He says he has no direct or indirect interest in the firm.

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Today, there are 25 countries around the world that have adopted the REIT (or REIT-like) structure as a tax-efficient way for small investors to achieve the many benefits of owning an indirect interest in high-quality, well-located and professionally-managed income-producing real estate.

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Effectively the VIE structure means that equity holders have a somewhat indirect financial interest in the revenue and earnings stream and do not actually have a claim on the assets of the company in question.

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The Bank's favourite measure of inflation, which excludes both mortgage-interest costs and indirect-tax changes, was unchanged in July, at an annual rate of 2.2% (see chart).

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Consequently, in the interest of maximizing the salability of these indirect means of constraining nuclear forces, some of their champions have simply dissembled.

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Actually, if a bank pays higher corporate taxes on interest from government bonds than the investor, these types of indirect investments in government bonds are tax-inefficient.

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The Bank tried to play down the bad news on inflation, ascribing it to the hike in indirect taxes in July's budget and (for the headline rate) the recent increases in interest rates.

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In this scenario, there are no direct broker fees or commissions paid but the inherent conflict of interest is self-serving when offering research and recommendations on proprietary and non-proprietary funds where indirect and undisclosed revenue can be captured.

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