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Reducing super tax cap to $2m 'a concern': FAAA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... election. The proposed 30% tax on superannuation balances above $3 million could see the threshold reduced to $2 million if the Greens get their way. "It will be the Greens, most likely, that Labor will negotiate with in the Senate, and they have asked ...

Alternative real estate investment manager launches new fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
Investment manager Zagga has unveiled a new real estate private credit fund that invests directly in quality prime commercial real estate across Australia's east coast. The Singapore Variable Capital Company (VCC) - the Zagga Real Estate Credit Fund ...

Partners Group buys local data centre operator

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
Partners Group, housing over US$150 billion assets under management, is set to acquire an Australian data centre provider, investing up to $1.2 billion to spearhead "next generation" platforms across Australia. The firm has agreed to acquire GreenSquare ...

One more vote needed for $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... 76-seat upper chamber to pass the controversial legislation. It can count on the votes of its own Senators (25) and the Greens (11)," Ali explained. "The government was confident of securing the votes of former Greens and Labor members Lidia Thorpe and ...

Australian Wealth Advisors Group invests big in Sequoia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
The Australian Wealth Advisors Group (AWAG) has become a major shareholder in Sequoia Financial Group. AWAG, which is also ASX-listed, has an 18.02% stake in Sequoia across more than 22.37 million securities. According to the 2024 annual report, Unrandom ...

$3m super tax faces axe, pushed to 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... when they go into 'caretaker mode'." Ali also said there are fears around the alliance between the Labor party and the Greens, who want even more taxes applied to retirement savings. "My hope is if the Labor party do form minority government with the ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... will drop its first SSN-AUKUS in the late 2030s and Australia will follow suit in the early 2040s. What's worrying for Greens senator David Shoebridge is that the bill allows for the "dumping of US and UK intermediate-level waste and other high-level ...

$3m super tax edges closer to reality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... should be focusing on measures that encourage this growth rather than stifling it." The bill will need the support of the Greens and at least three members of the Senate crossbench to pass. However, Burgess remains skeptical. "The fact that the government ...

Future Group joins campaign to ban gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... due to weaker market conditions. However, there's a concerted effort from former heads of state, backbenchers and the Greens for a complete ban. Australians lose $25 billion each year to gambling, the highest per capita spend in the world, the Australian ...

AWAG invests in advice firm, adds to network

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
The Australian Wealth Advisors Group (AWAG) has taken a stake in Melican Financial Planning and added Murdoch Private Wealth to its licence. ASX-listed AWAG took a 20% stake in Melican Financial Planning, a firm that provides accounting, mortgage broking ...