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Retail super funds ride tech boom to outperform industry rivals
Two of Australia’s largest retail superannuation funds delivered 11-plus per cent returns as they benefited from soaring sharemarkets.
- Hannah Wootton
A holiday home in my name means my husband gets no age pension
Doing her parents a favour years ago has created a retirement income headache.
- John Wasiliev
Four ways to build wealth with your tax cuts
Whether you’re trying to pay off your mortgage early or boost your super, put your extra income to good use.
- Duncan Hughes
Industry super giant lags rivals with 8.5pc return
Defensive positioning against equities stung AustralianSuper early in 2023-24, but growing its exposure to soaring technology stocks helped it recover.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Superannuation
The super trick every couple should know about
It can make a material difference to your total retirement kitty and the tax you pay – but you need to get it right.
- Meg Heffron
What’s worse for a mortgage application: a gambling or BNPL account?
If you want to buy a house, lenders will go through your expenses with a fine-tooth comb – and Sportsbet and Afterpay accounts can be red flags.
- Penny Wise
Wealthiest Australians
Tim Gurner, Qualitas take control of Jam Factory after $180m raising
The acquisition of the remaining 50 per cent interest in the Chapel Street site by Gurner/Qualitas sees Chris Langford’s Newmark Capital exit the landmark project.
- Larry Schlesinger
Cars, boats and houses won’t make you happy, says this Rich Lister
Property developer Paul Blackburne landed on the Rich List with an estimated $536 million fortune. There’s a success trap entrepreneurs need to be mindful of, he says.
- Julie-anne Sprague
Perth billionaire Escalante battles copycats and hostile letters in US
The businessman created a lucrative gambling market stateside from scratch. Now competition and regulation may force the company to change tack.
- Primrose Riordan
Yesterday
Court denies deathbed wish to award $1.2m to estranged lover
A bitter family fight over a super inheritance highlights the role of binding death nominations, how they work and why it is necessary to regularly review them.
- Duncan Hughes
This Month
Developer Intaj Khan to be examined over failed $30m property deal
Suspected Ponzi scheme Remi Capital raised money from investors to buy Mr Khan’s 24.6-hectare site but allegedly funnelled the money into a secret bank account.
- David Marin-Guzman
‘I had my bank account cleaned out and $5000 is all I got back’
With scammers getting increasingly sophisticated, don’t rely on your bank to bail you out.
- Duncan Hughes
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
What to do if you have big wins in your share portfolio
It’s easier to manage concentration risk if you hold direct shares, but not so simple if you’re an ETF investor.
- Tim Mackay
- Opinion
- Investing
The best way to invest an inheritance
Buy shares with the lot or “drip-feed” into the market over a period of time? This is how the numbers stack up.
- Duncan Burns
Cars, boats and houses won’t make you happy, says this Rich Lister
Property developer Paul Blackburne landed on the Rich List with an estimated $536 million fortune. There’s a success trap entrepreneurs need to be mindful of, he says.
- Julie-anne Sprague
June
Warren Buffett donates record $8b in shares to charity
Warren Buffett has made his biggest annual donation since he began making them in 2006.
- Jonathan Stempel
- Opinion
- Inflation
RBA forced into a humiliating rate-raising cycle
In a huge embarrassment for the central bank, its next move in interest rates should be higher, not lower.
- Updated
- Christopher Joye
The super funds with the most million-dollar members
After losing ground to industry super funds since the Hayne royal commission, data shows retail funds are fighting back when it comes to attracting and retaining high-net-worth members.
- Joanna Mather and Michelle Bowes
When bank of mum and dad comes with interest
Retirees are increasingly expected to live with, care for and financially support older and younger family members. Here’s your guide to avoiding strife when it comes to wills, means testing and elder abuse.
- Duncan Hughes
I’ve saved $50,000 but have a large HECS debt – what should I do?
Banks do take tuition debt into consideration when assessing mortgage applications.
- Penny Wise
Newington College chairman clocks up 17 years (and counting)
There is nothing so compelling as private school politics.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Why you could be caught by the ‘wealth tax’ this year
Fast-rising wages and asset prices will leave more Australians facing Division 293 tax on their income and deciding whether to pay it from their super.
- Tom Richardson
- Opinion
- SMSFs
SMSFs desert financial advice in face of looming crisis
The government’s quality of advice review was intended to make financial advice more affordable. So why are fewer SMSF trustees seeking financial advice?
- Peter Burgess
Forrests’ beachfront hotel plan dumped by council
Plans by billionaires Andrew and Nicola Forrest for a boutique four-storey hotel near the beachside home they once shared have been rejected by a local council.
- Brad Thompson
Which investment vehicle is best to build wealth?
Super, trusts and investment companies all have their pros and cons. The decision on which to use often comes down to tax.
- Ben Smythe
The top 20 stocks by dividend return this year
Insurers, miners and fund managers were the top performers, but experts warn of income traps.
- Lucy Dean
Can I start a pension and put the income back into super?
A couple want to maximise their savings in the most tax-effective way before they both retire.
- John Wasiliev
Charlie Aitken nominates Shane Watson for Royal Sydney
The two-time Allan Border medallist, famous all-rounder and cricket gear entrepreneur is on the June nominations list, alongside wife Lee.
- Myriam Robin
Vision Super buys up Whitehaven shares
The fund, which sells itself to customers as environmentally conscious, has watered down its climate investment promises as “green hushing” continues to rise.
- Hannah Wootton