Finsia Foreign Investment Roundtable 15 November 2012
The refinement of Australia’s trade and macroeconomic goals in light of changes in dominant sources of foreign investment is essential to Australia’s position in the international community and, importantly, in the Asia Pacific region. The Foreign Investment Roundtable brought together business leaders, financial and legal industry experts, academics and commentators to generate considered and reasoned debate on foreign investment and Australia’s regulatory oversight of such investments.
The key insight from the Roundtable was that Australia is heavily reliant on foreign investment to ensure its economic prosperity and that the Government’s regulatory oversight was appropriate in balancing the need to attract investment and ensuring Australia’s national interest. A key recommendation highlighted by participants was the need for greater cooperation between industry and Government to dispel the widely held negative perceptions of foreign investment.
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Consultation paper 126: Facilitating debt raising
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