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Super moves: PE exec quits Future Fund for ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... decades of board experience across sectors. She currently chairs the Alcohol and Drug Foundation and the NSW Local Government Grants Commission, and sits on the boards of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, Industry Innovation and Science ...

APRA acknowledges need to reduce regulatory burden

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... entities want to remind us about. "These reflections, alongside feedback we receive from our stakeholders across industry, government and regulatory sector, are contributing to our thinking as we develop our priorities for next financial year in an environment ...

ASIC appoints ASX inquiry panel

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... Longo said: "Rob, Christine and Guy bring a wealth of experience in their roles as members of ASX top 20 boards and government investment funds, as well as deep experience across global markets, banking, regulatory, risk and technology." "Their depth ...

Super a 'taxpayer subsidised inheritance scheme': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
Grattan Institute housing and economic security program director Brendan Coates has slammed the government's superannuation tax concessions, reinforcing his view that the super system is no longer being used to fund retirements. "The concessions available ...

Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... calling it a "long-term, structural challenge". He said the problem demands dedicated attention from both business and government. Against this backdrop, Chalmers in his speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday said that productivity is the government's ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... Safeguard Mechanism, which is the government's policy for reducing emissions among large industrial facilities. The government's Powering Australia also aims to create jobs, reduce pressure on energy bills, and lower emissions by boosting renewable ...

Equity Trustees rapped over the knuckles by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... bonds." In reality, at the time - being between April and November 2024 - the fund had a "significant exposure" to government and supranational bonds which were inconsistent with the fund's advertised strategy and objectives. ASIC said the statements ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has cast productivity as the government's chief priority, with budget sustainability and resilience also among its key focuses but made the case that sensible progress can't be made without proper consideration of more tax reform ...

Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... Future Fund chair Greg Combet said that the $300 billion sovereign wealth fund has 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 ...

Pacific workers face barriers to claiming super: University

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
Financial experts are calling on the government to simplify the process for Pacific and Timor-Leste workers that come to Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme to access unclaimed superannuation once their visa expires ...