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Wage increases to offset more rate hikes: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... something like the Accord did 40 years ago, where the government went to the union movement said, 'if you for go an extra wage rise, we will provide help to low- and middle-income earners."

It's painful, but it's working: Lowe

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... the wrong thing to do to use a temporary boost to national income, to recycle that back into the economy with permanent extra spending.: "From a medium term perspective, it's helpful in restoring the integrity of public finance." Australia has long ...

Challenger real estate arm price tag drops

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
The sale price of Challenger's real estate funds management business to Elanor Investors Group has dropped to $37.7 million after an institutional client announced it will not be part of the transaction. The purchase price of Australian real estate ...

MA Financial establishes Singapore office

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
MA Financial is increasing its footprint in Asia, soon opening the doors to a Singapore office in a bid to attract more ultra-high-net-worth and family office clients. Speaking with Financial Standard, MA Financial head of asset management Andrew Martin ...

Cbus eyes big deals in new investment blueprint

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
Cbus unveiled a new investment strategy, focused on lucrative global partnerships and boosting internal asset management to 50%. The strategic pivot comes on the heels of Cbus' merger completion with EISS Super. Cbus acting chief executive Kristian ...

AustralianSuper to refund 100k members

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... fund, which said it "regularly identifies and combines multiple accounts held by a single member to help those members avoid extra fees" admitted it made a blunder in not identifying all instances of multiple member accounts. "This should not have happened ...

High super balance tax needs work: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
... proposal, saying it "has a few whiskers on it." "I don't see it as being that beneficial other than to raise a bit of extra revenue, and probably not a lot of extra revenue for that matter," he explained. "I think it's got a few whiskers on it ...

Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Australia is one of the world's savviest and highest-performance institutional investor markets, and the way it has embraced climate active and ESG investment strategies is about to be supercharged. After almost a decade-and-a-half of climate and ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... Single parents and carers: 57,000 single principal carers receiving the Parenting Payment (Single) are set to benefit from an extra $176.90 per fortnight as the result of a change which will increase the age limit of the youngest eligible child from ...

Labor strengthens economic equality initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... Parenting Payment (Single) with the current basic rate of $922.10 per fortnight until their youngest child turns 14. This is an extra $176.90 per fortnight compared to the current JobSeeker Payment (single with dependent rate). This will also benefit ...