James Kirby

James Kirby, The Australian’s Wealth Editor, is one of Australia’s most experienced financial journalists. He is a former managing editor and co-founder of Business Spectator and Eureka Report and has previously worked at the Australian Financial Review and the South China Morning Post. He is a regular commentator on radio and television, he is the author of several business biographies and has served on the Walkley Awards Advisory Board. James hosts The Australian’s Money Puzzle podcast.

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IPSWICH, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 3, 2023: Former treasurer Wayne Swan during the State Funeral Service for the Hon William (Bill) George Hayden AC at St. MaryÃs Catholic Church in Ipswich. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Passing the buck – super fund has to do better than this

The Cbus super fund, under fire for alleged delays of payments to vulnerable investors, is not going to dig itself out of this corner just by blaming someone else.

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QLDVOTES24 Ã. Wayne Swan watches on as the count continues at the Labor Headquarters Election Campaign Party at Murrumba Downs Tavern. Pics Adam Head

Why Cbus is simply the canary in the coalmine

Too big to fail, the battered industry fund Cbus has turned the spotlight on the wider failings of big super.

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Big super’s back office lets retirees down again

Super funds are increasingly failing retirees due to technical ‘outages’ all while they dictate to listed companies how they should run their operations.

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The âFearless Girlâ a bronze sculpture by Kristen Visbal, stands across from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) building in the Financial District in New York City on November 6, 2024. Wall Street stocks surged in opening trading on Wall Street Wednesday after US voters sent Donald Trump back to the White House and delivered him a Republican Senate. Major indices were up 1.8 percent or more in the early going as hopes about expected tax cuts and regulatory easing more than offset worries about higher tariffs. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

Market Trump bump a US-only response, so look abroad

Evidence shows Australian investors have been pulling back from US markets but if they want to cash in on a Trump presidency then they are moving in the wrong direction.

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The Premier Jacinta Allen with local politicians and officials ahead of her Matilda's Geelong match announcement. Picture: Alison Wynd

State tax grab leaves city property on its knees

Melbourne’s sinking property market is trapping new borrowers as Victoria becomes the worst state in Australia for mortgage arrears.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - November 4, 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Minister for Education, Jason Clare and Minister for Skills and Training Andrew Giles meet with TAFE and University students at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Winners and losers in Albanese’s new HECS deal

The government’s plan to offer discounts on student debt is controversial – but you should find out what it means for you.

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Supplied undated image obtained Wednesday, August 30, 2017 of medical professionals performing neurosurgery at the Ramsay Health Care-operated Greenslopes Private Hospital in Brisbane. Ramsay Health Care has lifted full-year net profit 8.6 per cent to $488.9 million on the back of growth in admissions and procedural volumes across the company's Australian business. The country's largest private hospital operator said revenue from services for the year to June 30 grew marginally, up 0.2 per cent, to $8.7 billion, from $8.68 billion a year ago. (Ramsay Health Care) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

When hospitals and insurers slug it out, everybody hurts

For millions of Australians the public battle between hospital owners and health insurers could eventuate in premium increases next year that are up to double the usual rate.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - January 19, 2022.Former Federal Treasurer and Cbus Super Chairman Wayne Swan poses for photos at his home in Brisbane.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

Why the investment market has finally turned on Cbus

Industry fund Cbus and its chair, ALP national president Wayne Swan, can no longer duck from criticism as a key investment report points to internal problems.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - October 28, 2024: Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Why Chalmers had to pull the plug on negative gearing reform

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has scuttled speculation of changes by the government to negative gearing and capital gains tax, as the market softens.

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a briefing on the IMFâs Global Policy Agenda during the International Monetary Fund/World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, DC on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Australia’s major super funds head for big trouble

Australian regulators and the International Monetary Fund want more disclosure from big super but buoyant markets shield them from any serious examination. It’s time for an inquiry.

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