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Hot trusts, cold techs show that dull sells with investors
To the joy of the private equity community, boring ol' income trusts continue to find favour with investors, while hot doggin' high-tech plays can't seem to find much of an audience... (The Globe and Mail - 6/23/2004)
Striving to win income game
Investing in income-generating securities is about to get more complicated. Investors have been flocking to bonds, income trusts and stocks offering generous dividends for the past couple... (The Globe and Mail - 6/7/2004)
High-yield plays dominate fund sector
Hasta la vista Latin American growth funds; hello income trust and hedge funds. In the wake of megamergers, the fund sector is consolidating - and expanding - like never before... (The Globe and Mail - 6/7/2004)
Goodale suspends income fund restrictions
Finance Minister Ralph Goodale has officially suspended controversial restrictions on pension funds' investments in income trusts, opening the door to a possible softening of the rules in the months to come... (The Globe and Mail - 5/19/2004)
Ottawa suspends trust cap plan
Finance Minister Ralph Goodale said Tuesday Ottawa will suspend proposed caps on income trust investments by pension funds in the wake of industry concern over the plan... (The Globe and Mail - 5/19/2004)
Goodale backtracks on trust cap move
Finance Minister Ralph Goodale bowed to intense pressure from heavyweight institutional investors, saying he plans to suspend the controversial cap on income trust investments within days... (The Globe and Mail - 5/14/2004)
Ottawa set to suspend budget's trust move
Finance Minister Ralph Goodale is poised to suspend budget measures that restrict pension funds from investing in the lucrative income trust market... (The Globe and Mail - 5/13/2004)
Slide in unit price, underlying strength in sector suggests careful approach now
Whatever you make of the suddenly lame income trust sector, there are two certainties for investors... (The Globe and Mail - 5/8/2004)
Alberta introduces law on trust liability
The Alberta government introduced new legislation yesterday designed to make clear that income trust unitholders cannot be held liable for losses at the company... (The Globe and Mail - 5/7/2004)
Pension funds plan to make trust limits an election issue
Some of Canada's largest pension funds have begun a full-court press to stop Ottawa's plan to limit their investments in the hot income trust sector... (The Globe and Mail - 5/6/2004)
Manager feels trusts are no longer sure bet
The nature of the Canadian income trust market is changing and no longer can investors pick just any income trust and assume that it is a good investment... (The Globe and Mail - 4/28/2004)
INVESTOR Q&A Trust units are in slide
Q: Why have income trust units been falling across the board?A: Trust units are sliding because everyone now expects interest rates to rise in the near future... (The Globe and Mail - 4/24/2004)
The trust gospel according to Rebecca MacDonald
What's that? You missed the party? You didn't buy into business trusts like Energy Savings Income Fund three years ago... (The Globe and Mail - 4/24/2004)
Trust value measured with different yardstick
How should investors place a value on a trust?These tax-driven structures mark a new world... (The Globe and Mail - 4/24/2004)
Legacy needs new deal with Fairmont
Neil Labatte must feel like the Kansas farmer who, after the tornado has passed, peeks out of his underground shelter to see whether it's safe to emerge... (The Globe and Mail - 4/21/2004)
Will The Brick's biggest blowout sale be an income trust?
Will The Brick Warehouse be the next big Canadian company to tap into the income trust craze... (The Globe and Mail - 4/20/2004)
Fears of rising interest rates trigger sector selloff
Income trusts received the equivalent of an open-ice bodycheck yesterday, as fears of rising interest rates triggered a selloff that some analysts said was long overdue for the overheated sector... (The Globe and Mail - 4/15/2004)
Rising rates won't doom the income trust sector
When times were good for trusts, and times were very, very good last year, the rising tide raised almost all ships... (The Globe and Mail - 4/15/2004)
Even a small interest rate rise will take shine off REITs
They will never win any awards for great architecture at Summit Real Estate Investment Trust, and that's the way management likes it... (The Globe and Mail - 4/13/2004)
Could high-flying software maker become a trust?
Could tech be the next sector to jump on the income trust bandwagon? It's a question that's very much on the minds of financiers as software maker Hummingbird prepares to announce quarterly results on April 19... (The Globe and Mail - 4/9/2004)
Goodale's business trust manoeuvre has fixed nothing
Attacking income trusts is like attacking Tim Hortons, SUVs, perogies and other things Canadians covet and cherish. Income trusts are wildly popular... (The Globe and Mail - 4/5/2004)
S&P/TSX inclusion unlikely
Proposed changes by the federal government to limit the amounts that pension funds can invest in business trusts will likely keep them out of the benchmark SandP/TSX index... (The Globe and Mail - 4/5/2004)