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Bring in Chilean-style super tender process: Grattan Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... or public sector funds). The solution to this is a government tender process, the report argued. "The Commonwealth government needs to unleash the power of wholesale competition to push down fees for default products. The best way to do so is to run ...

ISA gives evidence to PC on inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... infrastructure project did not deliver as expected. In its latest submission, ISA recommended that "the Commonwealth Government, in consultation with State Governments, develop guidelines for the inverted bid model and instigate a pilot project and report ...

McGrath Estate Agents partners with Aura FM for SIV funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Aura Funds Management (AFM) has launched two funds that comply with the Commonwealth Government's Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program. The two funds - known as the Australian Core Property Fund and the Australian Strategic Equities Fund - provide ...

CFSGAM issues its first SIV product

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... Bond Fund is available to investors who satisfy the SIV requirements. It invests 100% in cash, Australian Commonwealth Government and Australian semi-government securities and is aimed at conservative investors targeting capital preservation and low-risk ...

Unclaimed life insurance up by $28 million

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... money. The list sets out the details of unclaimed money which life insurance companies have paid to the Commonwealth Government during 2012 and until May 31, 2013. The unclaimed money and the money paid to the government in previous years can be claimed ...

Next government to reconsider super taxes: Grattan Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... Another superannuation policy area governments might target, speculated Daley, is fees. "Sooner or later the Commonwealth government will realise that dollars spent in superannuation administration and fund management are dollars that would otherwise ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... traded. In economics news on Friday, the Australian Office of Financial Management will sell $600 million of Commonwealth Government bonds with a maturity date of October 21, 2015. On Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 0.79 per cent to 5,007.1 ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... is that investors are not in a hurry to sell their assets. "Although at Tyndall we think that yields on Commonwealth government bonds are currently below fair value, investors on the whole are not buying these bonds in order to sell them at a higher ...

New super fund launch by SA Govt

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... general manager, Stephen Rowe said the launch of Super SA Select puts it in closer alignment with the Commonwealth Government's rules for super funds. "The Super SA Select provides lower paid public sector workers an opportunity to make a significant ...

Exchange-traded gov bonds expand investment options

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... to exchange-traded government bonds moved a step closer yesterday following the Senate's passing of the Commonwealth Government Securities Legislation Amendment (Retail Trading) Bill. Subject to regulatory clearance, trading is expected to commence in ...