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Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... option, for example, had as much as $2.5 million in Honeywell, $1 million in Lockheed and as little as $60,000 in Elbit. Australian Retirement Trust, Equip Super and Catholic Super, Mine Super and TWUSUPER all had holdings in three or more of the five ...

What you read in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... restructures wealth management, chief exits (May 29) In restructuring its local wealth business, AMP made high-profile Australian Wealth Management (AWM) chief executive Scott Hartley redundant. Following the AMP Capital sales, it said a flatter organisational ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... sector by 15%. Defence personnel: The government is set to spend $400 million to support the retention of Australian Defence Force members via a bonus for personnel who sign on for another term of employment. Medicine users: In a change which could allow ...

AustralianSuper to decrease premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... death, injury or illness is directly or indirectly caused by their service, other than service in the Australian Defence Force Reserves. AustralianSuper's group insurance is provided by TAL.

Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... not adding to inflationary pressures and to begin budget repair," the strategy said. Pertinently, data today from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.8% in the September quarter. Over the 12 months to ...

Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... climate and sustainable development. The 2022 Federal Budget, handed down last night, delivered a cash splash for the defence forces and cost of living support, including a cut to the fuel excise. The deficit for 2022-23 is expected to be $78 billion ...

Big spend on cost of living, defence

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
The 2022 Federal Budget delivered a cash splash for the defence forces and cost of living support, including a cut to the fuel excise. The deficit for 2022-23 is expected to be $78 billion, 3.4% of GDP. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the fuel excise ...

CSC turns 100 years old

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
... Melbourne on 18 October 1922 under the Superannuation Act 1922 as a government-owned super fund, catering to Australian Defence Force personnel, veterans, and other government workers. One year later, it had about 26,900 members and 299 pensioners and ...

Australia confirms economic sanctions against Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
The Australian government has confirmed its economic measures against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. So far Australia has sanctioned more than 350 Russian individuals, including oligarchs, members of Russian parliament and military commanders. ...

Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... passive funds. This is in sharp contrast to Australia's UK, European and US peers, and some Asian countries. The Australian active fund management industry may have a more successful defence against the growing movement toward index strategies, the ...
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