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The global gaming and technology company came up trumps for shareholders in the 2024 financial year on the back of strong revenue and after-tax profit numbers.

Christmas has come early for the bank’s shareholders with the decision to slightly increase the 2024 dividend – despite a single-digit decline in the net profit and cash earnings.

Older Australians are the beneficiaries of a Services Australia initiative that has greatly improved service delivery for a wide range of government benefits.

Outgoing CEO Peter King used his valedictory full-year earnings address to predict a brighter economic future for 2025, citing the expectation of lower interest rates, a resilient labour market and improving consumer sentiment as the reasons for his optimism.

Building on a solid first half, the global boutique investment manager has remained in a generous mood in the September quarter, with shareholders set to receive a handy early Christmas present.

A commitment that provided solid returns to investors while offering them flexibility via a reinvestment plan was the enviable choice from this investment management group.

Australian investors are looking past the allure of franking credits and moving towards a more unbiased diversification, with ETFs providing a cheap, liquid and highly available access point.

In a year when many companies cut or even axed their dividends, this real estate investment manager went against the flow, using a strong financial result to reward loyal investors with a seven per cent increase in the annual payout.

A net loss of $185.3 million in the 2024 financial year, coupled with a dividend pause, had Insignia shareholders less than impressed. But the first quarter results for the 2025 financial year have justified the rising share price over the past 10 weeks.

The Productivity Commission estimated $3.5 trillion will pass on to future generations over the next 25 years, with this report illustrating just how that’s playing out now in families across Australia.

An Australian Human Rights Commission study released this week is highly critical of the fourth estate for its coverage of ageing issues, citing a disproportionate focus on tensions between older and younger generations around wealth and finance as one obvious example.

At its kindest, the big end of town sees SMSF investors as enthusiastic amateurs. Not so, says a research report, with the data showing that these funds are demonstrating a maturing investment acumen by using ETFs to access overseas equity, bond and property markets.