Home is where the super is for many Australians By Tony Kaye, Senior Personal Finance Writer Super and retirement More Australians are upsizing their super by downsizing their home Home ownership is still the great Australian dream for many people. But, for a growing number of older Australians, it is also about selling the home…
Four SMSF breaches high on the ATO’s radar By Vanguard Super and retirement The Tax Office is actively targeting SMSF trustees over a range of super breaches. Home ownership is still the great Australian dream for many people. Australia’s contingent of around 630,000 self-managed super funds (SMSFs) is now managing more than $1 trillion in assets.…
How $10,000 performed across eight asset classes in 2024 By Tony Kaye, Senior Personal Finance Writer Investing strategy Another year of varied returns demonstrates the importance of diversification. Global share markets surged into record territory during 2024, delivering double-digit returns to many investors. Indeed, investors using broad-based exchange traded funds (ETFs) to cover the largest…
Have you checked your portfolio today? By Tony Kaye, Senior Personal Finance Writer Markets and economy Rather than worrying about day-to-day price movements, focus here instead. If you checked on the status of your investment portfolio today, don’t worry. You’re definitely not alone. In fact, you may have looked at how your various investment holdings…
A perspective on tech sector volatility By Joe Davis, Chief Economist and Head of Investment Strategy Group Investing strategy Tech shares fell recently as investors questioned the value of established players. News of an open-source artificial-intelligence model that could potentially rival current models at significantly lower cost caused tech shares to tumble recently, as investors…
Investors add record $33.5bn into ASX-listed ETFs in 2024 By Tony Kaye, Senior Personal Finance Writer ETFs Australia’s ETFs industry has reached new heights after huge inflows in 2024. ASX-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) attracted a record $33.49 billion of investors’ cash inflows in 2024, smashing the previous $23.6 billion post-COVID full-year inflows record set…
