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Tyndall shifts gears on FI

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... uncertainty Tyndall is positioning its portfolio with a slightly short-term duration, currently overweight in Commonwealth Government securities. It is also selling down semi-government securities, which it sees as having higher risk, and monitoring ...

New rules on bank liquidity clarified

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... APRA has defined level one assets as: cash, balances held with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), and Commonwealth Government and semi-government securities - otherwise known as bonds. As yet APRA has not defined any assets that qualify for level two. ...

Insurer members adopt FSC flood model

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... estimated insurable value of $365 million, not including major claim areas such as Brisbane or Toowoomba. The Commonwealth government is ultimately responsible for 75 per cent of the costs relating to the provision of relief measures and restoring public ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... increased bond issuance without pushing up borrowing costs. Only 2 per cent, or less than $4 billion, of Commonwealth government bonds on issue are held by super funds, he said. Looking at it another way, at June 30th, Australia' superannuation funds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... economics news on Friday, the Australian Office of Financial Management offers $700 million of December 2013 Commonwealth Government Treasury bonds at auction. In companies news, Equinox Minerals Ltd releases second quarter results. Metcash Ltd chief ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... of economic trends, and the Australian Office of Financial Management offers $800 million of June 2016 Commonwealth Government Treasury bonds at auction. In companies news, Woodside Petroleum Ltd releases its June quarter report, and a liquidator's examination ...

Delays for Military Super merger

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... establishes the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation as a single trustee body responsible for most Commonwealth Government superannuation schemes. General Peter Cosgrove and former Military Super chief executive John McCullagh were nominated as member ...

Australian Ethical appoints CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... team. Prior to joining Australian Ethical, Jordan had a long career as a senior economist with various Commonwealth Government departments. Highlights of his career in government included being senior adviser on taxation and superannuation policy, being ...

Future Fund chair attacks RSPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... it was in fact established solely for the purpose of paying down unfunded superannuation liabilities of Commonwealth government employees. Reinforcing the differences, the Future Fund holds only low levels of direct property and infrastructure assets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... for release, and the Australian Office of Financial Management will offer $750 million of December 2013 Commonwealth Government Treasury bonds at auction. In companies news, Spark Infrastructure Group, Perilya Ltd and Perseus Mining Ltd hold annual general ...