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Chalmers opens economic reform consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Andrew McKellar, Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox, among others. "Each ...

Government to convene a productivity roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... to invest in all their assets, technology, energy, and most of all their people," he said. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) welcomed the announcement of a Productivity Summit, noting that productivity is critical to boosting the ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... hybrid work models continued to reshape demand; however, industrial and logistics sectors thrived, driven by an ongoing e-commerce boom, Liem said. Global listed property returned a "modest" 4% for the year, while Australian direct property, which suffered ...

Lakehouse Capital lists first fund on ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... a "virtuous cycle," where the value of the platform compounds exponentially as it scales. Given the early stage of e-commerce adoption and the large, "underbanked population across Latin America," he believes the company's best days are still ahead. ...

Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... significant," CBA said. deVere group chief executive Nigel Green said Trump has detonated the foundation of modern global commerce. "This is how you sabotage the world's economic engine while claiming to supercharge it," Green said. "It's a seismic ...

HESTA hunts for portfolio construction and risk specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... years with HESTA, Sommers held leadership positions at Frontier Advisors, Bank of Scotland, and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. He spent seven years at Frontier Advisors as head of alternatives and derivatives. There, he led a team covering research ...

Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
... Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh - nominated by Trump during his first term - and Trump's nominee for secretary of commerce Howard Lutnick, to deliver a plan within 90 days for the creation of a sovereign wealth fund, according to documents from ...

More climate exits as Trump takes charge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... month. Meanwhile, four Canadian banks left NZBA: BMO, National Bank of Canada, TD Bank Group and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The banks did not give reasons for their departure but said they would continue their climate commitments. "We have robust ...

Brighter Super to buy up Queensland real assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... industrial sector to continue to outperform other types of property over the next five years as a result of the growth in e-commerce, adoption of automation in the industry, and the domestic trend to hold higher levels of stock locally. Population growth ...

Betashares terminates nine funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... funds because of low investor uptake. The ETF provider announced last week that it will be axing its Online Retail and E-Commerce ETF (IBUY), Digital Health and Telemedicine ETF (EDOC), Future of Payments ETF (IPAY), Future of Food ETF (IEAT), Solar ...