After being on the backburner for over 7 yrs, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has released draft rules for mutual funds real estate schemes, bringing a lot of relief to the MF industry. SEBI has given authorization to two types of real estate funds. While the first group is of real estate […]
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REITs For Booming Real Estate
March 17, 2008 – 12:33 am
SINGAPORE, March 17 – The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said on Monday that it was looking at the introduction of real estate investment trusts (REITs), but this will come only after other financial market liberalisation moves. “We have got remarks from market players. I would say that in the timetable, that will […]
Realty sector seeks tax breaks on REITs in line with MFs
February 28, 2008 – 4:47 am
Realty sector hopes that Finance Minister P Chidambaram will provide tax breaks on REITs in line with the Mutual Funds while he unveils the Union Budget on February 29. Market regulator SEBI has already come out with a draft guideline to allow Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), but there was no mention on the tax […]
Asian real estate board sees Singapore as major REITs centre
February 26, 2008 – 8:59 am
Singapore – The Asian Public Real Estate Association said on Tuesday told that a body which represents publicly traded Asia-Pacific real estate has set up a chapter in Singapore to ultimately serve as a major cross-border REITs centre. Market capitalization of the city-state’s real estate investment trust (REIT) market amounts to 21.6 billion dollars, second […]
