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ASIC shrinks IPO timetable to boost listings

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
Initiating a two-year trial today, ASIC has enabled a shorter initial public offering (IPO) timetable for eligible entities seeking to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). During the trial, ASIC will "informally" review eligible documents ...

Aged care reforms pushed to November

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... happen. "The Albanese government has made no secret of the fact that this is an incredibly ambitious reform," ministers for health and ageing Mark Butler said. "These are once-in-a-generation reforms, which put older Australians at the centre of aged ...

Top companies, chief executives ranked by fund managers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
Extel, formerly Institutional Investor Research, has unveiled its inaugural executive survey, spotlighting Australia and New Zealand's top-ranked companies and chief executives. The survey gathered feedback from over 250 investors, fund managers ...

Australia's billionaire boom branded 'morally wrong' by Oxfam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
The ranks of Australian billionaires have more than doubled over the past decade, accumulating wealth at $137 million per day on average - $95,000 per minute, according to Oxfam Australia. Its acting chief executive Christina Muli described this as ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
Global stock markets roared back in May, staging a spectacular turnaround from the extreme volatility and negative returns that rattled most developed equity markets in April. But uncertainty still looms large. UniSuper head of fixed interest David ...

Minimum wage to rise 3.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
The National Minimum Wage and all modern award minimum wage rates will increase by 3.5% on July 1. The minimum wage is currently $24.10 an hour and, following the Fair Work Commission's decision today, will rise to $24.95 an hour. This equates to a ...

Cost-of-living, unaffordable advice fuels financial stress: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... unable to work. CFS superannuation chief executive Kelly Power one in five men and one in three women say their mental health has been negatively impacted by their financial situation. "At the same time, an overwhelming number of Australians are crying ...

Australian Unity offloads property fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
Australian Unity has agreed to sell Australian Unity Investments Limited (AUIL), the responsible entity of the Australian Unity Property Income Fund (PIF), to Newmark Capital (Newmark). The transaction includes the transfer of management rights for ...

Equip Super, TelstraSuper terminate merger plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
Equip Super and TelstraSuper will no longer merge, with the latter saying it was unlikely to achieve its objectives. TelstraSuper has decided to terminate the Heads of Agreement the two funds signed late last year, concluding it was not going to be ...

Size of super impacting capital markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... comes into the question of accessibility. I think there is room for everyone in the market, and that is the key to the health of capital markets. [It needs] that depth and breadth so everyone can be accommodated where they are on the risk spectrum. I ...