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Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... "This is tax reform in name only. Higher taxes, no meaningful reduction in personal tax brackets, a company tax rate well above the OECD average, and new complexity for small businesses and family enterprises." Financial Services Council (FSC) chief ...

RBA hikes rates, suggests more to come

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... conflict, the economy was operating beyond its full capacity, with a tight jobs market and underlying inflation that is well above its 2.5% target midpoint." The RBA also updated its forecasts for the Australian economy, now seeing growth revised down ...

Atlas Arteria rejects 'exploitative' IFM takeover bid

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... closing price of $4.79. "If the offer was increased to $5.10 per stapled security, the implied premium would be around 3% above the average security price over the last 12 months and less than 20% to the last closing price prior to when the offer was ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... TIPS are currently offering a real yield of nearly 2%. That may not be a shoot-the-lights-out kind of yield but a 2% return above inflation for the next 10 years is starting to look very attractive in the current environment. "If you buy really long ...

Vale Steven Glass

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... Pengana Capital. He also worked as an investment analyst at Platinum Asset Management and equity analyst at Tricom Equities. "Above all, he was deeply devoted to his wife, children, and family and he will be missed. We remain firmly committed to our ...

Inflation skyrockets in March, RBA hike almost certain

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... "We expect the minimum wage increase which was 3.5% last year to come in higher this year and has the potential to be well above 4% and have a further knock-on effect to inflation." Chesler said he anticipates three RBA rate hikes by the end of the year ...

Generation Life reports cyber attack

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... legislation received Royal Assent and became law, representing a structural shift in the taxation of superannuation balances above $3 million," GDG chief executive Grant Hackett said. "This is expected to further accelerate demand for tax-effective investment ...

Smart beta ETF inflows on track to hit $10bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
... 2026 with Australian-traded smart beta ETFs seeing roughly $2.2 billion in net inflows in the first quarter. FUM remained above $41 billion. "Smart beta ETFs are increasingly drawing capital that may previously have been directed to traditional active ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... describes the AI value chain as a five-layered cake. At its base is energy, the electricity required to power vast data centres. Above that sit chip designers and manufacturers, including Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) ...

Calm urged as global markets look 'increasingly unstable'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... US trade tariffs were announced in April 2025. Daily switching numbers have since eased, the super fund said but remain above typical levels. Members who switched investments options predominantly moved their retirement savings into very defensive options ...