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Productivity problem a long-term trend: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
Australia's productivity continued to stagnate in the December quarter, suggesting that the productivity problem may be part of a long-term trend. The Productivity Commission's (PC) latest quarterly productivity bulletin found labour productivity ...

Payday super on track, but so is the $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
A breakdown of government revenue revealed the superannuation sector will contribute $25.6 billion to the government's bottom line in 2025-26 - an uplift of $9.7 billion since the MYEFO from taxes on the sector. "The upgrade to superannuation fund ...

Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Handing down the Federal Budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government is reducing all prescriptions available through the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS), as well as investing a "record" $7.9 billion in Medicare to lift bulk billing rates. ...

Splintered globalisation a boon for AI, metals, EVs: PGIM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
As geopolitical tensions and trade wars derail globalisation, artificial intelligence (AI), metals and minerals, and electric vehicles (EV) are some of the sectors poised to be winners for investors, new research from PGIM shows. This new era of globalisation ...

CEFC funds sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is partnering with Goldman Sachs Alternatives to pour $160 million into sustainable real estate. The investment is being made alongside the Goldman-managed Real Estate Credit Partners (RECP IV) fund and will ...

Australian Unity chief retires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
Australian Unity chief executive and group managing director Rohan Mead will retire at the end of this year, closing the book on a 21-year tenure at the financial services company. Australian Unity is now on the hunt for his successor, with an internal ...

Managed account use at record high: Data

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
New research from State Street Global Advisors and Investment Trends shows about 59% of Australian financial advisers are now using managed accounts (MAs), as performance remains the top criteria for advisers. According to the SPDR ETFs / Investment ...

CareSuper to merge with meat industry fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
CareSuper is set to merge with a $1 billion industry fund with 56,000 members. The $56 billion super fund, which has around 550,000, has struck a binding agreement to merge with the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF). CareSuper chair ...

Government releases draft payday super law

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The government has released draft legislation to mandate payday super, a policy that was first flagged in the 2023-24 Federal Budget. The draft legislation stipulates that from 1 July 2026, employers must pay their employees' superannuation at the ...

Luxury asset investment platform launches for high-net-worth investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
Local technology firm MUSE has developed a platform that links high-net-worth investors and family offices with sellers of investment-grade luxury assets and high-end collectibles. The platform currently offers access to US$150 million worth of investment-grade ...