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Janus Henderson launches net zero ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... Active ETF (FUTR) in September 2021, and our Tactical Income Active ETF (TACT) in July 2020, we continue to provide Australians with actively managed sustainable investment options, helping them to build their portfolios in a cost-efficient and flexible ...

Thirty-eight super funds face sustainability issues: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
APRA has named the superannuation funds it believes face immediate sustainability issues, with 38 of 78 funds declining on all metrics measured. APRA looked at the three sustainability metrics in the 2021 MySuper and Choice heatmaps; member accounts ...

Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... cost of living pressures, Frydenberg also announced a $420 cost of living tax offset that should apply to 10 million Australians per government estimates. However, when it comes to renewable energy and climate concerns, the budget was a "massive missed ...

COVID not only health issue on Budget radar

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... will also be reduced from July 1 of this year - a decision which the government says will benefit nearly 2.5 million Australians. Sufferers of endometriosis - a disease which effects one in nine Australian women - were also recognised in this year's ...

Millions to receive tax offset

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
Over 10 million Australians are set to benefit from an additional one-off $420 tax offset from July this year following an announcement outlined in today's Budget. Billed by the federal government as a 'cost of living tax offset', the reduction ...

Budget targets home ownership rates

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... able to purchase with a deposit as low as 2% of the property price. While these schemes are intended to help more Australians enter the housing market by lowering the deposit bar, rising house prices have also made saving up for a deposit harder. According ...

Big spend on cost of living, defence

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... living tax offset for more low-and-middle income earners, which the government estimates should apply to 10 million Australians. "Individuals already receiving the low and middle income tax offset will now receive up to $1,500 and couples up to $3,000 ...

Floods, fires, plagues catered to in Budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... Queensland, have prompted a Federal Budget response. "Nothing I say can overcome the personal pain and loss of so many Australians. We will stand with these communities and help them rebuild," Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said in his Budget speech. "Already ...

More super, less tinkering: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) today released research which found 81% of Australians believe more money should be saved for their retirement, not less. When a full list of national issues were proposed to respondents, government ...

Government flags $17.9bn infrastructure spend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... investing in these projects we are delivering the infrastructure that the Australian economy needs to grow, to get Australians home sooner and safer, and generate thousands of jobs and new opportunities for small businesses right across the country," ...