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Wholesale investor test changes on ice: Parliamentary committee

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
An overhaul of the wholesale investor test thresholds is on ice but potential major changes are still on the agenda, a parliamentary hearing confirmed this morning. Sitting on the committee, senator Paul Scarr said while there has been public debate ...

QIC reports $9bn record earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
... earned operating pre-tax profit of $125 million in FY24. An additional $252.5 million will be returned to the Queensland government as a shareholder. "Delivering record returns to Queensland government clients is a significant achievement against a backdrop ...

Growthpoint sells down majority stake in six industrial assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... acquired office building 2 Constitution Avenue, Canberra from ISPT for $90.1 million. Some 88% of the income comes from government tenants. It launched the Growthpoint Canberra Office Trust on the back of this investment. Newly minted Growthpoint chief ...

Labor delivers another budget surplus, but productivity stalls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... payments side, with outlays $10.2 billion lower than projected back in May. Treasurer Jim Chalmers was quick to praise his government for delivering consecutive surpluses. "This is the first time a government has delivered back-to-back surpluses in nearly ...

GESB adopts Protecting Your Super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
... part of a broader suite of changes it's looking to implement to ensure sustainability. This month, the West Australian government passed amendments to State Superannuation Regulations 2001 to align the fund with the broader superannuation industry and ...

Retirement calculators 'can't be counted on': SCA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
... savings. Given the "disappointing findings", SCA considers that Australians would be better served by an independent or government retirement guidance service that helps people to compare the retirement income they could achieve in different funds, rather ...

Limiting negative gearing could add $2bn in annual revenue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
... year, according to new research from the Grattan Institute. This comes as Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said the Labor government wouldn't be making any changes to negative gearing rules before the next election. "When it comes to negative gearing changes ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Regulators are zeroing in on anti-greenwashing measures in the asset management sector, as well as tighter regulations on artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology, according to a KPMG report. The report said that stopping companies from making ...

GQG breaches SEC whistleblower protection laws

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... potential employees and a former one prohibited them from disclosing confidential information about GQG, particularly to government agencies. Such arrangements, the regulator said, made it more difficult for them to report potential securities law violations ...

Household wealth rises in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... sheets. To make sure that banks continue to hold enough liquidity, they bought $23.1 billion worth of national general government bonds and $16.0 billion of semi government bonds. "The TFF gave banks access to low-cost funding during the pandemic. With ...