Real Estate Insights

16 August 2005

Property Congress special edition

Welcome to the August edition of Real Estate Insights. In this special edition of Insights we look at six areas of interest:

are "special purpose vehicles" an effective way to reduce property project risks and limit recourse to project assets and cashflows
managing conflicts of interest and trustee's duties, particularly in conglomerate groups
how recent stamp duty law changes impact on many dealings that were previously duty free
recent changes to Queensland’s infrastructure charges regime; and
the 2005 update on last year's very sought after "Retail Tenancies Comparative Analysis".

Beyond good deeds

By Francesca Rush.

Where is the Australian property market at? Fran Rush looks at the current state - and where it's going to.

Does the use of SPVs provide effective liability limitation?

By Graeme Gurney.

SPVs are commonly used to limit liability, but is that all project participants have to do? Graeme Gurney, considers that you need to also use other techniques.