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Super is now an economic driver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... the financial assets of banking within two decades, super will increasingly operate along-side the banks to provide funding for infrastructure projects, new ventures and expansion of existing companies, enhancing competition, increasing efficiency, and ...

Government to discuss alternative funding for LISC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The government has indicated that it may be open to finding other sources of funding to prevent the scrapping of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC). Industry bodies including Industry Super Australia (ISA), the Association of Superannuation ...

WA govt plans string of infra asset sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... Western Austraia in the near future," he said. He said WA needs to develop new infrastructure, but that finding the funding for it is difficult. "Increasing levels of debt are becoming a problem for all governments in Australia - maybe not as bad as ...

Budget 2013-14 wrap up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... shares, according to Centric Wealth. Tax avoidance and evasion using trusts has also been targeted with additional funding for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to investigate and audit the use of trust structures by high wealth individuals.

Use super to help pay health costs: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... overlap. Professor Stephen Martin, CEDA chief executive, said in a statement that this could be done by "introducing pre-funding for healthcare costs by quarantining a portion of the Superannuation Guarantee rate, or increasing the Levy, so that approximately ...

FIIG brings corporate bond issue to market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... redemption penalty. FIIG chief executive Mark Paton said the latest issue was another step in opening up a new source of funding for Australian corporations and would allow Mackay Sugar to diversify its funding sources. "There is extremely strong unmet ...

UBS and ME Bank launch high interest cash account

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... are working with superannuation funds to provide services to their members and in turn sourcing more deposit-based funding for the Bank," he said.

ME Bank launches premium treasury service

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... of new deposit products and services for super funds and the advice network, in turn providing more deposit-based funding for the Bank. "Cash deposits will always remain an important part of an investor's portfolio. Providing relevant products for the ...

Banks raise $15bn in wholesale markets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... funding, around $2.2 billion of which was through the issuance of secured funds - the total excluded $6 billion of pre-funding for the 2013 year raised in the prior period. There is also appetite for Australia's big four banks within the listed debt ...

Something's gotta give

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... to 19 November, 1995 and then again from 16 December 1995 to 6 January 1996. Back then they were negotiating over funding for education and the environment, public health and Medicare. It could be worse this time because failure to compromise would mean ...