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- Opinion
- Aged care
How to find the best aged care home
Don’t leave it to chance but check how the provider rates on quality and safety. Price alone is not the best indicator.
- Louise Biti
Quitting EY made this ex-accountant a $47m fortune
Jane Lu quit her accounting job for a retail start-up but couldn’t tell her parents at first. Now she’s a Young Rich Lister.
- Julie-anne Sprague
- Opinion
- Inheritance
Can you disinherit your child?
What happens when broken family relationships are played out by parents leaving their offspring out of the will?
- Peter Townsend
- Podcast
- How I Made It
Listen now: How to go from EY to $50m
Julie-anne Sprague talks to Jane Lu, 35, the fast fashion retailer who quit her job at EY during the depths of the 2010 financial crisis; lied to her mother and is now worth around $50 million. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Buy, hold, sell: Australian Clinical Labs, MNF Group, Orica, Ingenia
Five ASX-listed stocks that are on a raging run and upgrading their earnings.
Coming soon: How I Made It, episode 2
Coming on October 17. Julie-anne Sprague talks to Jane Lu, the fast fashion entrepreneur who built a $50 million fortune in 10 years. Sign up wherever you get your podcasts.
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Wealthiest Australians
Quitting EY made this ex-accountant a $47m fortune
Jane Lu quit her accounting job for a retail start-up but couldn’t tell her parents at first. Now she’s a Young Rich Lister.
- Julie-anne Sprague
- Podcast
- How I Made It
Listen now: How to go from EY to $50m
Julie-anne Sprague talks to Jane Lu, 35, the fast fashion retailer who quit her job at EY during the depths of the 2010 financial crisis; lied to her mother and is now worth around $50 million. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Chemist Warehouse CEO buys $43m Toorak property
It’s an Australian record for a home sold by auction and makes it Melbourne’s second-highest residential price achieved.
- Michael Bleby
This Month
- Opinion
- Property market
Risk of conflict between China and US ‘at almost 50pc’
While lots of people talk about the risk of war without actually understanding the odds, new research sheds light on the probability of major power conflict.
- Christopher Joye
The $US10 trillion man – how Larry Fink became king of Wall Street
BlackRock’s co-founder and CEO has created a business with unprecedented power. So what, exactly, did it take for him to get this far? A new book explains all.
- Robin Wigglesworth
Why being ‘sophisticated’ isn’t always smart for investors
More than 3 million Australians meet the so-called wholesale investor test, opening up a world of lucrative opportunities. But that freedom comes with a big catch.
- Aleks Vickovich
Find your way through the bridging loan maze
Worried about being priced out of the market before your property sells? Here’s what you need to know about finances to tide you over.
- Duncan Hughes
- Opinion
- Flat Chat
How landlords are protected when levy bills land
While strata schemes can impose penalty interest on unpaid levies, a lack of cash in the kitty can have serious consequences when the building’s bills roll in.
- Jimmy Thomson
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
Why Citigroup is poised to win
With interest rates seemingly bottoming, net interest revenue is stabilising as new CEO Jane Fraser continues to make her mark on the group.
- Jon Mills
The $94b crypto mystery
Tether was dreamt up by a former Mighty Ducks child actor. It is also supposed to be backed by real US dollars. So where is the money?
- Zeke Faux
When is salary sacrificing into super worth it?
Thanks to tax savings, someone on $110,000 a year could contribute an extra $16,000 a year while losing only $10,000 in disposable income.
- John Wasiliev
- Opinion
- Superannuation
How a $40 overpayment can scupper $100,000 super strategy
Even a minor miscalculation of salary sacrifice or failure to lodge a tax return can unravel the best-laid plans. Here’s what you need to know.
- Colin Lewis
Commodity prices set for strong finish to 2021
Morgan Stanley favours uranium and lithium on a six-month horizon, while JPMorgan says the energy stocks it covers remain undervalued.
- Alex Gluyas
- Analysis
- Private equity
KKR’s billionaire barbarians hand over the reins
Perhaps the world’s best-known buyout firm has become a diversified institution – almost like conglomerates the barbarians once broke up.
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- Antoine Gara and Mark Vandevelde
More ways your business can help fund your retirement
Some companies can be sold by an ASX listing, but there are other options such as selling to venture capital funds and family offices.
- Michael Hutton
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
Australian sharemarket faces three challenges
Smart investors should be alert, watching whether headwinds involving government handouts, housing and China turn into cyclones.
- James Weir
- Opinion
- Investing
Should investors trust the bears or a new economic cycle?
Investors who look through bearish signals will find companies poised to benefit from economic strength.
- ST Wong
- Opinion
- Wealth Generation
Why it pays to have an emergency fund
A true rainy day fund should be out of daily sight and out of daily mind, writes My Millennial Money podcast host Glen James.
- Glen James
- Opinion
- Superannuation
Should you build up super or pay off home loan?
Historically low interest rates and the need to get enough into retirement savings are issues not just for returning expats.
- Ben Smythe
‘Know when to fold’: How Jack Cowin beat Burger King
Fast food billionaire Jack Cowin fought Burger King in court for five years. When he finally decided to fold, they didn’t believe him, and it ended up costing them $70 million.
- Julie-anne Sprague
- Opinion
- Inflation
Inflation key to the pace of tapering
Persisting price rises could also see the timetable for rate rises brought forward.
- Gareth Colesmith
- Opinion
- How I Made It
Jack Cowin’s 13 lessons for life
Jack Cowin is 79, has made $5 billion and has no plans to retire. Here are his 13 lessons for life.
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