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ACGBs have served their purpose: JBWere

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
Investors can not expect the same returns from Australian Commonwealth Government Bonds in future, according to a JBWere investment strategy update released yesterday. Although a repeat of the double digit returns on government bonds is possible, JBWere ...

Pool local govt infra projects to attract investors: E&Y

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
A study commissioned by the Commonwealth government into infrastructure financing has recommended the pooling of local council infrastructure project structures to make them more attractive to superannuation funds. The report by Ernst & Young suggests ...

NSW universities face $4.3bn in super liabilities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... Federal Government have been unable to come to an agreement on who will be responsible for the deficit. "The commonwealth government and the NSW Government have to determine who is responsible for what, in relation to the 4.3 billion," said Achterstraat. ...

Govt bonds reach $237bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
Australian commonwealth government bonds on issue have reached $237 billion, ranking approximately 100 from the world's 230 economies. Treasury bonds make up 87% of this total, indexed and non-indexed treasury notes 6% each with 1% in other securities ...

Aus fixed income ETF providers talk up offerings

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... Russell Investments announcing three fixed income ETFs covering investment grade securities, Australian Commonwealth Government bonds and Australian State Government bonds. "We're starting very simple," Skelly said. "There was a lot of negative press ...

S&P/ASX create fixed income indices suite

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... measures the Australian bond market and the sub-sector indices, the S&P/ASX Government Bond Index, S&P/ASX Commonwealth Government Bond Index, S&P/ASX State Government Bond Index, S&P/ASX Corporate Bond Index, S&P/ASX Supranational and Sovereign Bond ...

Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation appoints CEO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... responsibility for managing and investing $24 billion of superannuation funds of Military personnel and Commonwealth government employees. It manages funds and schemes for more than 680,000 contributing, preserved and retired members. Four of the schemes ...

In defence of superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... explaining why retail funds are much more vulnerable to equity market falls. The bigger problem is longevity as Commonwealth government figures show that over the past century average male life expectancy jumped from 57 to 81, for an increase of 24 years. ...

Russell heads back to Canberra

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... Keating adviser and current State Super Trustee chair Don Russell is heading back to Canberra to run a commonwealth government department. Russell is also chair of the LUCRF industry fund investment committee and was formerly BNY Mellon Asset Management's ...

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 ...