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Only half of advice practices report positive earnings: Investment Trends

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... in the sector continues to improve, with 52% reporting a rise in earnings. Only 11% recorded a decline in earnings - the lowest level in a decade. To be profitable, success is underpinned by three key levers: higher ongoing fees, leaner cost structures ...

Some Australians being taxed more on super than pay: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
New research by Super Members Council (SMC) found those on the lowest wealth rungs are not benefitting from super as those further up the ladder. SMC said this was due to less paid work due to disability, health or caring responsibilities; higher costs ...

PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... boost Australia's productivity. "Australia's net zero transformation is well under way. Getting the rest of the way at the lowest possible cost is central to our productivity challenge," PC commissioner Barry Sterland said. "With the right policy settings ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... PC said. The reduction in headline company tax rate would see Australia go from having one of the highest to one of the lowest statutory rates for small and medium-sized firms in the OECD. The interim report also found that red tape and regulations faced ...

RBA cut all but certain: Experts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... Marquardt said. "Annual inflation to the June 2025 quarter of 2.1% was down from 2.4% to the March quarter. This is the lowest annual inflation rate since the March 2021 quarter. "Trimmed mean annual inflation was 2.7% to the June quarter, down from ...

REI Super delivers double-digit returns in FY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... respectively. Meanwhile, the Stable option returned 7.84% in FY25, and the Conservative (Premium Income) option saw the lowest return of 4.30%. REI Super said despite extreme market volatility, a higher exposure to listed assets across Australian and ...

Australian Ethical MySuper returns 10.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
... High Growth Fund which returned 12.8% p.a. The top returning option was International Shares, which turned in 16% p.a. The lowest return was in the Defensive option which returned 3.9% p.a. Deputy chief investment officer John Woods said the results ...

Brighter Super default members earn 11% in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... performance which demonstrates that our members continue to reap the benefits of the mergers through strong returns and among the lowest MySuper fees in the industry,'' Farrar said.

Adviser exam pass rate drops once again

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... feedback from Australian Council for Educational Research on the areas where they underperformed. The pass rate was the lowest in recent exams; some 73.4% passed in the previous session held on March 6. The next exam will be held on August 7. The booking ...

Inflation continues to drop, calls for RBA cut grow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... down from 2.4% in April. "The 2.1% annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation in May was down from 2.4% in April and the lowest since October 2024," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said. "Annual trimmed mean inflation was 2.4% in May ...