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Scrutiny, costs major hurdles to boosting IPOs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... seasons, you see this all the time - the media coverage of those events is, in many cases, quite disproportionate to the issues and some of the companies involved," he said. Matheson's third and final point was around changes in market structure, saying ...

Tariffs were never the answer: Experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... challenges facing the US. "In this context, the challenge America faces is not bilateral trade balances - sure, there are trade issues with China in terms of IP being stolen, not following all the World Trade Organisation rules - but fundamentally, the ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... up. If half a team turns over within a few years, that dynamic sparks "cause for concern" about whether deeper cultural issues exist. Though, "to be fair to managers," he said turnover can be "perfectly valid." From the perspective of keeping a manager ...

PRI chief executive David Atkin to step down

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... continued expansion into emerging markets. The organisation also aims to reinforce the financial materiality of sustainability issues as it prepares for COP30 and celebrates its anniversary.

Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... Quality of Advice Review (QAR) in line with their original intent. Importantly, he said, Mulino must urgently address the issues with the CSLR, which result in unfair and inappropriate allocation of costs to financial advisers, and ultimately increase ...

Macquarie raked over the coals again by ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... significant recent global market volatility. Macquarie Securities repeated systemic failure to detect and resolve these issues indicated serious neglect of its systems and disregard for operational controls and technological governance," he said. ASIC ...

US, China trade truce 'welcome' news for Australia: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... significant. It's welcome. It's encouraging. But we need to temper our expectations here. There's still a lot of unresolved issues. There's a lot of uncertainty, unpredictability, volatility in the global economy," Chalmers said. "Australia's got a lot ...

Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... drawing board on its planned tax on unrealised gains in superannuation balances over $3 million. This policy has significant issues that need to be addressed, as it is likely to incur higher administrative costs than the revenue it will generate." AMP's ...

HESTA sells out of MinRes after failed engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... would require "a demonstrated pathway to address our serious governance concerns, an effective mechanism to prevent similar issues occurring in future, and a timely and orderly succession of the managing director." "Last year we outlined our concerns ...

Super funds put foot down on Woodside

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... we urge Woodside to provide greater clarity, including on the impact of future projects. "In our view, these unaddressed issues continue to present material financial risks, and we will continue to engage with Woodside in the best financial interests ...