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Account number issue causes angst, undue admin work: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... flaw in the law that has caused a significant regulatory burden for all parties," Anderson said. The FAAA reached out to Treasury in January to seek guidance and a solution. Treasury responded in February saying it intended to include the account number ...

Chalmers calls for solutions, not problems

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... focus can remain on problem solving. Ahead of the Roundtable, which will be held over three days from August 19 to 21, Treasury has released three issues papers around the three themes for the roundtable: resilience, productivity, and budget sustainability ...

Treasury launches retirement phase consultations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
Treasury has launched two consultations relating to the retirement phase, one of which seeks the right metrics and indicators to create transparency and improve retirement outcomes. The proposed Retirement Reporting Framework will require trustees to ...

Chalmers unveils Economic Reform Roundtable agenda

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... approvals; competition and dynamism across the federation; and AI and innovation. The final day will include a presentation by Treasury Secretary Jenny Wilkinson on the role of budget sustainability and a presentation on building a better tax system ...

Treasury launches consultation on CSLR breaching sub-sector levy caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
Treasury today launched a consultation on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), considering options on how to deal with estimates that have drastically exceeded sub-sector levy caps. Released late Friday, the consultation paper is seeking feedback ...

Betashares adds global bond ETF to lineup

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
Betashares introduced a new global bond ETF, providing Australian investors instant access to over 30,000 treasury, government-related, corporate and securitised bonds from across the world. The Global Aggregate Bond Currency Hedged ETF (ASX: WBND) ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... volatility has demonstrated AI's analytical advantages with striking clarity. Helyar notes: "Take the strange moves in US Treasury yields during the recent geopolitical flare-ups in the second quarter - they didn't behave the way they historically ...

Former CBA chief economist joins UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... and head of global economic and markets research in December 2024. Yeaman was a deputy secretary in the Department of Treasury and head of its macroeconomic group, a position he held since April 2020. Yeaman has also served as Australia's G20 finance ...

Treasury opens consult on non-compete reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
Treasury has officially opened its consultation into reforms to ban non-compete clause after the measure was introduced into the 2025-26 Federal Budget. The consultation has asked for feedback on policy details to ban non-compete clauses for low- and ...

Private debt leads fixed income returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
... curve. "For example, while longer-term yields in Australia remained broadly unchanged year on year, the long end of the US Treasury curve lifted amid concerns over US government fiscal health and possible tariff-induced inflationary pressures," Morningstar ...