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Brexit won't impact Australia greatly: Treasurer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... but not from a flight to safety since most other bond yields dropped in sympathy. It's also helpful how fast the UK government got its act together: a new Prime Minister in record time having already appointed a full cabinet and group to plan the exit ...

US becomes post-Brexit equity safe haven

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... research. J.P. Morgan's quarterly perspectives for Q3 2016 noted that there is continuing uncertainty as to when the UK government will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty, whether there is a second Scottish referendum, and whether the rising support ...

Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... to fill those jobs of the future for which we need to be competitive," said Gibson. In contrast to Australia, the UK government announced in its budget last week that it was considering making maths compulsory for school children right up to the age ...

UK to introduce lifetime ISAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
The UK government has just announced in its 2016 budget that it will be launching subsidised Lifetime Individual Savings Accounts that will allow people under 40 to save for their first home and retirement. The initiative follows a raft of other measures ...

AustralianSuper makes major play for King's Cross

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... confidence in the UK's King's Cross development, increasing its stake from 25% to 67.5% in less than 12 months. The UK government announced on Friday it had sold its 36.5% portion of the project to Australia's largest superannuation fund for £371 million ...

UK govt tempts super funds with real estate projects

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
The UK government has enlisted a former Lord Mayor of London and property expert to pitch flagship real estate projects to Australian superannuation funds. Sir Michael Bear served in one of the world's oldest surviving elected roles from 2010 to 2011. ...

British Airways to clash in court with pension trustee

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... roughly 44% of total contributions to the product type. The Financial Times reports that the dispute stems from the UK government's 2010 decision to link pension increases for retired public sector workers to the Consumer Price Index rather than the ...

Consensus emerging on Tax White Paper

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... of the GST," Hockey said. Hockey highlighted that tax reform is also time consuming, citing an example where the UK government cut its main corporate tax rate from 28% in 2010 to a proposed 18% in 2020.

Pubs satisfying BlackRock income thirst

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... think those are very good assets at the moment." The company is generally bearish on the UK market and is shorting UK government debt via futures contracts. "The gilt market is owned by basically three roots of investors and each has about the same amount. ...

Challenger supports default 'MyPension' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... devoted considerable space to outlining the differences between the UK annuities market and the Australian market. The UK government recently made the controversial decision to scrap compulsory annuitisation. Challenger argued that compulsory annuitisation ...