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Social media, news addiction cost returns: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... became known as a meme stock. A 2022 study of investors on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange found they use 2.8 channels on average to obtain information. Social media was the dominant channel accessed by 47.6% of users via cell phones and by 42% via computers ...

Innova backs using leverage in super for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... locked out of the property market build wealth. Innova said millennials are firmly locked out of the property market with average dwelling prices in New South Wales now sitting above $1.2 million. It said now is the time for younger Australians to consider ...

AustralianSuper bears brunt of complaints: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... May 2024, Kerlin said the fund has seen improved service levels and nearly a 29% reduction in complaints on a monthly average basis submitted to AFCA compared to the last six months of 2023. "The fund now has a team of people dedicated to the delivery ...

Super tax concessions cost $54.5bn in lost revenue: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... support retired Australians living in poverty." In addition, the research found that Australia still experiences above average rates of poverty in retirement, coming in at the sixth highest rate in the OECD. The top 20% of income earners receive more ...

Advisers shoulder massive wealth transfer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... reframe conversations with clients in a way that engages them through the process. The Productivity Commission estimates the average age of a recipient is a 50-year-old inheriting $125,000. Foresters Financial chief executive officer Emma Sakellaris ...

Future Fund, QIC finalise new deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... artery in Melbourne's east, connecting the Eastern, Monash, Peninsula Link, and Frankston freeways. It accommodates an average of 250,000 vehicles daily, including 50,000 commercial vehicles. Future Fund has a long track record of direct investment ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... machines, casinos, and online sports betting agencies. In Federal Court, Justice O'Callaghan disagreed, saying that an average person would consider running lotteries to be gambling as a "matter of ordinary English." He referenced the Macquarie Dictionary ...

Recession signs: Economic growth has 'ground to a halt'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... contracted a lot in per capita terms," Aird said. "In colloquial terms the economic pie is still expanding modestly. But the average size of the slice of pie that each Australian has received over the past five quarters has progressively shrunk." Aird ...

Who is the highest paid S&P500 company chief?

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... All in all, compensation for S&P500 chief executives rose by 12.6% to US$16.3 million year on year. "In line with the average CEO pay package, stock awards made up approximately 70% of total compensation in 2023. The median value of stock awards jumped ...

MIESF adjusts insurance premiums

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... Life research indicates that from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, there were 25 premium rate changes to super funds, with an average increase of over 9%. The actual premium deducted from MIESF members' accounts will vary based on age. For instance, for ...