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ISPT, IFM Investors merger advances

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
The merger of IFM Investors and ISPT has moved forward as the latter's shareholders agree on the conditions of the deal. ISPT's board has notified IFM Investors that it "has elected to support a binding offer made to ISPT and their unit holders." ...

Economists hit back at RBA guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... economist Shane Oliver agreed that interest rates were likely to come down and added that more should be done by the government to ease inflation, rather than the RBA. "Tighter fiscal policy in the form of tax hikes and spending cuts or maybe a 1% super ...

BlackRock launches new bond ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... which enable Australian investors to add duration in a simple and low-cost way. Alongside our Australian long duration government bond exposure ALTB, we now offer investors one of the broadest ranges of Australian-listed fixed income and cash ETFs available ...

Regulators given new powers to protect financial markets in crises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
The government has passed legislation that will put in place new powers for regulators to protect financial market infrastructure in the event of a crisis. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the new laws will provide regulators with more powers to manage financial ...

New bill seeks to block investments involving Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... involving Cbus. Bragg argued that Cbus' connection to the CFMEU makes it an "untenable party" with which to do government business, adding that involving the industry fund and the scandal-plagued union in the HAFF "further risks the integrity of ...

Super on parental leave bill hits parliament

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... Under the legislation, those who take paid parental leave will accumulate SG contributions on the income paid by the government from 1 July 2025, at which time the SG rate will have increased to 12%. Those SG contributions will have a nominal interest ...

Zenith increases defensive investment as recession risk looms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... recession is a risk we cannot ignore and this is why we have been steadily increasing our allocation to high-quality government bonds, known for their resilience during economic downturns," he said. As stock markets navigate heightened volatility Hennessy ...

FAAA to work with Treasury on CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024
... outline unintended consequences of the CSLR and listen to pragmatic and feasible solutions. "We have also called on the government to pursue a public inquiry into what really happened at Dixon Advisory. With potential losses approaching $400 million ...

Super performance test needs personal rate of return: Adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... decipher or disheartening when the super balances commonly referenced in newspaper articles, lobbyist submissions to government reviews, or even the ASFA retirement standard, for example, are not reflective of their balances." APRA will release the results ...

Future Group joins campaign to ban gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Ethical investment groups Ethinvest and Future Group are backing an investor campaign to stop media giants Seven West and Nine Entertainment from running gambling ads. Ethinvest, a financial planning group, and Future Group, the parent company of super ...