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New SIV rules target smaller companies boost

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... visa," Robb said. The visa changes reflect months of consultation and it is expected Austrade and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection will continue to consult with stakeholders to explain the investment framework ahead of its launch. ...

Suspended SIV scheme raised $3bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... via the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program, which was temporarily suspended last week. Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection statistics show that $3.255 billion has been invested in complying investments between November 2012 ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... billion to 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. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... poorly-received US jobs data. The Swiss stock market and franc held up after a shock vote in favour of Switzerland restricting immigration with the European Union. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day up 0.30 per cent at 6,591.55 points. Frankfurt's ...

Credit Suisse goes "wild" in its 2014 outlook

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... would have to remain stable even if business investment contracts and the government would have to remain lax about immigration and allow the population to continue to grow strongly. Credit Suisse also played with the idea that "the downward trend stops ...

Westpac and BT launch SIV service

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... investment in Australian Government bonds. As at 30 June, there were a total of 305 primary applications being processed by Immigration in Australia, with each application estimated to take between six and nine months to process. The vast majority of ...

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

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... Australia. So far, only a relatively small number of SIVs have been rubber-stamped but figures from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection reveal there are many more in the pipeline. As at 30 June, there were 305 primary applications being ...

Academic questions Libs' super board independence policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... diversity - so observable characteristics, such as biological sex - or deep level diversity - politics around environment, immigration - those are what lie behind relationship conflict." In the worst case, she said this could result in a board that was ...

CFSGAM issues its first SIV product

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has launched its first investment option compliant with the Department of Immigration Significant Investor Visa (SIV) requirements in Australia. The Colonial First State Wholesale Sovereign Australian Bond ...

ANZ gets on the SIV bandwagon

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... clients in their language of choice, and have strong empathy for the challenges of new arrivals," she said. As of May, Immigration had received 170 applicants for the SIV. Fund managers currently offering SIV-compliant products include Macquarie, Credit ...