Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 321 - 330 of 10761 results for "Government"

SMC calls for greater protections against financial abuse of older Australians

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... wider consultation as well as improved fairness and transparency in its processes. "SMC will continue working with government, regulators, and consumer bodies to push for changes that protect members from financial abuse and ensure super is a safe and ...

QIC backs first-of-its-kind battery supply chain in Qld

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... Queensland." The investment was made through QIC's $150 million Critical Minerals and Battery Technology Fund, a Queensland government initiative.

Retirees unfairly targeted by tax: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... individuals in retirement, while delivering significant benefits to society as a whole." As a result, HESTA has called on the government to ensuring retirees' incentives to work are not diminished by indexing the Work Bonus payments thresholds to Average ...

Geopolitical risks to drive infra investments: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... supply must accelerate. Regulatory reform can help faster planning approvals, clarity in cross-border frameworks, and government-backed revenue mechanisms are all key instruments."

HMC Digital Infrastructure appoints new senior executive

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... at AirTrunk, Juniper also held senior leadership roles at Metronode where he led commercial growth, enterprise and government contract wins, and operational performance. In his new role at HMC, Juniper will focus on strengthening DigiCo's operational ...

CSLR a 'shared responsibility' for all AFCA members: SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... deliberate negligence of their peers over which they have no control nor influence." Burgess has also called for the federal government to contribute. "The government is the only stakeholder that has the power to enact and affect the regulatory settings ...

Super funds break records, inactive accounts balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... billion and 704,000 members. Hostplus is in fifth place with $133.4 billion assets and nearly 1.9 million members. Government funds - the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme and Military Superannuation & Benefits Fund No 1 - have the highest median account ...

Coalition's super for housing policy 'unlikely to continue': Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... unlikely to continue as our policy," Bragg said in an interview on Sky News. In addition, Bragg said he opposes the government's build-to-rent scheme that is currently before parliament, calling it "perverse". "We think it's a bad idea to hand over ...

World's pension market hits $36.9tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... Europe's AUM represented 23.7%, decreasing their share in 2024 as well. At the very top of the table, Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) was overtaken by Norway's Government Pension Fund after more than 20 years at the top. ...

NZ Super delivers 11.84%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... performance. "Two numbers are of particular importance to us. The first is net return, or the return over and above the government's cost of capital," Townsend said. "For the past year, the 90-Day Treasury bill rate was 4.61%, making our net return 7.24% ...