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D'Aloisio put forward as Lucy's replacement

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has flagged his preference for who should fill the top job at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), proposing former Australian Stock Exchange head, Tony D'Aloisio, take over when current chairman Jeffrey ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... a takeover proposal from Telecom NZ. Oil and gas explorer Black Fire Energy Ltd is due to list. The Treasurer, Peter Costello will launch `National Market National Interest', a book about the history of the Australian stock exchange The Australian stock ...

Quadrant leads super funds investors to buy Red Rooster

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... investement can have in the market has prompted to Senate to call an inquiry into private equity. Last week, Treasurer Peter Costello said while he supports private investment, he would nonetheless not allow the sector to exploit tax loopholes and unsustainably ...

PE won't be allowed to cause systemic risks: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
Speaking on ABC television from the UK, Treasurer Peter Costello said private equity activity won't be allowed to cause systemic problems while investors won't get away with tax avoidance. "I have had discussions here in the UK about private equity ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has raised the issue of the tax treatment of Private Equity firms operating in Australia noting a concern that the increasing level of corporate activity in the private equity space could mean the associated higher levels ...

Demography is destiny: IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has released the updated Intergenerational Report (IGR) showing that while the impact of population ageing is Australia's biggest policy challenge, incorporating its imperatives into Government policy can pay big dividends later ...

ALP's broadband funding comes under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
... fixed, we're going to face a real problem in term of long-term productivity growth." However, Federal Treasurer Peter Costello launched a scathing attack on the policy in Parliament yesterday and to national news services, claiming the plan was "The ...

Ageing population challenges require updated IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... Australia's central long-term policy challenge requiring an update to the Intergenerational Report, said Treasurer Peter Costello. "The central long-term problem for the Australian economy is that our population is ageing. The baby boomers, that huge ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... opening. "It's a little bit quiet today." Mr Klusman pointed to the performance shares in Qantas, after Treasurer Peter Costello said yesterday that an inquiry into the takeover of Qantas by a Macquarie Bank-backed consortium would not delay a Foreign ...

New deputy governor for RBA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of a new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to fill the role left by the promotion of former deputy Glenn Stevens to the role of governor. After more than three decades in various ...