Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 91 - 100 of 190 results for "Commonwealth Government"

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... Economic Trends for July. The Australian Office of Financial Management tenders $700 million of April 2012 Commonwealth government bonds. In company news, Progen Pharmaceuticals Ltd and several Western Australian-based resources companies hold general ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... March quarter. The Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender of $700 million June 2014 Commonwealth government bonds. In company news, Primary Health Care Ltd, Lumacom Ltd and Total Staffing Solutions Ltd hold general meetings. Minerals ...

ESI Super adds vanilla cash option

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... introduced another lower risk cash option for its members. The ESI Super Cash Deposit option invests in Commonwealth Government guaranteed securities with Authorised Deposit Institutions (ADI's) or government issued securities. In a statement, ESI Super ...

Vanguard launches gov bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... Australian Government Bond Index is a value weighted index of approximately 50 securities (bonds) issued by the Commonwealth Government of Australia and Australian State Government guaranteed authorities and treasury corporations. Roger McIntosh, principal ...

You earn, I spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... in late 2003, then Australian Federal Treasurer Peter Costello flagged the possibility of retiring the Commonwealth government debt and effectively shutting down the country's bond market. While markets had no argument against the complete pay down of ...

Aussie super funds lead pension growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... management (FUM). The Future Fund jumped 122 places in five years to be ranked 66th on the list, mostly due to Commonwealth government contributions. Graeme Miller, Watson Wyatt Australia head of investment consulting practice, said Australia's superannuation ...

Future Fund to release quarterly public reports

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... does not see itself as part of superannuation industry because it has only one direct stakeholder - the Commonwealth Government not individual fund members. While the fund is prohibited from any form of borrowing, Costello said it is not prohibited from ...

Defence Housing open for instos

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... trusts or direct property projects stems from the fact that it has the backing - and security - of being a Commonwealth Government Business Enterprise. "Investors can have peace of mind knowing they are dealing with a reliable, accountable company," ...

Canadian RMBS not the answer: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... agency, argues Standard & Poor's (S&P). Neither a nationalisation of Australia's market nor an adoption of a Commonwealth government-guaranteed body - such as the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation model outlined by the Australian Securitisation ...

Super funds to resurrect ailing RMBS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... at discount levels. Overseas however, ratings house Standard & Poor's has waved aside a proposal for a commonwealth government guaranteed agency, AussieMac, to buy prime Australian RMBS in a bid to alleviate the dry up of local interest in the sector. ...