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Thursday 13 October 2022

Bank stocks surge as profit margins increase on the back of higher interest rates. 

Also today:

• A new record for rising house and apartment rents 
• Australia’s best super funds revealed
• And NASA’s bid to nudge an asteroid is successful

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This year, superannuation assets in Australia hit $3.3 trillion - an enormous chunk of our wealth. But the information about funds, fees and performance can be overwhelming.

Online investment adviser Stockspot has released its annual Fat Cat Funds Report. Sean Aylmer talks to Stockspot founder Chris Brycki about the best and worst super fund performers.

This is general information only and you should get professional advice before making an investment decision

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Wednesday 12 October 2022

Businesses are happy. Consumers are downbeat. And there are very early signs that inflation pressures are easing. That’s the upshot of a slew of economic news yesterday.  

Also today:

• Telstra sticks up for its main competitor, Optus 
• Japan reopens to tourists
• And after two years of rising prices, the costs of second-hand cars finally start to fall

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Brian O'Kelley is often considering the godfather of ad tech, having invented programmatic advertising when he built AppNexus. Now he's launched a new company called Scope3 to fix the environmental damage done by modern ad tech.

Brian talks to Sean Aylmer about what he would have done differently if he had his time again.

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Tuesday 11 October 2022

The Aussie dollar hits a two-and-a-half year low and could be going lower. 

Also today:

• Retail electricity prices are set to jump 35 per cent next year
• The board of Myer, and its largest shareholder, set up for a stoush
• And the Saudi Arabian fund spending billions on football

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Plenti has become a leader in renewable energy financing, as demand grows for solar panels, home batteries and electric vehicles.

Sean Aylmer speaks to Daniel Foggo, co-founder and CEO of Plenti, about their business model and how Australia's largest peer-to-peer lending platform operates.

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Monday 10 October 2022

Australians to pay more tax in coming years, even if the government doesn’t renege on Stage Three cuts. 

• The smaller banks take on the big four in the deposit market
• Cans are winning the battle with glass bottles
• And a pretty good weekend for auction results

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