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CareSuper to merge with meat industry fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... personalised advice to our members," they said. "CareSuper is a mid-sized fund, so we're big enough to make a difference, but small enough to care about each of our members. CareSuper offers outstanding member and employment support... "Having undertaken ...

Deficit to reach $26bn: Deloitte

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
The federal government's pre-election budget is expected to unveil an underlying cash deficit of $26.1 billion for the 2025 financial year, while revenues will deteriorate by $11.3 billion over four years, a new report from Deloitte shows. The deficit ...

Macquarie heavyweights headline 2025 Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The 2025 Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific is set to be the biggest ever, featuring heavyweights from Macquarie Group, such as Viktor Shvets and former chief executive Nicholas Moore, who will headline this year's event that focuses on scaling ...

Australia can benefit from China's economic growth amid trade war: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... Diez said. "There is an incredible amount of firepower that consumers have sitting in their banks to propel investment in small businesses and consumption, and that's what is really going to get the economy going again." He said the Chinese economy ...

Iress hires wealth tech experts

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... Computershare and SEEK. Most recently, he was the head of engineering at Xero, where he developed mobile solutions that support small businesses to manage their finances. Iress' chief executive of wealth APAC Kelli Willmer welcomed the duo to the ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... there is still urgent work to do when it comes to breaking down barriers to having an equitable and inclusive industry. One small win is that the gender pay gap in financial services marginally narrowed from 23.6% to 22.2% in the last financial year ...

Swiss fund manager expands in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... acquisition of C Capital, Youngtimers now operates as C Capital. It is based in Basel and focuses on private equity and small- and mid-cap listed equities in the developed economies of East Asia and certain countries in Europe.

Vanguard launches two new diversified ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... than 6000 equities in over 50 global markets - including Australian equities, global equities, emerging markets, and global small caps. It carries a management fee of 0.27% per annum. Meanwhile the Vanguard Diversified Income ETF (ASX: VDIF) targets ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
The boards of superannuation trustees, insurers, and banks are on notice, with APRA proposing changes to "strengthen and streamline" governance requirements. The regulator has released eight proposals in what marks the first "significant update" of ...

Large financial firms falling behind on AI adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to rise, larger financial firms are lagging small and medium sized businesses when it comes to adoption, according to Evolved.AI chief executive Mike Kollo. Kollo - who is in Sydney preparing to present at the ...