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A new class system is emerging even within the world’s 1pc
The Forbes’ rich list has gained $US2 trillion as Taylor Swift and Sam Altman have become billionaires, but 14 people at the top belong in a new category.
- Lucy Burton
Is it worth getting a Qantas home loan for the points?
It’s no good getting a ‘free’ one-way ticket to France but having no money to buy yourself a decent pain au chocolat.
- Penny Wise
Why picking ASX biotechs is mostly for the crazy brave
It’s a space with a reputation for rollercoaster returns and outlandish sales pitches, but some investors get lucky.
- Tom Richardson
How to move on from a major financial loss
Three people who lost large sums of money open up about being duped, dealing with ‘gut-wrenching betrayal’ and their search for emotional acceptance.
- Nina Hendy
East coast buyers bet on AUKUS, power Perth’s property boom
Perth is the country’s hottest property market as migrants converge with east coast investors betting that major defence contracts will boost rents and returns.
- Tom Rabe and Brad Thompson
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Matt Comyn’s tax reform ideas don’t warrant breathless praise
Readers’ letters on the CBA chief executive’s tax proposals, why banking regulation is still needed, the lack of research on solar equality, GST fumbles, and calls for more gas.
Wealthiest Australians
Cettire shares slide 16pc on Bell Potter downgrade
The company’s house broker said the luxury marketplace would continue to outperform peers, but it would be harder for it to generate high growth.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz and Jonathan Shapiro
Singo sells famed Paddington complex for more than $30m
Annie Todd, the estranged wife of Atlassian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, will take ownership of The Bonython office complex in Paddington.
- Larry Schlesinger and Bonnie Campbell
Chemist Warehouse sales, profit surge ahead of ASX debut
Regulatory approval from the ACCC stands in the way of a combined Chemist Warehouse and Sigma, which have revealed robust financials before their merger.
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- Carrie LaFrenz and Jemima Whyte
This Month
- Opinion
- Property investment
The right apartment still a good stepping stone to property wealth
The price difference between houses and apartments has reached record levels, but units are still an important stepping stone on the property ownership journey.
- Richard Wakelin
- Opinion
- Trusts
Why estranged family members might still have a claim on trust money
A decision in the Victorian courts found that trustee must engage in bona fide inquiries about potential beneficiaries.
- Peter Townsend
March
Author Daniel Kahneman, who exposed investors’ irrationality, dies
The psychologist’s work casting doubt on the logic of decision-making helped spawn the field of behavioral economics and won him a Nobel Prize.
- Stephen Miller
Where to invest $1m right now
We asked 11 experts where they would invest $1 million to earn serious returns; then we asked them to nominate an indulgence spend.
- Lucy Dean, Joanna Mather and Tom Richardson
- Opinion
- Investing
Stock pickers at near record levels of underperformance
More than 75 per cent of all Australian large-cap equity fund managers underperformed the ASX200 benchmark for 2023.
- Ben Smythe
Inside the Queensland family office making 15pc
Meet a mango farmer managing billions who will back anything except private equity.
- Tom Richardson
- Opinion
- Super Q&A
The tax implications of contributing business sale proceeds into super
The tax-related issues depend on the circumstances involved. In complex cases, one might need to engage an accountant, a solicitor and a financial planner.
- John Wasiliev
- Opinion
- Investing
Two ETFs for investors looking to tap bargains in China recovery
There is no telling if the Chinese sharemarket crash is over, but smart investors know that in carnage can lie opportunity.
- James Weir
The most ‘dangerous’ phrase in inheritance planning
“To be shared equally between my children” sounds simple, yet it’s anything but.
- Penny Pryor
How I would fix Australia's productivity challenges: Comyn
CBA CEO Matt Comyn freestyles some ideas to change political terms and reform tax to turbocharge Australia's productivity.
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Should you invest in Reddit after 48pc ‘pop’?
The issue for individual investors is returns like this don’t always last.
- Charlie Wells
$60 billion in trust payments under cloud following ATO court loss
The court warned the ATO cannot dictate to taxpayers how they should arrange their affairs.
- Duncan Hughes
- Opinion
- SMSFs
High-income earners turn to investment companies
Superannuation is no longer the “go to” tax-effective investment vehicle.
- Michael Hutton
- Exclusive
- Rich women
Women overwhelming winners in $5trn Baby Boomer wealth transfer
Women will receive 65 per cent of the nearly $5 trillion due to pass from Baby Boomers and their parents to the next generation in the next decade, a new report finds.
- Lucy Dean
What to do with a big inheritance
Around $10 billion worth of shares, cash and property is bequeathed every month in Australia. Experts weight in on how to manage a windfall.
- Duncan Hughes
- Opinion
- Interest rates
Central banks may be repeating their pandemic errors
Central banks delayed rate increases after the pandemic on the basis they could not forecast the future, but now use rubbery projections to rationalise rate cuts.
- Updated
- Christopher Joye
- Opinion
- Investing
Want better returns? Cut back on shares, bonds
University endowments and the Future Fund indicate that long-term bets on private equity and other unlisted assets produce better returns.
- Jonathan Kearns
- Opinion
- SMSFs
Be careful with property valuations this SMSF audit season
Property valuations are becoming more problematic and will attract the attention of the Tax Office.
- Peter Burgess
- Opinion
- Super Q&A
Why super isn’t supposed to make you super rich
There were opportunities in the past to make exceptionally large contributions to tax-advantaged super accounts, but those days are over.
- John Wasiliev
