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Treasury opens consult on non-compete reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... 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. The government said eradicating such clauses could lift the wages of workers by up to 4% or ...

Brookfield takes stake in Cromwell

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
... share, in which there are 520,849,603 ordinary securities. In May, Cromwell confirmed media speculation that ESR launched a block trade for a portion of its stake in Cromwell and that it "received confirmation from ESR Group that it has executed the ...

Hollywood actors lobby pension fund to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
More than 200 actors have signed an open letter to the trustees of the SAG-Producers Pension Plan asking it to divest from fossil fuels and redirect the assets into responsible investments. Members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation ...

Global X scales higher on the ETF issuer podium

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Global X has climbed the ranks of Australia's largest ETF issuers, overtaking State Street, having vaulted its assets under management (AUM) past the $10 billion mark. Global X chief executive Alex Zaika said the firm has leapfrogged State Street and ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Global markets are preparing for potential fallout after the US conducted strikes with B-2 Stealth Bombers on three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend and has since claimed the attacks "obliterated" Iran's nuclear capabilities. IG market analyst ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is the largest asset management firm in Australia by locally sourced assets under management (AUM) - by some margin - though few realise. With nearly $500 billion in local assets under its watch, mostly via institutional ...

ASIC sues former director of crypto platform owing nearly $60m

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
Following the collapse of the cryptocurrency platform in 2019, former Blockchain Global director Liang Guo, also known as Allan Guo, is being sued by ASIC over multiple breaches of directors' duties. Guo was restrained from leaving the country following ...

ASIC takes Block Earner case to High Court

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... intends to appeal the Full Federal Court's decision, now seeking special leave from the High Court in its case against Block Earner. The Federal Court decision found that a product issued by Block Earner, which allowed consumers to earn fixed yield ...

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
The Federal Court has vindicated Block Earner by overturning a decision that it needed an AFSL to offer its Earner product and dismissing ASIC's appeal to impose penalties on the digital asset platform. Justices O'Callaghan, Abraham and Button ...

Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... $100 billion in a single session yesterday as markets were rocked by US President Donald Trump's newly imposed tariffs. H&R Block director of tax communications Mark Chapman said the volatility will be felt for a long time. "In terms of superannuation ...