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Grattan calls for large scale tax reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
The Grattan Institute chief executive Aruna Sathanapally called for tax reform when presenting at the three-day Economic Reform Roundtable. "A good tax system raises the revenue to fund quality public services. A better tax system does that more efficiently ...

Funds SA pushes for efficiencies with AI targets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... recognised "there's a risk that people will find their own little pet projects and take them away from the main game, which is the day job." "You need to strike the right balance where there's enough permission for exploration but at some point, you ...

ART chair to retire

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) chair Andrew Fraser intends to retire at the ART Annual Member Meeting on November 20, at which point a successor will be named. Fraser was first appointed to Sunsuper as an independent director in September 2015 and ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... environment. McMahon says he has been surprised by the recovery in sentiment post the bond market conniptions of 'Liberation Day.' "Portfolio resilience and geopolitical risk are very big themes for us, and I think they are undoubtedly heightened ...

Mercer Super sued over 'longstanding and systemic' failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
Mercer Super allegedly failed to report seven investigations it undertook into serious member services failures, including one into premiums charged to dead members being refunded incorrectly. Lodged with the Federal Court today, the proceedings allege ...

NAB fined over $15m for delaying hardship applications

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... hardship. The court found that between 2018 and 2023, NAB and ASFH failed to respond to 345 hardship applications within the 21-day deadline required by law. Handing down her decision Justice Neskovcin said impacts to customers may have been avoided ...

AMP Super rolls out cashback feature

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
The new feature will allow AMP Super members to boost their retirement savings by earning cashbacks, which could grow their balances by as much as $100,000 when they retire. Despite the significant benefits of compounding, AMP found the concept is poorly ...

Super board moves: ART, Aware, Brighter Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... on August 22. He brings extensive experience in governance and leadership across an array of sectors, serving as chair of Day Hospitals Australia, Seqwater, Workcover Queensland and the Gladstone Ports Corporation. He has also been a director of the ...

RBA cuts rates, experts debate next moves

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... months should eventually lift their animal spirits." Bassanese said he believes the next rate cut will come on Melbourne Cup Day in November, followed by further cuts in February and May 2026. Meanwhile, Schroders head of fixed income Kellie Wood said ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund divests 11 Israeli companies, cuts mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
Norway's US$2 trillion sovereign wealth fund has severed ties with 11 Israeli companies and is in the process of terminating mandates with external managers based in Israel. The sovereign wealth fund's manager, Norges Bank Investment Management ...