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Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... US? Maybe then Australia's credit rating will have four A's instead of three. Why not? Ex-RBA chief and ex-Commonwealth Treasury chief tells us why not, "... the idea of producing the budget surplus in a situation where there's acknowledged economic ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... doesn't make sense." And yes, this is the Bernie Fraser who's also one of Treasury's own. He headed the Commonwealth Treasury from 1984 to 1989. Surely he knows what he's talking about. Hear, hear! It's gonna be one interesting day! The pub could wai ...

IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... recession. This means China's demand for Australian resources will in time slow faster than expected, the Commonwealth Treasury will get to work revising down its tax receipt forecasts and the Gillard government better not be planning a pork barrel lead ...

Chief exec resigns from AllianceBernstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... of AXA's New Zealand funds management business in 1997. Bargholz's also spent six years working for the Commonwealth Treasury in Canberra. In a move that suggests a step back from the financial service industry, Bargholz has also resigned as deputy chairman ...

Russell heads back to Canberra

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... Minister Paul Keating's principal adviser between 1985 and 1993, before which he was senior executive in the Commonwealth Treasury. In 1995 Russell left Canberra when he was appointed Ambassador in Washington, returning to Canberra in 1996 to advise ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... political frenzy is merely a smokescreen for mining companies to negotiate a lower tax rate. According to the Commonwealth Treasury, 11 countries have resource royalty regimes but five - Norway, Denmark, the US, Canada and South Africa - have super profit ...

Treasury proposes mandatory governance principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... Ordinaries Index instead of the top 300 companies as part of a broader review of the audit industry. The Commonwealth Treasury's consultation paper, Audit Quality in Australia: A Strategic Review follows extensive research on the industry that included ...

The fight over how to fight inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... Australia should relax its inflation targets are peculiar and misguided, argues Ken Henry, secretary of the Commonwealth Treasury. Henry's comments, in a speech he gave yesterday to a forum of Australian Business Economists in Sydney, takes the fight ...

Short selling flaw lies in disclosure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... investment in the Australian market". Regulations concerning short selling are currently being reviewed by the Commonwealth Treasury and ASIC.

Future Fund investment team expands

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... from ANZ where he was equity market risk manager. Pearse had previously headed roles in QSuper, QIC and the Commonwealth Treasury. David George joins the fund as senior analyst, fixed interest and alternatives. George's previous experience includes roles ...