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Australia-UK FTA a boon for local business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
Local businesses are poised to reap from the Australia's free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom which came into effect on May 31. Some 99% of Australian products will enter the UK duty free thanks to the deal that was signed on 17 December ...

Chief economist update: An extra mile for a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... The Economist magazine: "Even if there is a last-gasp deal, it will be "thin", at best similar to the free-trade agreement (FTA) between Canada and the EU. The British government's own modelling suggests that under such an accord, Britain's GDP ...

MLC waives licensee fees, delays dealer group transitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
MLC Wealth is waiving licensee fees for all of its aligned financial advisers as they struggle to operate their businesses and provide support to clients during unprecedented uncertainty. It has also delayed the transition of advisers from Apogee and ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... three members from negotiating a trade deal with a 'non-market economy. This could hinder Canada's exploration of an FTA with China."

Firetrail to launch $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... will run for about three weeks, closing on October 25. The LIC expects to start trading on October 31 under the ticker code FTA. Former Macquarie managers Firetrail Investments set up shop at Ian Macoun's multi-affiliate Pinnacle Investment Management ...

Aussie funds can benefit from FTA with EU: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... Council supports negotiations between Australia and the Council of the European Union to flesh out a free trade agreement. The FTA will widen the door for Australian funds to access Europe's sophisticated funds management industry, it said. The FSC ...

Chief economist update: View from the National Farmers' Federation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... overall discussion of my piece; there is more to agriculture than its 3% contribution to Australian economy and therefore any FTA signed with Europe would be of great significance for the domestic economy. I've reproduced Scott's email below: On Monday ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... that's all of us). Too, Malcolm must be wishin' and hopin' and prayin' that he gets a win on his free trade negotiations (FTA) with Europe. According to the Australian Financial Review, "the Europeans are still some months away from agreeing on their ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
FTA with Indonesia gets closer Australia's trade minister, Steve Ciobo, is in Jakarta this week holding talks with Indonesian Minister for Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita, trying to negotiate details of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership ...

Financial services leading Australian M&A

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... there is also growing interest in Australia's agribusiness sector, with many reaping the benefits already of recently effected FTA's - beef exports to Japan have experienced an 86% increase, and horticulture exports to Korea are also up - making these ...
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