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Non-compete, restraint clauses to be outlawed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
From 2027, employers will no longer be able to impose non-compete clauses on employees earning less than $175,000. They will also not be able to exploit loopholes that block staff from joining competitors. Announced as part of the Federal Budget for ...

What to expect in the 2025 Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... related to the Budget. Aged care and housing pressure were leading themes, with the remaining queries largely focused on economic areas such as market volatility due to tariffs, interest rates, debt levels, and the impact of the Trump administration ...

New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Social purpose organisation Good Return has launched its second impact fund, aimed at supporting marginalised female entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific region. The evergreenfund is seeking to raise $10 million from Australian wholesale investors ...

Splintered globalisation a boon for AI, metals, EVs: PGIM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... of global GDP. "On this track, a vast array of goods and services are still traded across borders based on comparative economic advantage - regardless of geopolitical rivalries and growing protectionist instincts," PGIM said.

Perpetual Private awards $60m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... which evaluates, standardises, and contextualises environmental data, Osmosis links corporate resource efficiency to economic value generation and financial performance. "Osmosis firmly believes, and its research has demonstrated, that those companies ...

RBA forecasting has been 'terrible': Yarra Capital Management

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... but is cautious about the outlook." Further, in its March minutes, the RBA has doubled down on the sentiment. "While economic outcomes had given members more confidence that they could return inflation to target at the same time as preserving most of ...

Skills gap crisis costing Australia $3.5bn a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... the challenges faced by students in post-school transition, found that school-leaver job uncertainty has a significant economic knock-on effect across the value chain. This reflects recent research that found the Australian skills gap crisis is costing ...

Tariffs not the only inflationary risk: Colchester

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
Speaking at Financial Standard 's Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO), Martyn Simpson, senior investment officer from Colchester Global Investors, discussed the potential impact of tariffs and some of the inflationary issues markets may yet face. In terms ...

India Avenue launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... presents long-term growth potential, investing in emerging markets carries inherent risks, including market volatility and economic fluctuations. IAEF seeks to provide investors with diversified exposure to the Indian equity market while carefully managing ...

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... measures come as policymakers seek to attract more long-term capital into the country's stock market amid slowing economic growth, as well as the escalating trade war with the US. "While China's mutual fund industry continued to grow and attract ...