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Three IOOF funds qualify for SIV program

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
IOOF has become the latest fund manager to tailor products for the significant investor visa (SIV) program, with three of the group's Multimix funds qualifying as complying investments. The SIV was introduced in November 2012 to attract migrants with ...

Legg Mason adds SIV funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Legg Mason is packaging its four Significant Investment Visa (SIV) complying funds as a ready-made solution for private wealth advice firms. The fund manager has four funds that comply with SIV requirements - Australian cash, listed property, equity ...

Numbers don't add up at McDonald's financial planning

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... earns on average in the United States working 40 hours a week. However, the sample budget that McDonald's put together with Visa considers it is impossible to cover monthly expenses with this salary and assumes that workers need to have a second job. ...

New fund launched for wealthy migrants

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... fund is aimed at entrepreneurs and business people - primarily in China - who wish to move to Australia under a new investor visa introduced late last year. Under the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program, high net worth individuals can get residency ...

Credit Suisse launches SIV portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... Credit Suisse Private Banking has launched two new investment portfolios developed specifically for Significant Investor Visa (SIV) applicants. The Private Bank has also established a dedicated SIV desk, specifically focused on inbound enquiries, with ...

Preamium SMA deemed suitable for SIV investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... managed account (SMA) platform qualifies as a complying investment under the rules of Government's Significant Investment Visa (SIV) Scheme. The scheme is designed to fast-track wealthy visa applicants to Australia and requires that they invest a minimum ...

Macquarie launches fund for significant investor visa migrants

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... launched the Macquarie SIV Cash Fund, a new investment solution aimed at investors applying for the Significant Investor Visa (SIV). The Significant Investor Visa is a permanent residency visa launched at the end of last year. To qualify potential applicants ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Wow! That's the only expression one could make when one saw the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the state of the country's labour market. Wow indeed for the Australian economy added more than seven times the 10,000 workers economists ...

Paper bank statements ignored by UK consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... criminal activity. Illustrating how financial service firms are trying to respond to fraud concerns, the credit card provider Visa has just announced that from 1 July 2013 restaurenmt diners will no longer be able to sign for their meals as they will ...

ANZ merges NZ brands

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd. Costs caused by the merger, expected to be NZ$100 million, will be offset by ANZ's sale of its Visa Inc shares last week which netted it $224 million in after tax profit. Approximately 200 contractors will no longer be required ...