South Korea: ‘underdeveloped’, and loving it

Countries buy foreign exchange to suppress their currencies. That’s a surprising result given that the won is supposed to be a market-set exchange rate, whereas China’s is a managed float.

So why not make currency manipulation as easy as possible to keep the chaebols happy by ducking developed status for as long as it suits?

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When life gives you lemons: Squeezing after-tax returns from the CGT overhaul

When life gives you lemons: Squeezing after-tax returns from the CGT overhaul

The proposed 30 per cent floor on capital gains tax proposed in this year’s federal budget will hit low-income investors hardest. But Betashares' Cameron Gleeson argues it also creates a case for rethinking whether income or growth is the more tax-efficient return for these clients.

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