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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 ...

Count posts positive results ahead of Diverger takeover

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... in the second half of FY23," Humphreys said. "The strength of our financial position and enviable acquisitions pipeline means we are well-positioned to achieved further strategic growth."

Rest faces class action over IP premiums

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... illness or injury. "Many Rest members work part time and would not be able to obtain income protection cover by any other means or at a reasonable cost," they said. "Last financial year we paid out around $222 million in benefits to members across more ...

Grok Ventures appoints new chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... renewable energy infrastructure projects and high conviction "lighthouse investments." "Having Tan and Jeremy at the helm means having a dream team behind Grok's investment portfolio," Cannon-Brookes said. "Tan brings an incredible knowledge of global ...