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Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... development, biodiversity protection and restoration, and water conservation and management are also top areas pinned for expenditure. Global investment manager Ninety One predicts such innovations will drive growth in decarbonising companies. While ...

Treasury flags $23bn in CGT benefits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... brackets reaping the largest benefits from these tax breaks. "In 2021-22 around 990,000 people were impacted by this tax expenditure. Revenue forgone is elevated from 2022-23 to 2024-25 due to higher capital gains realisations for individuals," the statement ...

Cbus lacks stringent director, expenditure policies: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... Deloitte, saying it has accepted all 26 recommendations, which largely relate to the fitness of its board and fund expenditure, in principle. Earlier this year, Deloitte was tasked with undertaking an independent review of Cbus, the fitness and propriety ...

GDP grows but still slow: 'Confirms our worst fears'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... head of national accounts Katherine Keenan said. The ABS said the strength this quarter was driven by public sector expenditure with government consumption and public investment both contributing to growth. GDP per capita fell by 0.3%, falling for the ...

ASIC narrows in on private market investments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... communicated to members," Constant said. "I want to congratulate APRA on their inaugural publication of fund level data on expenditure. This is an important transparency measure that will help ensure trustees are meeting the expectations of members in ...

Intergenerational wealth picture 'bleak': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... household headed by someone aged 25-34. "Those buffered by wealth have continued to spend, including growing discretionary expenditure, through a sustained period of high inflation and steeply rising interest rates. While not all older Australians are ...

US election to add to inflation woes: Experts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
As the countdown begins to one of the most contentious election cycles in US history, experts are weighing in on how either a Republican or Democratic win may impact markets. US shares were lower on Monday (local time) ahead of the election, as polls ...

Cole puts funds on notice as expenditure data is revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
APRA has published the in-depth data on super funds' expenditure from marketing costs and payments to industrial bodies to spending on member services, as the regulator puts a spotlight on how member money is being spent. AustralianSuper had the ...

APRA questioned on super performance test

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... collectively represent most types of investment offerings for accumulation members. "We are currently examining trustee expenditure data at a fund level to ensure that RSE Licensees decisions are in members' best financial interests." Lonsdale added ...

APRA prioritises supervision of trustee spending

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2024
... APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole has informed all RSE licensees that it will be intensifying its supervision of their expenditure as it looks to curb spending that is not in the best financial interests of members. The regulator said it will prioritise ...