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Productivity slump threatens asset returns: Shane Oliver

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... rebalance from direct tax to a broader GST, compensating those adversely affected, and removing "nuisance taxes" like stamp duty to incentivise investment, though warned "there are no quick fixes." He also said that capping government spending at 25% ...

Qantas Super lowers investment fees, updates cash option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... investment fees at 0.05%. These cover investment manager base fees, investment manager performance fees, brokerage, and stamp duty. The super fund does not charge members switching fees and there are no buy-sell spread fees. Fees in the Aggressive option ...

Reconsider the home as a retirement income pillar: Actuaries Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
Encouraging more Australians to access equity in their homes, combined with changes to stamp duty and the Age Pension, could give asset-rich, income-poor retirees a valuable income boost and help free up more housing for young families, according to ...

Barrenjoey, Scentre Group establish jointly managed fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... interest was underpinned by the centre's genuine value-add potential, robust investment fundamentals, South Australia's stamp duty exception and attractive retail yield spread relative to Sydney and Melbourne. "Active, well capitalised investors are ...

South Australia recognised as 'economic leader'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... infrastructure will create a pipeline of work," Mulligan said. "Housing remains a key focus - with the abolition of stamp duty for first home buyers and the creation of a new super portfolio to boost supply and get more South Australians into their own ...

AustralianSuper increases investment fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... 30 June 2022, we invested in several large infrastructure and property assets which incurred upfront costs such as stamp duty. These are assets we intend to hold for the long term but have contributed to higher investment fees for some of our investment ...

Hejaz Financial Services, GBST provide online calculators

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... implemented calculators for insurance needs, extra repayments, offset, borrowing power, retirement adequacy, savings plans, stamp duty, insurance adequacy, and rent vs buy. GBST head of digital Brianna Dobing welcomed Hejaz on board. "The digital team ...

NSW to introduce options for first home buyers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
From January 2023 first home buyers in New South Wales will have the option of paying stamp duty or an annual land tax under proposed reforms. The plan, announced in the 2022-23 NSW budget, will see first home buyers purchasing a home up to the value ...

Super should help secure home loans: Inquiry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... violence, parents and children," the report says. Other recommendations include all states and territories scrapping stamp duty in place of a land tax; increasing urban density in other locations; and that the federal government should institute a grant ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... $41 million was released as part of the scheme to 3337 fund members. There are Sydney neighborhoods that paid more in stamp duty. If ever there was a scheme that would help Australians get into the property market to buy their own home and so better ...
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