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May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... increased prospect of a "soft Brexit" - where the country would remain in the European Union's (EU) single market and customs union. As Bloomberg put it, "May wouldn't have enough votes in Parliament to support her vision of a hard Brexit, and would ...

NZ manager launches QROPS scheme

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... migrants. Lifetime Asset Management's Garrison Bridge Superannuation Scheme has been added to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs' QROPS list and is one of the early dual-registered NZ and Australian QROPS schemes. "We felt the NZ and Australian markets ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Australia and NZ streamline trade deal Australia and New Zealand have signed a deal to streamline customs processing between the two nations. The Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection and New Zealand Customs Service (NZ Customs) ...

UK adds SMSF after slashing Australian pension schemes

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has added an Australian pension scheme to its qualified recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS) list after slashing the number of Aussie funds from 1,600 to one on July 1. From early September, the P Wyns ...

Financial advice is a boring game

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... and marriage counselling." He continued, saying that implementing ideas behind finology - which is "the study of minds, customs and behaviour with respect to money," according to PortfolioConstruction Forum managing partner Graham Rich - will enable ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... competitive position in a rapidly growing market, promote two-way investment and reduce import costs," national head of customs and international trade Russell Wilkinson says. However, Instreet Investment managing director George Lucas warns that a correction ...

Hockey launches Serious Financial Crime Taskforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... Centre, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and Australian Customs and Border Protection Services. "This type of crime poses a genuine threat to national security and to the integrity of Australia's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... foreign exchange, the European single currency fell to $US1.0583 ($A1.38) from $US1.0599 late in New York on Friday. China's customs administration said exports fell by a surprising 15 per cent year-on-year in March, while imports tumbled 12.7 per cent ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... pipelines. Fiber-optic networks are also to get funding, as are information technology, new energy and bio-technology. Customs and other regulations that might inhibit trade and investment are to be smoothed out." China's building it and I'm pretty sure ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... the Budget, and the closure of nine detention centres. To better manage services at Australia's borders, immigration and customs operational responsibilities will be consolidated into a single border control agency, the Australian Border Force. Everything ...