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You earn, I spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... priced relative to the price of risk-free government bonds. The other argument is more apropos to the current predicament the Rudd Government finds itself in as a result of the global financial crisis. That is, closing the bond market will make it harder ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... Likewise, the government will allow tax deductions for purchases of fixed assets such as machinery to stimulate investment. Mr. Rudd please take note. With all hands on deck and the private sector debt mountain being forced to shrink by the global recession ...

Mortgage funds' phantom lifeline

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
The Rudd government's plan to shore up confidence in mortgage funds is a political master stroke because while it sounds terrific, it commits the government to nothing, will take months to have any impact and won't put dollars on the tables of retirees ...

I'll have what she's having

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... their money away from them and into banks and institutions with the US Treasury's imprimatur. Sounds like the fiasco the Rudd government created with its bank guarantee and its after-effect on mortgage funds doesn't it? It does not stop there. Other ...

GRI sets up Australian base

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... greater. The Australian Federal Government, through Treasury, already pledged $2 million to St James Ethics Centre. "The Rudd Government this year provided funding of $2 million to support the St James Ethics Centre which will support this important ...

Sober and sombre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... to follow Wall Street's overnight lead despite yesterday's announcement of a A$10.4 billion fiscal boost by Prime Minister Rudd, aimed to 'deal with tough times.' The bulk of the package will be used to give a one-off bonus payment to pensioners and ...

ANZ to become top four bank in Vietnam

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... of Vietnam. The landmark move was witnessed by Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who both attended the presentation of the licence to ANZ chief Mike Smith in Canberra. "Vietnam is one of the countries we ...

Govt overhauls consumer credit regulation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
The Rudd Government is set to introduce radical reforms in consumer credit, including a national licensing regime for all credit providers such as mortgage brokers and new rules on margin lending and reverse mortgages. Today the Government said it will ...

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 ...