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

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... $3 million from 15% to 30%. The bill's future now rests after the upcoming federal election. Jericho said if the government can convince the crossbench to support these changes, all Australians would be better off. "Superannuation tax concessions ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook were in the audience, with Musk also selected to head the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). From executive orders, tariffs and the potential rise of meme coins, here's what the experts are saying as ...

Grattan Institute renews calls for best-in-show super funds, partial annuitisation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
The Grattan Institute is urging the government to mandate the partial annuitisation of Australians' superannuation and implement the 'best-in-show' list of funds to help simplify a "complex" system and allow retirees to spend their savings ...

Dimon 'cautiously pessimistic' on US economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... gloom in the US economy. "I think there are a lot of legitimate concerns that Americans have. For example, ineffective government, they're angry about it. They're angry about immigration. There are people with legitimate issues." Dimon believes ...

Super moves: Future Fund, QIC, Vanguard Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Max Gill has been promoted to senior portfolio analyst with QIC's state investments team. Gill joined the Queensland Government's $68 billion investment arm six years ago working initially with the global multi-asset team followed by the state ...

FAAA accuses government of crucial CSLR failure

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) believes the government may have failed in its obligations when introducing the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) by skipping a key step. Following a review of documents the FAAA obtained ...

BlackRock loses senior executive touted as Fink's successor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
BlackRock senior managing director, head of global client business Mark Wiedman - who was regarded as a potential successor to chief executive Larry Fink - is exiting the asset manager. Wiedman is responsible for BlackRock's commercial relationships ...

Trump's response to global conflict adds uncertainty to private markets: IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... impossible task as it stands," Joiner said. Expected tailwinds, nevertheless, include improving economic conditions, robust government spending and support for infrastructure, decarbonisation efforts, rapidly expanding electricity demand, and the need ...

How to simplify super to get better retirement outcomes: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... legislated late last year. However, given the variety of behaviours among current retirees, it's unlikely that the government will prescribe or prohibit specific retirement income products in the foreseeable future. Therefore, "we need to find another ...

Australian economy on the up in 2025: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... employment towards lower-productivity sectors and affects overall productivity performance," he said. "Given the ongoing government support for non-market sectors and lukewarm business investment, we see limited upside for labour productivity growth ...