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Limiting negative gearing could add $2bn in annual revenue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
... billion a 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 ...

NGS Super names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
... committee. He also chairs the Queensland Teachers Union Health Fund. Battams is also the current chair and managing director of Labor Holdings, an investment vehicle of the Labor Party, and president of the party's Queensland branch. As for super fund ...

New bill seeks to block investments involving Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... that he could secure them lucrative contracts on major construction projects financed by Cbus because of his influence. "Labor and Cbus have refused to recognise any issue with CFMEU representatives sitting on the board of a $94 billion fund. Cbus has ...

Independent MPs call for super reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... The controversial legislation introduces a 30% tax rate for superannuation earnings exceeding $3 million from 2025-26. The Labor government has said the change would only impact around 80,000 people. The MPs - including Kylea Tink, Kate Chaney, Zoe Daniel ...

APRA reprimands Cbus, BUSSQ over governance issues

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... lucrative contracts tied to Cbus. Although these allegations have yet to be proven through a court or tribunal process, the Labor Party's governing body last month moved to indefinitely expel the CFMEU construction division's affiliation to its ...

WAM calls to save in-person AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
... don't allow the same freedoms to shareholders to face the board in the way they might like and has made a submission to the Labor government to not allow virtual only events. "As the investment manager for eight leading listed investment companies, WAM ...

QIC invests in Australian biotech start-up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has announced a new investment in a Brisbane-based biotech start-up. Gelomics has developed a 3D tissue culture system that allows scientists to grow microscopic representations of human tissue to eliminate the ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... ASIC's underperformance and to use that as opportunity for improvement." Interestingly, the committee's deputy chair, Labor Senator Jess Walsh, did not agree with much of the report's content. In a response co-signed by Senators Deborah O'Neill ...

Systematic investing in fixed income: Critical success factors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
There are three critical success factors all fixed income investors considering a systematic approach must keep in mind, says AllianceBernstein. According to the global manager, systematic strategies can be effective diversifiers to any fixed income ...

What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... Canada to its highest level in two years, and progress on inflation has slowed in the US." Last night, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the annual inflation rate slowed to 3.3% in May 2024, beating forecasts of 3.4%. Despite this progress ...