, Jim Costello, Brenda Rainey
| MSCI Verified
Podcast 28 min listen Ashley Lester, Jim Costello, Brenda Rainey, Michael Viteri, Richard Cheever, CFA, CAIA, Clint Stone, Kerri Gandin, Vu Nguyen, Edward Berman May 21, 2026 After 15 years of near-uninterrupted growth, private markets are facing something they haven’t faced before: a real test.
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Real Assets in Focus: US Still a Magnet for Canadian Investors

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By Jim Costello
| MSCI Verified
Blog post 4 min read November 24, 2025 Canadian investors were the second-largest source of cross-border capital for the global property markets during the first nine months of 2025, and the single largest destination for this capital was the U.S., receiving 30% of Canada’s outbound investment. This pace of investment defied expectations set early in the year when turmoil around political changes in the U.S. led to fears that Canadian investors would look elsewhere globally to deploy capital.
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