Some of the worst examples of failed agriculture investments were
in managed investment schemes (MIS), which were tax - driven vehicles created in direct response to a federal government policy to promote investment in rural areas.
It's generally illegal to offer units
in a managed investment scheme unless it is registered with ASIC.
If the token does not have a PDS, or does not comply with Australian law, you probably won't have the same rights and protections as a unit
in a managed investment scheme, or it may be operating illegally in Australia.
Crowd - sourced funding of shares is also different to investment - based crowd funding, which may involve investing
in a managed investment scheme or be offered by someone who does not need an Australian financial services (AFS) licence.
Some ICO tokens could represent units
in a managed investment scheme, which is regulated by Australian law.
Not exact matches
«Trendon Shavers
managed to combine financial and cyber fraud into a bitcoin Ponzi
scheme that offered absurdly high interest payments, and ultimately cheated his investors out of their bitcoin
investments,» Bharara said
in a statement.
In 2017, ASIC revised its guidance to ICO issuers, bringing token offerings recognized as «
managed investment schemes,» «non-cash payment facilities,» or derivatives offerings under the auspice of the Corporations Act of 2001.
The ICO
in query was once additional judged to be an «unregulated
managed investment scheme,» which might have breached the Corporations Act and doubtlessly have resulted
in severe consequences, had it been allowed to continue.
2 A «collective
investment scheme» (as defined
in Schedule 1 to the SFO) generally has four elements: it must involve an arrangement
in respect of property; participants do not have day - to - day control over the management of the property; the property is
managed as a whole by or on behalf of the person operating the arrangements, and / or the contributions of the participants and the profits or income from which payments are made to them are pooled; and the purpose or effect of the arrangement is for participants to participate
in or receive profits, income or other returns from the acquisition or management of the property.
The ICO
in question was further judged to be an «unregulated
managed investment scheme,» which would have breached the Corporations Act and potentially have led to serious penalties, had it been allowed to proceed.
«Historically a lot of agricultural
investments were tax driven and that did not result
in very positive outcomes,» Mr Brandweiner said, possibly referring to the spate of collapsed
managed investment schemes such as Timbercorp during the financial crisis.
In 2008, following the collapse of listed managed investment scheme company Great Southern, which bought cattle stations for exorbitant prices, the value of stations crashed across Australia's Top End and have recovered only in the past 18 month
In 2008, following the collapse of listed
managed investment scheme company Great Southern, which bought cattle stations for exorbitant prices, the value of stations crashed across Australia's Top End and have recovered only
in the past 18 month
in the past 18 months.
The Litwin charitable
investments were nearly all
managed by Bernard L. Madoff and substantially lost
in his Ponzi
scheme, which swallowed up many fortunes before being exposed
in 2008.
This is exactly where a mutual fund comes
in as it is a professionally
managed collective
investment vehicle that lets you invest
in small amounts and reap big benefits, so long as you choose the right
schemes in line with the goals you have set for yourself.
When you hear about other
managed investment schemes going bankrupt it's concerning, for example
in SMH this weekend «T» and a few years back, «S».
I'm still working part time,
in my 60s, but would like to get a regular (pension type) income tax free, from investing
in a big retail super
scheme through a
managed investment company.
Unit trusts are used
in many commercial arrangements, including
managed investment schemes.
It turns out, the
investment that is most often preferred was a fund
managed by Bernie Madoff, who was arrested
in 2008 for what would become history's largest Ponzi
scheme.
An agribusiness
managed investment scheme («agribusiness
scheme») uses your money to invest
in primary production activities, such as livestock, farming, horticultural crops or forestry projects.
An
investment in livestock, farming, horticultural or forestry projects, usually through a
managed investments scheme.
If you're thinking about investing
in listed
managed investment products (
investments in managed schemes that can be traded on a financial market), then the PDS must be lodged with ASIC.
In most cases, it is illegal to offer units or interests in what is actually a managed investment scheme unless the scheme is registered with ASI
In most cases, it is illegal to offer units or interests
in what is actually a managed investment scheme unless the scheme is registered with ASI
in what is actually a
managed investment scheme unless the
scheme is registered with ASIC.
If you are being advised to invest
in a tax
scheme, check the amount of commission your adviser will receive before deciding to invest, and compare it to the commissions paid for other
investments, such as a
managed fund investing
in Australian shares.
If you are considering participating
in an aggregation that is a
managed investment scheme, the project promoter or your financial adviser must give you the product disclosure statement of the
scheme.
Projects that are aggregations may be regulated as
managed investment schemes, particularly where the returns from the project area share
in the collective revenue from ACCU sales.
A mutual fund is a professionally
managed type of collective
investment scheme that pools the Mutual Fund Investors monies together and typically invests
in securities, stocks and bonds (short - term and long - term bonds).
Mutual Fund: A mutual fund is a professionally
managed type of collective
investment scheme that pools the Mutual Fund Investors monies together and typically invests
in securities, stocks and bonds (short - term and long - term bonds).
Gore used to back this, before he took on the job of
managing billions of
investments in carbon trading firms whose net worth depends on a complex and politically manipulable cap and trade and offset
schemes rather than a simple carbon tax.
In order to be lawful, a collective
investment scheme would need to be operated or
managed by an FSA - authorised person.
Advised three Henderson -
managed investment trusts on a liquidation
scheme of arrangement allowing investors of the liquidating fund to choose to roll their
investment in an efficient manner into two other
investment trusts.
If token proceeds are
managed collectively by the ICO
scheme operator to invest
in projects with an aim to enable token holders to participate
in a share of the returns provided by the project, the digital tokens may be regarded as an interest
in a «collective
investment scheme» (CIS) 2.