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Sydney set to become China share trading hub

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... Investors must be accredited through the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) programme which limits foreign investors from holding more than 10% of a Chinese listed company and requires them to hold investments for a minimum three months. ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... 2003 through the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) programme -- would be limited. The QFII limits foreign investors from holding more than 10% of a Chinese listed company; its limits foreign investors to only the largest institutions; and ...

IFM warns against foreign ownership of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... funds will discourage them from investing in Australian infrastructure, meaning more assets will be bought by foreign investors, IFM Investors has warned. In its submission to the Financial System Inquiry, the industry fund-owned fund manager said, "The ...

Nikko AM to launch Singapore's first Chinese onshore bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... Singapore domiciled investors with direct access to China onshore bonds, which are not readily accessible to foreign investors. "The fund is strategically significant as a long-term proposition supporting Singapore's role as a key offshore RMB [renminbi] ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... Scentre Group merger and the Mantra Group lists on ASX. Meanwhile, the foreign investment inquiry, looking at foreign investors buying Australian homes, is on in Melbourne. In Australia, the market on Thursday rallied after the US central bank decided ...

Murray inquiry should simplify investment tax structures

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... been in protecting our revenue base, and focusing more on having simple, straight forward tax solutions for foreign investors." He noted that Australia's current system "has tax implications" and asked for a change of the tax system "to allow any form ...

Regulation holding financial services back: Brogden

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... capital," he said. The former Liberal Party politician said that in Hong Kong, 60% of the assets managed belong to foreign investors. Whereas in Australia, only 5% of the $2.2 trillion pool of assets is foreign sourced. "Countries such as Luxembourg ...

Frontier market corporate governance greatly improved

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... sustainability report, a corporate governance section and sub divisional financial information. In an effort to attract foreign investors, more and more companies are now using international reporting standards in multiple languages with regular online ...

La Trobe gets first SIV investment

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... manager said in a statement. The SIV is a permanent residency visa launched in November 2012 which aims to attract foreign investors to Australia. It allows foreign high net worth individuals to invest $5 million into qualifying products for a minimum ...

US tapering to harm key EM countries

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... Cairns said. Market volatility expected once tapering starts will also affect markets with a strong presence of foreign investors. "In Indonesia 32% of bonds are held by foreign investors, so Indonesia is going to be affected by tapering," Cairns said. ...