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This age is the new normal for retirement in Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic meant many would-be retirees put off their golden years, but new figures suggest the expected retirement age has reached a peak.
- Lucy Dean
Leaked letter lashes Australia Club’s ‘ungentlemanly’ gossiping
Smoking pipes indoors? Gossiping about one’s fellow members? Things are turning decidedly spicy at Melbourne’s Australian Club.
- Myriam Robin
Five things to know about the new Qantas flight reward scheme
The launch of Classic Plus will add 20 million reward seats a year.
- Michelle Bowes
- Opinion
- Investing
Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman’s lessons for investors
The pioneer of behavioural economics, who died on March 27 aged 90, dispelled the idea that people will always make rational decisions in their own self-interest.
- Tim Mackay
The questions real estate agents avoid (but buyers must ask)
Be aware of the many hidden costs associated with buying a new home.
- Duncan Hughes
- Opinion
- Inflation
Next US inflation print could make or break 2024
Investors in aggressively long equities, real estate, junk bonds and private debt have been fervently punting on the likelihood of deep rate cuts this year to bail them out of a heavy procyclical slump.
- Christopher Joye
Wealthiest Australians
This Rich Lister sees a wave of distressed wine sales coming
The MD of Casella Family Brands, owner of Australia’s biggest-selling wine export brand Yellow Tail, says the under $10 per bottle segment is still shrinking.
- Simon Evans
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
This Month
Small caps are ripe for a comeback. Here’s how to pick winners
The life-changing capital gains on offer make the small-cap sector attractive to investors, but success stories are rare among the thousands of companies that bite the dust.
- Tom Richardson
- Opinion
- SMSFs
What SMSFs need to know as ATO cracks down on illegal access to super
More than $630 million has been accessed illegally from SMSFs. Here’s what you need to know to stay on the right side of the law.
- Colin Lewis
What if my late wife’s pension pushes my super above $3 million?
Reversionary pension law gives surviving spouses time to sort out their super.
- John Wasiliev
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.
- 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.
- Updated
Should you invest in Reddit after 48pc ‘pop’?
The issue for individual investors is returns like this don’t always last.
- Charlie Wells
