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Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... Neil Macdonald, the chief executive of The Advisers Association (TAA), expects Mulino's deep understanding of economic policy, formal qualifications and experience will help him to prioritise, implement and embed the many changes necessary to address ...

Chalmers lays down the law on super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... the 30% tax rate on superannuation balances over $3 million. "We've made that clear that we haven't changed our policy. We announced that policy more than two years ago now. We consulted on it. It is a policy that affects half a percent of people ...

Vision Super defends new but 'archaic' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
Vision Super has defended a policy not to share member information to anyone it believes are located offshore, however the way in which the fund allegedly determines the location of an individual has caused a stir. Lifestyle Solutions Financial Planning's ...

Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... Albanese yesterday. He brings a great deal of relevant experience to the portfolio. With an extensive background in economic policy, he was most recently chair of the House of Representatives Economics Committee. Mulino has previously consulted to the ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... against global equities. That helps control for broader external forces and brings domestic factors - where government policy has more influence - into sharper focus. "But again, the difference between parties is negligible," he said. Australian equities ...

'Lunatic' tariffs can directly hit Australia: Academics

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... dropped nearly 14%. ANU honorary professor Gareth Evans said: "The economic risk flows from the quite lunatic Trump tariff policy that's now being pursued in an atmosphere of great uncertainty and unpredictability..." While the tariff impact may ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... "We've seen over recent years, the rise of markets like India. This year, a rebound in Chinese stocks, perhaps driven by policy actions and optimism about DeepSeek," he said. "In Europe, positive equity market performance may have been driven by ...

Reducing super tax cap to $2m 'a concern': FAAA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... Association (SMSFA) chief executive Peter Burgess agreeing that the complexity behind the DBFO reforms undermines the core policy objectives. The SMSFA urged the government to reconsider key aspects of its proposed financial advice reforms, cautioning ...

BlackRock takes stake in Generation Life parent company

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
BlackRock will acquire a minority stake in Generation Development Group (ASX: GDG), forming a strategic partnership with its retirement income subsidiary Generation Life to "set a new standard for managing longevity and sequencing risk." Joint working ...

Australian Ethical calls out QBE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... QBE Insurance Group to disclose the risk climate change presents to its ongoing business, and the justification for its policy that allows the continued unrestricted underwriting of new oil and gas projects until at least 2030. As a major shareholder ...