Super did well in 2024 but don’t expect it every year
Surging sharemarkets at home and abroad are underpinning a return to superannuation funds for the year that beats the long-term average.
James Kirby
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Why middle Australia is borrowing from pawnbrokers
The cost-of-living crisis is pushing a greater number of middle class Australians than ever to use the most expensive finance option available – the services of a pawnbroker.
Short sellers take another charge at CBA
Commonwealth Bank shareholders are being rattled by a new short attack on the nation’s No.1 bank – but why?
The property tax pile-on takes off
Cash-strapped states have upset investors with a surge in land tax charges, so who will be hit next and which state will take advantage of the disenchantment?
Watch out – the grandkids are suing
The rise of grandparents paying for school fees or mortgages has seen an ‘exponential rise’ in legal claims by grandkids as courts leave it open to them to fight for more inheritance.
‘Archaic’: nationwide land tax grab now underway
NSW is set to impose higher land tax costs for property owners – a move that has already helped flatten price growth in Victoria.
Shares and cash the big winners this year
Fear of missing out is gripping the market and this time it’s with unlisted assets, but traditional investors are this year’s big winners.
Financial advisers missing in action as reboot nowhere to be seen
The financial advice sector is shrinking, and infighting between big funds and advisers means nothing is going to improve anytime soon.
The game levels up as ‘Big Super’ hits a wall
Once the default answer for Australian investors, big super industry funds are facing an end to the days when the money rolled in.
Housing prices ‘to rise from tax cuts’
Mortgage brokers are telling homebuyers to hold off until after July 1 tax cuts when they’ll be able to borrow more, countering Labor’s promise the measure wouldn’t be inflationary.
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