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ISA gives evidence to PC on inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... 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 the results to COAG."

Industry heralds government capital recycling plan

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
An agreement between the federal and state governments to incentivise asset sales which have the potential to boost the economy has been welcomed by the superannuation industry. The federal government wants to encourage states to sell businesses and ...

Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... worsening situation on Labor's Fair Work Act. "There's now a lot of uncertainty. You'd have to think that with state governments and the federal government now under a lot of pressure to rein in spending, then the halcyon days of public sector job growth ...

Government must recycle brownfield infra: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has urged federal and state governments to adopt the capital recycling model for infrastructure development to attract superannuation investment. In its submission to the Productivity Commission's Public Infrastructure ...

AMP Capital proposes new infra funding model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... economic infrastructure would look like, anticipating that tenders for new developments would be assessed by state governments, which would then go to the Federal Government for funding. In this model, the federal government would assess projects on ...

Half of all SMSF assets in retirement phase

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... protection against inflation. "The issuance of medium and long term inflation linked bonds by Commonwealth and State governments in Australia would meet self-funded retiree demand for a low risk and stable income stream and provide a pool of medium to ...

Baird proposes tax changes for NSW infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... Mike Baird has proposed a new taxation practice that would direct company tax revenue on infrastructure back to state governments. The proposal is part of the NSW Government's policy of harnessing superannuation and other institutional investment to ...

Coalition to save $1.6bn via SG delay

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... first two years, while scrapping Labor's existing scheme will save $3.7 billion, and abolishing commonwealth and state governments schemes will save $1.2 billion. There will also be a $1.6 billion saving from "automatic adjustments to government spending ...

Infrastructure debt 'not that scary': AusSuper chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
AustralianSuper chair Heather Ridout has urged state governments not to be afraid of going into debt if the money is used to fund infrastructure projects. Speaking at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' 'Funding Australia's Future' forum in ...

States could learn from Baird's infrastructure model: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... infrastructure over the next five years, but that more investment opportunities were needed. Linden said other state governments should follow NSW's lead. So far, state governments have responded "quite positively" to the ISN's overtures. "They recognise ...