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Anti-hawking exemption for advisers a 'silly carve out': SCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... legislation to ensure consistency between selling financial services and financial products. In response to an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) consultation on unsolicited selling and lead generation, SCA drew attention to the collapsed ...

CEDA calls for 'seamless economy' reforms as Roundtable begins

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... benefits the economy by $880 million a year. "Frictions that prevent firms from operating across Australia restrict competition, raise costs, reduce choice and constrain labour mobility," Barker said. "But this is more than a simplistic call to cut red ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... "However, we're operating in a structurally changed world," says Dahia. "Supply chains are fragmented, strategic competition is replacing global synchronisation, tariff concerns persist, and earnings breadth remains narrow - especially in US markets ...

Chalmers calls for solutions, not problems

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... structural shifts that need to be addressed. On the productivity front, the paper outlines trends in capital deepening, competition and dynamism, skills development and matching in the labour market, and our changing industry composition. "These challenges ...

Super funds risk 'falling behind': MUFG Retirement Solutions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... clients or with our peers, especially in this area. "It's an important area for us to not be too worried about competition, but to be open and transparent about what we're doing, because I think all of Australia lifting in this area is really ...

ASIC says Cboe listing will 'foster competition'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... market application from Cboe Australia, a subsidiary of Cboe Global Markets (Cboe). ASIC said the move would foster competition and innovation, creating more opportunities for companies and investors, and attracting more foreign capital to Australia. ...

PC recommends switch to digital financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... make better decisions." The report found improving people's ability to access data that relates to them could spur competition and innovation and deliver productivity gains worth as much as $10 billion a year. The report also looked at data protections ...

Chalmers unveils Economic Reform Roundtable agenda

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... chair Danielle Wood present on productivity and reform, and attendees will discuss better regulation and approvals; competition and dynamism across the federation; and AI and innovation. The final day will include a presentation by Treasury Secretary ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... could be the first generation to not be better off than their parents. We need to spark growth through investment and competition - the best way to do that is to fix our company tax system," PC deputy chair Alex Robson said. "Our proposed reforms will ...

CALI launches review of Life Code

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... has served as deputy chair of both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Kell was also chief executive of CHOICE, where he was responsible for overseeing industry-wide ...