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Food profits to rise: Macquarie

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... for blue gum pulp to make paper, Abraham said. Investors can either own the land through a land trust, which will collect rent from the tree business, or the tree business itself, or both, in projects that last from two to 11 years. Abraham said the ...

Budget 2011: minor investors cut short

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... of 18, will no longer be able to access the LITO to reduce tax payable on unearned income such as dividends, interest and rent. This measure will not impact income earned by minors from work, unearned income of minors who are orphans or disabled and ...

Foreign shocks sparks IT scrutiny

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... chief executive of Aphaserve, said many firms mistakenly take the old approach to disaster recovery where they purchase or rent a second set of servers that sit idle in a center wasting resources until needed - which is never unless they are very unlucky. ...

Property primed for inflow pick up

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Fund managers are urging investors not to miss out on property stocks while at the bottom of the cycle because inflows into the sector remain down. Martin Hession, head of property, Australian Unity, said that retail investment in unlisted funds was ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... take control of the Senate on 1 July, ensuring smooth passage of the Budget and other reforms such as the Mineral Resources Rent Tax and increases to the Superannuation Guarantee. But legislation requiring the government to take on, out-argue and out-maneuver ...

Govt claims MRRT as super victory

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... guarantee from 9 per cent to 12 per cent. Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said in a media release that Minerals Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) revenues would go towards building superannuation savings. "The revenue from the MRRT will help offset the loss ...

Aussies embrace US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
After a tumultuous few years, US real estate could be set for gains next year, and Australia's largest super funds are becoming alert to the opportunities. According to Principal Real Estate Investors, despite uncertainty over the macroeconomic situation ...

Property recovery reignites super fund war

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Australia's recovering commercial property market fuelling the bounce back in the direct property sector, combined with share returns turning south, has dented the retail super surge and put industry funds back in the market lead. CB Richard Ellis has ...

New board at India Equities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
Investors at India Equities Fund voted against the board's proposed return of capital at last Friday's EGM, replacing them with three new directors nominated by shareholder GW Holdings. The directors of India Equities Fund previously said that if shareholders ...

Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... it." Shorten said the SG increase could be partly funded by a super tax on the mining sector. "We looked at the Minerals Rent Resource Tax, and if what we're doing will stifle, or hobble, or impede, on inconvenience, the mining sector. We found it wouldn't." ...