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First home super scheme may not make it to parliament in 2018

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... superannuation." The Financial Planning Association has similarly provided reserved feedback, using their submission to treasury to warn of the risks of unintended consequences to both superannuation and the housing market. "The FPA is concerned that ...

ASIC advances towards telecommunication intercept powers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... final recommendations to the Government by the end of September. Membership of the Taskforce includes senior members of Treasury, ASIC, the Attorney-General's Department and the office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, as well as representatives ...

Government paves the way for open banking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... for innovative business models to drive greater competition in banking and contribute to productivity growth," he said. Treasury also noted that greater access will "increase price transparency and enable comparison services to accurately assess how ...

The bull and bear market in iron ore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... than 15% of the total." This is no better underlined by the sensitivity analysis conducted by the Australian Federal Treasury noting that, "every $US10 a tonne change in the price results in $A1.4 billion increase or decrease in tax receipts, and $A6 ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... message by inflation expectations measured using the yield differential between the nominal 10-year Treasuries and the Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) of the same maturity. The yield differential has fallen to 1.75% at the close of last ...

Government cracks down on salary sacrifice loophole

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... Kelly O'Dwyer said. The government established the Working Group - comprising senior representatives from the ATO, the Treasury, the Department of Employment, ASIC and APRA - in December 2016 to provide a set of recommendations to improve superannuation ...

AMP Capital grows infrastructure team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... Australia and New Zealand infrastructure equity funds, Michael Cummings. Prnjatovic joins the firm from New South Wales Treasury where she was a commercial director overseeing the $34 billion privatisation of TransGrid, Ausgrid and Endeavour Energy. ...

Mystery buyer for $800m Aussie bond record

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... issued by the Australian Office of Financial Management on Wednesday. It is reported to be the largest single purchase of Treasury Bonds based on auction records dating back to 1982. Of the $800 million in bonds offered to the public, 42 bids were made ...

UBS chief economist resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... team. Tharenou joined UBS in 2006 from the Reserve Bank of Australia, prior to which he was an economist for Queensland Treasury. In the memo UBS credited Haslem with making an invaluable contribution to the business, leading a consistently top-rated ...

Reflation narrative lacks substance: MFS

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... that clearly impacted the Chinese economy, and what they did in response was create that narrative. That period in US Treasury terms, pre-Trump, was a Chinese-driven reflation," he said. Adams also argued that the growth "spike" that occurred following ...