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Australian Fixed-Income Newsletter: Beyond The Curve Jun 06
Standard & Poors, June 2006
Abstract
It was a fairly busy week offshore, in contrast with the domestic market. SP AusNet Group, Alumina Ltd., and Macquarie Airports. John Fairfax Holdings Ltd., Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale, Crusade Euro Trust No. 1E of 2006, Challenger Life No.2 Ltd., HBS Trust 2006-1, and Series 2006-1 REDS EHP Trust. Qantas Airways Ltd. and Glitnir Bank (formerly Islandsbanki). New Zealand has gone down a different path from Australia; it has not chosen to mandate or sponsor a system under which individuals save for their own retirement, through salary deductions compulsory and voluntary. In New Zealand, individuals are free to save for their retirement as they please, or not. One problem that arises from this approach is that individuals who...
Companies mentioned in this report are: National Australia Bank Ltd.,Commonwealth Bank of Australia,Qantas Airways Ltd.,Bank of Queensland Ltd.,MLC Ltd.,St.George Bank Ltd.,Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale,Fairfax Media Ltd.,Heritage Bank Ltd.,Challenger Life Co. Ltd.,Alumina Ltd.,Rural Bank Ltd.,MAp Airports,BNZ International Funding Ltd.,SP AusNet Group,National Wealth Management Holdings Ltd.,Crusade Euro Trust No. 1E of 2006,HBS Trust 2006-1
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