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Assistant Treasurer backs PM under fire

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has thrown his support behind Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who faces a leadership spill vote on Tuesday. In a doorstop interview with the nation's media, the Federal Member for Kooyong stood up to immense media pressure ...

Fossil fuel divestment gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
The fossil fuel divestment push is gathering pace, this time with 295 faculty members of Stanford University in the US writing to its board of trustees asking them to divest its $25 billion endowment fund from the investment sector. The Stanford University ...

UBS chairman appointed Secretary to the Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
A former chairman of UBS Global Asset Management has been appointed Secretary to the Treasury. John Fraser occupied the role more than twenty years ago, when Paul Keating was Treasurer. Since then, he has been based in London and worked for the private ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after US stocks performed strongly, lifting more than half a per cent, as construction spending data boosted confidence in the economy. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after mainly negative performance on Wall Street as oil prices slump. At 0828 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,501. In local economic news ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after an almost flat end to trading in on Wall Street and a fall in metals prices. At 0651 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 5,262. The stock market in ...

SG frozen till 2021, industry 'dismayed'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The Senate has passed legislation that will freeze the superannuation guarantee at 9.5% until 2021, and abolish the Low Income Superannuation Contribution in 2017. The laws, which were part of an extensive package of reforms contained in the Minerals ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street regained some of the ground US markets lost last week. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,487. Locally, in economic news on ...

FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
Recent regulatory changes have removed some of the barriers the Australian corporate bond market has posed to issuers and investors. But Australia is still some way behind its international peers. Mark Smith finds out what more can be done to improve ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after both the Dow Jones and the S& P 500 reached record highs for the second session in a row, buoyed by good jobs figures. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was ...