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SMC says 'reckless' plan could cost taxpayers $1tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
Super Members Council (SMC) has slammed the Coalition's plan for young Australians to use their super for a house deposit, saying new modelling shows it could cost taxpayers a cumulative $1 trillion. SMC said even a policy which capped super withdrawals ...

Betashares launches Australian Major Bank Subordinated Debt ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... Australian Major Bank Subordinated Debt ETF (ASX: BSUB) on the ASX. This ETF offers exposure to a portfolio of Tier 2 floating rate subordinated bonds issued by the Australian big four banks. To be eligible for inclusion in BSUB, bonds must have amounts ...

Experts weigh in: Will the RBA hike rates again?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rate unchanged at the May meeting, as was widely expected by economists. But some have suggested another hike could be on the horizon given less than optimistic inflation data which rose 1% in the March ...

ATO flags key focus areas this tax time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... deduction, and around half of those claimed a deduction related to working from home. Last year, the ATO revised the fixed rate method of calculating a working from home deduction to broaden what is included, increase the rate, and adjust the records ...

Qantas Super boosts ag assets by $200m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... inflation. It has attractive, risk-adjusted returns on land value and water, with farmland having a 20-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.5% and water entitlements a 15-year CAGR of 6.7%," he said. In 2022, Aware Super sold its Lake Boga farm ...

Crescent Wealth to merge into Russell Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
Crescent Wealth Superannuation will shut down next month; its members will be moved to the new 'Salaam' division of Russell Investments Master Trust. Following a review by Equity Trustees, the trustee for Crescent Wealth's super fund, an ...

ClearBridge launches first local global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
ClearBridge Investments has launched its first global equity strategy in Australia as it looks to introduce more in the future. The ClearBridge Global Growth Fund invests in 60 to 100 growth companies and aims to deliver above-market returns. The fund ...

Future Fund posts 10.1% annual return, surpassing benchmark

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... business to higher inflation and interest rates. "Markets have priced in this economic resilience and expectations of several rate cuts in Australia and the US before year end. But as we have been saying for some time, inflation remains sticky and while ...

What retiree portfolios need to avoid future cost-of-living crises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... term and managing inflation is an important piece of the strategy, says a Challenger report. Investments much achieve a real rate of return that not only provides growth but also offset inflation over time. But managing inflation risk is particularly ...

The funds delivering up to 30% returns: Mercer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... style leadership when looking at the top performing managers in the quarter. This suggests external factors such as interest rate expectations or inflation worries were less influential on relative performance than company selection," she said. "Over ...