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Where to invest as the tech megacap rally eases
Signs that equity investors are getting cold feet over the rapid advances in artificial intelligence leaders have put a spotlight on some less obvious beneficiaries of the technology boom.
- Sangmi Cha, Ivy Chok and Natalia Kniazhevich
‘I’m a financial adviser but pay somebody else to manage my money’
Thriving Wealth founder John Cachia had three good reasons to outsource his financial affairs.
- Michelle Bowes
- Opinion
- Interest rates
If the RBA was doing its job, it would immediately lift rates
A hot inflation figure on Wednesday would show we are in the grip of a structurally persistent crisis which has been underestimated in three of the last four quarters.
- Christopher Joye
Is your super fund among these winners?
Investment chiefs of the top performers say there are still plenty of opportunities for the artificial intelligence revolution to drive up retirement savings.
- Hannah Wootton
Ten books that could help you become a better investor
We asked money managers, financial advisers and a self-made multimillionaire to nominate the books that taught them the most about creating wealth.
- Tom Richardson
- Opinion
- Super Q&A
Why the beach house might be cramping your retirement style
Holiday homes are great, but they don’t produce retirement income and might limit your age pension payments.
- John Wasiliev
Wealthiest Australians
Inside the $26b journey of this Young Rich Lister’s crypto game
The Warwick brothers’ blockchain-based game Illuvium has finally launched, marking a new chapter in the wild ride of their billion-dollar company.
- Yolanda Redrup
Rich Lister-owned home building empire faces $100m class action
West Australian construction company BGC Housing Group – founded by the late Len Buckeridge and still controlled by the family – is facing a class action from potentially thousands of aggrieved home owners.
- Tom Rabe
Historic pub to close after Rich Lister sells building, keeps pokies
Pub and pokies baron Bruce Mathieson exchanged contracts to buy the Captain Cook Hotel for $13.5m in late 2022. His BLM Group sold it this month for $6.6m.
- Larry Schlesinger
This Month
- Opinion
- SMSFs
There is a simpler, fairer way to tax super above $3m
Australia will soon become the only pension system in the world to tax unrealised capital gains.
- Peter Burgess
Six questions to ask your adult kids before writing a will
Not everybody has the financial literacy and emotional intelligence to handle a significant inheritance.
- Nina Hendy
Women called on to make nation more generous
Total charitable giving in Australia is just 0.81 per cent of GDP, compared to 2.1 per cent in the US, and a new campaign is targeting women to turn it around.
- Michael Bailey
- Opinion
- Philanthropy
Why women will supercharge philanthropy
Australian women are poised to take charge of $3.2 trillion in the next decade. This will be the greatest wealth transfer in Australia’s history.
- Carol Schwartz
Junk bond king says Australia could become ‘financier of Asia’
Australia could become a financing powerhouse, says American billionaire and philanthropist Michael Milken.
- Lucy Dean
- Opinion
- Estate planning
What’s a close personal relationship? The ATO has its own idea
There are limited circumstances in which superannuation benefits can be passed on tax-free, and a lot depends on the relationship definition.
- Peter Townsend
The $1 rule that can save you hundreds on your mobile phone
Telstra’s decision to raise its plan prices above inflation is a wake-up call to Australians to shop around for a better deal on their mobile phone, savings experts say.
- Lucy Dean
WiseTech’s Richard White tries it on
In his mind, White abhors risk. He detests excess. And he is studiously monogamous to the company he founded. The reality is far different.
- Myriam Robin
How to spot a good – or bad – private credit fund
Growth in non-bank lending presents new opportunities for investors. But with higher returns comes added risk.
- Michelle Bowes
This managing director caught a 300kg marlin – and threw it back
During the week, Henrik Isaksson runs the local arm of podcasting giant Acast. On the weekend, he’s into casting of a very different kind.
- Michael Bailey
Is the CFMEU the reason none of your friends can buy a house?
Experts say sheer union bargaining power has helped to push wages up across the entire construction industry, and that is filtering through to property prices.
- Lucy Dean
Revealed: Which super funds rate the best – and worst – for retirement
Superannuation funds are going backwards in terms of preparing their customers for retirement, new research shows.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- US election
Second subprime crisis more likely with Trump in the White House
Investors need to start preparing for how a re-elected Donald Trump will shape inflation, interest rates, and hence asset prices.
- Christopher Joye
New $3m super tax is ‘stealing my children’s inheritance’
Family enterprises face hard questions about whether to abandon their succession and retirement plans by selling their shops, farms and factories,
- Duncan Hughes
The Aussie funds that beat bitcoin and big tech
It was often savvy bets at the smaller end of the market that shot the top-performing fund managers to the top of the leader table in the last financial year.
- Joshua Peach
APRA puts onus on Cbus to ensure CFMEU directors are fit, proper
Senators have called for the construction industry fund to cut ties with the CFMEU amid allegations of criminality at the union. The prudential regulator says it is up to superannuation fund boards.
- Hannah Wootton
Can I put $360,000 into super before my divorce settlement?
A reader getting $1.9 million from her ex-husband’s super fund wants advice on maximising her savings and the $15,000 she already has in her fund.
- John Wasiliev
ATO targets property valuations in countdown to new $3m super tax
SMSFs are in the firing line for failing to update the market value of investment properties and commercial buildings such as farms and medical practices.
- Duncan Hughes
ART closes in on AustralianSuper’s top spot with new merger
The deal will add Qantas’ $9 billion in funds under management to the Australian Retirement Trust’s ballooning $280 billion-plus asset pool.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Private equity
Private equity has become hazardous terrain for investors
The days of easy windfalls from freakishly loose monetary policy are gone. Now, private capital is much more hazardous terrain for investors.
- John Plender
