New research from BCA Consulting predicts Australian equities will outperform global equities over the next 10 to 15 years.
As share markets fall, superannuation research houses are predicting a negative financial year for both balanced and growth superannuation funds.
Following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to increase the cash rate by 50 basis point this month, the big banks have quickly raised interest rates on their mortgages, as well as interest rates on some savings accounts.
Too much volatility and an uncertain regulatory outlook are the most common reasons for people to avoid Bitcoin, though Australia ranks higher than the UK, Italy, Germany, Canada and France in terms of optimism about the cryptocurrency, according to the 2022 Block Bitcoin Survey.
The Australian Taxation Office has warned people not to make the mistake of double-dipping their deductions in their tax return this year after identifying this as a common problem, especially in relation to work-related expenses.
Australia’s managed fund industry shrank in the March quarter of 2022 from the December 2021 quarter to $4.48 trillion
The central bank expects house price growth to ease this year and house prices are already falling in Sydney and Melbourne; economists expect that price weakness will spread to other cities, which may limit the number of official interest rate rises this year that are needed to tame inflation. According to the Reserve Bank of…
As global share market volatility becomes the norm, active fund managers argue their expertise is needed to help protect against losses and deliver robust investment returns as the times get tougher and asset price growth weakens or disappear
The lockdowns of 2021 and a trend for younger people to set up a self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) have driven a sharp growth in the number of funds being established in Australia with assets their assets under management (AUM) now approaching $1 trillion.
Funds into thematic exchange traded funds (ETFs) have dried up this year as technology stocks get hit globally.
