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PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... protecting the environment. These reforms would introduce national environmental standards, improve regional planning, and set clear rules about engaging with local communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. "Overdue reforms to the ...

Chalmers unveils Economic Reform Roundtable agenda

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... Roundtable to seek views on how to address productivity and Budget sustainability in Australia. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has set out the three-day agenda which will focus on resilience, productivity and Budget sustainability. The first day will address ...

Brandes launches first fund, taps Equity Trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
Brandes Investment Partners has chosen Equity Trustees (EQT) to be the responsible entity (RE) partner for its inaugural global equities strategy in Australia. Brandes' Global Value Equity Fund is modelled on the Global Equity strategy, which has a ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
A new Productivity Commission (PC) proposal suggests slashing Australia's company tax rate would boost GDP by $14 billion with no net cost to the Budget over the medium term. Draft recommendations in its interim report, Creating a more dynamic and resilient ...

Australian investment in venture capital lags: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... other innovative private companies and boost returns. SMC chief executive Misha Schubert said Australia's super system is set to become the second largest in the world and better connecting it with top innovators could boost investment returns for everyday ...

HESTA calls for reforms to help women in retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
Women beginning their careers in 2025 with a 12% super guarantee (SG) rate in place could have as much as $400,000 more in retirement, new HESTA modelling suggests. The modelling showed women representative of the average HESTA member were projected ...

Orbis Investments recruits top marketing executive

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... Bunning, who just last month was the marketing director at Capital Group, moves to Orbis as head of marketing in Australia. Set up in 1989, Orbis is a contrarian global equity manager with 10 offices globally. In her new role, Bunning will join the Orbis ...

'We're proceeding' with Div 296: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... proceed with it, and we'll legislate it when the parliamentary schedule allows." The government's Economic Reform Roundtable is set to kick off next month where Chalmers said experts and leaders from different sectors of the economy will gather to discuss ...

CALI launches review of Life Code

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) has appointed Peter Kell to lead an independent review of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code). The review will begin on 1 October 2025. The Life Code sets enforceable standards life insurers ...

Rest boosts impact, sustainability investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... executive Paul Hunyor. Rest interim co-chief investment officer Simon Esposito said that, given the substantial number of members set to retire in the next 25 years, the focus remains on contributing to a more sustainable future. As at June 30, Rest ...