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Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... 2021 total, too. However, the study said the decline comes from a very high base and leaves the annual total still well above pre-pandemic levels. US companies were the biggest buyers of their own shares, totalling $773 billion in 2023 and accounting ...

Proposed super tax obfuscates legacy pensions rules: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... pensions in the upcoming federal budget as current draft regulations proposing to increase the 15% tax to 30% on super balances above $3 million (Division 296 tax) are not clear on how they must be valued. "The confusion stems from the fact these types ...

S&P/ASX200 tipped to hit 8300: VanEck

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... returns. "However, share price appreciation has outpaced earnings growth with price to 12-month forward earnings (forward PE) above its historical average," the report read. In the year to March, technology stocks returned 51%, while real estate and ...

South Australia recognised as 'economic leader'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... population growth, and housing finance. South Australia led in real economic growth, recording an economic activity that was 9.1% above its long-term average level of output in the December quarter of 2023. New South Wales (NSW) came second with an output ...

Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... survey from Colonial First State (CFS) finds, but they cannot agree on what living comfortably looks like. This is well above Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA) calculation of $690,000 that it says is needed for retired couples ...

Perennial launches new investment fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... the first quarter of 2024, saw the highest number of public listings in the last two years for larger IPOs (with proceeds above $1 billion)," he said. "The combination of attractive terms for fund deployment and a significant increase in corporate activity ...

Mine Super cuts fees, updates investment options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... to be invested in a high growth strategy, however, members aged 50-54 will be invested in growth, and those aged 55 and above in balanced. Mine Super will also soon change its default insurance offer for new members.

Powell backflips on rates pushing back RBA cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... nominal and inflation-linked government bond yields-have been climbing again. "In economies still experiencing persistent and above-target inflation, central banks should not prematurely ease to avoid having to backpedal later. They should also push ...

Russell Investments introduces new ESG-focused ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... complementary managers to balance these factors to provide less volatile performance patterns, while still pursuing excess returns above RGOS' global equity benchmark." RGOS becomes the sixth product in Russell Investments' suite of ETFs in Australia. ...

Income inequality elevated, spikes: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... to balloon in 60% of low- and middle-income countries studied by Oxfam International, tipping the Gini coefficient well above acceptable levels. Oxfam found that income inequality is rampant among 64 out of 106 counties that receive grants or loans from ...