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Lower foreign withholding tax will boost Australia: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... withholding tax] & if we do not get this right, it is possible that our real estate investment trust industry will move offshore," he said. "We could well find that the new REITs [real estate investment trusts] which we set up in this industry are not ...

Economic round-up: RBA thumbs-up

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... paper written for CEDA that a large part of our deficit is attributable to net payments on interest and dividends on offshore debt and accounts for 80 per cent of Australia's current account deficit. Dr Edwards also noted that during the first five years ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
... 175.83 points to 20,293.76. WELLINGTON - A lack of news and negative sentiment about China's sharemarket prompted some offshore selling. The NZSX-50 benchmark index lost 29.37 points to 4279.62.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... interest rate rises. The Hang Seng Index lost 60.17 points to 20,469.59. WELLINGTON - Stocks remained little changed, as offshore holidays flattened interest. The NZSX-50 index rose 4.58 points to 4308.99.

Property funds building on size

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... asset boom, with dedicated international property funds surging by 75 per cent over last year. Henry said additional offshore investments mean the overseas sector is now bigger than the mortgage securities market with more than A$33 billion in FUM. Westfield ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
The Australian dollar was stronger at noon after being driven higher in early trade by offshore currency movements. At 1200 AEST, the domestic unit was trading at $US0.8226/31, down from yesterday's close of 0.8212/13. It traded between a low of $US0.8216 ...

Much ado over Northern Trust

... in a contrarian view on the emotive debate surrounding the Future Fund's decision to outsource its custodian needs to offshore player Northern Trust. "Some general media comment recently has not shown a complete understanding of the use of custody specialists ...

Aberdeen capitalises on expanded talent pool

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
Aberdeen will focus on new offshore talent and overseas credit products following the March acquisition of Deutsche Asset Management's (DeAM) Australian equities and fixed interest capabilities. Director of business development, Neil Hegarty, said Aberdeen ...

Macquarie seeks banking licence in Britain

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... centre, with about 700 staff, and had been under consideration as a location for the bank's headquarters if it moved offshore. Moss said the bank had decided to maintain its Australian base, despite the rapid growth of its overseas businesses. "Over ...

Get outta town

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... $320 million. Others copping a financial king-hit lately are members of the Australian Direct Marketing Association and offshore telemarketing centers, following the Federal Trade Commission's launch of their National Do Not Call Registry. Aside from ...