Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 21 - 30 of 190 results for "Commonwealth Government"

FSC calls for SMSF access to infrastructure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... economic recovery," Loan said. "By implementing the reforms raised in this report, the National Cabinet and Commonwealth Government can get the best bang for the nation's buck and get Australia back up on its feet."

Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... annual GDP. Australia should take advantage of historically low interest rate levels, they said, with the Commonwealth government able to issue 10 year bonds at an annual cash rate well below 1%. "This means that even $1 trillion of extra spending (more ...

Chief economist update: More from Morrison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... interest accruing during this period. The subsequent interest rate would be set at 50 per cent of the 10-year Commonwealth government bond rate - currently around 0.6 per cent," it reads. The piece continues: "Building on the disaster recovery grants ...

Plato to raise $200 million

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... retirees to live off the income from cash and fixed income" given current 1% RBA cash rates and 10-year Commonwealth Government Bonds trading at a yield below 1%. "Given the recent election result, retirees can continue to bank on receiving franking ...

Australian fund caught in email scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... classifications or mark official documents for limited dissemination. As well as the security issue, deletion of Commonwealth government records from these accounts may have contravened the record keeping requirements of the Archives Act 1983. The Auditor ...

Coalition to boost retail access to corporate bonds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... issued in the wholesale market, via depository interests. Retail investors are currently able to invest in Commonwealth Government Securities via depository interests." The Financial System Inquiry recommended further simplifying disclosure requirements ...

Record tax receipts, record outlays yet back to surplus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... as the bank levy raised only $1.6 billion this financial year which is just 0.3% of total receipts. The Commonwealth Government raises more revenue from the wine equalization and luxury car taxes. Weighed against these minor revenue items, the Budget ...

Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... up-sloping, FIIG director of education and research Elizabeth Moran added. "The benchmark three-year Australian Commonwealth Government bond rate is 1.90%, over five years is 2.01% and 10 years is 2.41%," she said. The US fixed income story The US yield ...

IFM bids to build Melbourne Airport rail link

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
IFM Investors is part of a consortium seeking to fund and develop the long-awaited Melbourne Airport rail link. The $112 billion institutional fund manager partnered with Melbourne Airport, Metro Trains Australia and Southern Cross Station to form AirRail ...

Boutique aims to tackle retiree housing affordability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... $50,000. The project involves a "rental retirement" template, designed to attract those eligible for the Commonwealth Government aged pension and rental assistance. Residents would pay 100% of their rental assistance in addition to a portion of the base ...