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

Search Results

Showing 1131 - 1140 of 2575 results for "Treasury"

Queensland Treasury issues green bonds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... Queensland is boosting investment in environmentally responsible projects through green bonds issued via the state's Treasury. Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment, Curtis Pitt, said the Queensland Treasury Corporation planned to issue certified ...

Pacific Current Group calls EGM for restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... PAC's corporate structure is "too complex and a distraction." Issues arose following the merger of operations between Treasury Group and Northern Lights Capital Group under the jointly-controlled Aurora Trust. PAC holds a 65% stake in the Aurora Trust ...

Bonds aiding not-for-profit investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... of low interest rates. The combination of scarce donor capital and historically low rates has placed NFP trustees and treasury managers under growing pressure to produce better returns, according to FIIG Securities' head of middle markets Mathew Simpson. ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... some significance, maybe 30% or more, likely after mid-year or maybe early next. The key will be the level of 10-year US Treasury yields - we think somewhere between three and 3.5% on treasury bonds. And the signal for US rates to the next step upward ...

Super taxes break $35bn budget hit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Treasury has released its latest Taxation Expenditures Statement and it reveals the cost of superannuation's tax breaks to now be $35 billion and on track to climb a further 34% within the next four years. Superannuation taxation expenditures in 2015-16 ...

CBA and Queensland Treasury build blockchain bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... Commonwealth Bank issued the world's first government bond built using blockchain. The bank created a cryptobond for Queensland Treasury Corporation via its capital markets blockchain platform, the first of its kind both in Australia and globally. QTC ...

BT Investment Management expands team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... program and strategy, and managing all financial risks. Prior to working for TCorp, Hext held senior positions in Westpac Treasury, CBA, Deutsche Bank, Bain & Co and Swiss Bank Corporation. Patrick is a multi-asset fixed income fund manager with 12 years ...

Industry funds blame ATO for super underpayment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... the submission stated. ISA's Linden dismissed the ATO's critique stating that the calculations were made by a former Treasury official, and pointed out that the ATO had not offered an alternative estimate. The inquiry by the Senate Economics References ...

Last chance to attend Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... improving economic data. He expects the global upturn to strengthen, meaning the rise in rates is not over. US 10-year treasury yields will also likely surpass 3% in 2017. The forum features five 10-minute presentations followed by a Q&A session. Limited ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... Twitter-happy Trump will do in his first 100 days. Broadly J.P. Morgan highlighted US dollar strength, the growth of treasury yields, and signs the return of inflation to central bank targets - which they acknowledge is "heating up but not ready to boil ...