Napier & Blakeley Sponsors APREA Event
In early October, Napier & Blakeley in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA), sponsored and ran the 2nd Australian Real Estate Update half day seminar in Singapore.
This year’s event was co-sponsored by International Property Group, Norton Rose and the Trust Company.
Topics that were covered included an overview of the Australian real estate market, the investment decision making process, technical due diligence, MIT regime changes, Foreign Investment Review Board requirements, acquisition case studies, structures deployed to acquire assets in Australia, and capital allowances, after tax analysis and capital gains tax from a depreciation perspective. Continue reading
OPINION: It was somewhat surprising that the Climate Commission report, The Critical Decade: Generating A Renewable Australia, published a few days ago, failed to discuss the significant impact that Energy Efficiency improvements can have on reducing carbon emissions.
Almost all focus in the report was applied to the option of pursuing renewable energy as a solution to our reliance on carbon based energy. This is fine for the longer term, but it ignores the commercial reality that a step by step approach is required and indeed will occur.
Plainly, the process of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels must include the reduction in our overall demand for energy. Any decrease in demand for energy will also reduce Peak Demand. Continue reading →