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Three portfolio managers exit Stewart Investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025
... 2023, while he stayed on as comanager. Morningstar placed a five out of five grading of the fund's ESG risk rating. Parent firm First Sentier Investors (FSI) declined to comment on the reason behind the exits. "We can confirm the resignations of ...

Return to office mandates to harm firms, careers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
Return to office mandates will have a detrimental impact on companies' ability to retain and attract talent, with a specialist recruiter saying the career aspirations of women and Gen Z will also be heavily impacted. An in-depth review by Parity ...

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 ...

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 ...

MLC AM reduces MultiSeries management fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... Central tool, the offering is designed to enhance the investment experience for both advisers and clients," Khan said. MLC's parent company Insignia Financial recently accepted CC Capital Partners' takeover offer. The Scheme Implementation Deed shows ...

Brookfield takes stake in Cromwell

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
... specialises in industrial, business park and office real estate assets and has more than $28.9 billion in AUM. On July 4, parent company ESR delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after it was privatised by the Starwood Capital Group, SSW Partners ...

Section 899 ditched but companies face tax uncertainties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
... a larger company that pays less than the proposed global minimum tax of 15% in another jurisdiction. The IIR requires a parent entity of multinationals to pay a top-up tax if such subsidiaries are taxed below the 15% minimum in their respective jurisdictions. ...

Super on paid parental leave to reduce gender gap: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
The introduction of superannuation contributions on paid parental leave (PPL) is set to boost women's retirement savings by $7200, according to new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Superannuation contributions ...

Life insurer chief executives step down, successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... development of the growth platforms that I know will provide a strong foundation for the future success of Acenda." Acenda's parent company Nippon Life president Satoshi Asahi said he has confidence in de Bruin's leadership. "It is with great pleasure ...

Acenda Group assembles board of directors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... Melissa Babbage and Rosheen Garnon will become independent non-executive directors of the merged entity following Acenda's parent company Nippon Life's acquisition of Resolution Life in December 2024. On completion of this transaction, which is expected ...