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Treasurer ignored credit warnings: Bowen

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said Treasurer Scott Morrison ignored his warnings that Australia was in danger of losing its AAA credit rating. At the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne, Bowen said that the Coalition has repeatedly ignored warnings from ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... down from 65.2% at 30 June 2015, which was down from 67% at 30 June 2013. Should speculation continue regarding Australia's AAA credit rating, this global appetite for Australian issued CGSs could come under even more pressure and so reduce the overseas ...

S&P outlook downgrade extends to banks

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... indebtedness." Putting the rating on negative watch means there is now a one-in-three chance S&P could downgrade Australia's AAA credit rating over the next two years if fiscal consolidation is not improved, current account deficient remains elevated ...

So what if Australia loses its 'AAA'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... Ratings revised its rating outlook on the Commonwealth of Australia to negative from stable. At the same time, we affirmed our 'AAA' long-term and 'A-1+' short-term unsolicited sovereign credit ratings on Australia. This is because, "because we believe ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... downgraded the United Kingdom's sovereign credit rating. Standard & Poor's lowered the UK's credit rating by two notches, from 'AAA' to 'AA', declaring that "In our opinion, this outcome is a seminal event, and will lead to a less predictable, stable ...

TCorp creates bespoke fund for NSW govt

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... NSW government from that perspective. He said about 60% of funding comes from banks because "they're attracted to us by the AAA rating and the highly liquid nature of our bonds, particularly our benchmark bonds." "The second group [makes up] about 25% ...

Fixed income investors turning to Serbia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... portfolio along core stable, defensive and return-seeking lines. As a "core stable" example, he cited Sweden, which has an AAA credit rating, low inflation and 0.15% average yield in the covered bonds market. A good defensive option was buying protection ...

Three Aus funds awarded AAA climate rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Three Australian superannuation funds have received AAA ratings for their climate change risk management from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project's (AODP) 2016 benchmark index, The Global Climate 500 Index. Local Government Super and Australian Super ...

TCorp lands Hunter Hall chief

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... the country's largest fund managers. TCorp is NSW's central borrowing authority and is responsible for some $70 billion of AAA state guaranteed issued bonds.

Zenith re-rates BetaShares ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
Zenith has upgraded its rating for a BetaShares exchange-traded fund. The BetaShares Australian High Interest Cash ETF ("AAA" on the ASX) now has a "Highly Recommended" rating from the research house, making it one of three ETFs to reach that status. ...