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Westpac and BT launch SIV service

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... that has access to a broad range of complying investments in addition to any required minimum investment in Australian Government bonds. As at 30 June, there were a total of 305 primary applications being processed by Immigration in Australia, with each ...

ASIC warns consumers about NRAS property ads

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... invest in residential properties through the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS). NRAS is run by the Australian Government in partnership with the states and territories to promote investment in affordable rental housing. The scheme offers direct ...

Hockey Review to push for industry deregulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... address "the capacity of the nation to fund its growth and investment needs over the decades ahead." "The new Australian Government is determined to prepare for the economic cycle by delivering structural reform in key areas of the economy."

Accountant gets 6 years jail for promoting tax avoidance scheme

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... Director of Public Prosecutions, with support from the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, the Australian Government Solicitor and the Attorney-General's Department.

Benchmark bond funds worst choice for Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... markets, unconstrained by what have effectively become benchmark-imposed limitations and risks," she said. Australian government bonds performed well following the global financial crisis, with yields falling to record lows as offshore investors took ...

Former Macquarie exec to head up EFIC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
The Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), the Australian Government's export credit agency, has a new managing director and chief executive, Andrew Hunter. Until last year Hunter was co-head of Macquarie's Financial Institutions Group in ...

Gonski urges Australia to look long-term

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... their rules and culture," he said. The Future Fund is an independently managed investment fund funded by the Australian Government. It was established in 2006 with the purpose to meet the Commonwealth's superannuation liabilities in recognition of the ...

Credit Suisse launches SIV portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... Australia." Credit Suisse has produced two discretionary portfolios which meet the requirements stipulated by the Australian Government's Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC). The SIV Fixed Income Portfolio is made up of 100% Australian government ...

Next government to reconsider super taxes: Grattan Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... fund management are dollars that would otherwise reduce future Commonwealth pension liabilities. If future Australian government budgets are going to be under more pressure, then more vigorous government intervention is likely."

A lesson against austerity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... limit the budget deficit (from the promised surplus) because it allows the RBA to lower interest rates. The Australian government hasn't learnt its economic lesson. It was spending big and handing out tax cuts when the economy was booming. It's now so ...