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Webull launches SMSF account offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... full control over their investments," Talevski said. SMSFs remain the cheapest segment of the superannuation system, with average fees of 0.65% per annum, according to Rainmaker Information. That compares to 1% for MySuper products and a system-wide ...

Short-term noise reinforces long-term investment thinking: ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... management thinking on how the world and how asset classes are likely to evolve over the next five, 10, 15 and 20 years." The average age of an ART member is about 40, which means that the super fund is "hopefully going to be investing their money the ...

Trump backflips on tariffs but risks remain

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... Captain Trump has told the crew to stop the engines." Bassanese said the US is still facing a significant increase in the average effective tariff rate to around 20%, instead of 30%. "That still represents a significant hit to US inflation and economic ...

'Crises happen': Investors reminded to stay calm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... a market correction of this size is not uncommon. "Crises happen. The stock market falls 20% once every four years, on average, 10% most years. It's easy to forget this," Lamont said. "The simple reality is that the stock market has tremendous power ...

The super fund scouring the dark web to protect members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... proactively decided to reach out to these customers through our contact centre staff and say, 'Hey, we've seen something...' On average, the fund detects over 100 cases a year and has found that members typically respond positively to the proactive outreach ...

Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... raised tariffs by 10 percentage points, global GDP could fall by 0.3% within three years, while inflation could rise by an average of 0.4 percentage points each year over the same period. Meanwhile Prime Minister Anthony Albanese slammed the move but ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... times, indicating that the impact of US tariffs on Australia may be more indirect. "We expect GDP growth and inflation to average 2.2% and 2.4% respectively this year, which should bring about two more cuts by the RBA." Commonwealth Bank head of Australian ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... way, but there's more work to do." Two new "modest" tax cuts will be introduced, that Chalmers said would give the average earner around $536 more per year once implemented. Additionally, the government will increase the Medicare levy low-income ...

Payday super on track, but so is the $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... not four times a year - will mean they start earning compound investment returns sooner, delivering an extra $7700 on average by retirement. "Strong bipartisan support for this reform will be crucial to its success and we urge the Opposition to also ...

New tax cuts for every Australian 'a complete joke': UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... rate on taxable income earned between $18,201 and $45,000 to 16%. When combined with the tax cuts announced today, the average annual tax cut for Australians will increase to $2229 in 2026-27 and $2548 in 2027-28 - about $50 per week. However, UNSW emeritus ...