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Chalmers' claims on super tax are 'misleading': SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... capital gains," Burgess explained. "By drawing a parallel between these distinct approaches, the statement confuses the public about prevailing financial practices within the system and how capital gains are conventionally treated and taxed, thus undermining ...

Super moves: ART, QIC, Rest, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... Group, QSuper, and Immutable. Also joining QIC is Robin Castles who has been appointed as the senior portfolio manager for public markets strategy. Castles has a strong background in portfolio management, specifically with equity index and equity quantitative ...

Chief executive misbehaviour stifles investment returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... perspective. Acadian Australia portfolio manager Matt Picone, however, said this underperformance wasn't necessarily because of public scandals, adding that it's also difficult to predict such events. Nevertheless, there can be "red flags" that point ...

Bain Capital improves Insignia Financial bid

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... matched it in its own amended offer. As a result, Insignia Financial has now granted Bain Capital access to certain non-public information so that Bain can determine whether a further improved offer is warranted, just as it did with CC Capital. It comes ...

More climate exits as Trump takes charge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... membership of NZAM "caused confusion regarding BlackRock's practices and subjected us to legal inquiries from various public officials". In response to the climate group exodus, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) abandoned its requirement ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... super-rich interfered inappropriately in the US election. Over 70% agree that the super-rich disproportionately influence public opinion through the control of media and social media, leverage the law in their own favour, and buy access to policymake ...

RBA is 'overachieving' on inflation target: GSFM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... February, and I still think that is the case," Miller said. "The quality of the employment growth is largely contributed by the public sector, as the private sector is still very weak. But the reality is that unemployment is at 4%, which is well below ...

SEC names acting chair, establishes crypto taskforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... "comprehensive and clear regulatory framework" for crypto assets. The taskforce will collaborate with commission staff and the public to set the SEC on a regulatory path that respects the bounds of the law. The SEC said that to date, it has relied primarily ...

$3m super tax will level playing field: Australia Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... poorest 70% of Australians received only 32% of all the benefits of these tax concessions," Jericho said. "There is no public good from tax concessions which only go towards inheritance. It is not the role of government to reduce taxation for the richest ...

BlackRock settles lawsuit for 'misleading consumers'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... investment strategies. He argued these contradictions "deprived consumers" of the ability to make an informed choice. "Some public statements show a company that focuses exclusively on return on investment, others show a company that gives special consideration ...