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'Unfair': investors flock as key workers struggle

'Unfair': investors flock as key workers struggle

Bank lending to property investors has reached its highest level in almost a decade, as yields surge while care workers and teachers struggle to afford rents.

Treasurer defends $4b hit from super tax backdown

Treasurer defends $4b hit from super tax backdown

Treasurer defends $4b hit from super tax backdown

Treasurer defends $4b hit from super tax backdown

An overhaul of a signature Labor tax plan will cost the budget billions, but the treasurer says it shouldn't be seen in isolation.

Young Australians buy shares as property dream fades

Young Australians buy shares as property dream fades

Young Australians buy shares as property dream fades

Young Australians buy shares as property dream fades

Australia's wealth landscape is changing, and younger Australians are increasingly looking to markets to secure their financial future.

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Australian ETF industry surges past $300b milestone

Australian ETF industry surges past $300b milestone

Australia's exchange traded fund industry has grown by $63 billion since the start of the year to reach $309.3 billion at the end of September.

New crypto platform targets self-managed super funds

New crypto platform targets self-managed super funds

OKX, the world's second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has rolled out a platform for Australian self-managed super funds.

Super fund giant open to performance test tweaks

Super fund giant open to performance test tweaks

A superannuation giant with millions of Australian members is calling for law changes to enable people to move more easily between work and retirement.

Leaner AMP hones retirement offering as Australia greys

Leaner AMP hones retirement offering as Australia greys

Australia's growing ranks of retirees present a golden opportunity for a big name in the nation's superannuation to write a new chapter in its turnaround story.

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Double-digit returns for most 'growth' super funds

Double-digit returns for most 'growth' super funds

Double-digit returns for most 'growth' super funds

Double-digit returns for most 'growth' super funds

A median growth superannuation fund posted a return of 10.5 per cent last financial year, taking their three-year performance to over 30 per cent.

'Exploited' investors lose fortune, $300m fines mulled

'Exploited' investors lose fortune, $300m fines mulled

'Exploited' investors lose fortune, $300m fines mulled

'Exploited' investors lose fortune, $300m fines mulled

A brokerage that pushed risky investments onto vulnerable customers and profited from millions of dollars in losses has argued for an eight-figure fine in court

Victims of $23m con-woman Caddick claw back more losses

Victims of $23m con-woman Caddick claw back more losses

Victims of $23m con-woman Caddick claw back more losses

Victims of $23m con-woman Caddick claw back more losses

Auditors of Melissa Caddick's fraudulent accounts will pay hoodwinked investors $3.5 million, but half of this will be snapped up by lawyers and funders.

Property dominates wealth but stocks safer than houses

Property dominates wealth but stocks safer than houses

Property dominates wealth but stocks safer than houses

Property dominates wealth but stocks safer than houses

Investors might start looking outside of the property market where most of Australia's wealth is held, as returns for another sector outstrip housing.

Victorian scammer ring charged over $14m global swindle

Victorian scammer ring charged over $14m global swindle

Victorian scammer ring charged over $14m global swindle

Victorian scammer ring charged over $14m global swindle

A group of Victorians were hired by an international investment scam syndicate to help swindle victims out of more than $14 million.

'Reprehensible': head of $180m Ponzi scheme jailed

'Reprehensible': head of $180m Ponzi scheme jailed

'Reprehensible': head of $180m Ponzi scheme jailed

'Reprehensible': head of $180m Ponzi scheme jailed

A man who ripped off hundreds of investors to fund his gambling and taste for luxury living has been sentenced to more than a decade behind bars.

AMP shares surge on 'transformational' advisor deal

AMP shares surge on 'transformational' advisor deal

AMP shares surge on 'transformational' advisor deal

AMP shares surge on 'transformational' advisor deal

The once-mighty financial services company AMP has announced a "transformational" joint venture for the loss-making advice division.

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Aussie nest eggs being drained by dodgy cold-callers

Workers are being warned to be wary of cold callers using dodgy tactics to bait them into switching super products at the detriment of their retirement savings.

Real estate investors head west for cheap homes

Skyrocketing rents and modest home prices are luring eastern state investors to Western Australia, where they're outbidding locals buyers to snap up properties.

Shares pullback healthy and expected, analyst says

The Australian share market still looks very bullish even though it snapped its five-week winning streak this week, an analyst says.

Health care, goldminers tipped to overperform in 2024

Neuren Pharmaceuticals was the best performer in the All Ordinaries in 2023, and analysts say health care as a whole could do even better in 2024.

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Indigenous people record high rates of financial stress

Financial complaints from First Nations people have soared by 13 per cent in a year and the rates of hardship experienced are causing a significant concern.

Aussie crowdfunder seeks up to $3m from loyal investors

A popular crowdfunding platform is raising capital to fund its own operations after another year of supporting innovative and often quirky Australian startups.

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