This Month
- Opinion
- Superannuation
This $300b super fund is making a monster move to stocks
Australian Retirement Trust has decided that a big chunk of its members will do a lot better with their pension nest egg invested in riskier assets.
- Jonathan Shapiro
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
PwC hasn’t paid full price for eight years of risk failure
Exactly who deserves the most blame for the PwC scandal remains a subject of fierce debate. But it’s the systemic failures of risk management that really matter.
- James Thomson
July
- Opinion
- Superannuation
Why the $3m super tax has turned into a mess
It may seem hard to argue against making people with high superannuation balances pay more tax, but implementing it is a dog’s breakfast.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Big super leans into private capital
It makes sense for regulators to peek under the hood on non-bank lending while seeking to remove obstacles to the free and efficient allocation of risk capital.
- The AFR View
Keating rebukes super funds for ‘chasing the money’
Super funds should have been thinking about the needs of retirees long before now, says former prime minister Paul Keating.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Income tax
The land of the fair go is taxing social mobility
Australia’s antiquated over-reliance on income taxes means that if you do manage to succeed, then that success is taxed heavily.
- Richard Holden
Actuaries call to include family homes above $2.1m in pension test
The Actuaries Institute suggests it’s time to slay the sacred cow that is the family home.
- Michelle Bowes
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
CFMEU scandal should force rethink on super fund boards
Union-backed industry super funds have pushed hard to lift governance and accountability at public companies. Shouldn’t they want to improve their own governance, too?
- Updated
- James Thomson
Chief justice intervenes in tax plan for judges
Federal Court Chief Justice Debbie Mortimer has also banned judges using their travel allowance for conferences.
- Michael Pelly
Queensland mulls expansion of stamp duty discounts in tax shake-up
Expanding stamp-duty concessions and overhauling land tax in Queensland will be considered as part of a new tax shake-up.
- James Hall
Super giant seeks tech stock ‘second wave’ after delivering 11.3pc
Rising tech stocks helped land an 11.3 per cent return for Australian Retirement Trust superannuation members, but unlisted property was still a drag.
- Hannah Wootton
June
Not so super tax reform
The controversy over taxing unrealised superannuation gains leaves Labor’s “modest” tax agenda looking like a piecemeal approach to fixing Australia’s broken tax system.
- The AFR View
The areas most – and least – hit by Labor’s $3m super tax
Australians with super balances of more than $3 million are less likely to live in rural areas, according to new analysis, despite concerns about the tax focusing on farmers.
- Hannah Wootton
Super funds fall short on unlisted asset valuations: APRA
Super funds are not revaluing their $650 billion unlisted asset portfolios enough, potentially hitting the prices paid by customers and their returns, APRA has warned.
- Hannah Wootton
