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ETP investors struggle to pick winners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... asset classes) were leveraged currency, leveraged bear market equities and crude oil. These strategies are mainly used to offset other portfolio or business risks and not usually meant to be held long term. For fixed interest products and cash, the difference ...

Women in Super appoints chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... average with one third the super of men." She said the immediate focus for the group is fixing the Low Income Super Tax Offset inequality.

Super fund ESG options underweight BHP, overweight CSL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
Super fund ESG options on average have "sharply reduced" exposure to BHP, Woodside Energy and Transurban while being overweight CSL, Telstra and ResMed, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker Information has released its most recent Rainmaker ...

Wage increases to offset more rate hikes: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
The Fair Work Commission lifted Australia's minimum and award wages by 5.75% to alleviate incomes eroded by inflation, but experts say the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) won't be backing off anytime soon. Speaking this morning, Fair Work Commission ...

Fractional farmland investing platform launches

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
Real estate and advisory firm LAWD partnered with fractional investing platform Bricklet to launch LAWD Bricklet, a venture designed to democratise ownership of Australian farmland. The offering sees a LAWD Bricklet 'head title' split into a co-ownership ...

Treasury proposes upping supervisory levies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... for a $3.6 million reduction in the total financing required. Further, a slight decline (-1.6%) in the levy for the ATO offset the total funding requirement.

AEP, GSFM launch Australian film fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... production incentives lead the world," Basser said. This was reinforced by the federal government's increase of the Location Offset from 16.5% to 30% announced in last week's budget, he noted. "An Australia-based fund is in a better position to maximise ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... disappointing. "ISA will continue to advocate for super to be paid on PPL and to increase the Low-Income Superannuation Tax Offset at the earliest opportunity the federal budget allows," it said. From an advice perspective, Financial Advice Association ...

ASIC, APRA reviewer deprioritised by government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... Treasury priorities, the government's budget documents explain the cost of the additional resourcing will be "partially offset by reprioritisation of existing functions within the Treasury portfolio and by reducing the frequency of Financial Regulator ...

Australian Retirement Trust reduces fees, ups premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... reducing fees across a range of its investment options, including most indexed offerings. However, any savings will be offset by substantial increases in insurance premiums. The fund notified members that, from July 1, the cost of its various investment ...