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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... its highest since August 15. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips rallied by 2.8 per cent in heavy trade, as real estate developers rose on hopes of a rate cut by the US central bank. The Hang Seng Index closed up 620.09 points to end at 22,966.97, its highest ...

Smallco grows bigger

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... 13 years broking experience, Hokin has covered a variety of sectors, including small caps, diversified financials, developers, utilities and property trusts. The small caps sector averaged 49 per cent over the last year, according to Rainmaker data ...

Private equity, hedge funds at risk

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
... fund managers paying 10 per cent or 15 per cent tax. And they have a point!" Grantham said that just as real estate developers have to pay income tax, as opposed to capital gains tax on property sales, he felt private equity firms should pay income tax ...

World first index monetises climate change risk

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... said. Selected companies included mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, as well as Bluescope Steel. Major property developers such as Mirvac were also included. Despite high exposure to the impact of climate change-based market fluctuations, the ...

Accommodation shopping? Try the local mall

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... buy or rent. In theory, accommodation shortages driving rents should have sparked renewed interest for investors and developers. But developers seem to have bigger fish to fry and investors are competing with owner-occupiers for established homes, driving ...

Good thing bananas don't pay rent

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... cities. The implication is that the shortage will keep driving rents and provide renewed interest for investors and developers, leading to a true rebound in the housing market being very dependant on further RBA interest decisions. As the Murray Dowling ...

NSW Govt to launch biodiversity fund

Private land owners and property developers are set to benefit from an innovative NSW Government scheme which allows both parties to address the biodiversity impact of any land development through a centralised offset and credit-based scheme. The brainchild ...

Charles River key IT for Islamic funds

... Islamic law, according to US based managed funds technology specialist Charles River. Charles River is one of the leading developers of Investment Management Systems (IMS) that allow clients to plug in certain screening and compliance procedures onto ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
... third straight weekly gain, edging up 125.18 points this week. HONG KONG - Blue chips climbed 0.65 per cent as property developers extended their gains and Hutchison Whampoa jumped in heavy trade as investors bid up the underplayed conglomerate. The ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
... sum to about a third of the on-cost of land and that the slice that government takes is about triple what the land developers end up with. About 12 per cent of the land price goes to State government taxes and charges, about 10 per cent to the Federal ...