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Retirees unfairly targeted by tax: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... nation's highest tax rates, the findings show age pensioners are hit with far higher effective rates due to the Income Test taper rate. Under this system, a part pensioner's Age Pension benefit is reduced by 50 cents for every dollar earned above the ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... as expected yet DM, and defensive assets, are not," says Kent. "This is because EMs were caught out of balance around the Taper Tantrum in 2013 - they have spent the decade since readjusting. "EM policy making has generally been orthodox relative to ...

AdviceIQ general manager Paul Harding-Davis to retire

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... including the loss of two adviser friends and health challenges among family members - contributed to his decision "not to taper anymore." Macquarie's head of its virtual adviser network John Sullivan will replace Harding-Davis. Sullivan has spent the ...

AvSuper prepares members for merger, fee changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
AvSuper provided further updates on its merger with Australian Retirement Trust (ART), flagging to members that they will likely see investment, administration, and insurance fees increase. AvSuper will join the $280 billion ART with its 2.3 million ...

Inflation still too sticky: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
While Australia's economy has been surprisingly resilient to Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) rate hikes, inflation remains well above global trends, according to UBS's 2024-2025 local economic outlook. The report, written by UBS economists George Tharenou ...

Institutions must come to the table now: First Australians Capital

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
First Australians Capital (FAC) managing partner Benson Saulo wants to see financial institutions come to the table and back the Indigenous business sector. Ahead of the launch of FAC's Catalytic Capital Impact Fund which aims to support Indigenous-led ...

Vanguard reveals the premier asset class of the last 30 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... plans for a superannuation offering. As previously reported by Financial Standard, the product has 36 cohorts and begins to taper allocations to growth assets once a member reaches the age of 47 - diverging from typical lifecycle products that adjust ...

Top ETF megatrends: Global X

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
Investors are poised to benefit from long-term investments in the minerals and technology needed to reach net zero, a global ETF provider has revealed. Global X ETFs Australia outlined the major exchange traded fund (ETF) investment megatrends - highlighting ...

Giving hope: Recent regulatory wins

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
Recent developments in Australia have brought some positive changes for advancing women's rights and gender equality. In recent time, the government has taken concrete steps towards creating a more equitable society, implementing initiatives aimed at ...

PPS Mutual unveils new income protection product

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
PPS Mutual has launched a new income protection (IP) insurance product while bolstering its existing offering. The life insurer's new product, IP Prime 70, will allow professionals to cover up to 70% of their income, depending on their income level. ...
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