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Budget 2024: $20k instant asset write-off extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... extending the $20,000 instant asset write-off until 30 June 2025," Treasurer Jim Chalmers said. "Providing $290 million in cash flow support for up to four million small businesses and investing $625 million to help farmers and rural communities reduce ...

Franklin Templeton's Brandywine Global launches new fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... to identify undervalued companies. On a micro level, it looks for companies with solid balance sheets and strong free cash flow in sectors poised to capitalise on key macro catalysts. "Stocks in the portfolio span a diverse mix of sectors and industries. ...

Why this fundie sees the economy making a hard landing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... prices," he said. "With the buffers almost gone, the real stress is now likely to show." The current trends in aggregate cash flow among S&P/ASX 200 stocks mirror those of Australian consumer savings; there was a surge during the pandemic due to fiscal ...

Policymakers face significant challenge in regulating AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... will be made, and they will have important implications for the evolution of AI, the structure of the industry and the cash flow earned by investors. Implementing a rigid and complex regulatory framework is likely to impose excessive costs but do little ...

Australian Retirement Trust completes Alcoa merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) finalised the successor fund transfer with the Alcoa of Australia Retirement Plan, one year on from discussions kicking off. In December 2022, Alcoa Super informed members it was on the hunt for potential merger partners ...

Global dividends reached record high in 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... uncertain, dividends are well supported," Ben Lofthouse, head of global equity income at Janus Henderson, said. "Corporate cash flow in most sectors has remained strong and is providing plenty of firepower for dividends and share buybacks." Lofthouse ...

GBST upgrades WealthConnect platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... tasks, allowing a greater focus on value-added services." Meanwhile, WealthConnect's calculation engine that generates cash flow, taxation, and net worth projections, allowing for the comparison of different scenarios through the Advice Wizard - a tool ...

How will Division 296 Tax impact farmers?

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... a higher impact from this tax than others, due to a variety of factors such as variances in market values, impact on cash flow and lack of alignment between market movement and lease yields. "There's been a lot of chatter about Div 296 and this impact ...

Australian Ethical, Infradebt to launch infrastructure debt fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... contribution." Infrastructure debt, which is positioned high in the capital hierarchy, provides investors with steady cash flow and diversification from traditional equity investments, he added. It also offers good risk-adjusted returns, and portfolio ...

REITs primed for investor cash amid uncertainty

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
After lagging equities the past two years, real estate investment trusts (REITs) are an attractive investment opportunity in 2024, according to Principal Asset Management. In a recent outlook report for listed REITs, Principal Asset Management chief ...