Foreign Investment Review Board
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New changes to the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) Regulations are expected to take place by late February or early March 2009. On 18 December ...
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Michael Hansel, Partner Lea Fua, Associate
The Foreign and Investment Review Board (FIRB) has just released a new foreign investment policy, which s...
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The financial crisis of 2007 has brought into sharper focus a set of rising global financial actors-the sovereign investors. In the form of sovereign wealth funds ("SWFs"), sovereigns have become an important player in the global financial market and its stability. Over the last decade, SWFs became more visible and more aggressive in the scope and form of their interventions in global finance. State-owned enterprises began to operate indirectly through subordinate legal persons that operate like privately held multinational corporations. In this new form, sovereigns are becoming a more significant presence in global markets, as owners as well as investors. More importantly, sovereign owners have begun to coordinate their economic activities for economic and sovereign goals. Consequently...
..., Minji Kim, and the rest of the Editorial Board, for contributing to the success of this important... excellent research on the Chinese Investment Corporation and its subsidiaries was invaluable. .... of national territories to inbound foreign investment. Sovereign investment, the active parti... of this approach are instructive for reviewing the way that other countries treat SWFs. Where a g...
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The Australian Government has announced changes to the law applicable for acquisitions of residential real estate by foreign persons. Those changes wh...
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Business Editors
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 27, 2001
AngloGold Limited (NYSE: AU) received approval today from Australia's Foreign Invest...
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Business Editors
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2000
Rio Tinto (NYSE:RTP) has received approval for its proposed acquisition of North Limited f...
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Business Editors
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2000
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) has received approval for its proposed acquisition of Ashton Mining...
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...The Macarthur board declined to recommend this offer. "Peabody and Arc... a substantial premium for their investment. * This is an offer that is superior to Macarthur'....01% acceptances, approval by Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board, other regulatory approval...
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... (CFIUS) and the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) of Australia are each charged with undertak...
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... title, overseas trade, trade practices, foreign investment and foreign affairs. However, using suc... treasurer, through the Foreign Investment Review Board. The Foreign Investment Review Board has the...