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Collectables market reaches $17bn: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
Australia's booming collectables market has reached $16.8 billion, a new study from eBay Australia shows. The second edition of the State of Collectables 2025 Report, compiled in conjunction with Deloitte Access Economics, found that coins (34%), toys ...

Webull launches SMSF account offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... Commission report that found SMSFs with balances under $500,000 tend to underperform industry and retail funds after expenses and tax. The SMSF Association, however, which commissioned research from the University of Adelaide, begged to differ. Its research ...

AMP shareholders approve executive pay

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... that the company is at now. "Therefore, we have changed one of the scorecard metrics by replacing statutory net profit after tax with cost to income. This is a more relevant metric as the business pivots to growth, where being an efficient and effective ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... the Coalition said, if elected, it will allow first home buyers who purchase a new home to claim mortgage repayments as a tax deduction. On the tax front, Labor promised an automatic $1000 tax deduction for work expenses, while the Coalition promised ...

US pension funds haemorrhage US$249bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, a common benchmark for fixed income investments, has fallen 1.3% since the changes to US tax and trade policies. Since then, share prices of leading private equity firms, including KKR, Apollo Global Management, and ...

NPP not suitable as the primary payment system for payday super

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... 1 July 2026 pending the current draft legislation, could bring a world of problems once introduced, including payroll and tax obligations for Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs), experts claimed. One of the proposed changes is to use the New ...

Perpetual to build digital wholesale term deposit marketplace

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... intermediaries." Perpetual Corporate Trust was due to be acquired by KKR, however the deal was called off in February after the tax implications ensured it was no longer feasible. However, KKR insists the break fee is still owed and has reserved the ...

Super for housing would benefit 4% of homebuyers: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
New estimates from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) show less than 5% of eligible first homebuyers would actually benefit from an early access scheme. For years now, the Coalition has pushed its 'super for housing' policy ...

Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... single session yesterday as markets were rocked by US President Donald Trump's newly imposed tariffs. H&R Block director of tax communications Mark Chapman said the volatility will be felt for a long time. "In terms of superannuation, market experts ...

Aussies need help to navigate the great wealth transfer: Fidelity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... Australians remain concerned about several aspects when dealing with an inheritance. Thirty-seven percent are worried about tax implications, 30% are concerned around the management of money, while family disputes (28%) and emotional stress (27%) were ...