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Commonwealth to disclose climate risks in sovereign bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... proposed settlement, O'Donnell said: "As an investor, I am pleased... This is the first time a country with an AAA credit rating has acknowledged climate change is a systemic risk when talking about risks to government bonds." O'Donnell added ...

ASIC detects imposter bond scam

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The corporate regulator is warning investors of scam bond investment operations targeting Australian investors with claims of high yield bond investments. The scammers are claiming to be from reputable domestic and international financial firms when ...

Chief economist update: Could COVID-19 dissenters be correct?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... businesses doubt they can survive latest lockdown The Australian: Victoria lockdown to slash GDP and risk state's AAA credit rating The Sydney Morning Herald: Victorian lockdown make RBA decision tougher It could get worse, for as news.com.au reports ...

Government announces $184bn deficit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... structural integrity of the Budget with all three major credit ratings agencies having now reaffirmed Australia's AAA credit rating during the pandemic." The economic support in response to COVID-19 is estimated to have increased the level of real GDP ...

Chief economist update: Still the best and better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... spend to save the economy from its first and only recession in 29 years. Even better, Australia has retained its AAA credit rating despite the government's massive spending. As Moody's Investor Service noted when it recently maintained Australia's ...

Australia's AAA rating at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
S&P Global Ratings revised Australia's AAA credit rating outlook to negative in the wake of the economic impacts of COVID-19. The AAA credit ratings for NSW and Victoria were also revised to "negative" by S&P. The outlook revision does not guarantee ...

Chief economist update: Surplus here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
The US Federal Reserve is poised to announce another 25 basis point taking the fed funds rate to 2%-2.25% when it concludes its September FOMC meeting later today. That wouldn't be a surprise. Another 25 basis point hike in December also wouldn't ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... proceed with normalisation. What about the credit-rating agencies? Yes, them who threatened to slice Australia's AAA credit rating. Well, Standard & Poor's stayed execution saying that the MYFEO had no "immediate effect" but "We remain pessimistic about ...

Do super funds hold AAA rating key?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... and increasing infrastructure investment would assist an otherwise weakening economy at threat of losing its AAA credit rating. Economist Ross Garnaut told The Superannuation Opportunity conference in Canberra yesterday that on a global scale the balance ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... that they will have to fight hard to attract overseas loan funds in coming years. If Australia were to lose its AAA credit rating, a factor that would count against Australian banks borrowing loan funds in global credit markets, this task would become ...
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