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Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... ageing, meaning more retirees and proportionately fewer working-age Australians. "Tax is one of many ways our three primary economic challenges are related..." he said. "And now is the best time to work out the next steps." To that end, Chalmers said ...

Australian wealth increases despite variable global growth: UBS

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Australia saw a 10% jump in median wealth, with latest findings showing the country is seeing a more "equal spread" of wealth than most nations. The UBS Global Wealth Report 2025 shows that despite the global wealth increase, the speed of growth was ...

Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... received the green light from the government to manage a portion of its portfolio internally, speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Sydney yesterday. Combet, who succeeded Peter Costello as chair last year, said ...

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... rerating usually signals improving fund flow expectations, tariff uncertainties and the potential for earnings shocks or economic slowdowns pose downside risks to sentiment." Total shareholder returns for most ASX-listed asset managers have lagged the ...

Pacific workers face barriers to claiming super: University

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... importance to Australia since it helps to build and maintain positive relationships with the Pacific region. "Enhanced economic prosperity arises from PALM workers taking the skills they've learnt in Australia back to their own communities," he said. ...

European property draws interest from HESTA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... property types, the alternative sectors are driven by needs-based demand and are undersupplied, making them less tied to economic cycles." "We believe this makes them an attractive way to benefit from the price reductions available in Europe whilst mitigating ...

Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... half of which come from Australia and New Zealand, concerns around the status of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, global economic volatility, and US-China relations were also consistently raised. Morningstar said that amid these geopolitical vagaries and ...

Nuveen reaches $650m in commitments for local RE debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... strategy to exceed $1 billion including capital approved for co-investments. Australia's mature market, supported by robust economic foundations, strict regulatory requirements for banks and the need for more alternative capital sources provides a good ...

Government to convene a productivity roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... Skills Summit, with a "more targeted set of issues." "We want to build the broadest possible base of support for further economic reform to drive growth, boost productivity, strengthen the budget, and secure the resilience of our economy in a time of ...

Treasury welcomes new leader

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... Institute advisory board. Commenting, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Wilkinson has been instrumental in formulating the economic response to COVID-19 and the implementation of JobKeeper, as well as the preparation of the past four budgets under the Labor ...