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Perth man found guilty of $34m fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... relating to six investors. "Today's guilty verdicts mark the end of a sorry chapter that many of Marco's investors would rather forget," ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said. "This result delivers justice to investors who Marco defrauded and speaks to ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... tools are by far the most widely used, the survey found, with most employees using free versions of tools like ChatGPT rather than ones provided by their employer. Three in four report that their organisation uses AI, with almost half stating it is used ...

Australian economy 'stronger than expected'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... that we've still got a very substantial challenge when it comes to productivity in our economy," Chalmers said. "You'd rather it going up like it is in these numbers than going down, as it has in recent data releases, but we need some perspective here. ...

Real estate private credit market tips towards $153bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... and evolving capital requirements. The institutional sentiment is aligned with scalable platforms or thematic strategies, rather than isolated transactions, CapitaLand said. These elements allow large allocators to deploy significant capital with strategic ...

Pacific Current FUM, earnings lower in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... out of the eight boutiques. In aiming to accelerate growth, PAC prefers businesses operating in the private equity space rather than venture capital firms. PAC chair Justin Arter, who joined the company on June 17, said: "PAC's leadership has skilfully ...

Grattan calls for large scale tax reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... pieces: reducing superannuation concessions so the system meets the policy objective of saving for a decent retirement, rather than being a tax shelter; introducing at least a low tax rate on earnings in retirement; reducing the capital gains discount ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... to like that." Given these concerns, Grotzinger is seeing more value in TIPS, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, rather than treasuries. "To the extent that one wants to do a little bit more we think that TIPS are potentially becoming a more attractive ...

Social isolation a top retirement fear: UniSuper

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... connection, identity and purpose when they leave full-time work and their career," Chun said. "What is inspiring is that rather than retreating, many Australians are reimagining retirement not as an end, but as the start of a new chapter filled with ...

ASIC to review RG97 to boost property supply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... to 35,000 new homes over the next five years. It has argued that stamp duty should still be reported, but not as a fee. Rather, it should be disclosed separately "as the unavoidable tax it is." Property Council of Australia chief executive Mike Zorbas ...

PC recommends switch to digital financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... consumers expect. It found that parts of the Act are too focused on prescribing actions or procedures businesses must take, rather than outcomes, and can place the burden of privacy protection on individuals, rather than businesses. "To use a product ...