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Chalmers confirms super performance test changes are coming

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... be introducing 'tell-us-once' legislation. Delahunty was present on day one of the Roundtable where she presented ways to cut down on duplication including recommending a 'tell-us-once' principle of reporting. "The government's announcement it will be ...

CEDA calls for 'seamless economy' reforms as Roundtable begins

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... competition, raise costs, reduce choice and constrain labour mobility," Barker said. "But this is more than a simplistic call to cut red tape. The economy has become much more digital and service-based in the last 15 years. Constraints on sharing data ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... Trump on his tariff policies and a stream of invective directed at the US Federal Reserve, which is stubbornly refusing to cut interest rates on command. Perhaps market sentiment has become immune to these gyrations, or perhaps there is a new normal ...

RBA cuts rates, experts debate next moves

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
As widely anticipated, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) delivered a 0.25% interest rate cut at the August meeting, bringing the official cash rate down to 3.6%. The RBA board noted that the easing in inflation alongside a softening in the labour ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund divests 11 Israeli companies, cuts mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
Norway's US$2 trillion sovereign wealth fund has severed ties with 11 Israeli companies and is in the process of terminating mandates with external managers based in Israel. The sovereign wealth fund's manager, Norges Bank Investment Management ...

HESTA to lower insurance fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... mind to members and their families. "It's a great outcome for our more than one million members that we'll be able to help cut insurance costs for them at a time when many Australians are experiencing higher prices." HESTA said it paid out more than ...

RBA cut 'highly likely', but caution remains

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
Economists and experts are anticipating another interest rate cut to be delivered by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) at its August meeting tomorrow. T. Rowe Price co-portfolio manager of the dynamic global bond strategy Scott Solomon said unlike ...

First Super reduces admin fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
The $5 billion super fund for the paper, pulp and timber industries is cutting administration fees for most of its members. From September 1, the flat administration fee paid by First Super accumulation members each week is dropping from $1.87 to $1.65. ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... over the past two decades. "Regulation is important, but over-regulation is a handbrake on growth. The government needs to cut through the thickets of regulation that are slowing us down and ensure any new regulations are made with growth in mind," PC ...

Australian investment in venture capital lags: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... better match super capital with scientists, startups and entrepreneurs; simplifying performance testing and fee disclosures to cut red tape and reduce barriers to investing in new asset classes, while keeping high standards of consumer protection; and ...