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Govt breathes new life into RMBS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
The Rudd Government's move to set up a government-sponsored mortgage body and invest in $4 billion of Australian residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) should reinvigorate the ailing RMBS market and re-instate it as an attractive asset class ...

Markets are a public good: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
Australia may be a small country but it took Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's 2,700 word speech to the United Nations on Friday to articulate a way out of the global financial mess. The speech was in contrast to US Treasury secretray Henry Paulson's widely ...

Let's make the ETS workable: BCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... work with the government as constructively as we can," he said. Gailey said the ETS "is the biggest decision the Rudd government will make in its first term. It's bigger than the GST. It's why we need this to be supported by both Houses of Parliament ...

Govt policies block choice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Rudd Government's proposed policies on super and financial advice are potentially "anti-competitive" and won't go unchallenged, said shadow treasurer Malcolm Turnbull. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday, Turnbull said the Coalition will be ...

IFSA backs Chile FTA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) welcomed the Rudd Government's completion of a Free Trade Agreement with Chile, a destination previously only accessible by US companies. Richard Gilbert, IFSA chief executive, said the agreement ...

Aust must avoid Europe's ETS disaster

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... European countries - unlike Australia - are no where near achieving their Kyoto targets. By the comparison, the Rudd government's ETS green paper is "positively breathtaking" in its attempt to match economic and political reality. For example, its proposal ...

PM's wrong and right oil strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... manufacturing hybrid engines in Australia will do more to address Australia's oil supply worries than Prime Minister Kevin Rudd lecturing OPEC to increase production. During the weekend it was widely reported that the Prime Minister, concerned about ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... May is due. The Committee for Economic Development of Australia annual State of the Nation conference on `The Rudd Government's plans for business in 2008 and beyond' continues in Canberra. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed firmly in the ...

FinLit teachers package released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... package for school teachers. "Financial literacy is an absolutely vital life skill for young Australians. The Rudd Government recognises that it's critical that young people get the chance to learn money skills at school so they're better equipped to ...

Super funds to offer FHSAs

... FHSA are simply too high for many super funds," said AIST's chief Fiona Reynolds. In AIST's submission to the Rudd Government, the association recommended that super funds could offer an FHSA option alongside other investment options, as opposed to the ...