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Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... combat homeless, the government will provide $9.3 billion to states and territories to spend on crisis support and to maintain and repair social housing. This includes the doubling of funding for homelessness services to around $400 million a year. Some ...

Roads, railways, NBN winners in Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... during its extended voluntary administration to 30 June 2025, while a competitive sale process is held. "This will help maintain critical aviation services for regional and remote communities," Treasurer Jim Chalmers said. "The government has secured ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has come out swinging against Treasury and its second tranche of draft Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms, saying it can't support them without "substantial change." FAAA chief executive ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
The ASX recorded its biggest-ever ETF market turnover in a day earlier this month, hitting a whopping $2 billion on March 6, largely thanks to BlackRock reducing its equities exposure and shoring up defensive assets within its model portfolios. The ...

Cost to maintain comfortable retirement increases

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
Despite a near 10% fall in electricity prices in the December quarter, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) data indicates the cost of maintaining a comfortable retirement has increased further over the past 12 months. The cost ...

AustralianSuper sued over death benefit delays

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... suitable and timely remediation to claimants adversely affected by the backlog." The regulator found AustralianSuper did not maintain a central repository of claims data and documentation on a member basis, and could not provide the data required to ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
SMSF Association (SMSFA) chief executive Peter Burgess has called out recent hawking practices that prompt people to transfer their retirement savings into a self-managed super fund (SMSF). Burgess said the sector needs to be on alert about the resurgence ...

US equities face volatility as growth risks mount: Morgan Stanley

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
US equities face a volatile path ahead as policy uncertainty, fiscal constraints, immigration enforcement, the lagged impact of interest rate hikes, and strong dollar combine to pressure earnings forecasts, according to Morgan Stanley. The investment ...

Vanguard rejigs Ethically Conscious options

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... fuels may not have been excluded," Vanguard told investors. "These changes seek to support investor-decision making and maintain the stated long-term investment objectives of the Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares Fund and Vanguard Ethically ...

Apex on local hiring spree

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
Apex Group is on track to achieve 20% annual organic sales growth over the next two years and plans to triple its headcount to 1000. After acquiring Iress' superannuation platform late last year, Apex's big opportunity is in member administration ...