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Super for housing will cause rents to soar: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... increase of around $57 per week, or $3000 a year. SMC research also found a typical couple who withdraws super early to buy a home would have $165,000 less in disposable income after housing costs over their lifetimes - due to the twin effects of higher ...

CareSuper, Spirit Super take final steps towards merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
... November 1, with the new executive lineup and new name confirmed. The merged fund, which will retain the CareSuper name, will be home to some 572,000 members and $52 billion in funds under management. "While this is a true merger of equals, both funds ...

IFM, ASX-listed firms bet on renewable fuels

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
IFM Investors has partnered with ASX-listed firms GrainCorp and Ampol in a bid to establish the country's fledgling renewable fuels industry. The three organisations committed in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today to help reduce emissions ...

Top 10 Australian share funds of FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... short exposures. "Unlike the AI euphoria that continued to drive the US market higher through the June quarter, closer to home, security selection and valuation discipline supported the performance of a number of higher conviction value-oriented strategies. ...

Advisers encouraged to engage with clients' kids

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... addition, four in five who don't own a property believe it is out of reach for them, and the same amount believe not owning a home will be detrimental to their long-term wealth in retirement. AMP bank group executive Sean O'Malley said fears ...

FICAP RockStar raises over $100k for charity partners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
... winning the Challenger Best Vocalist Award for his take on 'Mustang Sally', while Thinktank's Heena Geronimo took home the Band's Choice Award for her performance of 'Proud Mary' by Tina Turner. Chelsea Pernice and Melissa Vincent ...

Insignia Financial looks to slash redundancy entitlements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... FSU have also included discussions around guaranteed pay increases, improved leave entitlements, and the right to work from home. However, the FSU says Insignia Financial has so far "blatantly rejected what workers are calling for," particularly on the ...

DG Institute to pay near $20m for misleading courses

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... Federal Court's decision. The PER program aimed to assist distressed homeowners in retaining some equity when selling their home, while the MWC program promised its students it would protect their assets from creditors by setting up a specific trust ...

AustralianSuper, HESTA acquire majority stake in housing developer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... industry super fund giants, was born from the merger of affordable housing investment manager Super Housing Partnerships and home developer Assemble, with the latter retaining its name. Newly appointed Assemble chief executive Carolyn Viney said that ...

Reconsider the home as a retirement income pillar: Actuaries Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
... Actuaries Institute. The Institute's dialogue paper, More Than Just a Roof: Changing the Narrative on the Role of the Home, calls for a rethink on how the home is traditionally viewed, changing from a "nest egg" to a key financial asset retirees ...