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Chalmers opens economic reform consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has opened the new economic reform consultation paper while issuing more invitations to the government's Economic Reform Roundtable. "The roundtable is an important opportunity to build consensus for long term economic reform," ...

MLC AM delivers real returns for members in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
Staying the course on listed equities amid tariff-induced market turbulence has led to MLC Asset Management achieving double-digit returns for the 2025 financial year and, more importantly, real returns for members, according to its investments chief. ...

Brookfield to divest retirement living platform for $3.85bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
Brookfield Asset Management is selling its local retirement home operator Aveo to The Living Company for $3.85 billion. Brookfield acquired Aveo in 2019 for about $1.3 billion. Aveo owns more than 10,000 units in metropolitan suburbs across the eastern ...

Australian Ethical drops fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
Australian Ethical has made changes to its insurance offering to provide Standard Default Cover members with a higher level of coverage at all ages, while also reducing fees for most age groups, while other age groups will see costs unchanged. From ...

Betashares gearing up to expand Wealth Builder product suite

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Betashares has registered a new managed investment scheme, which possibly signals the expansion of its Wealth Builder geared ETF product suite, launched in April last year. The Betashares Wealth Builder Global Shares Geared (30-40% LVR) Complex ETF ...

Inflation continues to drop, calls for RBA cut grow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows inflation rose 2.1% in the 12 months to May, down from 2.4% in April. "The 2.1% annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation in May was down from 2.4% in April and the lowest since October 2024," ABS ...

Uncertainty propels investors towards active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Australian investors are looking to engage with active managers to navigate the heightened geopolitical volatility, according to a new survey. The Schroders Global Investor Insights Survey 2025, which covers nearly 1000 institutional investors and wealth ...

Global X scales higher on the ETF issuer podium

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Global X has climbed the ranks of Australia's largest ETF issuers, overtaking State Street, having vaulted its assets under management (AUM) past the $10 billion mark. Global X chief executive Alex Zaika said the firm has leapfrogged State Street and ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Global markets are preparing for potential fallout after the US conducted strikes with B-2 Stealth Bombers on three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend and has since claimed the attacks "obliterated" Iran's nuclear capabilities. IG market analyst ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Australia is showing progress with disclosing and adopting its clean energy transition initiatives as investors' demand for credible emissions reduction strategies grows, a study from MSCI shows. Among listed Australian companies analysed in the APAC ...