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Australian Ethical names head of equities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... ambitions." Australian Ethical delivered strong half-year results ending 31 December 2024, reporting its net profit after tax increased to $9.3 million, delivered by the success of its growth strategy.

Netwealth chair to retire, successor appointed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), president of the International Fiscal Association (IFA Australia), formerly a member of the Tax Advisory Board of the University of Melbourne Law Faculty and a visiting Fellow in its Master of Laws Tax Program. Antonie ...

Islamic finance industry association established

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
The Islamic Finance and Investments Association (IFIA) will work to further Australia's nascent Islamic banking, finance and investments sector and Shariah compliant standards. Launched today, the IFIA is led by chief executive Chaaban Omran, the former ...

MP says Coalition will 'fight to the death' over $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... Appearing on the Today show this morning, Canavan and Greens leader Larissa Waters debated the viability of the superannuation tax, which will potentially see a 15% increase in taxes applied to the proportion of super savings exceeding the $3 million ...

Australia's billionaire boom branded 'morally wrong' by Oxfam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... households struggled to put food on the table... and struggle to pay bills." She said Oxfam supports the proposed reform to reduce tax discounts on super balances above $3 million, which is "an important step forward in reducing growing inequality." ...

Minimum wage to rise 3.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... $24.10 an hour and, following the Fair Work Commission's decision today, will rise to $24.95 an hour. This equates to a before-tax wage of $948 per week, up about $32, or an annual salary of $51,512. Accounting for inflation, which came in at 2.4% at ...

Soul Patts merges to create new $14bn company

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... average (VWAP) price of $27.07, a 21.9% premium to the three-month VWAP of $24.84, and a 16.6% premium to Brickworks' post-tax Net Asset Value of $25.97. Soul Patts chief executive and managing director Todd Barlow explained that the merger "makes ...

Regal Partners charts US expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... demand for such a product, given demographic changes, the phasing out of bank hybrids and the federal government's plans to tax unrealised gains within high superannuation balances," O'Connor said. "Importantly, this type of multi-strategy product has ...

Life insurers report another profitable quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... in insurance revenue, marking a 3% rise from the December 2024 quarter. Life insurers managed to turn the $15 million after-tax loss into $332 million in net profit, partly driven by positive insurance service results, of which includes a bump in changes ...

Ironbark acquires family office firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... office firm. Established in May 2015, Mercury offers a range of financial services from investment advice, asset protection, tax structuring, succession, estate planning and philanthropy to high-net-worth individuals. Ironbark head of private wealth ...