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Brighter Super simplifies investment menu

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... personal interactions with members, it said. "With our increased size and scale, we're able to deliver better services and lower costs for all our members," chief executive Kate Farrar said. "We are proud to be a medium-sized boutique fund, and we have ...

Tax exemptions overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy: OECD

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... tax relief for capital gains on the main residence, while the top decile receives 37%, it said. Renters, who tend to have lower incomes and wealth, do not receive any direct benefit from this exemption. "Housing tax reforms can have a sizeable impact ...

Recession a distinct possibility: Natixis

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
... half of 2022. She said: "The biggest market driver at the end of 2022 will be central banks and bringing down inflation to lower the longer-term cost of capital." Similarly, Natixis determined that inflation tops present market risks. "Key market assumptions ...

Local ETF industry flows positive, lower FUM: BetaShares

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
According to BetaShares, a combination of sharemarket declines and cautious investors characterised the first half of the year for the local ETF industry. In its half-yearly Australian ETF review, BetaShares noted the industry was far less buoyant in ...

Rate rises more likely after unemployment plunge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... statistics Bjorn Jarvis said the large fall in unemployment this month reflected more people than usual entering employment and lower numbers of employed people becoming unemployed. "Together these flows reflect an increasingly tight labour market, with ...

Celsius latest casualty in crypto crash

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... which suggests that a retest and break of the $17,592 low is likely," he said. "However, if Bitcoin can break its trend of lower lows and lower highs and retake last week's $22,401 high it would provide the basis for a stronger rally, initially back ...

$150m capital overlay no more for Allianz Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
APRA has removed the additional capital overlay it applied to Allianz Australia to address its risk governance weaknesses. Initially, a fine of $250 million was imposed on Allianz in 2019, in response to issues raised in a risk governance self-assessment ...

Hostplus links returns to active approach

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... perform under different market conditions, enables us to smooth out returns over the longer term, as opposed to some of the lower cost, passive products in the marketplace where investors are more exposed to market movements." "With more volatility forecasted ...

US rocked by inflation disaster

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... front, his approval ratings have collapsed to 38.6%. At this stage of his presidency, his approval ratings are comparatively lower than that of the last 12 US presidents, including Donald Trump. In a White House statement, Biden said: "Tackling inflation ...

ETF flows up despite volatility: Vanguard

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... inflation would still have an impact. Vanguard Asia Pacific senior economist Alexis Gray added: "The chances of a recession are lower in Australia than other developed economies because as a commodities exporter, Australia stands to benefit from higher ...