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Equity Story plots expansion, names chair

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... Capital Haus, including Brendan's appointment, represents an exciting new chapter for Equity Story, enabling us to double down on what we do best and re-energise our offering in the wealth management sector," White said. "Brendan has an exceptional ...

AustralianSuper bins WiseTech stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
AustralianSuper has sold down the remainder of its already-trimmed WiseTech stake, alluding to concerns about how the company is handling its founder Richard White's role. The super fund held roughly $700 million in WiseTech shares, about 2.26% ...

Impact investors need instos, governments to scale: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... anecdotal] to building a house, unless you are coming with that financial-first angle to do so," she said. "Are we going to burn down the house? Are we going to rebuild it? And then my question is, what role does everyone in this room play in terms of ...

Inflation slows, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... beverages (+3.1%), alcohol and tobacco (+6.7%), and housing (+1.8%). Excluding volatile items, underlying inflation was also down in February - showing a positive downward trend. "Annual trimmed mean inflation was 2.7% in February 2025. This was down ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... infrastructure and healthcare. In his speech to parliament Chalmers said the Australian economy was "turning a corner". "Inflation is down, incomes are rising, unemployment is low, interest rates are coming down, debt is down, and growth is picking up ...

Chalmers' warning on tariffs and trade wars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... disruptions are rising, China's growth is slowing, war is still raging in Europe, and a ceasefire in the Middle East is breaking down." As a result, Chalmers said Treasury is forecasting the global economy to grow at 3.25% for the next three years - ...

Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Handing down the Federal Budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government is reducing all prescriptions available through the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS), as well as investing a "record" $7.9 billion in Medicare to lift bulk billing rates. ...

Non-compete, restraint clauses to be outlawed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... the impact it's expected to have on wages, non-compete clauses will be banned where they "have no justification and drag down wages." The ban will apply to all workers who earn less than $175,000, the current high-income threshold under the Fair Work ...

What to expect in the 2025 Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... have banked most of the upwards revisions to revenue throughout our time in office, and all that means we have got the debt down substantially and we're saving on interest costs. So, we have been managing the Budget very responsibly to here and we will ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... investigate. If they can build a narrative around what's happening, State Super either pulls money off the table or doubles down. "We do spend quite a lot of time thinking about defending the portfolio against anomalies. So, it's not any one thing that ...