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Pendal shutters costly equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... launch. The Pendal Geared Imputation Fund will cease to exist on March 26, the fund manager told investors, as its "small size means that it has high running costs and cannot be managed in a cost-efficient way". "The fund has also been in outflow for ...

Government consults on options to improve performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... untested products, or hiking fees to cross-subsidise products under scrutiny. Meanwhile, the super sector's diversity also means that some edge cases, such as annuity retirement phase or niche single-sector products, aren't suited for performance testing. ...

Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... finance expert, said that women's focus is on immediate needs - paying off housing, everyday bills, and groceries - which means longer-term wealth building is on the back burner. "This is completely understandable given the broader economy, but there ...

Aussies say they're paying too much tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... stage 3 tax cuts as a welcome reprieve, with those earning between $45,000 and $135,000 a year to save a further $804. "That means someone earning the median Australian income of $83,200 will get a $1759 tax cut over 12 months, almost double the previous ...

EG to target intermediaries

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... permanently, it becomes clear that we need more housing to accommodate this population growth." Weingarth added: "It also means an increase in demand for more retail, as well as more healthcare services to cater to the growing and ageing populations' ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... namely the idiosyncratic risk that fund managers face, she told Financial Standard. "When the dispersion is wide, which means that when macro drivers die down, the different fundamentals of the business and industry start to show in their prices. That's ...

New caps can increase super contributions: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... expressed as four times the standard concessional contribution cap - will also increase from $110,000 to $120,000. This also means that the maximum available, under the non-concessional contribution bring-forward provisions will increase from $330,000 ...

ATO cracks down on illegal early SMSF access

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... the ATO's radar. "Currently, 16% of funds that were registered in 2022 have failed to launch their first return, which means these returns are over 12 months overdue. Of the 50%, 2500 of them appear to have run out of money in their SMSF. Then we ...

Reforms will strengthen retirement advice: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... service their membership base. Speaking on a panel, Brighter Super chief executive Kate Farrar said what the QAR ultimately means is Australians having better outcomes and accessing the "best possible retirement." "What I think you will see in the APRA ...

Economists share their top left field ideas for 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... technology stocks. I think the cash they've got, the low debt they've got, the imagination they've got, the momentum they've got means it'll be a great year for tech stocks," he predicted. However, La Trobe Financial chief investment officer Chris Paton ...