Hoya Capital

David Auerbach

Chief Investment Officer

David Auerbach Hoya Executive Team

David Auerbach has been in the REIT industry for almost 25 years and was most recently the former managing director of Armada ETF Advisors. He is the publisher of “The Daily REITBeat Newsletter”, a widely-followed industry publication that covers the publicly-traded REIT sector and is also a consultant with IR Concierge, LLC which is focused on corporate access in the REIT industry. David spent time working with World Equity Group in institutional securities trading and in December 2018, he departed Esposito Securities after 6½ years where he helped to build out the REIT/Real Estate platform with institutional investors and Equity REITs plus worked with ETF issuers on seeding, relationship building, and order execution.

Prior to joining Esposito Securities, David spent 11 years at Green Street Advisors as a Vice President of Institutional Trading handling REIT order execution and sales trading on behalf of institutional clients, hedge funds, pension funds, and other investors.  Before that, he worked at Financial Marketplace Inc. for 2 years as a retail investment adviser.  He has been quoted by Bloomberg, WSJ, Financial Times, REIT.com, and GlobeSt.com among countless other real estate publications and has been a featured guest on such networks as Yahoo Finance, TD Ameritrade and Bloomberg TV.

Hoya Capital announced David's appointment as Chief Investment Officer on October 2, 2023. In addition to his role in elevating the firm's REIT research platform, Hoya Capital Income Builder, he was named to lead the distribution and capital market efforts for Hoya Capital's two NYSE-listed exchange-traded funds, the Hoya Capital Housing ETF (HOMZ) and the Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF (RIET).

iREIT+HOYA Capital followers receive free access to The Daily REITBeat, the daily research and news publication David produces, which keeps subscribers apprised of pertinent news, data, and trends across the REIT industry.

He has been quoted as Hoya Capital's chief investment officer in coverage of the AvalonBay and Equity Residential merger and of the Janus Living senior housing IPO.

Background

Experience
Almost 25 years in the REIT industry
Previously
Managing Director, Armada ETF Advisors; Esposito Securities (REIT and real estate platform); Vice President of Institutional Trading, Green Street Advisors (11 years); World Equity Group; Financial Marketplace Inc.
Publisher
The Daily REITBeat Newsletter
Consultant
IR Concierge, LLC (corporate access in the REIT industry)
Quoted by
Bloomberg, WSJ, Financial Times, REIT.com, GlobeSt.com; guest on Yahoo Finance, TD Ameritrade, and Bloomberg TV

Areas of focus

  • Daily market analysis
  • REIT coverage
  • Media commentary
  • ETF distribution and capital markets

In the news

Research

Meet the rest of the team