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Fed Govt creates financial services task force

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... with financial services advice and disclosure issues. The Financial Services Working Group includes senior officers from Treasury, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Department of Finance and Deregulation to ensure all ...

Interest rates - when economics meets politics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... available, including whether the inflation target of 3 per cent is sacrosanct," said ACTU President Sharan Burrow. Opposition Treasury spokesperson Malcolm Turnbull gave these comments a political edge when he said the government should put inflation ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... McKinsey also expects Gulf investors to change their investment approach. Instead passively investing in stock markets and treasury bonds, they're now expected to aggressively take over companies. The sharp rise in GCC fortunes is expected to reignite ...

Sub-prime not such a CAD after all

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... If this flows into our capital account then there will be cheering on the streets in Barton ACT where the Commonwealth Treasury has their offices. How lucky can one country get?

When a lift in unemployment is good news

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... the macro indicators. In a major speech to the NSW Economic Society this week, Dr Steven Kennedy from the Commonwealth Treasury said while the most obvious thing is we no longer have to worry about creating jobs, the challenge is now boosting workforce ...

INGIM appoints fixed income head

... and as a portfolio manager responsible for short-term and fixed income investments, as well as having spent time at NSW Treasury. Commenting on the appointment, Wright said that Michel's track record with the group over the past four years will assist ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... and into the downtrodden financial sector. Banks and mortgage lenders were the standouts following a report that the US Treasury will soon unveil a plan to help stem the subprime mortgage crisis. Investors were also emboldened by the week's big drop ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... lower to $40.20 and Rio Tinto Ltd had dropped $2.97 to $127.93. US stocks lost 1.6 per cent after the Secretary of the US Treasury said there would be far more US mortgage defaults in 2008 than in 2007. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 211.10 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... and the all ordinaries shed 40 points to 6450.2. NEW YORK - US stocks fell 1.6 per cent after the Secretary of the US Treasury said there would be significantly more US mortgage defaults in 2008 than in 2007. The Dow Jones industrial average jettisoned ...

Macq goes global

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... have experienced continued international growth. For Macquarie Capital (formerly Investment Banking), Equity Markets, Treasury and Commodities, Real Estate and Funds Management Groups, income from international activities was more than half of each group's ...