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Tax breaks drive China car sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... small car buyers would still receive a 25% sales tax incentive this year, taking the statutory rate to 7.5% before it returns to its full rate of 10% on 1 January 2018. Still, this year's lift in sales taxes - from 5% to 7.5% -- along with the record ...

Asia-Pacific comes out on top in unlisted real estate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... the region turned around after two consecutive quarters of decline, returning 2.58% - mostly because of the increasing returns of value-added and opportunity funds, which rose to 2.38% and 1.08% respectively. "Asia Pacific was the only region to see ...

Legg Mason launches new bond fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... diverse asset class. It provides stable income with lower volatility thus improving the predictability of overall portfolio returns," Kirkham said. "This diverse asset class provides extensive opportunities for a well-resourced and experienced team like ...

Climate calling

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... then divestment may be a very good strategy for you. If you're primary objective is to deliver the best risk-adjusted returns for your members, divestment may still be appropriate but other sustainable investing tools may deliver that better for you," ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... market's performance in the first five trading days of January (or the entire month of January) determines the market's returns for the entire year -- does not always hold. The S&P 500 index fell by 6.0% in the first five trading days of January 2016 ...

Property not the answer for passive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... published by Montgomery Investment Management warning investors in property and stocks of the looming threat of inferior returns. Instead, the investment firm suggests it might be time for passive equity and property investors to consider increasing ...

Spring FG enters property joint venture

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
... helping clients manage their residential portfolios." "Tessa has a proven track record of success in maximising client returns and already manages around $80 million of assets for our clients," the statement added.

Guest of honour

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... As a compromise, given he now had a wife, three kids and a "big mortgage," Lambert asked whether he could do a few tax returns on the side. They agreed, and Lambert began advertising his services in the Yellow Pages. There was a problem, though - much ...

Global investors missed turning point

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... 30 years, as will lifespans, the "peak child" phenomenon will shrink global workforces and reduce economic output and returns. "Perhaps the most that demographics have ever been considered in investment circles is the "baby boom" phenomenon. This bulge ...

Metro property markets continue reliable income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... Property fund manager Centuria says Australian metropolitan markets will continue to deliver both reliable income and capital returns in 2017. Centuria Metropolitan REIT (CMA) trust manager Nicholas Blake told Financial Standard that several underlying ...