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Baker & McKenzie tells industry to prepare for SIV 'bonanza'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... they act for fund managers in developing SIV-complaint funds. The visa itself was introduced in November 2012 to attract migrants with a demonstrated history of success in business and investment. It allows foreign high net worth individuals to invest ...

ANZ gets on the SIV bandwagon

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... specialist capabilities that are unique to the region and our customers. "Many of the staff members in this team are migrants themselves, so they have a strong knowledge of overseas cultures, they can speak to clients in their language of choice, and ...

Three IOOF funds qualify for SIV program

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... of the group's Multimix funds qualifying as complying investments. The SIV was introduced in November 2012 to attract migrants with a demonstrated history of success in business and investment. It allows foreign high net worth individuals to invest $5million ...

New fund launched for wealthy migrants

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
The 888 Fund has been established to offer an investment product tailored to meet the needs of wealthy investors wishing to migrate to Australia. The fund is aimed at entrepreneurs and business people - primarily in China - who wish to move to Australia ...

Credit Suisse launches SIV portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... investments for a minimum of four years prior to applying for permanent residence. The visa was introduced to attract potential migrants with a demonstrated history of success in business and investment in a bit to boost the country's economy. "The SIV ...

Macquarie launches fund for significant investor visa migrants

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
Macquarie Specialist Investments (MSI) has 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 ...

Chinese Australians return to the East

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... clients about access to their homeland's investment markets. These investors wanted direct access to China, as many were migrants or first generation Australians who maintained close business ties with the region and were following the market there closely ...

Population explosion to reshape wealth and pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... Australians over the age of 85 and "accumulator-type" investors who will migrate to Australia over the next four decades. "Migrants to Australia tend to be younger on average than the resident population, and in combination with a higher net migrant ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... Minister for Immigration yesterday rejected the requests by some employers to lower the minimum pay rates for temporary migrants. Unions have claimed that employers are using the likes of the 457 visa scheme to access cheap labour. Indeed, the Minister ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... the name of the 457 temporary work visa and the rest are attributable to new graduates coming out of universities of migrants coming from overseas. China has recorded a massive $US134 billion trade surplus for the first 10 months of this year which is ...