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So what if Australia loses its 'AAA'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... Got that! The now good - it was bad back pre-GFC when it gave AAA-ratings to bonds backed by sub-prime mortgages - and "credible" credit ratings agency has given Australia a two-year stay of execution. Phew! For now, "we affirmed our 'AAA' long-term ...

Westpac prices climate bond at $500m

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... Standard. "With rapid acceleration of a two-degree economy, there is real value in aligning products and services to a credible standard aligned to a carbon emissions reduction trajectory," Bell said. Chief executive and co-founder of the Climate Bonds ...

Super funds losing billions to fossil fuels

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... known fossil fuel reserves cannot be used without triggering dangerous levels of climate change now forms the basis of a credible legal risk for boards and trustees with fiduciary duties."

Investec buys stake in equity crowdfunding fintech

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... investor' model on-line." Equitise managing director Chris Gilbert added, "We are pleased to have the support and backing of credible partner such as Investec Australia. We understand their focus on core specialist and investment banking businesses in ...

OPINION: What to do with the Tax White Paper!

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... negative gearing, capital gains and superannuation. It immediately became much harder for the government to sustain a credible reform discussion once certain issues were ruled out. Once the new Treasury Ministers in charge of tax reform, Scott Morrison ...

ASIC to be handed greater powers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... staffing arrangements of financial regulators. It also said it will review ASIC's enforcement regime to ensure it provides a credible deterrent for poor behaviour and breaches of financial services laws. Consultation has also commenced on an industry-pays ...

ISA calls out banks over fee structures

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... profit-making business models," he said. "In the face of numerous scandals and financial loss to their customers, it is not credible that the wealth management divisions of the banks want to improve governance in superannuation. "In the interests of ...

Early insurance claimants return to work faster

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... Insurance claims are a complex area. The greater the available data volumes, the more we are can drill down to discover credible findings," said Rice Warner head of consulting and research Jenni Baxter. She added, "The discovered probabilities do not ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... highly innovative exchange traded managed fund, the Magellan Global Equities Fund, Douglass and his team are making a credible bid for the notoriously tough to crack self-managed super fund market. "We realised there was a large market that was either ...

Capital raising not total solution: CIFR

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... The study also recommends more effort be directed to the creation and implementation of resolution regimes that offer a credible prospect of "bailing-in" creditors in the event of stress. Co-author of the study, Professor Fariborz Moshirian, said there ...