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Powerwrap drags Praemium performance, SMAs shine

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025
... to leapfrog competitors in terms of flexibility and service, whilst also delivering significant efficiencies and productivity gains," Wamsteker said. APRA statistics show that the Praemium SMA Superannuation Fund had $4.9 billion in assets at the end ...

Chalmers confirms super performance test changes are coming

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... regulation is vital for trust, but when it overlaps or is outdated, it drags down member returns and that impacts productivity. "We are delighted the government has heard our key message and is taking action." ASFA said, in the past seven years, compliance ...

Grattan calls for large scale tax reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... business investment, recognising the capital deepening challenge that we have in the economy, and what that means for productivity and for growth. "Thirdly, how we make the system simpler, more sustainable, so that we can fund the services that people ...

CEDA calls for 'seamless economy' reforms as Roundtable begins

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... Australia (CEDA) has called on the government to kick off a new wave of seamless economy reforms and boost its National Productivity Fund. Towards a more seamless Australian economy called on the government to deliver a new seamless national economy ...

Funds SA pushes for efficiencies with AI targets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... at the centralised investment manager. Funds SA is rolling out an AI strategy, aimed at boosting efficiencies and productivity within the organisation, chief executive John Piteo told Financial Standard. Code-named 'AI-forward', it's being led by executive ...

Leaders push for overseas skills recognition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... Australia's Skills campaign has called for four practical solutions to reform skills recognition and boost national productivity. These include establishing a national governance system for all overseas skills and qualifications recognition, including ...

ASIC to review RG97 to boost property supply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... said such a reform is exactly the kind of change needed to unlock the super sector's role in boosting national productivity. "Stamp duty is fundamentally different to other transaction costs covered by RG97. It's an unavoidable tax that cannot be ...

PC suggests removing excessive entry requirements for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
In its fourth of five papers addressing productivity hurdles in Australia's economy ahead of the government's Economic Reform Roundtable, the Productivity Commission (PC) has recommended paring back some of the entry requirements that have impacted ...

RBA cut 'highly likely', but caution remains

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... trajectory, a cut this week seems highly likely," Bloxham said. "That said, growth is in an upswing, and very weak productivity means that only a modest pick-up in growth has left the economy close to fully employed and operating close to its full capacity. ...

Chalmers calls for solutions, not problems

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... August 19 to 21, Treasury has released three issues papers around the three themes for the roundtable: resilience, productivity, and budget sustainability and tax reform. "The Roundtable is all about building consensus around reforms, the issues papers ...