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Millions of trees needed to offset NFTs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... alone - before sale, transfer, or secondary sale, all of which add more carbon. Over its lifespan, it is estimated that an average NFT will produce 211kg of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere because of the process of creating and purchasing the digital ...

Super baby bonus could end inequality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... savings of men and women. According to numbers from the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA), women retire with an average of 23% less super than men. ASFA economic modelling shows that a large portion of the inequity that arises when having ...

Low fees, niche sectors win ETF war

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... price-sensitive with significant inflows going into products with low fees. The research observed a drop in the net flow weighted average fee of ETFs over the last three years. Equity products were found to have the most downward pressure on fees, with ...

Cbus, Media Super set merger date

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... our current fees and costs." According to Rainmaker Information, the new total expense ratio is still below the MySuper average of 1.08%, coming in at 0.91%. Meanwhile, most members will see a 2% decrease in insurance premiums. Where a 40-year-old member ...

SMSF sector grows 11%: ATO stats

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... assets, largely due to the impact of COVID-19. Only 16% recorded a return on assets of more than 5% in the year, while the average came in at 0.7% and the median was -1.6%. The average SMSF balance for 2019/20 came in at $1.3 million, same as the previous ...

Charter Hall snags another Bunnings

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... DIF4's strategy to invest in quality properties in premium locations with high capital growth potential and long weighted average leases," Charter Hall direct fund manager Julian Menegazzo said. "With a WALE of 11 years remaining, and fixed 2.5% ...

AGL rejects Cannon-Brookes, Brookfield bid

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... of shareholders. The proposal represented a 4.7% premium on Friday's closing price of $7.16, and a 4.2% premium on the average share price since AGL announced its half-year results on February 10 ($7.20). Cannon-Brookes wants to take over the company ...

Private debt and YFYS: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... challenges by making informed assumptions that all loans are floating rate, private debt spread was set at 3% over the average of the past three months' BBB corporate bond option adjusted spread (OAS), a 2% borrower paid upfront fee for each loan originated ...

Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... 2021. Interestingly, Australia has the largest growth rate of any country in the study over the past two decades at an average of 11.3% per year in USD terms. Willis Towers Watson puts this down to several factors, including the dominant defined contributions ...

ATO underestimates SMSF performance: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... and some of them have a propensity to underperform the upper fund sector." Other findings in the report state that, on average, the investment performance of SMSFs with balances of $200,000 or more (which are not heavily invested in cash) was competitive ...