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Tranche 2 is coming before the election: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... through parliament and getting those changes enacted as soon as possible. "If we have done all the work around consultation, policy development, and legislation drafting that just makes that next step so much easier." Jones said the DBFO reforms have ...

Tariffs not the only inflationary risk: Colchester

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... rate. He added that services provided in Australia may be priced higher than other parts of the world due to "domestic policy", not so much from global factors. Further, aside from tariffs, Simpson said inflationary risks also revolve around immigration ...

Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... penalty relate to misrepresentations made on its website, while $2 million was apportioned to misrepresentations in its SRI Policy Statement. About $1.5 million respectively relate to PDS fact sheets published in 2021 and 2022. Active Super and Vision ...

Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... Grattan Institute is once again calling for the simplification of Australia's retirement income system, saying it should be a policy priority for whoever wins this year's federal election. Releasing its Orange Book 2025: Policy priorities for the federal ...

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
The markets regulator in China is threatening to slash the pay of fund managers by 50% if they underperform their benchmarks as part of a shake-up of the US$4.6 trillion mutual fund industry, according to a report. A Bloomberg article shows that the ...

Deficit to reach $26bn: Deloitte

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... focus on flashy proposals designed to woo voters who are focused on their day to day." "This will distract from a pressing policy issue facing the nation: the fiscal holes in Australia's medium-term budget outlook are getting bigger, not smaller. ...

AIOFP and IFPA enter 'strategic alliance'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) and the Institute of Financial Professionals Australia (IFPA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enter into a "strategic alliance". IFPA board member Scott Heathwood told ...

Australia can benefit from China's economic growth amid trade war: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... drive retail sales by 1.3%." Although markets are expecting a "bazooka" response from China, Wang added that its recent policy indicate a "deeper structural transformation" to sustain economic recovery. Notably, the primary driver for the economic growth ...

Government releases draft payday super law

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The government has released draft legislation to mandate payday super, a policy that was first flagged in the 2023-24 Federal Budget. The draft legislation stipulates that from 1 July 2026, employers must pay their employees' superannuation at the ...

Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
The first research from the e61-UNSW Policy Research Partnership has highlighted the major economic policy challenges faced by Australia and made five key recommendations ahead of this year's federal election. The research found that navigating United ...