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Improved economy not a guarantee of business success

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... Rumbens said. "This has implications for household spending, which remains subdued and is contributing to expectations of lower margins and profits for businesses. "However, there are green shoots - we are firmly within a rate-cutting cycle, inflation ...

Chalmers opens economic reform consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has opened the new economic reform consultation paper while issuing more invitations to the government's Economic Reform Roundtable. "The roundtable is an important opportunity to build consensus for long term economic reform," ...

MLC AM delivers real returns for members in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... a mix of active and passive managers. "We have about 60% in what we call 'enhanced passive managers', which are lower risk quantitative managers looking to outperform by a smaller amount and use quantitative tools to do that," he said. "The enhanced ...

Australian Ethical drops fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... fees. As a result, the account balance component of the administration fee will be reduced to 0.25% p.a. "The reduction will lower administration fees for all members, and partially/or wholly (depending on your circumstances) offset the impact of that ...

Betashares gearing up to expand Wealth Builder product suite

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... largely offset by the management fee it charges, Gleeson said that, even after accounting for fees, investors still access a lower cost of leverage than what's available through margin loans or home equity loans. Separately, Betashares has recently registered ...

Uncertainty propels investors towards active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... many investors avoid the asset class due to the opacity the sector traditionally possesses. Further, Australia also has a lower rate of understanding of private markets compared to its peers around the world. ASIC has previously addressed the issue through ...

Global X scales higher on the ETF issuer podium

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... in ETFs," Zaika said. "This has helped boost Global X's AUM to grow to more than $10 billion, as more investors turn to lower-cost index investments to build wealth." Zaika noted the $10 billion milestone was achieved in under three years since entering ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... nuclear sites is a market-defining moment. It's a direct hit to the assumptions that have been driving investor positioning: lower inflation, falling rates, and stable energy prices. This framework has just been broken," Green said. Green added that ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... industrial facilities. The government's Powering Australia also aims to create jobs, reduce pressure on energy bills, and lower emissions by boosting renewable energy. The study also found that real-economy decarbonisation in APAC may slow if governments ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... brought down to a quarter - but has now settled slightly higher than that. He also pointed out that the tax-to-GDP ratio is lower now than under John Howard and Peter Costello, "much lower than the old cap," and around 2-3% lower than spending. At the ...