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Trade war rattles pre-election economic outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... flagged that economic activity, commodity prices and inflation are particularly at risk of destabilisation. "Over the past few days, there have been significant falls in oil prices and a depreciation of the Australian dollar. Both developments would ...

Super for housing would benefit 4% of homebuyers: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... about 220,000 of the 5.3 million eligible first home buyers would be able to do this, showing the scheme will enable "very few" individuals to purchase a property. The data showed most eligible buyers have modest balances - half have less than $18,000. ...

Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... could mean that many people will have to work longer to afford the kind of retirement they thought they were looking at just a few weeks ago." UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce said while the tariffs were expected, the market meltdown was ...

Which fund managers are making the most from investor fees?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... may be paying more to active managers than they need to for a similar exposure via an index ETF. "Investing is one of the few things in life where the more you pay the less you get. Every saved dollar is more money in investors' back pockets. The Australian ...

Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... world we are in and where it is going; it's changing before our eyes and it's not just about me and my retirement... A few years ago, it was much more polarised and I would say everyone has a collective view but a different intensity on that." ...

Cybercriminals attack major super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Cybercriminals attempted to breach the systems of several superannuation funds over the weekend, although most attacks were repelled, thousands have been affected. Rest said fewer than 1% of its members have been affected by unauthorised activity on ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... chief executive Arian Neiron said the tariff announcement has marked a sudden change in investor sentiment. "It was only a few months ago that American exceptionalism was the topic du jour and the appetite for US assets with a negative equity risk premium ...

Fortitude Investment Partners acquires majority stake in SMSF audit firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... improve ASF Audits' client experience and accelerate future growth; the primary capital investment will be allocated to a few key business areas, including technology and automation, acquisitions, and talents. Conversely, the deal adds to Fortitude's ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... my mind, we can't really do that, and this really goes to the heart of the public-private markets paper we published a few weeks ago. We really can't be a player on that question unless we know what's going on and are open minded and prepared ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
Breaches of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (the Code) increased for a fourth consecutive year, with life insurers reporting 14,670 instances of non-compliance, a 19% increase from the previous period. The Code, the industry's north star for good ...