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Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... US? Maybe then Australia's credit rating will have four A's instead of three. Why not? Ex-RBA chief and ex-Commonwealth Treasury chief tells us why not, "... the idea of producing the budget surplus in a situation where there's acknowledged economic ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... and calls for reducing interest rates just doesn't make sense." And yes, this is the Bernie Fraser who's also one of Treasury's own. He headed the Commonwealth Treasury from 1984 to 1989. Surely he knows what he's talking about. Hear, hear! It's gonna ...

Industry rejects changes to super tax

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... revealing superannuation tax concessions will be impacted by the Government return to surplus. Tax concessions currently cost Treasury in the order of $30bn each year, with Labor purportedly discussing a number of options including a hold on the increase ...

Aubrey lands Skandia mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Treasury Group backed global equities boutique, Aubrey Capital Management, has secured a $30 million mandate from Skandia Investment Group. The mandate was awarded after a competitive tender and takes Aubrey Capital's total funds under management to ...

What price surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... equally small number. Australian real GDP expanded by only 1.6% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of last year - half the Treasury's assumption of 3.25% (trend) growth. Continued below-trend growth would make it harder for Wayne to deliver his promise. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... target, but the rate of return demanded by investors on three-year bonds rising sharply from the last such sale. The Treasury had been hoping to raise a maximum of 5.0 billion euros. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares rose 0.93 per cent, rebounding from a ...

Treasury Group adds director

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... and founder of the Centre for Investor Education, Melda Donnelly, has joined multi-boutique asset management business Treasury Group as an independent non-executive director. Effective since March 28, Donnelly was welcomed to the board by chairman Mike ...

J.P. Morgan TS builds with six senior hires

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... J.P. Morgan has continued its hiring blitz appointing Damian Crowley as head of cash and trade sales for J.P. Morgan Treasury Services Australia and New Zealand along with five other senior hires. The newly appointed team will work closely with their ...

Budget tightening to hit IMR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... concede reductions in the tax base may impact the timing of the Investment Manager Regime. That was the inference made by Treasury official Rob Heferen at the Senate Standing Committee on Economics yesterday. When asked about recommendations made in ...

Report questions infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... Reform Council found none of Australia's capital cities fully met state and federal infrastructure targets. Australian Treasury official Jim Murphy last month issued a warning on the widening fiscal gap projected for infrastructure, highlighting the ...