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LGS certified carbon neutral

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... benefits in the form of employment opportunities for the local population, especially for women in enterprise. "They also raise living standards through clean water and solar energy as well as introducing innovations into local agriculture," Yip said. ...

Capital raising relief measures extended

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... discount to the placement price. The extension would allow listed entities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic further time to raise urgently needed capital, the ASX said. "The decision was made in light of the high and increasing levels of COVID-19 infections ...

Top traded stocks revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... as it went on to breach $1000, smashing its record high," he said. "A new stock sale before the pandemic allowed Tesla to raise over $2 billion in cash, which was a key move in hindsight as most of its warehouses worldwide were closed during the fallout ...

Land tax, not stamp duty: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
A draft report into reforming GST and reducing inefficient taxes has reignited calls for the scrapping of stamp duty when buying or selling a home, to be replaced by a broad-based land tax. The NSW Review of Federal Financial Relations draft report ...

Colonial First State cops licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
APRA has imposed licence conditions on Colonial First State Investments Limited to ensure super members' best interests are met, effective immediately. The regulator's decision follows an investigation into matters referred to it by the Royal ...

Chief economist update: The post-pandemic problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... normal post-COVID-19. Lingering anxiety over catching the disease, as well as concerns that the government would have to raise taxes and/or reduce spending in the future to recoup what was spent in the fight against the coronavirus would restrain household ...

AMP Life awards mandate post acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
A trustee has been appointed to AMP Life's superannuation funds, which hold more than $7 billion, following the sale of AMP Life to Resolution Life. Equity Trustees will be trustee for the super funds, replacing current trustees N M Superannuation and ...

Industry super pours $19.5bn into Australian recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
Industry super funds will invest $19.5 billion over the coming three years in construction and infrastructure projects; in a move that Industry Super Australia (ISA) chair Greg Combet says will help rebuild the Australian economy. The multi-billion ...

SG does wonders for households: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
Australian households are $500 billion better off because of the compulsory superannuation system, according to new research. The latest report from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) estimates compulsory super has added $500 ...

Disgraced lobbyist charged

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
A disgraced American lobbyist, businessman and movie producer, who was played by actor Kevin Spacey in a movie about his life, has been charged over his role in a fraudulent bitcoin scheme. Jack Abramoff, who in 2006 was sentenced to six years in federal ...