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Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... it was important for members - particularly those in the accumulation phase - to ride out the volatility. "The current crisis, it's man-made. And it's made pretty much by a single man. We know what the solution is here; the solution is for rational people ...

Investors warned to sell hybrids before phase out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... capital instruments in December 2024, in a move it said would simplify and improve the effectiveness of bank capital in a crisis. The move was one of several changes APRA introduced in response to lessons from 2023's overseas banking turmoil where several ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... housing construction sector is lagging Australia's productivity levels by 49% and is helping fuel the affordable housing crisis. The study calculates the number of dwellings completed per hour by housing construction workers has declined by 53% since ...

What to expect in the 2025 Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... the Budget very responsibly from here." An adviser poll conducted by Viridian Advisory revealed that the cost-of-living crisis, the current housing shortage, and aged care policies are dominating client concerns in the lead up to the Budget. While 82% ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... BP via ESG funds is safe, the NGOs said. "Companies that pursue fossil fuel expansion projects in the midst of a climate crisis are jeopardising our future. Their presence in ESG funds violates the very concept of sustainability," Urgewald finance researcher ...

Skills gap crisis costing Australia $3.5bn a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... significant economic knock-on effect across the value chain. This reflects recent research that found the Australian skills gap crisis is costing the country $3.5 billion a year, or $9 million a day. The OECD estimates that, by 2028, the global job skills ...

Tranche 2 is coming before the election: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... reforms have been a highlight of his career in politics, but he sees that work as being the first necessary step to "fix the crisis". However, he also said there is still a way to go until the financial advice industry is where it should be. "The big ...

Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... housing construction sector is lagging Australia's productivity levels by 49% and is helping fuel the affordable housing crisis, a new report from the Productivity Commission reveals. The Housing construction productivity: Can we fix it? report calculates ...

CBA's 'Cinderella story' over: Analysts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... the lookout for two signals that would likely trigger an imminent sell-off, being a rotation into resources or a systemic crisis. "Asset managers have been allocating to CBA rather than the large-cap miners due to China's economic challenges, however ...

Investment down as uncertainty rises

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... trend which has seen the average level of uncertainty increase after key economic disruptions such as the global financial crisis and pandemic. Deloitte Access Economics said uncertainty makes it harder to form a view on the future and tends to weigh ...