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Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... clients will now have to reassess their investment vehicles and tax structures. The 50% CGT discount will be replaced with inflation-adjusted indexation as the federal government seeks to restore the taxation of real gains across all asset classes. The ...

Foreign investors housing ban extended

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... reform, infrastructure spending and supply side incentives.in "We will replace the 50% capital gains tax discount with inflation-adjusted indexation from 1 July 2027, to restore the taxation of real gains, and introduce a minimum tax rate of 30% on realised ...

Government pushes for investment risk taking

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... Starting July 2027, the government said it will also adjust asset and fund size caps for venture capital to compensate for inflation since they were last set. It noted this will help unlock more foreign and local investment in the sector and help align ...

Chalmers overhauls negative gearing, CGT discount

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... negative gearing in a bid to "level the playing field for first home buyers." The 50% CGT discount will be replaced with inflation-adjusted indexation as the federal government seeks to restore the taxation of real gains. This takes back the CGT discount ...

GQG reports nearly US$10 outflows, keeps FUM stable

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... feature that allows a firm to sustain excess profits for a long period of time. "Shrinking FUM and revenue, along with inflation-like growth in salary and marketing costs, are likely to be partly offset by declining administrative expenses," Ler said ...

Perpetual to wind up fixed income fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... and reigniting stagflation concerns. The war created volatility across energy, rates, equities and credit markets as inflation was re-priced, as was central bank paths and recession risks," the fund said. However, income return was a major contributor ...

RBA hikes rates, suggests more to come

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... the Middle East conflict, the economy was operating beyond its full capacity, with a tight jobs market and underlying inflation that is well above its 2.5% target midpoint." The RBA also updated its forecasts for the Australian economy, now seeing growth ...

Budget to overhaul negative gearing, CGT discount, family trusts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... delivery and the Budget will begin a year of more ambitious reform. Reform, which is made more, not less urgent, by global inflation and global economic uncertainty," he said. "The Budget will be calibrated for the conditions, but it will also still ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... investing in that, while watching credit and not chasing the credit widening," Grotzinger says. While there will be headline inflation from oil, markets are in a very different place to where they were in 2022 which means different reactions from central ...

Future Fund gains nearly $2bn in March quarter despite market volatility

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... helped protect the fund over the quarter, with the value of the fund rising modestly, even as markets fell based on inflation concerns stemming from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the potential for a stagflationary global environment," Arndt ...