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Government seeks further Asia Funds Passport consultation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... overseas is less than 5% of the $2.4 trillion in assets managed in Australia. "The remaining reforms - the investment manager regime, broadening the range of allowable collective investment vehicles, removing tax uncertainty and enabling competitive ...

David Murray to head financial system inquiry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... "Australia already has some runs on the board. The Asia Region Funds Passport is under development and the Investment Manager Regime and Significant Investor Visa regimes have been established." Industry Super Australia (ISA) said the Government's timing ...

FSC anticipates different role for Senator Cormann

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... some clarity on the definition of retail and wholesale financial products and what form the proposed Investment Manager Regime will take. The new government will also be keen to implement some refinement of the Stronger Super and Future of Financial ...

Act soon on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... Australia's future as a financial centre. In 2010 The Johnson Report suggested the introduction of an investment manager regime, reform of collective investment vehicles, the removal of withholding tax, state taxes and levies on insurance and the development ...

Government should act fast on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... secure Australia's future as a leading center for financial services. It suggested the introduction of an investment manager regime, reform of collective investment vehicles, the removal of withholding tax, state taxes and levies on insurance and the ...

Passing of IMR bill to attract foreign investors: Shorten

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... investment, said Bill Shorten, minister for financial services and superannuation. Amendments to the Investment Manager Regime were passed in Parliament yesterday, which the Government said will encourage the use of Australian fund managers by international ...

Foreign MIS tax legislation delayed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... world class financial services hub. "Every day the government delays the implementation of the full Investment Manager Regime is another day in which Australia misses out on the flows of international investment and we miss out on the associated benefits ...

MIT Budget inconsistencies spark concern

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... trying to attract foreign investors." The analysis calls the move inconsistent with the Government's new Investment Manager Regime (IMR) initiative, which is designed to attract foreign investors to Australian managed investment products and services. ...

Budget tightening to hit IMR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... constraints and an unwillingness to concede reductions in the tax base may impact the timing of the Investment Manager Regime. That was the inference made by Treasury official Rob Heferen at the Senate Standing Committee on Economics yesterday. When ...

Second exposure draft on IMR laws released

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
A revised draft of the Investment Manager Regime legislation has been released, following stakeholder feedback on the initial proposals designed to alleviate perceived tax disincentives on foreign managed funds investing in Australia. The Government ...