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Chalmers unveils Economic Reform Roundtable agenda

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
From August 19 to 21 the government will hold the Economic Reform Roundtable to seek views on how to address productivity and Budget sustainability in Australia. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has set out the three-day agenda which will focus on resilience ...

Betashares adds global bond ETF to lineup

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... Betashares introduced a new global bond ETF, providing Australian investors instant access to over 30,000 treasury, government-related, corporate and securitised bonds from across the world. The Global Aggregate Bond Currency Hedged ETF (ASX: WBND) is ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... regulatory burden over the past two decades. "Regulation is important, but over-regulation is a handbrake on growth. The government needs to cut through the thickets of regulation that are slowing us down and ensure any new regulations are made with ...

Australian investment in venture capital lags: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... startup innovators. The recommendation leads SMC's submission to the 2025 Economic Reform Roundtable, calling on the government to remove existing fee and cost barriers and establish a new formal pathway to better match super capital with researchers ...

'We're proceeding' with Div 296: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
Legislation for the government's $3 million super tax has been pushed to beyond next month's Economic Reform Roundtable, but Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government has every intention to proceed as planned. "We're proceeding with the policy that ...

Former fund investment chief joins JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... deliver deeply considered, purpose-aligned advice," said Michael Maher, head of not-for-profit consulting at JANA. Government figures show that the NFP sector manages more than $400 billion of assets, with more than 60,000 charities registered in Australia. ...

Rest calls for super performance test reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
In its submission to the government's Economic Roundtable, Rest has called for reforms to the superannuation performance test among a range of other measures. In its submission, Rest said the superannuation performance test needs to be reformed to cater ...

Economic growth has 'moderated': CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... territories is being supported by a combination of slowing inflation, falling interest rates, rising real wages, robust government spending and a solid labour market. "But economic growth has moderated, held back by slowing public investment, population ...

FSC explores if adviser licensing framework remains 'fit for purpose'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released a green paper addressing the case for reforming Australia's financial advice licensing framework to better progress the advice sector against today's challenges. FSC's The Value and Future ...

Brighter Super awards $50m mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... Initial investments will include Attekus, a booking and event management platform provider tailored to local councils and government, and autonomous farming solution provider SwarmFarm Robotics. Additionally, the mandate will invest alongside the QIC-managed ...