Invest in the global village

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New opportunities are opening up in Australia as global property fund managers venture into the Australian retail market. One of them includes Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) format, the transparent tax treatment that passes the minority of property income through to investors before tax, in the same way that unit trusts do in the local market.

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US trusts hit the market

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The Lend Lease US Office Trust has a good spread of properties and its rental market growth is forecasted to be 3 per cent. The reason for this is that investors are becoming more comfortable with overseas-based trusts.

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Trust us, bigger is better

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The Listed Property Trust (LPTs) sector had a poor performance in the last year. Some of the reasons behind this poor performance is verified. Some data about the LPTs of Australia are also compared.

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