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AMP Capital proposes new infra funding model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
AMP Capital has urged the federal government to allocate more funds to greenfield infrastructure projects on the grounds that it would reap the benefits of increased tax revenue from the resulting economic activity. AMP Capital made the proposal as ...

Challenger acquires SMSF business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
... its service offerings to SMSF customers and their accountants. The acquisition comes at the same time as the Federal Government has announced it will soon consider the barriers to developing longevity insurance products as part of a broader review of ...

WA govt plans string of infra asset sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... WA government to fund new projects through government debt. He said WA could not expect much help from the federal government, so private capital, such as that of super funds, is the only alternative, whether it be equity or debt. "This infrastructure ...

BAC chair to speak at CEDA annual dinner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
The new chairman of the Government's Business Advisory Council will deliver his inaugural speech tonight at the annual dinner hosted by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). Dr Maurice Newman was appointed chair of the Business ...

Baird proposes tax changes for NSW infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... company involved, for example, in the future construction and operation of the WestConnex tunnel, would go to the federal government. But Baird believes this is not the fairest system. "This is a difficult process, to get the community on board, to sell ...

ISA appoints former cabinet minister to advisory role

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... Hon Greg Combet AM to an advisory role for the next year. Combet served as a Cabinet Minister in the former Federal Government and is a former Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. As principal adviser to the board of ISA, he will assist ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... A standoff between Republicans and Democrats in Congress has already caused the partial shutdown of the US federal government and the country is edging closer a deadline to raise its debt ceiling. If the debt ceiling isn't increased by October 17, the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... market strategist Stan Shamu said. Investors are concerned about the lack of progress in the US, where the federal government has been in partial shutdown since October 1 as a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a budget. There is also growing concern ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... market has had mixed start to trade, with investors taking a cautious approach as the US heads for a likely federal government shutdown. The market was in mildly positive territory shortly after the open, but by 1030 AEST had slipped back to be down ...

Federal election boosts Australians' economic optimism

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... generally rose across the country with the exception of South Australia, which appeared unmoved by the change of Federal Government. The biggest rises in economic optimism occurred in Western Australia, which historically has been the most optimistic ...