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Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
The government has blamed its predecessor for inheriting a budget burdened by $1 trillion in gross debt and deficits projected for at least the next decade. Consequently, new fiscal policies have largely been offset for this year and the next. "We face ...

Government scraps legacy tax, super measures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... and opted to not proceed with several legacy measures. These include the 2013-14 MYEFO measure that proposed to amend the debt/equity tax rules; the 2016-17 Budget measure that proposed changing the taxation of financial arrangements (TOFA) rules; and ...

Affordable housing in Budget spotlight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... employers say paying super with wages will fix the problem and with the ATO only recovering a dismal 15% of the unpaid super debt its vital for members that this change is made," ISA said. "Women retire with about a third less super than men and paying ...

RBA downplays exchange rate inflationary impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... cash rate further, against the medium-term risks associated with an increase in what were already high levels of household debt." These decisions by the board were intended to limit the build-up of financial imbalances that can cause instability in the ...

Millionaires worry about retirement

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... three pillars of sustainability in retirement. However, the report further revealed 75% believe that high levels of public debt will result in lower payments from public benefits in the future and 38% argue without public benefits it will be hard to ...

Brookfield Special Investments invests down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... Canadian investment giant's Special Investments Program has made its first transaction in Australia, providing a $150 million debt facility to Queensland-based Panthera Finance. The senior secured loan will fund the expansion of the credit management ...

Fed seeks feedback on rules to resolve large bank failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
... requirements and resources that could be used for an orderly resolution of large banking organisations, including a long-term debt requirement. The draft advance notice would also seek comment on the costs associated with proposals for large banking ...

Hejaz launches Sharia-compliant ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
... investment assets based upon the nature of their business activities and their failure to meet financial thresholds relating to debt, liquidity, and income. The group has appointed Equity Trustees as RE for both of the funds. Hejaz chief operating officer ...

QIC sees changes in private debt, liquid markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
There is a new director in QIC's multi-sector private debt team, while a new head of the liquid markets group has been confirmed. David Spiez will join the multi-sector private debt team in February. He is currently general manager of strategy and ...

Global X drops management fees

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... (Currency Hedged) tracks the iBoxx $ Treasuries Total Return Index, hedged into Australian dollars. The market for US government debt is the deepest and most liquid of any type of financial instrument, with more than US$23 trillion of outstanding Treasuries. ...