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Mining, property fuel Aussie billionaires' wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... wealth intelligence provider Altrata found Australia dominates the Pacific region when it comes to the billionaire population. In the last year, Australia's billionaire population rose modestly to 51 individuals, on the back of global demand for ...

EQT ramps up investments on Asia-Pacific mid-market plays

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
... Southeast Asia and Australia and New Zealand. The strategy comes as Asia Pacific accounts for around 60% of the global population and economic growth but attracts less than 5% of global private equity allocations, according to EQT. The region is also ...

CEDA warns migration cuts will have economic spillover

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has warned while a dramatic cut in headline migration figures might be seductive, changes at scale will have a spillover in the economy including the labour market. The government's immigration ...

FEATURE | Group insurance | Dusk to dawn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... country by a wide margin. In 2024-25, antidepressants were dispensed to about 3.8 million people or roughly 14% of the population. This worked out to be 34.2 million scripts issued, accounting for 72% of all mental health-related prescriptions. Overall ...

Mulino brings New Class of Advisers to life, guarantees fairer CSLR funding

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... contribute no more than $20 per leviable period, which an overall sector levy scaled according to the relative size of SMSF population assets compared to APRA-regulated sector assets," he said. "Alternative models, including excluding SMSFs from the ...

ASFA defends super as 'policy success' amid Bragg criticism

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2026
... strengthened Australians' retirement incomes while reducing reliance on the Age Pension. "Super has meant that even as our population ages, the government's Age Pension bill is going down instead of up," Delahunty said. However, speaking on the ABC Radio ...

MaxCap taps offshore insto appetite with USD-hedged note

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
... credit market," MaxCap head of research Bruce Wan said. "Australia combines the stability of an advanced economy with population growth more typical of emerging markets." Wan added the product also taps into a broader global shift, as investors move ...

Retirement portfolios need a new playbook: Real Asset Management

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
... toolkit would be better positioned to manage the growing complexity of retirement income strategies as Australia's aging population continued to expand. "The next generation of retirement portfolios will be built around resilience, income and flexibility," ...

Centuria Office REIT posts 379% jump in profit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2026
... Sonic Healthcare pathology laboratory in Bowen Hills in Brisbane enhance portfolio quality and income growth." "Strong population growth and the essential nature of social infrastructure services continue to drive demand for high-quality assets across ...

Advisers lean on AQF7 to meet education standards: Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... Framework (AQF) 7 qualifications are the most common forms of qualification among financial advisers, held by 85% of the population. Taking into account the new professional standards reforms, which came into effect at the beginning of the year, Rainmaker ...