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Super fund fees exploit Australians' low financial literacy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... fees. He said he's keen to see the industry move towards communicating a transparent combined fee that members pay, rather than only citing one type of fee. He also said Australians shouldn't have to search around to try to find out what they're ...

Liberal MPs slammed for 'dangerous' super policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... we be aiming higher?" Delahunty said. "MPs of all political parties need to focus on fixing the housing supply crisis, rather than proposing options which risk driving up prices through increased demand, without offering solutions to build more homes." ...

$3m super tax edges closer to reality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... growth, these sectors are a critical driver of productivity, and we should be focusing on measures that encourage this growth rather than stifling it." The bill will need the support of the Greens and at least three members of the Senate crossbench to ...

Federal Court quashes ANZ appeal

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
... failed to notify the ASX that $791 million of the $2.5 billion of the shares were to be acquired by its own underwriters rather than placed with investors. ANZ denies it broke the law, claiming the 25.5 million shares the bank and other joint managers ...

Retirement calculators 'can't be counted on': SCA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
... which they are the trustee, while BT and Colonial First State used the generic fee assumptions sourced from MoneySmart rather than tailoring them to their product. The calculators provided limited support for those without a home or with a mortgage. ...

PineBridge brings flagship lifecycle fund down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
... risk management approach, PineBridge said. The firm differentiates companies' analysis based on their "lifecycles", rather than by sector or industry to provide a more consistent comparisons for like-for-like companies, believing this will provide ...

Rapid growth in super sector poses risk to financial stability: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... banks and corporations, limited use of leverage, and steady inflows of defined contributions that simply pass-through (rather than guarantee) returns to members," the RBA report said. However, the RBA noted that "the sector's rapid growth" - which it ...

Macquarie cops US$80m from SEC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... Furthermore, MIMBT tried to minimise losses to redeeming investors by arranging cross trades with affiliated accounts, rather than selling the overvalued CMOs to the market. In one example, MIMBT executed 465 internal cross trades between a selling account ...

Super for housing to exacerbate affordability crisis: Eslake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... for housing that they would otherwise be able to has resulted in more expensive housing - benefiting existing homeowners rather than boosting overall home ownership rates. "In the light of that evidence, it is incontrovertible that allowing prospective ...

Federal Reserve rate cuts beckon

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... election - which could be perceived as influencing the outcome. However, she expects the Fed to opt for a 25-basis point cut rather than 50, noting that data and commentary from officials align more with a smaller reduction. "The reason to start cutting ...