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Mining vital to low carbon solutions: Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... eliminating these resources will require radical changes in how we live, how we move around, and how we produce energy for homes and industries. "These are highly complex and systemic challenges that will require political will and profound transformation ...

ART, QIC partner on affordable housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
Australian Retirement Trust and QIC will work with Brisbane Housing Company to finance and develop up to 1200 new homes. The partnership aims to provide a scalable model for the financing, development, and operation of social and affordable housing ...

Apex Group wins fund admin mandate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... Octopus portfolio is Australia's largest solar plant, the 333MW facility in Darlington Point, NSW - enough to power 115,000 homes and Octopus recently partnered with the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corp, to invest in renewables in Gippsland," Apex ...

NSW to introduce options for first home buyers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... options look to support 97% of all first home buyers, or about 55,000 people per year. Minister for planning and minister for homes Anthony Roberts said the property tax option for first home buyers will help increase home ownership across NSW. "The ...

Former adviser wins appeal, convictions quashed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... about $6 million and largely impacted retirees or those readying for retirement, some of which were forced to sell their homes and other assets, or delay retirement. The abalone farm was subsequently wound up and liquidators of Growth Plus advised there ...

Cbus takes 10% stake in major wind project

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... create thousands of jobs and reduce carbon emissions". Star of the South alone has the potential to power around 1.2 million homes and supply up to 20% of Victoria's electricity needs while creating jobs and investment in the Gippsland region, the fund ...

BT answers advisers' top tax time questions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
... year, the wealth management company has decided to list its most common queries. First up, downsizers looking to sell their homes may not be aware that the eligibility age for downsizer contributions into super is coming down in the new financial year ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... be tax-free to the fund, another potential positive." Presumably, super funds would also need to track the value of the homes while held so it could the real value of members super. Aside from super funds' obligations, fundamental gaps as to the regulation ...

Government proposes further expansion of downsizer scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... chief executive Peter Chun said. "Downsizer contributions offer genuine flexibility to people who don't need larger family homes. They can contribute the proceeds from the sale into super, outside the usual contribution caps. "We welcome the additional ...

Industry pans early release superannuation policy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) responded to the proposed government scheme saying that accessing super for first homes will drive up prices. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlink said: "Accessing your super early won't get you closer to ...