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ART raises stake in Tabcorp

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey by The University of Melbourne shows. At the same time, Australia continues to have the highest gambling losses globally. Tabcorp's share price has risen around 4.7% in the past six months, as at the time of writing. ...

VanEck goes for growth with new ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... first half of the year. Noting the momentum, VanEck Asia Pacific chief executive and managing director Arian Neiron said highest-growth stocks tend to be underrepresented in benchmarks. "This manifested in the first half of 2025, where the highly visible ...

Unemployment falls, more women enter the workforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... reforms by the federal Labor government," ACTU president Michele O'Neil said. "The level of women in work is now also at its highest level ever, at 63.5%. "Collective bargaining delivers tangible results, in wages and conditions, as working people have ...

Institutional investors show signs uncertainty has peaked: State Street

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... optimism despite ongoing global uncertainty. The State Street Risk Appetite rose to 0.54 at the end of July, marking the highest reading since November 2020, the month COVID vaccines were discovered, the research found. State Street Markets head of macro ...

CSC quashes internal bullying, sexism claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... Hill downplayed the organisation's gender pay gap. According to Workplace Gender Equality Agency data, CSC has one of the highest gender pay gaps in the financial services industry. It recorded a 22.1% gender pay gap for total median remuneration and ...

InterPrac hit with $22m in AFCA complaints

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... the group's three AFSLs, which includes InterPrac. Sequoia said the new committee has an "ongoing commitment to the highest standards of regulatory alignment, governance maturity, and risk management." "It introduces an elevated and independent governance ...

Brandes launches first fund, taps Equity Trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... together to deliver strong outcomes for investors." "As Responsible Entity, our role is to ensure the fund operates with the highest standards of governance and compliance and we're proud to support Brandes in bringing a high-quality global investment ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... company income tax, the PC said. The reduction in headline company tax rate would see Australia go from having one of the highest to one of the lowest statutory rates for small and medium-sized firms in the OECD. The interim report also found that red ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... crucial in Australia, which has the only pension system of its scale where members can easily switch funds-and one of the highest allocations to private markets," he says. Regulators are identifying good practices and pushing them industry-wide. While ...

Octopus awarded $1bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... energy infrastructure in key markets like Australia and support the wider energy transition needed across the world's highest emissions regions." APG joins existing investors in the Octopus platform, including Rest, Hostplus, other international pension ...