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Future Fund makes leadership appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025

... asset to the Agency, ensuring we are better able to deliver our strategy while managing an increasingly complex operational budget in volatile market conditions." Future Fund made a series of other changes, including adding Simone Hartley-Keane as chief ...

Coalition's super on PPL plan 'deeply worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025

... to make paying superannuation on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leav e (PPL) optional for working mothers, as a $158 million budget saving measure. The Coalition's election costings revealed several cost-saving proposals including $1.2 billion of cuts to ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 14 APR 2025

... than they are economics," Holden said. "The Coalition's unprecedented mortgage interest tax deduction is costly to the budget, arbitrary in terms of who it helps, creates financial stability risks, and is hard to roll back. "The Labor party's '5% ...

Northern Trust survey reveals what's testing asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 14 APR 2025

Northern Trust's inaugural global study of 180 asset owners has mapped the pressures, both internal and external, they expect to face in the coming year. The study canvassed responses from senior leaders from pension funds, multi-managers, outsourced ...

NPP not suitable as the primary payment system for payday super

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025

Payday super, coming into effect 1 July 2026 pending the current draft legislation, could bring a world of problems once introduced, including payroll and tax obligations for Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs), experts claimed. One of the ...

Trade war rattles pre-election economic outlook

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025

... "more significant than expected" as it releases its Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO). While the government's Budget figures have not changed since they were announced on March 25, the PEFO report factored in the effects of the US tariffs ...

Pendal's Blayney lands at HESTA

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025

HESTA has made two new senior hires including a general manager of dynamic asset allocation and a general manager of information security. Former Pendal Group's head of multi-asset Michael Blayney will take on the former role with Nick Catherall ...

Jones clarifies scope of new class of adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025

... personal retirement advice and acknowledged the need to reform the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) during a post-budget briefing with the Financial Services Council. Responding to concerns that collective charging rules might allow the new ...

Dutton doubles down on 'super for housing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025

Opposition leader Peter Dutton put his party's policies on the table during his Budget reply speech, in which he campaigned on energy price reductions, a tougher stance on immigration and increased spending for healthcare and education. While Treasurer ...

Inflation slows, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025

... disinflation, VanEck head of investments and capital markets Russel Chesler warned that the Labor government's pre-election Budget could have the opposite effect. "Despite today's data, we do not believe that the inflation beast has been fully tamed. ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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