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RBA delivers 'confounding' rates decision

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... rebuild business confidence to drive investment," Philip said. "Domestically, with inflation continuing to come down and government spending still supporting the economy, our biggest economic challenge remains boosting business investment to lift productivity. ...

Trade war could have positive impact on Aussie GDP: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... worse economic outcomes for Australia, and that our best response would be to continue to remove existing tariffs. The government has already taken action to remove 457 nuisance tariffs, and the TAR identified a further 315 "urgent priority" tariffs ...

Prime Value expands microcap fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... strategy will be made accessible to retail investors for the first time under the new structure and name. The federal government canned the Business Innovation and Investment Program (BIIP), which comprised three major visa streams that provided a pathway ...

Cbus, Rest deliver 'strong' returns amid heightened volatility

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... technology stocks continued their surge through to mid-March, before pulling back with the broader market following the US government's tariff announcements." "The announcements caused heightened volatility, especially across global equity and bond markets. ...

CSLR releases revised levy estimate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... trust across the financial services sector." Following the revised levy, FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood appealed to government to make urgent and significant changes to the CSLR. "In the face of the further deterioration in the long-term outlook for ...

LGT Crestone promotes investment duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... Bank in the equity capital markets team and has helped to execute some of the largest Australasian equity raisings for government privatisations and corporates. She brings over a decade of experience, including five years in Deutsche Bank's equity ...

Finance news foretells stock market volatility: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... with volatility spikes. Conversely, they found that general economic and financial terms such as "asset", "stock", "government" and "dollar" emerge as predictors of monthly volatility, likely reflecting evolving conditions that are not fully priced. ...

RBA powers deemed 'last resort' for critical financial infrastructure fallout

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... the RBA may transfer part or all of the shares or business of a CS facility licensee to a consenting third party or government-owned bridge entity if appropriate. "In some cases, the RBA may also make a transfer determination in respect of certain related ...

Super on paid parental leave to reduce gender gap: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... retirement due to time taken out of work to have and raise a family. "The introduction of superannuation payments on government paid parental leave from July 1 will go a long way to closing the gender superannuation gap." More broadly, however, another ...

Chalmers opens economic reform consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... Treasurer Jim Chalmers has opened the new economic reform consultation paper while issuing more invitations to the government's Economic Reform Roundtable. "The roundtable is an important opportunity to build consensus for long term economic reform," ...