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Productivity Commission makes 47 recommendations

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025

... Robson said. The report recommended moving to a hybrid corporate tax system, combining a lower company income tax of 20% for small and medium businesses earning up to $1 billion, and a tax rate of 28% for larger firms, with a net cashflow tax of 5% for ...

RM Capital, SMSF Club to pay $925k over conflicted remuneration

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025

... appropriate systems, policies and procedures to ensure compliance. Justice Jackson said: "I am conscious that RM Capital is a small organisation with limited resources. But in its capacity as an AFSL holder, these responsibilities were not mere inconvenient ...

Hearts & Minds, WAM slash stakes in Corporate Travel Management

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025

... the largest stake of nearly 12%. Bennelong Australian Equity Partners had 9.2%, First Sentier Investors' Australian Small and Mid-Cap Companies had 6.21%, AustralianSuper had 6.2% and ECP Asset Management had 5.2%. More recent figures, though, showed ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL | FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025

... the recent problems of the collapse of First Brands and Tricolor have attracted a lot of attention but only represent a small part of the market. "Our engagement with the private credit managers that we have invested with has demonstrated a robust level ...

Australian Ethical adds trader and BDM

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025

... return since inception, outperforming the S&P/ASX 200 at 10%. Notably, the Emerging Companies Fund outperformed the S&P/ASX Small Industrials Index by close to 5% per annum over the decade to 30 June 2025.

Mulino looks to reform CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025

... we drive out compliant financial advisers who are doing the right thing, by forcing them to pay for the misbehaviour of a small number of bad actors." However, Abood did welcome the government's commitment to investigate reforms for the CSLR. "We welcome ...

AMP launches new series of funds

ANGELIQUE MINAS | MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025

... available through this series, is the Dimensional Global Listed Infrastructure Fund which is a global strategy that invests in small-cap, value-oriented and highly profitable infrastructure securities. The fund emphasises sustainability and targets a ...

Datt Capital opens small cap fund to retail investors

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025

Datt Capital has expanded access to its high conviction small cap strategy, launching the Datt Capital Small Companies Fund Class B, a retail friendly version of its previously wholesale-only fund. The original Small Companies Fund, launched in 2023 ...

UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025

... sector underperformed the market index of 23.7% p.a. by 2.6 percentage points. Nonetheless, it beat the returns of Australian small cap equities (20.1% p.a.), international large cap (19% p.a.), growth funds (11.6% p.a.) and Australian income-focused ...

Super moves: HESTA, Nest, Resolution Life, NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025

... regular team games during Chapter meetings, programming monthly yield-curve movements into a GIF, and catching up with our small Melbourne crew." Finally, NZ Super's Barbara Salazar has gone the other way - jumping from a super fund to an insurer. ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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