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China exposure best through Australia: BlackRock

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
BlackRock's main source of exposure to Chinese fixed income comes from investing in Australian government bonds, deputy chief investment officer of fundamental fixed income Scott Thiel said. Speaking to an audience of advisers and professional investors ...

Falling rates turn Aussie bonds into "a poor choice"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Currency risk makes Australian government bonds "a relatively poor choice" for international investors despite their stellar AAA rating, according to Nikko Asset Management head of fixed income in Australia James Alexander. Alexander explained that ...

Former Future Fund chief executive takes new role

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... retired from his previous position in late 2013. JCB is an active Australian bond fund manager with a focus on Australian government securities. In his new role, Burgess will guide JCB principals Charlies Jamieson and Angus Coote in the process of growing ...

Economic growth to slow significantly: IGR

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... plan and budget not only for today, but for tomorrow. But we are currently living beyond our means." The Australian Government is spending over $100 million per day more than it collects and is borrowing to meet the shortfall resulting $40 million being ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... if the private sector is spending - which, based on the latest capex report, it is not. It's time for the Australian government to engage in "crowding in" fiscal policy... but the crowd may need to out Tony and Hockey first before this happens.

Zenith recommends Perpetual, Australian Property funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... The APF is also one of the very few open-ended unlisted property funds to be declared compliant under the Australian government's Significant Investor Visa guidelines (SIV).

Super tax subs worth $30bn in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... the cost of these superannuation taxation subsidies is increasingly being drawn into arguments over the Australian government's fiscal and social equity priorities. Despite the figures being published regularly in their current form, Treasury has again ...

Profile: MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... at the time so I chose one that was close to where I was living," she says. "And that happened to be the Australian Government Retirement Benefits Office [AGRBO]." Turner ended up working there for more than 20 years. In 2001 Turner was offered a job ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... carbon dioxide emitters - signing an historic deal to significantly curb their carbon emissions. While the Australian government may have moved away from climate action, Australian institutional investors took some major steps towards reducing their ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
The Australian government yesterday released its first Gender Equality Scorecard and while the results are discouraging, a separate international report released by Credit Suisse shows that investors make more money investing in women-lead enterprises. ...