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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 ...

Vision Super chair departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... Super's decision to merge with Active Super, a process that has been ongoing since June 2022. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she is stepping away from the fund following being selected to replace Linda White as a Senator for Victoria. White ...

CalSTRS appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has named a chief investment officer to succeed Christopher Ailman, who announced his retirement in January after a long tenure. Scott Chan, who's served as deputy chief investment officer since ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... financial support indexed annually, and paying superannuation on government paid parental leave. He reinforced that, if Labor wins the next election the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme will include Superannuation Guarantee contributions ...