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Macquarie heavyweights headline 2025 Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... in a session called Invested: Australia's Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040. Also on day two, Queensland government treasurer David Janetzki will talk about the social enterprise sector and impact investing. "One of the first things David's ...

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

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... assumption that the tariff will be a 1.2% shock, the broad deficit can cover that and have 0.5% left." The Chinese government is also switching its way on spending, to which Wang described as "very encouraging". "China has long been accused of making ...

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
... 'friend-shoring' - integrating supply chain production more with trusted trading partners." Additionally, it called on the federal government to re-examine a high population growth model. "Australia has one of the highest population growth rates in the ...

UK regulators abandon DEI reporting push

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... aimed at boosting diversity in financial services. It followed a spate of sexual harassment cases and the renewal of a government committee to investigate sexism in the industry and the barriers faced by women. The resulting report, Sexism in the City ...

AustralianSuper sued over death benefit delays

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... multiple member accounts, a case that impacted more than 42,500 members. Member services are also in the crosshairs of the government. Earlier this year, Treasury announced it would introduce mandatory minimum service standards for all large APRA-regulated ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... parity, and closing the wealth and financial literacy gap, but the reality is accelerated action is needed from the government and private sector to tackle entrenched inequalities as an economic imperative. This year's International Women's Day ...

Sandi Orleow joins ECP board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... growth, both locally and offshore." Orleow has served and currently serves on a range of boards and committees across government entities, private and listed companies, superannuation, and member-based organisations. These include Pengana International ...

Aussie dividends underperform on global scale: Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... continue to grow at a reasonable pace, but the risk of tariffs and possible trade wars, along with the high level of government borrowing in many large economies, could lead to further market volatility in 2025 - some bond markets have already seen yields ...

Trade war intensifies: China, Canada respond to Trump's tariffs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... projects. Some have doubled tolls on US commercial vehicles, while others have ordered the removal of US alcohol from government-run liquor stores. China also retaliated, slapping higher import levies on US$21 billion worth of US agricultural and food ...