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Australia fails to attract foreign investors: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
A combination of out-dated regulation and taxation settings is preventing Australia from exporting managed funds and its skills in managing foreign capital, the Financial Services Council (FSC) said in its pre-budget submission. The FSC asked the government ...

Super tax subs worth $30bn in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
Just as the government prepares to release the latest edition of the Intergenerational Report and recommence the Senate battle to pass its 2014-15 Budget, Treasury has released its Tax Expenditures statement showing that superannuation tax subsidies ...

Tax cap reform bill released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
The government has released for public comment its draft legislation regarding its budget measure to address what it says are inadvertent breaches of the contribution caps. In a statement accompanying release of the bills and explanatory memorandum ...

ASX tees up $65m Yieldbroker deal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
ASX is set to buy a 49% stake in Yieldbroker, the Australian debt and interest rate derivatives market operator, for $65 million. The deal makes ASX a significant investor alongside ANZ, CBA, Citi, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Macquarie, NAB, RBC, RBS ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... 75.54 (2.00 per cent) to 3,694.83. Investors also sold off short term bonds, sending the yield on the one month Treasury note to 0.31 per cent, its highest level since 2008, up from 0.15 per cent on Monday. That reflected growing nervousness about the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
The Australian stock market looks set to open lower after a negative finish on Wall Street and slumping commodities prices. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was 33 points lower at 4,969 points, with 4,430 contracts ...

Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
Betterer and betterer. That's the feeling one gets when one scours through the macro stats and surveys released over the past 24 hours. Never mind reports of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowering its world growth forecast anew - down to 3.5% ...

Govt bonds reach $237bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
Australian commonwealth government bonds on issue have reached $237 billion, ranking approximately 100 from the world's 230 economies. Treasury bonds make up 87% of this total, indexed and non-indexed treasury notes 6% each with 1% in other securities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... week of gains. Financial stocks rose the most over the week as worries eased about Europe. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose back above 2 per cent as investors shed low-risk investments. All 17 nations that use the euro agreed to sign a treaty ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... market. Bond prices surged as investors flocked to the safety of US government debt, with the yield on the 10-year Treasury note sinking to a new record low. The 10-year yield stood below 1.72 per cent by,2030 GMT (0630 Friday AEST) down from 1.88 per ...