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Investors thrust into rules of the 'jungle': Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... whether someone else in the US is in power," she said. "This is a natural change in our world as a result of the global economy moving from a new polar to a multipolar world - that we have more of these areas where we can have trouble around the world. ...

Mulino targets retail investor protections, high-risk MISs: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... night, Mulino said introducing "sensible guardrails" would not impede the contribution of MISs to the capital markets and economy. The government's dedicated $10.3 million to MIS regulation, split across four years, will increase ASIC's data ...

Removing CGT discount on all assets will make tax system fairer: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... type of asset, we think would just introduce new distortions, and ultimately that's bad for investors and for the economy," he said, noting if a company generates high returns from capital gains it will still generate a better post-tax return than ...

Combating modern slavery difficult but not impossible: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... underpayment of migrant workers and aids their systematic exploitation to sustain substantial parts of Australia's economy. The study examined nearly 10,000 migrants on temporary visas. They include international students, backpackers, graduate visa ...

Plato launches global shares ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... away from "heavily concentrated" sectors like banking and miners. "[The concentrated sectors possess] a lot of single-economy, single-currency risk for a portfolio that's supposed to fund someone's retirement," Pennell said. "PGI2 gives investors income ...

Structural reforms necessary despite global shocks: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... been easier to see what's happening around the world as an excuse to leave some of the most difficult challenges in our economy for someone else to fix later," he said. "We made a different more difficult choice in this budget: to accelerate reform not ...

Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... in addition to easing cost-of-living pressures and strengthening fuel security, wealth managers decry investors and the economy will not come out on top. Last night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers' jampacked "five budgets in one" covered housing, fuel security ...

Industry welcomes government's productivity push

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... (ABA) have welcomed the measures taken by the government to tackle structural productivity concerns in the Australian economy. The ABA said the Federal Budget has laid the groundwork to push productivity across financial services. ABA chief executive ...

Chalmers chooses 'hard road of reform' in Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... "disciplined decisions" the government has made to "rebuild fiscal buffers". Chalmers acknowledged global uncertainty has hit the economy, however Treasury are projecting the Budget will return to balance over the medium-term. "Australia is not immune ...

OECD recommends NZ overhaul pension system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In its latest report on the state of New Zealand's economy, the OECD said the nation's ageing population is putting increasing pressure on its fiscal deficit and, without reforms ...