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ACT government fund appoints First State Super

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015

... to June 30 this year. The fund was chosen following a number of criteria, including that tendering funds needed to have an AAA SelectingSuper quality assessment. "This outcome gives a very strong endorsement of First State Super in the marketplace," ...

Falling rates turn Aussie bonds into "a poor choice"

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015

... Currency risk makes Australian government bonds "a relatively poor choice" for international investors despite their stellar AAA rating, according to Nikko Asset Management head of fixed income in Australia James Alexander. Alexander explained that Australia ...

Experts urge govt to do more to boost infra investment

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015

... credit ratings to borrow to invest more in infrastructure. Some participants suggested that if a state government drops from a AAA to AA credit rating, this is a fair price to pay for better infrastructure. There is also a role for government to play ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015

... Fed taper in October last year and a 35.7% surged three months before Standard & Poor's took away one-A from the US of A's AAA credit rating in August 2011. Yes Virginia, the US dollar has come a long way since, baby. "Everybody wants her, everybody ...

Advice M&A activity set to soar in 2015

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015

... and Suncorp's Guardian Advice license had conditions imposed on it over concerns about the appointment of ex-advisers from AAA Financial Intelligence. As a consequence, "What Forte Asset Solutions is experiencing is seller's preference to sell to non- ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015

... boot), the money is instead invested in countries offering higher yields. Australia is one of these countries, and it's still AAA-rated too. And this is why the A$ may come down again if the RBA cuts rate today, but it won't stay down for long.

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015

... budget emergency and debt worries, Australia still has one of the lowest in the world on both - we haven't maintained our AAA credit rating for nothing, you know. And now's the time to borrow when money's cheap as chips - at current bond yields, Australia ...

Investor sentiment shifting overseas

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015

... boom," he said. Another indicator raising concerns for Australia is that even though we are one of a small group of 'super AAA sovereigns', overseas investors that have snapped up the overwhelming majority of Australian treasury issuances may change ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015

... that that would have a significant budget impact like it did in the global financial crisis, " it "could put the country's AAA rating at risk". And don't forget my ever-present neighbour who keeps telling me Australia has been in recession since 2008. ...

ASIC imposes conditions on Guardian Advice

STAFF WRITER | WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015

... banning individual advisers. ASIC's surveillance followed Guardian Advice's appointment of a number of ex-representatives of AAA Financial Intelligence and AAA Shares after the regulator cancelled their licences in February 2013. ASIC wanted to ensure ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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