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Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... encourage the government to go back to the 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 ...

NZ Super appoints inaugural chief operating officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... The appointment follows NZ Super's recent recognition of becoming the world's best-performing sovereign wealth fund over the past 20 years, according to GlobalSWF's annual rankings. In FY24, the fund reported a mammoth return of 14.94%, outperforming ...

HESTA sells out of MinRes after failed engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... was established. The $89 billion fund put MinRes on watch in October last year after it failed to take appropriate action over concerns HESTA had about the company's governance, including allegations of tax evasion and misuse of company resources - primarily ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... still in doubt - more than Kevin Rudd or Bob Hawke claimed in their maiden election victories - but does this historic win over the Coalition spell bad news for Australia's stock market? History says no. Over the last 45 years, stock market returns have ...

TPD claim settlements take 'considerably longer': Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... were processed in between two to six months. The findings come as super funds make headlines for their systemic failures over death and TPD claims, including ASIC taking legal proceedings against AustralianSuper over the delayed processing of some 7000 ...

'Lunatic' tariffs can directly hit Australia: Academics

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... amidst Trump's Liberation Day tariffs on shipments to the US. CNBC calculates that China's shipments to the US plunged over 21% year on year, while imports dropped nearly 14%. ANU honorary professor Gareth Evans said: "The economic risk flows ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... country, as of the end of 2024. The rationale for that premium is tangible, he said, because AI-related firms account for over 60% of US mega-cap segment's weighting, which helped jack up that group's returns to almost 40% last year - roughly ...

HESTA members to keep paying fees as disruption continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... better, real-time data that can support us and our partners in providing more personalised and adaptive experiences for members over time," a HESTA spokesperson said. In addition, the fund said that the timeframe of more than two months was necessary ...

Third Link adds three underlying Aussie equity managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... deep fundamental research and ESG integration that aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index. It now manages over $1.5 billion in funds under management. "We are thrilled to be part of the Third Link Growth Fund and support its dual mandate ...

Bill Gates to shutter Gates Foundation in 2045

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
Bill Gates says he will give away all his wealth over the next two decades and close the Gates Foundation permanently in 2045. It's a big change for the foundation which, when established in 2000, was done so with the charter that it would continue ...