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Treasury shakes up foreign investing framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... system "stronger, more streamlined, and more transparent". Treasurer Jim Chalmers today released an updated foreign investment policy document to make the nation a more attractive place to invest, and at the same time boost economic prosperity and productivity. ...

Threats outside the Australian financial system build: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA's) latest Financial Stability Assessment has said that although risks to global economy have been balanced as inflation has eased, risks to financial stability remain. The Assessment said there is a possibility ...

Deloitte eyes more mergers and product innovation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
Superannuation funds will be focused on ongoing merger activity and strengthening retirement strategies and product solutions in the next few years, according to Deloitte's Dynamics of the Australian Superannuation System report. The report forecasted ...

Aussie fintech growth counteracted by local challenges: EY

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
Australia's fintech sector is showing signs of growth; however, it's still being held back by constrained local capital, complex regulatory challenges, and investor appetite for offshore opportunities. In its eighth consecutive year, the EY ...

Australia-UK FTA a boon for local business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Australia in 2021 ($128 billion), and the second-largest source of foreign investment in terms of total stock ($719 billion). It was also the second-largest destination for Australian foreign investment, with ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... been a high-taxed jurisdiction. There are a number of countries which have been more competitive in attracting foreign investment owing in part to their more attractive taxation regimes,'' he said. "Many foreign groups have also questioned the Federal ...

Pension fund buys up iconic Aussie vineyards

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2022
... for both SPV and PSP Investments' global wine portfolio," he said. The partnership has been approved by the Foreign Investment Review Board.

Experts weigh in on Brookfield bid for Origin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... transition listed on the ASX." Noble also raised the question of whether the Origin bid should be reviewed by the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) on the grounds that the MidOcean purchase of APLNG and continuing to exploit gas reserves might endanger ...

ACCC approves Dye & Durham, Link deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... competition." The deal has also been approved by the Central Bank of Ireland but is awaiting approvals from the Foreign Investment Review Board, the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur. The ...

Foreign investment fees to double

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
Foreign investors will pay an additional $455 million in Foreign Investment Review Board fees over the next four years under new regulations. Seeing through an election promise, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is doubling fees for offshore investors from July ...
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