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- Opinion
- Flat Chat
How to party without being an animal
These are the five things that will drive your neighbours nuts – this is what you can do to avoid them.
- Jimmy Thomson
Seven ways to help your kids buy property without family fallouts
Generous parents are unwittingly creating a minefield of legal, tax and financial problems that could not only jeopardise their own futures but cause rifts.
- Duncan Hughes
- Opinion
- Inheritance
How to claim your spouse’s super after they die
There’s a way to move their retirement savings to your super – this is how to get things going.
- Meg Heffron
- Exclusive
- Super wars
Compare the pair: Retail super closes the fee gap
The performance gap between industry and retail superannuation funds is narrowing, raising the prospect of a fightback by for-profit super funds after the savaging wrought by the banking royal commission.
- Joanna Mather and Hannah Wootton
How much should I spend on my partner this Christmas?
We found the average spend by gender – and the gap is nearly $100.
- Lucy Dean
Transition super strategy can avoid $3m cap and help your heirs
The ability to make contributions while you’re receiving this income stream offers more benefits than you think.
- John Wasiliev
Wealthiest Australians
How Sam Kennard built a $2.6b empire
The influential business figure always had ambition to work and grow the family company. But he didn’t expect his dad to give him total control when he was just 24 years of age.
- Julie-anne Sprague
- Exclusive
- Rural property
Costa family backs $120m raising for Riverina almond project
Agricultural investor goFARM has acquired 1800ha of irrigated holdings near Griffith, including the 700ha Stephendale vineyard, which will make way for almonds.
- Larry Schlesinger
Rinehart to claim Australia’s truffle farming crown
Australia’s iron ore and cattle queen, Gina Rinehart, is well on her way to becoming the biggest truffle grower, and is looking to add the delicacy to menus that already feature her wagyu beef.
- Brad Thompson
Yesterday
Why a $15 bottle rates in wine snobs’ top picks
What the experts would buy for $15, $30, $50 and $100.
- Lucy Dean
This Month
WA works to overcome its venture capital drought
The mining state has found itself “underweight” when it comes to venture capital, with scores of start-ups forced to look interstate or overseas for early investment.
- Updated
- Tom Rabe
The $371 financial summit where a bestselling author rubs you rich
As Paul McKenna instructs us to run our hands lovingly from our shoulders to our elbows, some audience members have their doubts.
- Tom Haynes
How this former Socceroo invests for his kids
An initial gift of $2000 with an extra $100 a month can mean a 21st birthday gift of almost $40,000 in today’s money.
- Louis White
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
These are the factors complicating investment decisions in 2024
Economic reality in 2024 is likely to be far less binary, and much more nuanced, than many market participants and policymakers believe.
- Rana Foroohar
How Sam Kennard built a $2.6b empire
The influential business figure always had ambition to work and grow the family company. But he didn’t expect his dad to give him total control when he was just 24 years of age.
- Julie-anne Sprague
- Exclusive
- eSports
PAC Capital owner Clayton Larcombe may have bailed out investors
The former stockbroker may have used personal assets to improve the performance of his esports funds, an unusual but not illegal practice.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- Interest rates
New Zealand’s recession is a warning for the rest of world
While markets are rejoicing about the prospect of lower interest rates next year, stagflation across the ditch points to very different possibilities.
- Christopher Joye
10 ways to stop ‘silver divorce’ destroying your wealth
Older couples are increasingly calling it quits. These are the issues to consider before breaking the knot.
- Duncan Hughes
How to enjoy a family Christmas with all the help you need
Elderly people spending time away from their regular home during the holiday season can be eligible for extra government-funded support.
- Bina Brown
This retirement strategy could foolproof your savings
A timeless game plan invented in 1985 helps retirees – and younger investors – avoid worries during sharemarket downturns by planning ahead.
- Tom Richardson
My brother won’t help Mum. Should she change her will?
My elderly mother needs help with her bills but my brother won’t contribute. What can we do?
- Debra Cleveland
- Opinion
- Flat Chat
Good news for apartments as defects crackdown bites
Buyer confidence is low, but help is on the way after the release of three reports.
- Jimmy Thomson
Paul Little and Jane Hansen open State Library’s Indigenous Gallery
The philanthropic couple have given $1.25 million to establish the library’s new showcase for Indigenous art.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Upsizing your home to access the age pension is a flawed strategy
A couple want to spend $600,000 of super on the purchase in the hope of qualifying for some government income.
- John Wasiliev
Six maps that show where you can buy a home on your income
An increasingly expensive property market is outpacing single buyers. This is what that looks like.
- Lucy Dean and Les Hewitt
Where to invest in water (and why you’d want to)
A government shakeout is likely to attract more investors to this emerging asset class and its compelling returns.
- Stewart Oldfield
- Opinion
- Passive investing
How to create the best passive portfolio
Index investing can and likely should be a solid proportion of a portfolio. But it’s not just about picking an index and allocating.
- Giselle Roux
- Opinion
- Commodities
Time to sift through lithium wreckage
Professional investors say demand for lithium is likely to soar due to big increases in how much is used in electric vehicles.
- Mark Draper
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin application shreds BlackRock’s ESG credibility
BlackRock’s bid to launch a bitcoin ETF is at odds with its founder Larry Fink’s strong stance on ESG, of which the cryptocurrency is an obvious fail.
- Tom Richardson
