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Reserve Bank is done at 3.85%: CBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... determination to do "what is required" to bring inflation back to target. "Members also agreed that further increases in interest rates may still be required, but that this would depend on how the economy and inflation evolve," it said. The admission ...

Absolute-return bond funds fail ambitious returns: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... typically less constrained by benchmarks and maintain a structurally lower level of duration risk and sensitivity to interest rates compared to other fixed income strategies. However, Morningstar found that the PM Capital Enhanced Yield, with a goal ...

Sales-oriented fear stunts expansion goals: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... themselves highly on grit, optimism, curiosity, and resilience. "This tendency may contribute to achieving higher success rates than their peers. Combining these personality traits may result in a higher confidence level that influences their overall ...

AFCA tallies up COVID-19 complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... consumers talk to each other. We hope financial firms have a similar mindset as we face new challenges amid rising interest rates and cost of living pressures."

High super balance tax needs work: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
In a new podcast, HLB Mann Judd wealth management partner Michael Hutton says the plan to double concessional tax rates on super balances over $3 million has many pain points. Speaking with Financial Standard, Hutton said he is not a fan of the proposal ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... generally have a corporate tax rate higher than 15%, it appears that the rules then state that if a jurisdiction has different rates of tax for different types of income, entities must have regard to the lowest rate of tax," he said. Of course, a main ...

What you need to know about the 2023-24 budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... delivered the 2023-24 federal budget against a backdrop of the local economy grappling with soaring inflation, rising interest rates, together with geopolitical tensions and the risk of global financial systems collapsing. "Outside of the pandemic and ...

Australia's enviable debt levels

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... markets, and the nation's superannuation funds that would normally be expected to be major buyers. Note that if interest rates fall in the next few years, as the budget papers project, Australian issued government bonds could represent a significant ...

Labor strengthens economic equality initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... family law system to achieve better outcomes, including for victim-survivors. Given that single parents can face higher rates of financial hardship and barriers to employment as they navigate the significant costs and responsibilities associated with ...

Labor cracks down on unpaid super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... superannuation balance over $3 million, from July 2025. Australians with super balances above $3 million will see their tax rates on earnings double to 30%, up from 15%. The additional tax on earnings imposed by this measure will impact around 80,000 ...