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The Real Estate Investment Trusts will be helping to attract more funds into the realty sector and there is no need to provide more tax concessions for it. One of the senior government officials made this statement yesterday. REITs and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) are being expected to bring in more global investment and also [...] Continue Reading »
The year 2014 looks promising for REITs or Real Estate Investment Trusts. Anticipating a go ahead in this year’s budget, the trusts offer hope to realty developers who are struggling with low sales and high fund costs. Like mutual funds, REITs can be traded and listed in exchanges. They are tax-free and invest in malls, [...] Continue Reading »
The investors’ demand for non-convertible debentures (NCDs) remains high as s companies offer high coupon rates. In 2013-14, around Rs 33,842 crore have been raised by companies through NCDs and tax-free bonds, almost twice the amount of Rs 16,982 crore companies raised in 2012-13. In the current year, tax-free bonds have been high in demand [...] Continue Reading »
The government has given more time to 33 special economic zone developers, including Uttam Galva Steels Ltd, Unitech Infracon and GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd, to execute their projects. The Board of Approval (BoA), a 19 member inter-ministerial body that deals with SEZs, at a meeting headed by Commerce Secretary, also allowed three SEZ developers [...] Continue Reading »
